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Judy Massey to speak at
Womens Aglow
Judy Massey will be
the guest speaker at
Perry Women's Aglow on
Sept. 18. at 10 a.m. The
meeting will be held at
Crossroads United
Methodist Church. 1600
Main St., Perry.
Judy and Paul Massey
of Peachtree City are par
ents of two adult children
and two grandchildren.
They are members of
Christ the King Charis
matic Episcopal Church.
She is a Commissioned
Minister ol evangelism
and Missions and is cur
rently working on her
doctorate in global evan
gelism.
She has taught Bible
studies, led retreats and
spoken at Aglow chap
ters. She currently serves
as Aglow State Prayer
Coordinator for Georgia.
The Aglow board
encourages all women in
the area to attend. Coffee
and refreshments will be
served. For more details
call Diane at 987-2771.
Fort Valley State plans
Parents Day events
Fort Valley State Uni
versity will celebrate Par
ents' Day Weekend on
Slept. 17-18, with a busy
schedule of activities.
A Parents’ Appreciation
banquet will be held at 7
p.m. on Sept. 17, and
will be followed by a
party at the student cen
ter at 9:30.
On Sept. 18, the day
will begin with registra
tion and a continental
breakfast in Founders
Hall, from 8 am. until
noon.
Other morning activi
ties will include a finan
cial aid workshop, a par
.ents-administrators
forum, and a general
assembly.
A free picnic lunch will
be held from 12 to 12:30
p.m.
The Parents’ Associa
tion executive committee
will hold a forum begin
ning at 1:30 p.m., and
tributes to parents, in
drama and music, will
take place during the
afternoon.
At 7 p.m. FVSU will
play Morris Brown, with
a party to follow.
Lunches for Houston
County Schools
Milk is served with
every meal. Breakfast
features fresh fruit or
fruit Juice; cereal and
toast are a daily break
fast choice. Lunches offer
a variety of fruits and
vegetables daily. Peanut
butter and jelly sand
(See FOOD, Page SA)
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Houston Home Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
New Perry city manager is Lee Gilmour
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Staff
Hurricane Floyd affected Perry
City Council Sept. 14. Council was
in called session to introduce and
approve new city manager R. Lee
Gilmour.
The storm stopped the introduc
tion because Gilmour. a resident of
Brunswick, had to evacuate his
home earlier in the day
Though their original intent was
to introduce their newlv appointed
city manager, the Council oiticially
voted to employ Gilmour during the
Airport will get
14-bay hangar
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
The Perry-kouston
County Airport Authority
voted Sept. 13 to finance
construction of a new. 14
bay hangar, with spaces to
be rented to airplane own
ers. Construction could
begin as early as October
on the project
The cost of approximate
ly $233,000 (including
paving for a runway exten
sion to the hangar) will be
financed with loans from
the City of Perry's Industri
al Building Authority and a
local bank.
Tony Sellier of the Air
port Authority’s finance
committee proposed the
remaining loan on the
existing rental hangar be
refinanced as part of the
financial arrangements.
Sellier said that the
existing hangar is full, and
that even if the new hangar
is only filled to 75 percent
capacity, the funds from
rental fees* will be sufficient
to cover the loan payments.
Monty from the Georgia
Department of Transporta
tion wall be used to pay the
cost of the paving leading
up to the new hangar.
At their regular monthly
meeting, members ot the
Authority also discussed
recently announced plans
See AIRPORT, Page 10A
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SOMEONE SPECIAL Kathy James
(center) a special education teacher at
Kings Chapel Elementary School, has been
named Houston County Teacher of the
Year. Following recognition at the meeting
of the Houston County Board of Education,
The Old Reliable, Serving Houston County Since Dec. 17, 1870
special called meeting.
Periy Mayor Jim Worrall said,
“Gilmour was supposed to be here.,
but at 6:20 a.m., Mr. Gilmour was
told Brunswick was under manda
tory evacuation. Mr. Gilmour and
his family is now visiting his moth
er in western North Carolina."
Worrall said, “Lee Gilmour is the
oest qualified candidate for the
position. He has strong leadership
skills and an excellent financial
background. He is a real hands-on
kino oi a person.
“We felt he could hit the ground
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SHELTER FROM THE STORM Sharon Fazi of Savan
nah arrived in Perry with her 6-year-old son, Jack, on
Sept. 14.
James was driven by limousine to Kings
Chapel where her co-workers gave her a
"red carpet" welcome, complete with red
carpet, a drum roll and a standing ovation.
Principal Darryl Albritton (right) and stu
dent Austin Mullis greet James.
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much time getting accustomed to
Perry," Worrall said.
After weeks of searching for a
new city manager, during the Sept.
7 executive session, the council dis
cussed offering the position which
has been vacant since the June
resignation of Skip Nalley.
Nalley left the city manager's
position to be county administrator
for Thomaston. During the period
of vacancy, Perrv Police Chief
George Potter assumed the role ot
interim city clerk.
Hurricane Floyd
sends thousands to
midstate shelters
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
■HBnKXn, Hoyd
bearing down rapidly on
the southeast coast, Hous
ton County Red Cross and
Emergency Management
Agency officials are setting
up shelter and aid at the
Georgia National Fair
grounds for the tens of
thousands of people
already heading inland
from Florida and coastal
Georgia.
Sharon Fazi, a young
army wife whose husband
is currently in Korea, was
one of the early arrivals at
the fairgrounds Sept. 14.
She said she and her 6-
year-old son, Jack, had
packed their car, gathered
up their two cats, and left
Hunter airfield. near
Savannah, at 4 a.m.
They had been notified
before leaving that the
Georgia National Fair
grounds would be an evac
uee site for military fami
lies. she said.
F'azi took the two cats to
the Periy Animal Hospital
for boarding after arrival
Kathy James is Houston
Teacher of the Year
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Staff
Rathy James, a teacher
at Kings Chapel Elemen
tary School, is the 1999
Houston County Teacher of
the Year.
James was recognized
Sept. 14 during the Hous
ton County Board of Edu
cation monthly meeting.
Houston County Schools
Superintendent Charles
Holloway said, “One of the
most exciting things a
superintendent gets to do is
honor the Teacher of the
Year."
According to Peggy
Kendell, 1998 Houston
County Teacher of the Year,
the field was a difficult
choice to narrow down.
“A faculty of an area col
lege judged our 29 appli
cants in the first round of
judging, based on the writ
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Gilmour is coming to Perry from
Brunswick, where he was Glynn
County’s administrator since June
21, 1993.
According to Glynn County Com
missioner Fred Tullos, “Lee
Gilmour is an intelligent, honest,
hard-working man. He is not a
slacker. Perry will not find any bet
ter person to fill the city manager’s
position than Lee. He has a wide
array of talents. He is well-versed in
planning and zoning, budgets."
See MANAGER, Page 10A
ten documentation pre
sented by each Teacher of
the Year. Materials sent to
the judges were coded by
number rather than name
to ensure the judging was
impartial," Kendell said.
Preliminary judging nar
rowed the field to 11 candi
dates for one-on-one inter
views with members of the
Middle Georgia Regional
Educational Service Agency.
“After a lengthy and inten
sive review of written appli
cations and oral interviews,
four runners-up and a new
1999 Teacher of the Year
was chosen." Kendell said.
James received more
than $4,000 in cash and
prizes for her efforts and
commitment to teaching.
“I'm totally unprepared
for this," said James, “I
See TEACHER. Page 5A
here, and also did some
necessary shopping.
“We’ve got food," she
explained. “Peanut butter
and bread and honey."
Also arriving on Tuesday
afternoon were Savannah
senior citizens George and
Margie Conners and their
friends, Harry and Ruth
Knutson, who headed out
of Savannah after notice
came to evacuate, and then
found that no motel rooms
were available anywhere in
the state.
They checked out the
GNF shelter, but when they
learned that sleeping
arrangements would be
pads on the floor, they
faced a serious problem.
Harry Knutson, who uses a
walker, is unable to get
down to the floor or back
up.
Jane Larsen of the GNF
staff, hearing of their
plight, invited the two cou
ples to stay in her home,
and they were almost in
tears explaining how
touched they were by
See STORM, Page 10A