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Wed., Sept. 15, 1999, Houston Home Journal
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WATCHING AND WAITING Water is
timed at the roof oj the burning home
Firemen bum home deliberately
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Home J. u um.vl Staff
[Tie house fire on
Davis Street, just off
Houston Lake Road, may
have looked like a
<al unity to passers-by,
but for Deborah and
.Johnny Brewer, it was a
big money-saver.
And for ♦hr firefighter*;
f>( the Perry and Houston
County Fire Depart
ments. it was an oppor
tunity for valuable train
ing and experience.
the Brewers moved
into a new and larger
lmim two months ago
aflei reaching a settle
n nt with the Georgia
Department of Trans
portation on the property
they had owned for 20
ye in. The land is need
ed to widen Houston
I alu Retail, and the
h u , which the Brew
ei .till owned, had to be
ed oi demolished.
V.aching as smoke
i ! wed out of the roof of
hei former home, Debo
rah Brewer explained a
I I lend had suggested
ottering the house to the
fire departments for a
i out rolled burn.’
\c( ording- to Bill
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KEEPING CONTACT Firefighters
keep a careful watch over the "con
while firefighters and neighbors watch
the show.
Smith, Fire Investigation
Deputy Chief for the
Houston County and Pern'
Fire Departments, fire
fighters from across Hous
ton County had the oppor
tunity to learn from vari
ous scenarios as fires were
started in different parts
of the house. Finally, pal
lets were set on fire with a
blow torch to create the
blaze that would take the
house down. Firefighters
kept hoses on the fire to
keep the sparks down and
prevent any possibility of
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Home Journal Photos by Charlotte Perkins
DISCUSSION Homeowner Deborah Brewer talks
with Mayor Jim Worrall.
trolled burn" of the the Brewer's old
home.
the fire's spreading.
Any mixed emotions
Deborah Brewer might have
felt in seeing her own home
were offset by the move to a
new home, she said.
The Brewers have been
through great difficulties
in recent years, following
an catastrophic work acci
dent that left Johnny
Brewer blind and suffering
from balance problems.
The interior of their new
home is designed to be
safe and convenient for
him.
Manager
“He also is good with
government grants and
everything else in
between.”
Gilmour resigned from
the county administrator’s
position June 3. According
to reports from The
Brunswick News, Gilmour
resigned due to increasing
hostilities from three of the
county’s commissioners:
Jeff Chapman, Henri Wood
man and David Dowdy.
The Brunswick News
reported the furor began
April 1, when Glynn Coun
ty Commissioner Jeff Chap
man “launched an attack
on Gilmour at the end of
the commissioner’s regular
meeting, calling for an exec
utive session.”
The article continued
with Chapman’s calling for
the termination of Gilmour.
The motion to fire Gilmour
failed to pass, thus
Gilmour’s job was saved.
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Home Journal Photos by Charlotte Perkins
READY Volufiitzei a j i uin Lite i evilly tu cook three meolo o cloy Jor oil in
Rehoboth Baptist Association are getting need.
Storm Continued from page IA
Larsen's kindness.
Meanwhile volunteer dis
aster workers from the
Rehoboth Baptist Associa
tion were cleaning up one of
the livestock buildings at
the fairgrounds and mining
in portable kitchens, with
plans to serve three hot
meals a day to all arrivals.
The first meal - breakfast
was scheduled to be served
at 7 a m. Wednesday morn
ing.
Red Cross emergency
coordinator Darby Morgan
said that the Red Cross is
getting ready to “see to the
needs of all these people,"
and he said that the crowds
could be huge.
“It hasn't even hit yet,"
Morgan said. "This could
turnout to be one of the
largest mobilizations we've
ever seen.”
Although, earlier plans at
the fair grounds had been
for a military' evacuation of
thousands from Fort Stew
art in Hinesville, those
plans became indefinite by
Tuesday evening, and the
main emphasis, according
to Houston County EMA
director Jimmy Williams,
was on providing for civil
ian evacuees. Williams said
that Rozar Park in Perry
will be used if space at the
fairgrounds is not suffi
cient.
At press time, Morgan
and Williams were both
working to alert the public
about the Perry shelter
arrangements through tele
vision. radio and newspa
pers.
How you can help victims
From Staff fez ports
Here is how to help Hurricane Floyd victims:
1. No motel or hotel rooms are available in Ferry or
this entire area of Georgia. If you encounter evacuees
who are looking for a place to stay, direct them to the
Georgia National Fairgrounds. Tell them to look for the
Red Cross signs.
2. Both the Houston County Chapter of the American
Red Cross and the Rehoboth Baptist Association, 744
Joy Road, are in need of financial donations.
Please do not take donations of clothing or food to the
fairgrounds.
3 Want to volunteer? Call the Red Cross headquar
ters at the fairgrounds, 988-6600 or 988-6601, or
report to the Bell Tower.
According to Tullos, “Lee
resigned because a couple
of commissioners had per
sonal grinds against him.
He’s a good fellow and a
real asset to any govern
ment city or county.
Perry is very lucky to have
Lee Gilmour."
Gilmour’s ending salary
with the county was nearly
$77,000 a year. According
to The Brunswick News,
Gilmour had received “an
attaboy, a pa on the back,
and a five percent raise” six
months prior to the April 1
incident.
Gilmour graduated from
the University of New
Orleans in 1985 with a
Masters of Public Adminis
tration. He obtained his
undergraduate degree in
urban planning from Michi
gan State University in
1973.
Prior to working as coun
ty administrator for
r- : —n
SPECIAL GUESTS Jane Larsen ( right) invited
George and Margie Conners. Harry and Ruth Knutson,
all of Savannah, to stay in her home.
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SITTING IT OUT Carrie Ving of Savannah waits at
the New South Arena for her family to return from a
shopping trip in Perry.
Continued
Brunswick. Gilmour served
as county manager for
Lowndes County. His
tenure in Lowndes County
was from July 1986 to May
1993.
Gilmour has many pro
fessional affiliations. He is a
member of the Internation
al City/County Manage
ment Association, National
Association of County Man
agers, Georgia City/County
Management Association,
Association County Com
missioners of Georgia, and
Governmental Finance Offi
cers Association.
His professional activities
include ACCG General Gov
ernment Committee,
Regional Board Representa
tive for GCCMA, Visiting
Instructor in the University
of Georgia’s Masters of Pub
lic Administration Program.
Gilmour’s starting date is
yet to be determined.
Airport
Continued from page 1A
to use funds given to the
City of Ferry by the federal
Economic Development
Administration (EDA) to
extend a water line to the
airport.
Perry Councilman Charles
Lewis, who also serves on
the Authority, said that
officials of the city are look
ing into the possibility of
also extending sewer ser
vice to the airport.