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Volume 128, No. 24
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Wednesday,
June 16, 1999
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Time to plan 1999
family vacation
Just in case you’ve
forgotten, both public
and private schools in
Houston County will
begin the fall session
earlier than traditional.
Teachers in the public
school system will
report for preplanning
Aug. 9-11. Classes
begin Aug. 12. Classes
will end May 26, 2000.
Teachers at The West
field Schools will report
for preplanning Aug. 16-
18. Classes begin Aug.
19. Classes will end May
26, 2000.
Westfield will open the
varsity football season
with a pair of out-of
town games Aug. 27
and Sept. 3 at Fulling
ton and Tattnall. The
first home game will be
Sept. 10 with Tiftarea.
Perry High will open
the 1999 f season with a
pair of home games
Sept. 3 and 10, with
Vidalia and Lamar
County.
Camper rally set at
Agricenter this week
The Newmar brand
Kountry Club RV rally
will be held June 19-26
at the Agricenter. About
1,500 persons are
expected to attend the
event which features
Newmar trailers and
motorized vehicles.
The Georgia State 4-H
Horse Show and School
will open June 22 for a
10-day run. About 400
4-H’ers are expected for
the camp.
Restaurants inspected
by health department
Members of the Hous
ton County Environ
mental Health Depart
ment have conducted
several inspections of
restaurants in recent
days.
When a discrepancy
is discovered, restaurant
officials are required to
make immediate
changes to resolve the
problem.
Rumble Middle
School, 383 S. Davis
Drive, Warner Robins,
97.
Shoney’s, 1406 Sam
Nunn Blvd., Perry, 80,
problem with tempera
ture control of foods.
Taco Bell, 1340 Sam
Nunn Blvd., Perry, 90.
Waffle King. 1301 S.
Houston Lake Road,
Warner Robins, 98.
Warner Robins High
School, 401 S. Davis
Drive, Warner Robins,
88, problem with tem
perature control of
foods.
Zaxby’s, 1425 Sam
Nunn Blvd., Periy, 100.
(See FOOD, Page SA)
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School Board tables staggered school
start times for more information
By Torey Jolley
H °Staggered school startings in Houston County
public schools are on hold.
Following a June 14 meeting, Houston Coun
ty School Superintendent Charles Holloway
said, “We will table the issue of staggered school
starting times until fall.
“We have to look further into this issue before
we just do it. It will be tight transporting 14,000
students but we will have a few more buses
which will help us," Holloway said.
Holloway said the “short notice would be
unfair to parents, teachers, and principals."
Holloway said the board will conduct exit
interviews of the system’s drivers to discover the
reason for their leaving. Because several have
quit, there is a shortage of drivers, transporta
tion director Houston Porter reported last week.
“If it is a matter of low pay, we will be able to
deal with that,” said Holloway.
The board also approved the construction bid
on the Houston County Career and Technical
Center. The center will be at the old Middle Geor
gia Technical Institute site at the intersection of
Corder Road with Russell Parkway in Warner
Robins.
It will offer a variety of vocationally-oriented
programs beginning in August.
The facility was originally a high school level
vocational school before Middle Georgia Tech
became a po^J.-secondary program.
The center Fonsfruction cost is “guaranteed to
cost no more than $444,620," said architect Jim
Mehserle. He said the construction funds set
Workshop attendees say they seek
good work ethics among workers
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
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What are employers looking
for when they hire people for
entry-level unskilled Jobs in
middle Georgia? Employees
with good work ethics.
“We ought to be able to teach
them how to build a bus, not
how to come to work on time.”
said Rick Hudson, director of
human resources for Bluebird
Body Co.
Hudson was one of a num
ber of speakers at a regional
workforce development “sum
mit", the first meeting of its
kind to be held in Georgia.
The summit drew a large
crowd of elected officials, com
munity and business leaders
to the Middle Georgia Techni
cal Institute June 9.
Rick Bailes from Georgia
Pacific Pump echoed Hudson’s
sentiments about work ethic
issues. Bailes said he has
encountered problems of basic
literacy such as “people who
can’t read or write, can’t read a
tape measure."
He also described a recently
hired (and fired) employee who
had come to him a half dozen
times asking for a job, and
then “wouldn’t come to work
on time."
Hudson, Bailes, Wayne
Ragin from Northrop Grum
man. Jack Mullen from Robins
Air Force Base, and Bob
Krueger of Com South, repre
sented business leaders at the
workforce meeting.
Representing educators and
human service agencies were
David Bell, president of Macon
State College; Jeannle Davis,
manager of Rands tad Staffing,
Billy Edenfield, president of Mid
dle Georgia Tech, and others.
Chris Clark of the
Hawkinsville-Pulaski Chamber
of Commerce presented statis
tics from a recent survey of
area business leaders which
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DISCUSSING NEEDS Perry banker George Slappey (right)
discusses business needs with Houston County Development
Authority professional Tim Martin.
A recent survey of area business leaders pointed out
that 60 percent of the respondents hire entry level
employees without technical training.
pointed out that 60 percent of
the respondents hire entry level
employees without technical
training.
Additionally, the survey indi
cated 81 percent provide spe
cialized training in-house. 35
percent work with local
schools, the Department of
Family and Children Services,
the Department of Labor and
Middle Georgia Tech
The survey indicated some
46 percent do not have work
force development plans to deal
with future needs.
The keynote speaker for
event was Michael Thurmond,
Georgia Commissioner of
Labor, who told the assembled -
business and civic leaders that
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aside are $498,239. This gives the project a
$30,000 contingency buffer.
The plans were originally priced at $571,153.
The revised plans lowered the construction costs
by $120,533. According to Mehserle, the board
would receive “100 percent refund of all costs
under the $444,620 level."
Parrish Inc. of Perry will be the company han
dling the construction of the center.
The board’s final business was the approval of
the contract with Georgia Power to move some
electrical transmission lines. The cost will be
$99,500 and will be payable 30 days after com
pletion.
In addition to approving the cost and contract,
the board approved to convey the right-a-way to
Georgia Power. The project requires four poles to
be moved.
The evening ended with the board brain
storming for goals to achieve in the future. Goals
will be set in 10 areas: student performance,
technology, student services, public
relations/community, staff, development,
finance, staffing ratios, community affairs, busi
ness practices, and facilities.
“We are focusing on the next year. This is only
a brainstorming session," said Holloway.
One of the things the board will be looking
into will be the possibly of day-care for teachers’
children.
“It could be the best recruiting tool we could
offer," said Helloway. Shirley Lowery, vice-chair
man of the Houston County Board of Education,
will be looking into the feasibility of such a pro
gram in the future.
the fastest growing demograph
ic group in the state is senior
citizens. He said employers
need to be looking for talent
among retirees and disabled
persons.
Thurmond also spoke at
length on the successes of wel
fare reform in Georgia, and
said that “Jailfare is more
expensive than welfare."
He urged the development of
more work training programs.
The meeting was Jointly
sponsored by the Middle Geor
gia Regional Development
Authority, Middle Georgia
Technical Institute, the Gcqrgia
Department of Industry, Trade
and Tourism, and Macon State
College.
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Party argument leads
to shooting, arrests
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
is in the hospital and two
others are in jail following
which turned violent at a party in a resi
dential neighborhood.
According to Det. Heath Dykes of the
Perry Police Department, 33-year-old Ter
rence Brown turned himself in on the
morning of June 12. Brown was charged
with aggravated assault in the shooting of
Christopher Fields, 22.
Fields suffered two gun shot wounds to
the chest and remains in intensive care at
the Medical Center of Central Georgia in
Macon.
Dykes said the shooting took place soon
after midnight at 606 Marsha Drive.
Brown reportedly shot Fields during an
argument. Fields allegedly ran to the cor
ner of Oakridge and Marsha Drive before
collapsing. PoSoe were alerted by a neigh
bor who called after hearing the shots.
They found Fields surrounded by party
goers. Brown had left the scene, according
to Dykes.
Fields was taken by ambulance to the
Perry Hospital Emergency room and then
taken by helicopter to the Medical Center
where he had emergency surgeiy. Dykes
said he had learned that Fields is no longer
on a respirator and is breathing on his
own. However, his spleen had to be
removed.
Also arrested was Anthony Persons,
whose home was site of the party. Dykes
said Persons, who has a prior felony con
viction. was charged with keeping a disor
derly house and with possession of a
firearm.
Police Chief George Potter said his
department will continue to enforce the
disorderly house law.
“When you let people get intoxicated and
out of hand, disturbing the neighborhood,
that’s a disorderly house," he said.
Potter added that “hot tempers, hot
weather, firearms and alcohol can be a
deadly combination, but thankfully, in this
case, the victim should recover."
Two senior members
honored at Kings
Chapel C.M.E. Church
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Members of King’s Chapel Memorial C.M.E.
Church recently honored two of the oldest and
most faithful members of the church.
Eula Bannister and Mack Fluellen were hon
ored with a special Saturday evening program
followed by a cov
ered dish supper
at the church.
Entitled “This
is your Life," the
program was nar
rated by Thelma
McCoy, daughter
of Bannister. The
program included
a special presen
tation by Perry
Councilman and
Mayor pro tern
Bobby Glover,
who gave each of
the honorees a
framed certificate
of appreciation
from the city of
Perry.
Highlighting
the event were
several musical
numbers by the grandchildren and great-grand
children of the two honorees, who sang “Jesus,
You’re the Center of my Joy" and “We are the
World."
Among those on the program were Tannya
Duncan, Mattie Brunson, Billy Heard, Delores
Middleton, Cora Fells and Clifford Nelson speak
ing in appreciation of Bannister.
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EULA BANNISTER
Honored at Kings Chapel