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Volume 128, No. 29
2 Sections
18 Pages
Wednesday,
July 21. 1999
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Junior beef school
continues at Agricenter
The 1999 Georgia
Junior Beef School con
tinues through July 22
at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agri
center. More than 200
Georgia 4-H and FFA
students are participat
ing in the event.
The Beef School is a
learning experience for
youth who exhibit cattle.
Each participant brings a
steer or heifer to school.
Students are arranged
according to their show
ing experience. Instructor
and speakers will cover
the basics of owning,
raising, and showing a
steer or heifer.
The Beef Schooj is fol
lowed by the Georgia
Junior Beef F uturity.
July 22-24.
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Lawson honored
The United States
Achievement Academy
announced that Saman
tha Jo Lawson of
Swainsboro. has been
named an All-American
Scholar.
Lawson, daughter of
A 1 and Mary Lou Lawson
of Swainsboro, earned a
3.3. or higher grade
point average. She
attends David Emanuel
Academy.
Lawson is the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Aromatorio of Perry,
and Mr. and Mrs. A 1 W.
Lawson of Swainsboro.
Choir concert set
Youth of First Baptist
Church 210 Garmon St,
Warner Robins, will pre
sent their Choir Concert
July 25 at 4 p.m.
Union Grove to host
gang seminar
A gang seminar will be
held 6:30 p.m. July 29
at Union Grove Mission
ary Baptist Church.. The
public is invited to
attend. For more infor
mation. call 922-5514.
Shiloh Baptist Church
plans revival
Homecoming and
Revival will be held at
Shiloh Baptist Church of
Henderson July 25 with
regular service at 11a.m.
with Pastor W.G. Grover.
Service with Davis Hill
Baptist Church will
begin at 2:30 p.m.
Revival is scheduled
for July 26-30, 7:30 p.m.
nightly. The Rev. Keith
Milton of Macon will be
the evangelist for the
event. For more informa
tion, call 987-5038.
New Life of Perry
hosting Cross Fire
New Life Pentecostal
Church of 2334 U.S. 41
South, Perry, will host
“The Cross Fire," a ser
vice centered around the
youth/teens July 23,
7:35-9:05 p.m. in the
main sanctuary.
The church’s Special
Care Ministries will be
visiting the residents of
Summer Hill Nursing
Home July 2-1 10:30
a.m. Pastor Tony tiaici
win announced a special
celebration of praise and
worship July 25 at 10
a.m. and 6 p.m.
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Houston Home Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
New school in town: Perry Primary Center opens Aug. 9
By Torey Jolley
Home Jouwiai. Staff ■
It is said you cannot Judge a
book by its cover. The Perry Prima
ry Center, formerty known as the
Perry Middle School, is a prime
example. The Perry Primaiy Center
may look the same on the outside,
but inside is a different story.
While the renovations are on
going. most of the work has been
completed on the building to be
used by K-4 through first graders.
‘The bulk of the renovations were
done by the Houston County
School maintenance under the
direction of David McMahan, direc
tor of maintenance," said Beth Bur
ris, Houston County School media
specialist.
The walls have new paint. The
floors have ne,w tiles or carpet. The
restrooms have new smaller toilets
and sinks. Classrooms have new
Airport Authority honors
long-time aviation
enthusiast John Houser
When John Houser was
in his late teens, the Perry
airport was called Myrtle
Field. That was during
Worid War 11 when the
landing strip was devel
oped as an extension of
Cochran Field in Macon
by the U.S, Department of
War and was used for
training British troops to
fly.
Houser joined that bat
tle himself, becoming a B
-25 bomber pilot, and Com
ing back home to go into
as a builder.
Through the years he has
taken a crucial role in the
development of the Perry
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serving ori ; the airport
authority, and. as airport
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[ honored by city and ctmn
; ty leaders, as the new
: 2.500-square foot airport
' terminal was - dedicate^
Wal-Mart is open
New Supercenter store available 24 hours per day
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home State
Perrys Wal-Mart Super
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LAMONT WILSON
New Wal-Mart Manager
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shelves.
The lunchroom is being “com
pletely redone" and trees have been
ordered.
Murals of teddy bears decorate
the halls and one mural is getting
its final touches in the lunch room.
According to Burris, “Cost of the
renovation is $350,000. All work
was done by the system mainte
nance team. Only the cabinetry and
the fencing were contracted out."
The media center is a wonder
land of books. Humpty-Dumpty
sits over the bookshelves, welcom
ing the visitors into his domain.
According to Bridget Howard,
media specialist for Perry Primary
Center, “We will have a lot of new
books. However, feeder schools, like
Tucker, Kings Chapel. Morning
side, and Perry elementaries, will
be sending us age-appropriate
books as well.
and named in his honor
, ,#RP Larry Walker,
keynote speaker for the
occasion, pointed out that
Houser's family roots in
Houston County go “back
to Civil War times,” and
honored him as “a church
man, a family man, a
man s man. -
A resolution naming the
terminal after Houser was
read by Senator Sonny
Perdue, f W :
Among those on the
program St the standing
room only event were
Garry Peavy, chairman of
the Perry Houston Coun-
Sr Airport Authority and
Arthur Grady, an Authori
ty member; Perry Mayor
Jim Worrafi, and Houston
County Commission
Chairman J. Sherrill
Stafford.. ; .
Following the dedication
program and the unveiling
>|of a permanent plaque on
the building exterior, an
outdoor lunch was served.
center has opened its doors
to shoppers and, with
the exception of Christmas
day those doors will stay
open 24 hours a day, seven
days a week from now on.
Opening day festivities
on July 21 are slated to
include a ribbon cutting
ceremony at 8 a.m., a
SI,OOO donation to United
Way as the store's state
ment of commitment to the
community, and day-long
announcements of door
prizes and giveaways.
However, for many shop
pers the main attraction
may well be checking out
the sheer size of the new
142,000 square-foot store,
which includes a complete
grocery store, in addition to
general merchandise and
specialty departments such
as a family hair salon anda
Championship
time |
Many Perry area ail star youth
teams are involved in champi
onship tournaments. One is
headed to the world Series.
Details on pages 6-8 A
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Home Jounurt photo try Cfmrtotte Perkins
PROUD LEGACY - The new terminal at the Perry
Houston County Airport has been named in honor of
John Houser, who started his flight cared* as a
bombs r pilot during World War R and has worked for
years to build the local airport to its present capabili-
one-hour vision center.
Many shoppers will also
see friends and neighbors
among the 365 employees
on the Job at the new store,
since almost all of the hir
ing for the store has been
done in Houston County
and surrounding counties.
Store manager Lamont
Wilson, a native South Car
olinian and former profes
sional football player with
the Washington Redskins,
has been with Wal-Mart for
11 years, and calls the
newly-hired and trained
staff, “some of the best folks
I’ve seen.”
He said most of the
employees hired came from
other Jobs rather than from
unemployment rolls.
Wilson and Assistant
See STORE, Page SA
“We are hoping to make the cen
ter a delight. Someplace the chil
dren want to come," Howard added.
The technology center is nothing
to overlook. The school renovated
several rooms and installed a com
puter lab. Houston County School
employees are being trained on the
computers.
“We have a mandatory eight
hours computer training," said
Burris. All the training is being
done at Perry Primary. However,
once the school bell tolls the begin
ning of the school year, those same
computers will be at the touch of 4-
6 year olds.
With the building’s renovation
comes new thinking to the leader
ship of the center. Perry Primary
will be the first school in Perry to
have, not one, but two principals.
Van Rodgers and Dave Crockett
are pleased to be a part of this
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READY TO QO Perryans Andrew Groberg (left) and
Lisa Bartlett are among the many local people hired to
be WalMart associates.
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renewal. Rogers was the former
principal at Morningside, while
Crockett was at Kings Chapel.
“We both came out of retirement
to be a part of this," said co-princi
pal Crockett. “What excites me
about this project is that it gets all
the primaries together. We can con
centrate on reading and writing
skills. We have talked about how to
get children ready to learn for
years. This gives us an opportunity
to do it.”
Rodgers agrees, “It is an opportu
nity to give the children a solid
beginning in learning. That is rea
son enough to come back to work.”
Rodgers and Crockett will work a
two-day rotation shift. “So someone
will always be here," said Rodgers.
The school will house approxi
mately 700 four-to-six year-olds in
See SCHOOL, Page ??
City OKs cable
competition
By Torey Jolley
H°jC Joueral BTAy
The City of Perry has
Wal-Mart, K mart, Har
vey’s, and Kroger. But until
now. cable competition
was unheard of in the city.
Not anymore.
The city council
approved the franchise
request of James Cable
Partners, L.P. to build their
new cable franchise in
Perry.
According to Andy
Macke, Georgia Municipal
Association communica
tions specialist, ‘There is
no downside to this
approval. It will be benefi
cial to the city and its citi
zens.
“There will be better cus
tomer service, pressure to
offer more services, pres
sure to develop new ser
vices. and lower prices.
The FCC released a report
earlier this year that stated
in areas with effective com
petition, cable prices
dropped 6.3 percent."
Macke said.
“James Cable Partners.
L.P. will be doing business
See CABLE, page 2A