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Volume 128, No. 21
2 Sections
14 Pages
Wednesday,
July 7, 1999
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National Fair I
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Week
4-Hers coming to Perry
Some 300 Georgia 4-
Hers will come to Perry
July 15 for a farm safety
camp. The vent will be
held at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds.
That same day, the
NBHA/Ga Barrel Race
Championships will
open at the Fair
grounds.
VBS on the web
Want to see more pic
tures of the Perry United
Methodist Church Bible
school with the them of
Marketplace 29?
Perry native Terre
Walker has posted sev
eral pictures of the VBS
to her web pages about
Perryans.
To see the pictures go
to http://members
. aol .com / dixieten / perry
/ vbs.html
Want to see more
about Perry people? Try
this address, http://
members.aol.com/dixi
eten/perry.html
New book about
Houston County
Local author and
compiler William A.
Mills has produced a
new book which may be
very useful to persons
studying family history.
The book, Houston
County, Georgia,
Administrators and
Guardians Bond
Abstracts, 1871-1900
was funded through a
grant from the R.J. Tay
lor Jr. Foundation of
Atlanta.
“Since Administrators
and Guardians Bonds are
two of the most important
types of court records
available for genealogical
research, they have both
been included in this
book. These records
sometimes include infor
mation that is available
nowhere else," Mills said
in a release to the Home
Journal.
The book will be
placed in the Perry Pub
lic Library, the Houston
County Probate Court
record room and at the
Genealogy Department
of the Washington
Memorial Library in
Macon.
Mills is also working
on other books of inter
est including Eyewitness
Accounts of Houston
County, Georgia, 1821-
1871. He said this book
would include eyewit
ness accounts of live as
it was in the county at
that time.
Topics will include the
houses and roads of the
time, and Houston
Academy.
For more information,
contact Mills at
wmamills@juno.com
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Houston Home Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Commissioners OK $51.6 million financial package
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Joumai Staff
Houston County employ
ees will get a small cost of
living raise thanks to a new
$51.6 million budget
approved by the Houston
County Commission July 6.
County property owners
will not find out how the
budget affects them until
September. That is when
the county tax digest will be
approved, J. Sherrill
Stafford, Commission
Chairman, said.
The millage rate will be
Pets, horses
threatened
by hot days
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Houston Home Journal
With the temperature
soaring into the 90s, pet
owners need to be aware
animals can suffer and
even die from
if their owners fail to make
humane provisions for
them.
Heat stroke in animals,
as in people, can come on
quickly and result in severe
organ damage leading to
death.
According to Perry veteri
narian Dr. Brian Burnham,
certain breeds of dogs
particularly the short
nosed breeds such as bull
dogs, terriers and Shih
Tzus are especially sus
ceptible to overheating,
because they do not have
the ability to regulate their
body heat as well as other
breeds.
Burnham also cautions
dog owners who have
recently moved to the
South from cooler parts of
the country that their dogs
will need some time to get
acclimated to the hot Geor
gia summer days.
All dogs, Burnham said,
need “shade and lots and
lots of fresh water" if they
are kept outside. He
strongly advises families
not leave their dogs unatt
ended when they are leav
ing town for trips of a day
or two or more, unless the
dogs will cared for by very
responsible people.
Water should be in a
heavy bowl that cannot be
turned over accidentally.
Dogs should never be left
in parked cars for any
length of time. Burnham
says.
A car parked in the sun
can reach temperatures as
high as 160 degrees in a
matter of minutes, causing
fatal heat stroke, according
to P.E.T.A., an organization
promoting humane treat
ment of all animals.
P.E.T.A. also recom
mends providing inexpen
sive “kiddie" wading pools
for dogs kept outside.
Burnham recommends
using common sense in
regard to exercise for dogs
during the heat of the day,
even with active dogs used
to exertion.
Those sentiments are
echoed by Dr. Jim Brett of
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set after the tax digest is
received. At that time, the
county’s tax cap formula is
used to establish maximum
millage rates.
The financial plan
includes a two percent cost
of-living increase for all
county merit employees,
elected officials, superior
court judges, the juvenile
court judge and the magis
trate judge.
Some $30.4 million of the
fiscal year 2000 is for the
general fund budget, and
sll.l million is for the jail
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COOL CONTEST These youths dive
into ice cream during an eating contest
at the Big Bang Boom July 3. The event
provided several contests as well as a
major fireworks show after dark. The
Potter now interim city clerk
He will serve in that duty until a new city manager is named
By Torey Jolley
“It is an honor to pitch in
to help," said Police Chief
George Potter about his
appointment as interim city
clerk. Potter began his new
duties June 25.
Potter’s appointment fol
lowed the resignation of
Skip Nalley, city manager.
Nalley left the Perry city
managers position to take
on the job of county manag
er for Upson County.
Potter’s new duties will
focus on personnel and
administrative issues.
“Perry is blessed with
great employees. The
department heads are very
capable. They really care,"
said Potter, adding that
makes his Job much easier.
Potter held a staff meet
ing June 28 with the
department heads. The goai
of the meeting was to see
what is needed in each
department and what he
could do to help.
Potter said his 20-plus
Tennis camp
draws many
Event at Rozar Park earns with
tournament for youths
Get results, page 6A
and courthouse fund.
Also included is almost
$3 million for the water
fund budget; $2.4 million
for the landfill fund budget;
$546,740 for the Communi
ty Development Block
Grant (CDBG) budget; $l.B
million for the E-911 fund
budget, and $2.3 million for
the internal service fund.
In other business, the
Commissioners:
V Approved a contract
with Turner Construction
Co. of Atlanta.
The company will serve
years in leadership and
management roles have
honed his skills. He said he
is happy to be the Police
Chief and, though not cam
paigning for the city man
ager’s position, he would
not mind taking the posi
tion on permanently.
“We have a great police
department. We have come
a long way. The crime rate
is pretty low. I have an
excellent staff. They consult
me about major issues but
are competent enough to do
their own work," said Pot
ter.
Potter said the police
department has made sev
eral changes in the recent
years. The department has
updated its computer
department and require
ments for officers include a
two-year college degree.
“Its paid off. This year we
have cut burglaries 10 per
cent and robberies by 50
percent. All of our reports
are handled by computers.
This saves our officers time
as construction manager of
the courthouse and jail
building projects.
V Voted not to abandon
the Henderson Springs
Road as requested by ABS
farms. Attorney Tom Hall
recommended the Commis
sioners not approved clos
ing the road to through
traffic because of its loca
tion as a connecting road
between Ga. 26 and County
Line Road.
Commissioner Tom
McMichael said a cemetery
is located along road and is
Home Journal photo by Torey Jolley
show attracted an estimated 35,000 to
the Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter. See additional pictures, story,
page 18.
writing reports; now they
can be out patrolling more."
said Potter.
According to Potter, the
credit all goes to the officers
and his staff.
“Without their efforts, 1
would be unable to perform
the interim city clerk
duties," said Potter.
During his short time as
interim city clerk. Potter
has taken persons fined
community service work in
the municipal court and
put them to work.
“I’ve sent community ser
vice workers to the Recre
ation Department. They are
cleaning out the lake. We
now have some painting the
city's buildings, picking up
litter. This saves taxpayers
money. I am a firm believer
in community service work
ers. We can use their tal
ents and skills to help the
city," explained Potter.
As for how long Potter
will remain in the interim
position, “I haven’t the fog
giest."
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V Heard a report on the
construction of the new
Georgia State Patrol head
quarters off Larry Walker
Parkway in Perry.
V Discussed steps to be
taken in case power out
ages jeopardize the health
and welfare of citizens.
Stafford reported that a cit
izen had called him to seek
help because of an elderly
relative who had no power
and was suffering from the
See COUNTY, Page 5A
Martin
compares
hiking to
developing
community
By JOAN DORSETT
VsMJsaaeaLittEL
Tim Martin, fresh from a
hike along the Appalachian
Trail, shared thoughts
about reaching goals with
members of the Perry Kiwa
nis Club July 6.
Martin, the executive
director of the Houston
County Development
Authority, spent time on
the trail with his son,
Stephen, a recent graduate
of Houston County High
School.
Martin told the Kiwani
ans he was able to apply
things he learned while
hiking to things necessary
to developing a successful
community.
Among Martin’s ideas
were:
V Set big goals.
V Have a tactical plan
V Hike your own hike,
focus on what is best for
you.
V Falls definitely are not
failures. Get up and keep
moving.
V It is important to hike a
few miles each day. Do the
same thing the next day.
V Rain will fall during a
300-mile hike. Be flexible
when plans don’t work.
V Give care to feet. Keep
socks and boots dry.
V Boulders don’t trip hik
ers. little rocks do.
\ Eighty percent of the
time it is not perfect when
you are camping. Commu
nity development is the
same way.
Martin, introduced by
Kiwanian Dick Kistler, said
community development
follows the same type of
rules. His thoughts on
community included:
V Value the work and
effort by those who preced-.
ed you.
V We have met the enemy
and the enemy is us. Com
munities get what they
deserve.
V Don’t be surprised if
you aren’t pleased with the
results. The long run differ
ence matters, not the
immediate cheers.
Martin said he thought
about those lessons while
hiking the trail earlier this
summer.
See MARTIN, Page 5A