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plan would toughen
teacher training and crack
down on truancy. Few peo
ple would argue, including
our educators, that a great
number of our public
schools are failing to edu
cate our children properly.
Standards and levels of
educational opportunity
vary greatly across this
nation. There are great
variations of the education
al levels across each state
and even between schools
in the same district.
The primary factor caus
ing these variations in the
educational quality of these
different schools would
seem to be the quality of
the students from within
each district and the
homes they come from.
No doubt it seems unfair
to have students with high-
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proposal. She said the
change would cause diffi
culties for middle school
and high school teachers
with elementary age chil
dren.
In addition, Lowery said
studies claim children
“don't do as well in school
getting up early.”
Porter questioned, “If that
was true, then whv do we have
children attending summer
school? It starts at 7:30a.m."
Pat Summers, Houston
County board member,
commented, “I find it hard
to accept this need for
schedule changes because
11 drivers are needed."
Houston County Super
intendent Charles S. Hol
loway said, “There are too
many children and too few
drivers and buses.” The
board table the issue until
June 14.
The school board did
approve the school nutri
tion program budget and
an increase .in.' the cost of
meals at the schools.
Lunch price increased to
$1.25 for elementary stu
dents; middle school lunch
es will now be $1.50 and
high school lunches will
remain at the current $1.50.
Adult school system
employees will increase to
$2.25 and adult non-sys
tem lunches will be $2.50.
Cost of snacks will go up
from 40 cents to 60 cents.
In addition, the school
board adopted the amend
ment to policy IDDD to
reflect the Georgia State
Board of Education guide
lines regarding the gifted
student program, approved
the new curriculum for
additional math for high
school students, and the
SLA grant for year 2000.
The new high school
math curriculum will be
the addition of two senior
level courses: algebra 111
and college prep calculus.
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er learning capabilities
stuck in a poor school that
offers little challenge to
them. A voucher law would
allow them to get out of
that learning atmosphere.
Also, high on the list of
factors that determine the
quality of education at each
individual school is the
quality and dedication of
the teachers and the admin
istrators in that school.
If teachers are not of the
highest quality then the
school certainty has little
chance of being a quality
institution.
Being a school teacher
today is probably at the
most difficult level in the
history of our nation. The
problems with discipline,
weapons in schools and
efforts to teach students
who come from families
with an ‘I don’t care’ atti
tude make the teaching
profession one of the tough
est jobs in our country.
Maybe if the paddle,
Bible and prayer were put
back in school, and all of
our teachers were tested
and trained to meet higher
standards, we would have
no need to even consider a
voucher plan.
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charged with criminal tres
pass in the same incident
after reportedly breaking
the windshield of the car
the victim was in.
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A popular storybook
heroine will come to life at
the Perry Library on June
16, when Dana Pooie
Kersey dresses up as the
comical “Amelia Bedelia"
and tells her story.
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RIBBON CUTTING Peggie Askew cuts the ribbon for
the grand opening of Mrs. Peggie's, a new barbecue
restaurant on Carroll Street in Perry. On hand for the
occasion are, from left, Mayor Jim Worrall, Chamber of
Commerce Chairman Steve Rodgers, Perry Convention
and Visitor’s Bureau Director, Jenny Andrew; Bonita
Askew, Peggie Askew (with scissors), Chamber Presi
dent Chris Kinnas. Dewey Askew, Marian Ford and
Chamber treasurer, Jay Jones. In addition to barbecue,
the restaurant’s menu includes such specialties as col
lard greens, macaroni and cheese, balced chicken and
pork chops.
Farm
dairy farmers, and said
that milk transported from
the northern states to
Georgia can take four to
five days before the milk is
pasteurized. He urged sup
port of federal legislation
which will focus on locally
produced milk and milk
products.
The Commissioner also
cheered on Democratic
party members at the sup
per meeting.
“I was born and reared
the son of a sharecropper,
and I’m proud of the fact
that I’m a Democrat," he
A Jew minister of music, youth at Second Memorial
Jonathan Fisher is new Minister of Music and Youth at
Second Memorial Baptist Church. He began his new posi
tion on June l.The son of the Anita Baggett of Warner
robins and the late Rev. Michael F. Fisher, he is married to
Ginger Broxton. He is a Warner Robins native and a grad
uate of Southeast High School, and attended Brewton
Parker College and Mercer University. He has most recent
ly served piinister for Ayondale Baptist Chufch fri
Our recent partnership with Crossroads Bank of Georgia gives us a total of ten offices. The joining together of
these two banks also gave us a new name: Security Bank. That’s because both banks are now state chartered, so
the word National had to go.
Now we're all over middle Georgia. So while others are being taken over by out of state banks, we’re strengthening
our local commitment. Giving us the opportunity to make banking with Security even more convenient. And along
with that convenience, you get great products and a level of personal a
service thaft second to none. NfifllrilV
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said, “I lived through the
Depression years. I ain’t
dumb."
Speaking of President
Bill Clinton, he said, “I’m
an old Southern Baptist
and he may have done a
few things I don’t like, but
he still gets an A+ for lead
ership."
He want on to say that
Georgia, “is the premier
state in the nation... the
envy of the south, and the
only state remaining of all
50 that has never had any
thing but a Democratic gov
ernor."
Community discussions begin
on future of downtown Perry
Bt CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home •Joctwal Statt
With the advent of shop
ping malls and plazas,
chain stores with major
purchasing power, and vast
parking areas, downtown
shopping areas across the
country have been strug
gling to survive for two gen
erations.
Downtown Perry, despite
it} attractive store fronts
and landscaped, shaded
streets, is no exception.
With the new Super Wal-
Mart opening in July, and
plans under way for build
ing the new courthouse on
Perry Parkway, merchants
and others who make their
living in downtown Perry
face the challenge of an
uncertain future.
The first steps toward
meeting that challenge
were taken at a meeting
hosted by the Perry Cham
ber of Commerce May 27.
With a crowd of downtown
shop owners, community
leaders and elected officials
gathered together to talk and
plan. Susan Peacock, a moti
vational speaker and work
shop leader for Oglethorpe
Power, led a discussion
which included acknowledg
ing community strengths,
identifying challenges and
problems, and coming up
with a vision for the future of
the downtown area.
Beginning with the
strengths of the community,
participants readily pointed
to Perry’s assets —rapid
growth, a good location
along 1-75, an active Cham
ber of Commerce and
responsive media, historical
interest, tourist attractions
such as the Georgia Nation
al Fairgrounds, good schools
and medical facilities.
Problems and challenges -
noted by the participants
included the shortage of
parking spaces in the
downtown area, empty
buildings, absentee owner
ship and high rent in some
jdpwntown shop locations,
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facilities that visitors ask
about such as a movie the
ater and an upscale dress
shop for women.
When asked to come up
with a vision few downtown
Perry, participants offered a
wide range of suggestions,
including closing oft Carroll
Street as a pedestrian walk
way, having more restau
rants, creating living quart
ers in the downtown area,
and attracting more tourists
with an approach similar to
that taken in north Geor
gia’s tourist magnet, the
small town of Helen.
While the meeting arrived
at no firm conclusions, Chris
Kinnas, Chamber President
considers it a starting point.
"Every idea has its time,"
Kinnas said a few days after
the meeting. “Once we get a
synopsis back (from consul
tants at Oglethorpe Power),
we’ll turn it over to our Busi
ness Development Commit
tee. We expect some things to
be done."
Kinnas pointed out that
while there are some down
town vacancies, the overall
picture is better than some
believe.
“We have 15 vacancies in
180 locations
downtown," he said, “That’s
a 92 percent occupancy
rate. I think our downtown
will remain viable. It's a
matter of working different
ly and working smarter."
Kinnas also said that he
and others in the Cham
ber’s leadership would “love
to foster some entrepre
neurship", noting that the
Chamber has many
resources for helping fledg
ling businesses get off to a
good start, including the
services of the Small Busi
ness Development Center.
As for the opening of Wal-
Mart and its impact on local
retail business. Kinnas said
he expects the new store to
bring more people to Perry,
not only from the surround
ing rural counties, but also
from the middle and, north
•eirrpait of Houston County.
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