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1999-2000
Date Event
Aug. 9 Preplanning for teachers
Auc 12 Classes begin
Sept. 6 Labor Day Holiday
Oct. 11 Columbus Day holiday
Nov. 22 23.. Student holiday, teacher inservice
Nov. 24 26.. Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec. 17 Last day before Christmas
Jan. 3 4 Student holiday, teacher inservice
Jan. 5 Second semester begins
Jan. 17 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
FeL 18 Student holiday, teacher inservice
Pel . 21 President's Day holiday
April 17-21 .Spring Break
May 26 Second semester ends
May 30 31 ..Post Planning.
Fall semester work will be completed before th
Christmas holidays. Graduation will be Ma
26 27.
Wonderful memories
’ My family and 1 went to see my grand
son finish his Challenge British Soccer
camp, which was sponsored by the City oi
Perry Recreation Department, this last
Friday.
Generally, Dylan went to camp in the
mornings; however, the coach asked all
the campers to return to the soccer field
Friday night for a special get-together.
The children exhibited their newly
honed soccer skills to friends and family.
Short exhibition games beiween teams.
and between
kids and
adults were
held. Laugh
ter, food,
drinks, and
fun, along
with recogni
tion of the
children's
d< dication to
learning new
skills, were in
huge supply that night.
1 believe nothing pleases a child more
than a parent beaming with pride and
complimenting his or her achievements.
For that matter, I know everyone loves a
well-deserved pat on the back.
Yet. while the evening may have been
great as it was already, something hap
pened that made it even more special. A
surprise in the form of a water truck trom
the Perry Fire Department arrived with
horn blaring and lights blinking.
Sweaty children and sweaty adults
were liberally doused with water. The
shrieks of delight and amazement were
heartwarming. But the smiles. Aliaa. Ihe
smiles were something I was glad to have
etched into my memories.
It was a simple pleasure getting
soaked. But the uniqueness of the lire
(i uck doing the soaking. Why that will be
what these youngsters remember for
ages. They will be grandparents one day,
and 1 know that moment will be a bright
spot in their memories, something they
will share with their grandchildren.
1 know because 1 remember things from
my childhood that were made extra spe
cial for one reason or another. I still tell
the stories to my family. If you ask my
kids, some of the stories have been
repeated too many times. However, my
grandson loves to hear every one of the
stories.
It is this kind of thing that links family
members to family members. The bonds
grow stronger when family history is
shared. Sure, most everyone knows who
their parents are. where they are from,
and so one. But it is the stories which
bring a smile to lips, a bubble of joy in a
laugh, a sparkle to the eyes.
So I thank the Perry Fire Department
and the Perry Recreation Department for
their part in making a summer evening
more special to so many.
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Home
Journal
Staff
Addressing questions asked by our readers
One of my jobs involves
responding to reader questions.
Sometimes these questions
result in a story, other times
just in information exchanged.
One recent question has to
do with changes in the proba
tion system in Houston County.
In an effort to understand the
changes, I went to an excellent
source, John Trussed. Not only
does John write a great column
about outdoors for us every
other week, he also heads the
Probation Department effort in
Houston County.
Some readers asked me why
they noticed an increase in pro-
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Back to rambling through
the old bound volumes of the
Houston Horne Journal:
It's really fascinating to get a
sense of long-ago Perry through
the 1899 volume. The pages are
yellowed and cracking and the
binding is falling apart, so the
old volume has to be handled
with care and can cause a few
sneezes, too.
Still, it's more fun to read,
from pages that came straight
off the press a century ago
than it is to read the same
things on microfilm.
Here are some highlights
that remind us how much
change a century can bring.
100 years ago:
Max Zarks of Perry placed a
notice in the Home Journal that
he would “pay in cash Macon
prices for all kinds of mer
chantable hides and skins,
green or dry ”
Ihe Houston County Poultry
Association announced plans
for an “informal exhibition of
purebred fowls in the court
house yard in Perry."
The turn of the century was a
big time for organizations. The
paper editorialized in support of
the formation of business asso
ciations and also reported
enthusiastically that a large
number of citizens had gotten
together and formed a Prohibi
tion League promising not to
vote for any candidate who was
not pro-prohibition.
Right in with the social
items, the Home Journal
included this note of sympathy.
"We regret to report that Mr.
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Jj
Johnson
Home
Journal
Edttor
bation fees recently. John
explained to me that not only
the state-funded agency for
whom he works collects proba
tion fees, but also private com
panies.
Charlotte
Perkins
Home
Journal
Staff
W.P. Short lost a good mule last
week. Colic was the cause of
death."
Cotton picking had begun,
with a payment of 35 cents per
hundred pounds, and there
were some editorial grumbles
about a shortage of cotton
pickers due to the heat.
According to one writer, the
reluctant cotton-pickers were
also possibly influenced by the
bad example of men who were
shooting marbles in downtown
Perry.
And now up to times much
more like our own but, of
course, more innocent and less
expensive.
Forty years ago
The Vanity shop was offering
back-to-school Kate Greenaway
dresses at $4.98 for 3 to 6X.
and $7.98 for sizes 12 to 14.
A bunch of Penyans were
just back from the All-Star bas
ketball and football games in
Atlanta, including Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Staples, Pierce, Porter
and Sheriy Staples. Mr.and
Mrs. Jim Worrall, Herb St.
John, E. H. Cheek, Ben Lee,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Martin,
Wilson Jr. and Lee, Charlie
of space occupied by the error.
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submitted materials unless a stamped, return address
envelope is included.
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for the citizens of Houston and adjoining counties by
Houston Publications Inc.. Perry. Ga. Our goal is to
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Houston Horn Journal
These private companies are
for profit operations, and
charge higher fees. While the
state fee recently increased
from S2O to $23 per month for
supervisory fees, these private
companies are charging their
clients S3O or more.
Why did some of our local
governments turn to this out
sourcing of probationers? John
said it is because of two things.
One, his office could not handle
the caseload. Two, most gov
ernment organizations are try
ing the private sector these
days to see if they can get the
work done more efficiently
Etheridge. Derry Watson, Jerry
Langston, Tommy Sandefur,
Larry Walker, Riley Hunt and
Earl Cheek.
Public School was to start 15
minutes earlier: at 8:45 instead
of 9 a.m.
Members of the Perry High
Band were off (by school bus) to
Camp Mishemowa in North
Carolina “to learn how to be a
sharp band to represent the
Perry School during the coming
year."
On the road were band mem
bers Barbara Barrett, Lonice
Barrett. Tommy Beall, Sidney
Bloodworth, Helen Davis. Gra
ham Gallamore. Judie Gray.
Mabel Hunt. Rex Ivey and Bob
bie Lou Johnson.
Other campers were Felix
Jones. Mike Kinnas, Ronnie
Kinnas, Mike Lacefield, Freddy
Lewis, Gail Logue. Danny
Meadows, Artie Middleton. Joey
Moody, Larry Moody. Carol
Morrow and Jackie Morrow.
Joining them were Pat Moss.
Ed Pierce, Sandra' Reynolds.
Cheryl Richards. Donna Smith.
Garold Spena, Jackie Stanley,
Adelaine Stocks. Andy Talton.
Alice Terry, Leroy Williamson
and Wanda Williamson.
Majorettes going along were
Billie Reed Coby, Carol
Etheridge. Melba Gibson. Lynn
Smith, Eunice Terry and
•Martha Lynn Watson.
Chaperones were Mrs. C.L.
Terry and Mr. and Mrs.. C.G.
Kinnas.
that can be cheaper, quicker or
better.
The state funded probation
office which Trussed heads up
now only handles felony cases.
Thanks to privatization, proba
tion for misdemeanors in Warn
er Robins and Houston County
is handled by a private compa
ny-
For families of probationers,
that can mean some confusion
because it is possible to have
more than one probation officer
or more than one probation
department if there are two or
more outstanding cases.
Confused enough? Me too.
Bob
-nibble
Home
Journal
President
God can cure
homosexual lifestyles
Each year the Army Founda
tion publishes a collection of
winning articles from their
Armv Writing Awards Competi
tion .This annual program rec
ognizes authors who apply bib
lical truths reinforced with
scripture to issues that should
concern every thoughtful and
caring person in the world
today.
Helen Sybil Mooradslavian, a
freelance writer and editor, who
writes for the Christian Infor
mation Network's quarterly,
won an award of Outstanding
Merit for an article written on
homosexuality titled “God Can
Cure Homosexual Lifestyles."
In her article. Mooradslavian
told the story of Phillip Lee,
which is very worthy reading.
This is the story of Phillip Lee.
From the time he was a
child, Phillip knew he was dif
ferent. that something was not
right.’ During his teens, that
"difference" became all too
apparent. Phillip realized he
was homosexual.
From an early age. Phillip
embraced the homosexual
lifestyle completely.
As an adult, he was the
model of "success." He had
closets full of designer clothes.
He jetted around the world to
exotic places, as an employee
of United Airlines. He decorat
ed his home with thousands of
dollars worth of artwork. He
hobnobbed with the Hollywood
and disco sets.
But on the inside, he felt
empty. “I had every material
possession and yet I had
nothing," Phillip said. “All
those things, as we well know,
will never fill that vacuum in
our heart. They never have.
And they never will."
One day, when he was 35
years old, Phillip hit bottom.
That particular moment is
etched vividly in his mind. “It
was Saturday, 6 o.clock in the
evening, Oct. 5, 1985. I was sit
ting on the edge of my bed. all
alone. I realized I had no
friends. 1 had totally alienated
myself from my family. My
body was riddled with drugs. I
lost all hope.”
Although Phillip had not
been raised in the church and
knew nothing about the Bible,
he said, “at that point I criec
out to God. And He heard me.
literally heard chains snap
break and fall! All homosexua
activity stopped! Drug!
stopped!"
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