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Volume 128, No. 21
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May 26, 1999
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Westfield graduation is
May 28 at campus
Twenty nine seniors at
Westfield Schools will
receive their high school
diplomas on May 28 in
an evening ceremony
which will begin at 7
p.m. in the Westfield
Gymnatorium.
This year’s Westfield
Valedictorian is Richard
Allen Coogle. The Salu
tatorian is Brandi Baze
more. Other graduating
seniors Eire Chad Eric
Bailey. Elizabeth Hall
Berry, Kelly Elizabeth
Bryant, Gloria Lauren
Byrd, Robert Henry
Causey, IV. Chad Aaron
Ekey, Joshua Boyd
Giles, Matthew Levoyd
Hardy, Brian Donald
Hartley, Jeri Lynn
Hawk, Robert Joshua
Heaton, Brittany Nicole
Hutto, Trevor Thomas
Jones, John Matthew
Lee, Richard Joshua
Maddox, Aaron Wayne
Marshall, Matthew
Chance Moore, Richard
Tate Parker, Laura Leigh
Posey, Bren ton Joe
Roper, Salena Ann
Sampson, Alison
Michelle Sarrat, Jared
Brittain Shell, Connie
Elaine Thompson,
Joseph Hunter Todd,
Meyur Bipin Vashi and
Gary Roger Virden.
Graduation section is
coming June 2
The annual Houston
Home Journal salute to
area high school gradu
ates will be published as
part of the June 2 news
paper.
The section will
include photos of the
graduating seniors and
stories about members
of the class.
Memorial Day
observance set
The Perry Memorial
Day ceremonies will be
held May 31 at 11 a.m.
in the Perry Memorial
Gardens, located on U.S.
41 North at Thompson
Road. The ceremony is
sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion and the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars.
The Rev. Dr. David
Carter of Crossroads
United Methodist
Church will serve as
master of ceremonies.
Others on the program
will be the Perry High
School Junior R.0.T.C.,
posting colors; Hayley
Greene, who will sing
the National Anthem;
Mayor Jim Worrall;
guest speaker retired
Chief Master Sgt. John
ny Barton; members of
the American Legion and
V.F.W. Auxiliaries; Kit
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School budget to reach sll7 million for 1999-2000
The Houston County School
Board tentatively adopted a budget
on May 24. This budget will cover
the fiscal year beginning
Ju1y1,1999 through June 30,
2000.
The estimated receipts from ad
valorem taxes, local option sales
tax, other local receipts, state QBE
funds other state funds, federal
funds, and other sources will total
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keting vice president, and Joe B. Cade,
president and CEO, check out a compa-
Flint EMC takes new name
From Staff Reports
Plint Electric Member
ship Corp. is now Flint
Energies.
The announcement of
the name change was
made May 24 by company
officials, who noted that
the new name will “better
reflect the non-electric
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The Old Reliable. Serving Honston Connty Since Dec* 17 t 1870
$114,543,421 for the general fund.
The Debt Service Fund will
receive sl4, 363,058 and the Capi
tal Projects Fund will collect
$421,787.
The estimated expenditures are
instruction, pupil services, instruc
tional staff services, media services,
general administration, school
administration, business services,
maintenance and operations, stu
dent transportation, central sup
Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins
ny van bearing their company's new
name Flint Energies.
products and services the
company now offers."
Flint Energies will mar
ket its products and ser
vices under three brand
names, Flint Electric.
Flint Connections and
Flint Energy Store.
The expanding compa
ny also announced May
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25 that on June 1, it will
take over the ownership,
operation and mainte
nance of the Fort Ben
ning electric power sys
tem. This privatization of
the military base’s elec
tricity is the result of a
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Special Olympics torch pays brief visit
to Perry en route to summer games
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Staff
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The Special Olympic
Torch passed through the
fair city of Perry on May 19
at B:3oam. Leading the
runners were Monica
Lazaura, training instruc
tor for the State Prison in
TORCH RUN Mayor Jim Worrall (left,
upper photo) joins police officers in
exchanging the Special Olympics torch in
front of the Perry Public Sqfety Building
A long time I
ago, in a local
community...
The story of a man
who waited 50 years
to get his college
degree.
see page 1B
port services, transfers to other
funds, and miscellaneous uses.
The General fund will cost
approximately $117,517,410. The
Debt Service Fund will cost
$4,656,741, and the Capital Pro
jects will require $10,179,764.
The general fund is estimated to
be $2,973,989 short, and the capi
tal projects will be $9,757,977
short. However, the debt service
fund will be $9,706,317 over.
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Perry takes aim at trash
on streets, in yards
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Staff
Perry City Council mem
bers took strong steps to
stop trash inside city limits
and agreed to a land deal
during the May 18 meeting.
A resolution to adopt the
final* draft of the Houston
County Service Delivery
Strategy and get a 120-day
extension for filing, a dis
cussion of surplus items,
and department updates
were also on the Council’s
agenda.
Thfe council approved the
sell of 6.332 acres“of land
in the Industrial Park area
to Parrish Inc. for the sum
of $30,000.
The land was a joint ven
ture with the Houston
County Development
Authority and both the City
of Perry and the Develop
ment Authority agreed to
the deal.
Parrish Inc. builds jail
cells and school buildings.
It purchased an existing
building in the park to
expand.
According to Peny Mayor
Jim Worrall, “This is great.
We’re real proud to have
Parrish. Existing business
es build the economy
faster."
Passing the second read
ing of an ordinance No. 99-
01 to adopt and amend cer
tain sections of the Perry
Code, Worrall said, “The
City of Perry is ready to
clean up."
Hawkinsville, and Staff
Sergeant. Wendy Blevins
from Robins Air Force Base.
According to Peny Police
Officer Keith Kindle, route
director, said Law Enforce
ment of Georgia raised
$3,000 for the Special
Olympics. He added that
May 19. Runners (left) race along Wash
ington Street with the torch. Runners
(above) head for the street with the torch.
These figures and the fund bal
ance at the beginning of the year is
expected to give the school board a
$1,035,225 surplus in the general
fund area and a surplus of
$25,232,055 in the debt service
fund. Capital projects fund will be
zero by the end of the fiscal year.
Final approval of the budget is
anticipated during the June 8
meeting of the school board.
The changes will give the
building official more
authority to deal with prob
lems such as unsightly
yards and abandoned vehi
cles.
. Hugh Sharp, Public
Works Superintendent,
commented on several
houses in the city in need
of serious cleaning up.
Sharp mentioned “two
houses on Swift Street and
the one on the comer of
Pine Ridge and Crater, for
examples." He cited high
weeds and grass, junk and
abandoned vehicles as the
main problems.
Worrall further said. “We
are going to get aggressive
about enforcing the ordi
nance. We have the ordi
nance and now we will
come up with a plan to hire
a full-time code enforcer to
deal with this issue."
Worrall said trash along
the city streets and high
way off-ramps is becoming
an increasing problem as
well. He asked if prisoners
could be used to clean up
those type areas.
Sharp said the city
would have to buy a new
van and maintain the van,
plus hire and pay the
salary of a guard to watch
over the prisoners. He esti
mated the cost of a new van
to be about $25,000 and
the salaiy to be $35,000.
Worrall said, “The state
See CITY, Page 5A
Blevins raised $2,700.
Kindle, also, thanked
Susan Ham, manager of
the local Red Lobster, for
her help in raising Special
Olympic funds with “Tip a
Cop." The fund-raising
event made S9OO.