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Volume 128, No. 33 2 Sections 16 Pages Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999 30 Cents Home of the fjS Georgia H 9 National FSrM r and At 7 1 The Crossroa y This Week rySfO .IHHn Bit wj^Hn ' "NB - .jf ilp Jliiilair jV HHJ Photo by Torey Jollev 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 Looking for the weekly restaurant inspection report? The report has moved to the Houston Home Journal Advertiser each Tuesday. Contact: J s the l*"" Home IHUSUI Journal Contact the Houston Home Journal: Voice.... (912) 987-1823 Fax (9U, "«81181 email homcjrn^hom.nct Mail RO. Drawer M. Perry. 31069 Street 807 Carroll St.. Perry, 31069 Re-election Perry City Council incumbents Glover, Lewis and Moore to seek re-election during Nov. 2 city election. See page 3A 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 , i t f 11 ',-• -timt'i aft, JFjfc mgßtlairtifer ••wHFm3BMi!llli3Mynr^^ , ' i ‘w AT ABS FARMS Water for irrigation of a cotton field from a pond on ABS land, 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 The Old Reliable. Serving Houston County Since Doc. 17, I*7o 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 anr- Mm SK oq /* pH n,nf 11 * OTMf . Glover The saga of HB 489 Warner Robins reduces some H 8489 demands By CHARLOTTE PERKINS |toß JoirRNAL Staff 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 | W I 1 a&m ImU dff rH d I :• ppnTFr-T 3PY Moore I an r.-FTO NFUSC'OPF* no, WfiTKi i TlftPri rK|q Oft -iRf.RP Lewis 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 See WELLS, Page 7A ft JEs. /C 'ton JPPWN "JJSJJ k *% - ■ yfl THHm w I ■4 m 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