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Volume 128, No. 28 2 Sections 14 Pages Wednesday, July 14, 1999 50 Cents k Home o! the A Georgia National Pair I The 1“ Crossroa 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. Contact the Home Journal Contact the Houston Home Jour nal: Voice (912) 987-1823 Fa* (91?' 988-1181 email homejrms Mail P.O. Drawer M, Pfcrry, 31069 Street 807 Carroll St., Perry, 31069 MNew Associate Pastor at n —gd GEORGIA NEWSPAPER ; f:uJE: '- 1 t m U. GA. nAIN LIBRARY ATHENS, GA 30S0L || l_ I Houston Home Journal Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia r *gSijas;y— H mwmkm • Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins 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 fmo« S T tUPora 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 Four new recruits join Perry Police Department > - ;V.,‘ WBBm Melissa Stuckey tijAiii.nn. i .—■T Hi 'ivlUl James Buck J ,1, • r J JO P* 0.l 01 * * r ».) /1 g Hr. net r. f.V <u r.t /Clr. »«. Jj * < J / jO/ t^ 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, By Torey Jolley P9y» JPvmvt frrAp 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 .JEWS"- ' "■ r v "■ JHL wi ■ « • ; *Hop? « • , , * « sip Jra fKgf:?.\ .. 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 rjßgr New industry to buy land at Perry industrial park Bt Torjcy Jolley Hom « JMLhB , 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 (Continued or PAOB %) Phil Clark on the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Page 5A 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- >»|t rjAgps? g 'J* i\v4» Quridsha Gilliam i |jj jj j Michael Zimmerman