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Volume 128, No. 33
2 Sections
16 Pages
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Aug. 18, 1999
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FIRST IN LINE
Pamela Davis of Juliett
wasted no time Aug. 13
getting ready to pur
chase concert tickets
/or shows during the
Georgia National Fair,
Oct. 8-17. Davis wanted
several tickets to the
Sawyer Brown and Toby
Keith concert, which is
a featured concert dur
ing the coming 10th
Anniversary Georgia
National Fair. To ensure
her success, Davis
began camping out in
front of the Fairgrounds
ticket booth before 8
a.m. Tickets went on
sale 9 a.m. Aug. 14.
Lunches for Houston
County Schools
Milk is served with
every meal. Breakfast fea
tures fresh fruit or fruit
juice; cereal and toast are
a daily breakfast choice.
Lunches offer a variety of
fruits and vegetables
daily. PBJ sandwiches
are always on the menu.
Aug. 19 Breakfast:
pigs in a blanket. Lunch:
Cheeseburger or south
ern chicken w/roll or
submunchable. Manag
er’s choice.
Aug. 20 Breakfast:
manager's choice. Lunch:
Fajitas or chicken fried
steak w/gravy and roll or
pizza. Applesauce cake.
Aug. 23 Breakfast:
breakfast pizza. Lunch:
hamburger or manager’s
choice or baked potato
w/hot toppings. Juice.
Aug. 24 Breakfast:
bacon, egg. cheese crios
sant. Lunch: chicken
sandwich or ravioli w/
cheese sticks or pizza.
Manager's Choice.
Aug. 25 Breakfast:
waffles w/ syrup. Lunch,
com dog or grilled cheese
w/ soup or chili or baked
potato w/hot toppings.
Mississippi Mud Pie.
Restaurant inspections
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restaurant inspection
report? The report has
moved to the Houston
Home Journal Advertiser
each Tuesday.
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Re-election
Perry City Council incumbents
Glover, Lewis and Moore to
seek re-election during Nov. 2
city election.
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Houston Home Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Henderson to get new fire
station within next year
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
WARNER R6BINS lf
everything stays on
schedule, the Henderson
community could have a
new fire elation by mid
summer, 2000.
The Houston County
Commissioners, at their
meeting Aug. 17,
approved the initial stage
of an extensive upgrad
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near U.S. 41 south of Henderson is now being drawn
Water woes II:
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
HENDERSON After complaints
last week from several south Houston
County residents that the ongoing
irrigation of an ABS Farms cotton field
was leading to dry wells and low water
pressure, Scott Moore took some
neighborly steps .
Moore, the manager for ABS.
switched the center pivot irrigation
system to a pond water source rather
than using deep well water. He also
offered bath and laundry facilities at
Henderson Village to one resident
with a dry well, and hauled a tank of
Grant to help refurbish water treatment plant for Cagle
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Stake
The federal government
will help upgrade a waste
water treatment facility at
the new Cagle chicken pro
cessing plant in southeast
ern Houston County.
The City of Perry
announced the acquisition
of $499,963 in block grant
money Aug. 16. The money
is from the Housing and
Urban Development's
Department of Community
Affairs.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall
said. “This money will be
used for the renovations of
the waste water facility at
the Cagle plant. The reno
vations wall make it one of
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ing of facilities for the
county fire department.
The plan calls for new
stations in Henderson
and Centerville, and ren
ovations at the remain
ing county stations:
Bonaire, Hayneville.
Lake Joy, Elberta,
Crestview and Meadow
dale.
During the meeting.
See FIRE, Page 5A
water to another for livestock use.
However, none of that means that
Moore or others at the farm agree with
complaints that ABS’ irrigation is the
cause of dry’ wells in the surrounding
area.
’’We re just being good neighbors."
Moore said. “We re not responsible for
the water shortage. There just hasn’t
been enough rainwater to replenish
the aquifer."
He added that unless there is a
good rain, he won’t be able to pump
from the pond for more than a couple
of weeks.
Chip Shelton, a spokesman for
the most modern water
treatment facility in the
state of Georgia."
The former site of three
beer breweries and a tea
bottling plant, the Cagle
operation is located along
Ga. 247 Spur between U.S.
341 and Kathleen.
According to Yolanda
Law, Development Special
ist for the Middle Georgia
Regional Development Cen
ter. “The city will own the
waste water facility and the
property it is located on.
The facility needs to be
refurbished for Cagle. Then
the city will lease back to
Cagle the use of the facility
or Cagle can even pay the
city to maintain the facili
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The saga of HB 489
Warner Robins reduces
some H 8489 demands
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
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WARNER ROBINS ln the latest plot
twist of the apparently endless H 8489
saga, the Warner City Council has dropped
its demand that the Houston County gov
ernment provide all supplementary fund
ing for E-911 service.
The decision took the form of a resolu
tion passed in at a Warner Robins Council
ABS Farms manager says he is drafting
water from a pond rather than using well
ty"
According to Law. the
waste water plant will
require $5,500,000 to
refurbish completely. The
majority of the money will
come from Cagle.
Law said the city is
applying for another grant
called the Employee Incen
tive Program. The grant is
from a program recently
started in the Department
of Community Affairs. It is
for a maximum of
$500,000.
Law said, “In exchange
for the city’s application for
the grant, Cagle promises
to hire 1,500 employees in
the next two years. And
from that 1,500, 51 percent
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ABS, said there is a depletion of
groundwater caused by the long dry
spell, but most wells in the area are
still pumping water, while some
even one on ABS farms have gone
dry.
This variability, Shelton said, is
caused by the fact that ground water
in aquifers is not all at one level. The
job of well diggers is not just to locate
water, but to locate a dependable sup
ply of water.
"Not everybody has a water prob
lem." Moore added, “The folks with
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meeting Aug. 16.
The resolution, in four parts, asked first
that the Houston County Government pay
for the total cost of the Houston County
Development Authority (something the
county has already agreed to do).
Other requests were that the County pay
the total cost of the Houston County
See PLAN, Page 7A
Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins
will be from low to moderate
income individuals."
She said Cagle will work
with JPTA and other wel
fare-to-work programs in
their hiring processes.
“Cagle has said they
intend to have about 2,250
employees in the first cou
ple of years," said Worrall.
Law agreed, “They expect
to even increase that num
ber to 5,000 employees in
the next several years."
In addition to refurbish
ing the waste water plant,
Cagle will spend $10.5 mil
lion on renovations to the
building and sl2 million in
equipment.
Chicken processing will
begin about the new year.
First day
of school.
Students
enter new
Perry Prima
ry School.
See page IB
City council
inspects unsafe
houses, to
proceed with
condemnations
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal State
Perry bity Councilmen
took a tour of areas along
Ball Street and Washington
at the request of Perry
Mayor Jim Worrall. After
ward. they agreed to pro
ceed with condemnation of
some structures.
"A nice, gated communi
ty development was inter
ested in the Ball Street
area. However, once they
started looking closer at
the area, they changed
their minds," Worrall told
council members. “And
after touring this area ear
lier, I understand why."
The issue is the lack of
concern by some owners in
maintaining their property
to safe and legal standards.
Council inspected three
houses along Ball Street,
including one in the 800
block which was raided by
police three weeks ago for
drugs.
Worrall said The Davis
Company has expressed
concern about the houses
along that street because
with their holdings nearby.
Worrall told council,
“just one spark from a
match could cause tremen
dous damage to the city.
There is gas, mineral oil,
and other chemicals just a
short distance away."
The city passed a
stronger city ordinance
prohibiting such buildings.
One reason no action has
taken place before now is
the lack of a code enforce
ment officer. However, the
city is now taking charge.
Steve Howard, Perry
building official, has sent
letters to nine property
owners in violation of the
city’s unsafe housing ordi
nance as a first step in
declaring the properties
condemned.
In other matters, the city
accepted the lowest bid on
a refrigerant recovery sys
tem. The system will recy
cle and recover freon from
city vehicles’ air condition
ing systems.
According to Hugh
Sharp, Public Works
See CONDEMN, page 7A