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Volume 128, No. 29 2 Sections 18 Pages Wednesday, July 21. 1999 50 Cents a*. Home <.l th. 4^ (icorgia yy National Fair II * nd The X~ Crassroa igJT/ Thils Week 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. « 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. x Icon versa tion JW ru ~ fIII ; ; ; Hr l\ I 111 ' 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 ;;jlousfcon;.|pounity serving ori ; the airport authority, and. as airport manager.- Mf> | On July 17, he was [ 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 -T \* ' V' i ’.<;y -■: I LAMONT WILSON New Wal-Mart Manager The Old Reliable, Serving Houston County Since Dec, 17, 1870 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 v m rft 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 &***.*■ *&>*** . v . *• .V . .• — * ~ tWfflar v Mm mm*. - . —, :<T® ■ Jm 1| L " Home Journal Photos by Charlotte Perkins READY TO QO Perryans Andrew Groberg (left) and Lisa Bartlett are among the many local people hired to be WalMart associates. Hot Dog! j^l Who is this man cooking/ ▼ | for? Did any- 1 one show up ~ I to eat? Find f out on page M ib. ymm/ 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