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'Tgffiggg-m, Nff- T JT 2 Sections 16 Pages Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1999 so Cents SkmwettiMiA .uSaCff The Crossroat loL/ This Week 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) Houston Contact: the Home Journal Contacc the Houston Home Journal: Voice (912) 987-1823 Fax (9U; ''**B-1181 email homejrn@'hom.net Mail P.O. Drawer M, Perry, 31069 Street 807 Carroll St., Perry, 31069 Hornets sweep Tutarea WESTFIELD USED FOUR TOUCHDOWNS B\ Jacob Walker to race past Tiftarea IN FOOTBALL SEPT. 10. Details, page 6/| 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 wll)v gm ..aIIRIII 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 Shbll' - mk VBBf j; jgßjgpv Houston Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins 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. Firl on purpose! rißtwtN: MISSION t II no WftTW I T^POfY Qruirw c no "onpip LOCATIOP ouiulLS, mu. lull running and not have to spend too 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 Remembering Radio lembers or the Perrv Plavers open IEIR 1???~ 2000 SEASON WITH A PLAY CALLING THE GLAMOUR DAYS Of RADIO. Details, page It 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