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Volume 128, No. 28
2 Sections
14 Pages
Wednesday,
July 14, 1999
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This
Week
Perry Players
plan audition
The Perry Players, Inc.
will be holding auditions
for its upcoming produc
tion of “1940’s Radio
Hour."
Auditions will be held
at 7:00 PM July 25-26.
Interested persons
should report to the
Perry Players, Inc. at 909
Main Street. For more
information, please call
987-5354.
Time change
for meetings
Perry City Council will
change its meeting time
from 7:30 PM to 6:00 PM
beginning August 3,
1999.
Farm Safety
Day Camp
Farm Safety Day
Camp will be held July
15 at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter. The
camp is tailored to the
agricultural hazards of a
region. Workshops on
safety measures, first
aid. and safe practices
using pesticides and
herbicides will be
offered. For more infor
mation, call Kathy Tal
ton at 987-0358.
Shoney Bear
at Library
Shoney Bear will visit
the Perry Library July 15
at 11:00 AM. Magician
John Cooper will per
form July 19 at 11:00
am. Both the Shoney
Bear and the magician is
in connection with the
libraryds summer read
ing club program. For
more information, please
call the Perry Library at
987-3050.
Creekwood
cookout
Ist Annual Creekwood
Neighborhood Watch
Cookout will be July 17,
10:00 AM -5:00 PM. The
even, which will be held
at Creekwood Park, will
include a Safety Bike
Rodeo sponsored by the
Perry Police Department.
Public is invited. For
additional information,
call Mary Lou Simon at
987-3527.
Soap Carving
Recreation Depart
ment will be offering a
children’s craft class in
soap carving July 19 and
one in grass hair
Planters July 26. Cost is
1.00 per craft. For addi
tional information, call
988-2860.
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Sundayfun - Members of First Baptist Perry got together on July 10/or an after
noon of Jun and fellowship at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. Shown in the fore
ground enjoying a paddleboat outing on the pond are Ginger and Allan Gilmer with
their children Will and Emily.
New terminal building to be dedicated July 17
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The Perry-Houston
County Airport- Authority
will dedicate their new ter
minal building July 17.
The new building feature a
plaque on the front desig
nating it the John Houser
Terminal.
Houser, 78, has served
for fifteen plus years as a
member of the Airport
Authority. He is the man
ager of the facility.
Houser is a lifelong resi
Lightning likely cause of Elko Road blaze
probable cause of an early
morning mobile home fire
on Elko Road, according to
Houston County Fire Chief
Jimmy Williams.
The fire, which was
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dent of Perry and is 1938
graduate of Perry High. He
trained as an aviation
cadet at Thunderbird Field
in Phoenix, AZ. During the
World War 11, Houser pilot
ed 825 bombers. Follow
ing the war, Houser
returned home to Perry
and started his own con
struction company.
Houser is married to the
former Ann Matthews of
Ft. Valley.
Dedication services will
reported at 5:30 a.m., July
13, by a nearby resident,
destroyed the single-wide
trailer, but was fortunately
uninhabited at the time,
Williams said.
Firefighters reported to
the scene from Henderson,
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Perry sPolice Depart
ment can turn off its
vacancy sign now. Accord
ing to Perry Police Chief
George Potter, the city is
proud of its newest
recruits: Melissa Stuckey,
Michael Zimmerman,
Quridsha Gilliam, and
James Buck.
“We wanted mature,
friendly, outgoing people in
these positions. People the
community would be proud
of. Role models for our chil
dren. We have found four
diamonds," said Potter.
Buck was sworn into
duty July 6. He completed
his law enforcement train
ing at Macon Technical
Institute last month. Buck
graduated with top honors
in Academic Achievement
and Firearms.
“I brought both trophies
home,"'said Buck, adding
while "he excelled in acade
mics and firearms, he
found the Emergency Vehi
cle Operations Course “very
challenging.”
“It requites technique
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Celebrating
begin at 11:00 AM. Airport
Authority member Art
Grady will master the cere
monies. Georgia Represen
tative Lany Walker will be
the keynote speaker. Other
speakers for the event will
be Perry Mayor Jim Worrall
and County Chairman J.
Sherrill Stafford.
Following the dedica
tion, tours of the new
hangar facilities, corporate
hangar areas and future
development areas will be
Hayneville and the Dooly
County Correctional Insti
tute.
Williams noted that sev
eral satellite dishes in the
area had also been dam
aged by lightning.
and talent. You have to
master the course quickly,”
Buck warned the three
recruits who began their
training July 12.
Buck is retired from the
Air Force where he spent
his career as a Law
Enforcement Specialist.
Potter stated Buck is a
“great asset."
However, Buck is not the
only diamond. Gilliam
came highly recommended
from her criminal justice
instructor at Columbus
State University in Colum
bus, GA.
“Ms. Gilliam is the third
person I have recruited
from Columbus. She was
Peachbelt Player of the Year
in basketball and will be a
great role model for chil
dren in our community,”
said Potter.
Gilliam said, “My crimi
nal justice instructor told
me about the opening in
Perry. He said I would have
a better opportunity here.
He was right."
Gilliam admits to ' always
wanting to be a police offi
cer.” Her family supports
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New industry to buy land
at Perry industrial park
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Perry City Council
approved the Development
Authority’s recommenda
tion to sell 3.6 acres of land
in the industrial park dur
ing its July 6 meeting.
Council business included
department reports and a
citizen complaint about
free-roaming cats.
Southern Glazing, a win
dow glazing company,
offered $6,500 per acre.
The company will have a
10,000 square foot building
in the park. It will employ
six to ten employees.
However, the site will
require the city to install
sewer lines to the property.
This cost is approximately
$14,000.
City council approved
the sale with an amend
ment: the Development
Authority would pay half of
the sewer line installation
costs and charge a “tap fee"
to Southern Glazing.
Council received depart
ment head reports which
included the discussion of
contaminated 1 : diesel fuel in
the cityOs tanks. According
to Hugh Sharp, superinten
dent of works, the fuel had
some substance in it which
caused the city’s various
equipment to shut down.
“We had a lot of down
time," said Sharp. The
problem required the city to
shut down July 1-2. Once
the problem was discov
ered, the city took a sample
for testing.
“The viscosity test, which
usually takes thirty sec
onds, took two minutes."
said Sharp.
Perry Police Chief George
Potter noted one Police
vehicle stopped and had to
be towed back.
Sharp told council mem
bers it will be expensive but
the question is who is
her decision to make law
enforcement her life’s work.
About the training she
will be experiencing during
the 10 week course, Gilliam
stated, “Buck said the dri
ving course is hard. I don't
expect to "have any prob
lems though." Gilliam
noted while Buck scored
tops in his graduating class
in firearms, she, too,
“shoots well."
Periy’s officers use a
Glock model 22. It is a .40
caliber gun. This has not
hindered any of the
recruits.
In fact, according to Pot
ter, Stuckey is “impressive
on the firing range. She has
scored a 98.8 on the firing
range.."
Stuckey will celebrate
her twentieth birthday dur
ing the Police Academy
and. currently, is attending
Macon State College. She is
studying for her degree in
criminal justice. In addi
tion, Stuckey is a second
degree black belt in Karate.
Potter stated that Stuck
ey is “the youngest female
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responsible for cost: diesel
fuel supplier or the compa
ny who hauled the fuel. The
supplier set-up a tempo
rary 500 gallon tank until
the cityOs tanks could be
filtered.
Cindy Arrington
addressed the council on
the matter of stray and
free-roaming cats. “There
are laws demanding we
keep our dogs in a secure
area. Those laws should
include cats as well," stated
Arrington.
“The problem is becom
ing out of hand," claimed
Arrington, adding that if
nothing is done soon, this
could become a dire prob
lem of rabies.
Perry's interim city clerk
George Potter explained
currently there are no city
ordinances allowing for cat
control. He noted that the
city does not have a facility
• to house cats and the cur
rent facility is just a tempo
rary holding facility until
an animal’s owner claims it
or it is destroyed.
Council recommendpd
the city’s attorney David
Walker to look into writing
a cat ordinance similar to
the city’s dog ordinance.
In other business, the
council:
the second
reading of an application
for beer and wine packaged
to go license in the name of
Lamont Leroy Wilson for
Wal-mart Supercenter.
a request from
the Georgia Municipal
Association for voluntary
payment from the city as
an investment in the Geor
gia Cities FoundationOs
effort to fund capital pro
jects and technical assis
tance.
to execute a
Memorandum of Agree-
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