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Volume 128, No. 19
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Wednesday,
May 12, 1999
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Reunion coming
Members of the 1989
Perry High School class
will have a 10-year
reunion later this year.
Members of the class
are asked to provide
contact information to
Jennifer Moreton at
(912) 388-8613 or send
the current address to
PHS Class of 1989, P.O.
Box 1174. Perry, Ga.
31069.
Unadilla park honors
former Perry teacher
Jewell Bowen was
honored April 25 when
the city of Unadilla dedi
cated a new park and
walking track in her
honor.
Bowen is a former
school teacher and
active church and com
munity leader. She
taught in Perry for 15
years.
Joining Unadilla
Mayor Cling Shugart on
the program was Lt.
Gov. Mark Taylor. Also
participating were Rep.
Johnny Floyd, and the
Rev. Dr. Doug Holden,
pastor of Unadilla
United Methodist
Church.
Among those attend
ing were her two chil
dren, Frances B. Worrall
of Perry and St. Sen.
Rooney Bowen of
Cordele, three grand
children, Fran Worrall
Goldstein and Judy
Carter of Atlanta, and
Rooney Bowen 111 of
Cordele, three great
grandchildren and son
in-law Jim Worrall of
Perry.
Youth volunteer fair is
May 15
Officials with
Volunteer Houston
County will host a
Youth Volunteer Fair
May 15 at Ted Wright
Park, 2841 Moody Road,
Bonaire.
The program will con
tinue from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. and will promote
summer volunteer pro
grams for teen-agers 13-
19.
Community agencies
participating will have
booths with information
about programs and
sign-up sheets. Among
those participating are
Camp Can Do, Pet
Therapy-WR Animal
Shelter, Perry and
Warner Robins
Recreation
Departments, Warner
Robins and Centerville
Libraries, Phoenix
Center, the Museum of
Aviation and other pro
grams.
For information, call
929-5464.
Houston
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Vocational school to open for high school students
Students from across Houston County will attend school at former Middle Georgia Tech campus
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal State
When the 1999-2000 school year
begins, there will be a new voca
tional school in Houston County - a
“school of choice" that has the goal
of preparing students for the work
force, technical schools or the
armed services.
The school, to be named the
Houston County Career and
Technology Center, is planned
especially for motivated students
who want to earn their high school
diplomas but are not college
Board of Ed
postpones
budget vote
From Staff Reports
The Houston County
Board of Education
approved a number of sig
nificant expenditures at its
May 11 meeting, but tabled
a vote on the -fiscal year
2000 budget untiflater this
month.
Approved unanimously
were textbook costs for
middle school social stud
ies at a cost of $180,000;
high school social studies
at a cost of $300,000; and
elementary school music
education, $145,000.
In other business, the
Board
• Named Dr. Wm. Alan
Woolery of Warner Robins
and Dr. Samuel E. Palmer
of Perry as providers for the
annual bus driver physical
exams. Providers were cho
sen, on the basis of bids in
both the north and south
end of the county to make
it possible to schedule the
system’s 115 drivers and
substitute drivers for phys
icals within a 60-day time
span.
• Approved a request to
name me media center and
gymnasium at Parkwood
Elementary School after
Dennis Powell and Edsel
Dorrough respectively.
Both men have served as
principals of the school in
the past.
See BOARD, Page 6A
Shell, Byrd and other seniors spotlighted
during Westfield honors night May 10
By Jj JOHNSON
Home Journal Editor
Jared Shell claimed the City of Perry
General Excellence award while Lauren
Byrd was named winner of the Westfield
Alumni Association Award during honors
night for high school students at The
Westfield Schools May 10.
The two winners were among many in
the 1999 graduating class signed for hon
ors during the program.
Other major awards went to Byrd, Alison
Sarrat, Chad Bailey and Robby Heaton as
American Legion Citizenship winners, and
to Matt Hardy and Heaton for Boys State
participation.
Brad Barfield received the Bausch and
Lomb Science Award while Brandi
Bazemore was named the D.A.R. Good
Citizen.
Trevor Jones and Shell received the
Georgia Independent Schools Association
Coaches Association Academic Athlete
bound. These may be students who
have gotten behind on earning
credits for high school graduation,
but want to stay on track for good
opportunities in the future.
It will be located at the Warner
Robins campus of the Middle
Georgia Technical Institute, located
on Corder Road near Russell
Parkway.
Danny Carpenter, principal of
the Elberta Open Campus, has
been chosen to head the school. A
veteran educator with experience
as a teacher, a principal and a foot
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Home Journal photos by Charlotte Perkins
VIEW FROM THE AIR - This photo, taken from David
Morgan's Cessna at an altitude oj about 1000 fret,
shows Sam Nunn Boulevard in Perry. Seen at night, this
same commercial strip is the brightest area in Perry.
There’s more to the local
airport than meets the eye
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
If you take Airport Road
and arrive by car. the Perry
Houston County Airport
looks like small airports
everywhere, mostly made
up of acres of asphalt and
flat, treeless land - with a
cluster of hangars.
Closer up, from Myrtle
Field Road, you’ll see ways
awards. Byrd and Jones received the Eric
P. Staples Award for academics and athlet
ics.
Nominees for the 1999 Boys State are
Daniel Davis and Justin Williamson.
Amanda Coogle and Courtney Gregory are
Girls State nominees.
Stephanie Burdeshaw was named the
Hugh O brien award winner.
Co-winners of the Houston Home
Journal Journalism Awards were Byrd and
Gary Virden.
Bazemore and Rick Coogle were named
the Tandy Technology Scholars. Lina
Arnold and Will Sexton received the
Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.
Recent graduates of the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership
program included Brad Barfield, Amanda
Coogle. James Farmer, John Curtiss Gibbs
and Terry Mosteller.
See HONORS, Page 6A
Magnolias
made of Steel
Home Journal reviewer finds
much to applaud at Perry
players' latest drama.
Get all the details on page 5A
in which the airport stands
out, including the neatly
landscaped new terminal
building and - more often
than not - corporate air
planes just arriving or leav
ing.
But to see the airport as
it’s seen by those who use it
most, you need to see it
See AIRPORT, page 6A
ball coach. Carpenter is excited
about the opportunities the new
school will provide students.
“We do a lot for the gifted,"
Carpenter said. “This is something
for the young people who are not
going to college the ones who
want to get out of high school, go to
tech school or gel a job, or maybe
go into the service. “
Course offerings at HCCTC will
include business education, child
care and the culinary arts , along
with a Nova Net computer-based
instruction curriculum in the core
Perry schools make
good showing on tests
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
Perry area schools did
well on 1998-99 standard
ized tests, based on infor
mation just released by the
Houston County Board of
Educationr-
Perry High School stu
dents, along with students
in the other three county
high schools, exceeded the
state average in all cate
gories for passing the 1999
Georgia High School
Graduation test.
Scores included 96 per
cent passing the language
arts test, 91 percent pass
ing the math test. 83 per
cent passing the social
studies test, and 76 percent
passing the science test.
At Perry Middle School,
students averaged in the
54th percentile on the
Georgia eighth grade writ
ing test. This is an above
average score.
All four Perry elementary
schools scored well on the
lowa Test of Basic Skills. In
reading these scores, a
50th percentile rank means
the student did better than
50 percent of the students
taking the test. The tests
are given to third graders
and fifth graders each year.
For purposes of compari
son, the system wide third
grade composite score for
Houston County elemen
tary schools in 1999 was at
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GENERAL EXCELLENCE Perry Attorney David
Walker, representing Mayor Jim Worrall, presents the
city of Perry General Excellence Award to .Jared Shell
during ceremonies May 10.
peaded to
Nationals
Bperry FFA keeps up winning
itradltlon with state titles and
I chances at national competl-
Iclon.
Details on page 1B
academic classes needed for gradu
ation. Like all other high school
graduates, students at HCCTC will
have to pass the Georgia high
school graduation exam before
receiving their diplomas, which will
have a vocational seal.
The computer instruction,
according to Carpenter, will allow
students to move ahead at their
own pace.
He also said that the school’s
staff will be working closely with
See SCHOOL. Page 5A
the 63rd percentile. The
county-wide fifth grade per
centile ranking was 62nd.
At Kings Chapel
Elementary School, the
average third grader's score
on the ITBS was at the 70th
percentile. The third grade
score for 1998 was at the
55th percentile. The fifth
grade ITBS average score
was at the 68th percentile,
up from the 61st percentile
in 1998.
At Morningside Elemen
tary School, third graders
scored in the 77th per
centile on the ITBS. show
ing the highest percentile
ranking of third graders in
any of the Houston County
elementary schools, but
down slightly from a per
centile ranking of 82nd in
1998. Fifth graders scored
at the 70th percentile, up
from the 67th percentile in
1998.
At Perry Elementary
School, third graders
scored in, the 60th per
centile. up from the 55th
percentile last year. Fifth
grade test percentile scores
went up from 60th in 1998
to 69th in 1998.
At Tucker Elementary
School, third graders were
in the 68th percentile,
down slightly from the
ranking of 71st percentile
in 1998. The fifth grade per
See SCORES, Page 6A