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Viewpoints Your Views .Ifcfc. City and county planning needed for land use Editor: The people of Perry and Houston County won their battle to keep a con crete mixing, block and septic tank man ufacturing plant out of a residential, school and clean commercial area. It will be in the industrial park. Fine! Thanks to the Perry City Council for working out another arrangement. However, many feel that something is wrong with the zoning process. It should not have cost such a price in money, time, anguish and concern to citizens who look to their elected officials to pro vide for the general welfare. Members of the Planning and Zoning Board have stated that no one raised any objections when the zoning change appli cation was made. There is no provision for anyone to know what is to be consid ered. Thus, P&Z made a decision by ask ing the petitioners a few questions and hearing several promises to have buffer areas increased. They did not have any input from anyone who may have perti nent information as a basis for opposi tion. There should be substantial consider ation both in time and study for any change in zoning that skips so many lev els and would be so radically different from present zoning. Further, there needs to be a compre hensive land use plan involving both city and county, because the actions of each affect the other. I know that many of us believed this was already in place. The P&Z board is only advisory in nature. City Council makes the final decision. The people should have received prior warning, and this matter should have been resolved in P&Z. Many of us would like these issues to be addressed bv our city and county gov ernment. Donna Tabor Perry Help complete WWII memorial Editor: Attention fellow Americans: World War II ended Sept. 2, 1945, with a formal sur render of Japan aboard Ihe U.S. Missouri battleship in Tokyo Bay. American forces along with the “Allies" of World War II fought and won freedom from a tyranni cal force. WWII Veterans are responsible for pushing the 20th centuiy into the future of world freedom as we know it today. They honored us with the duties abroad and upon returning home their lifetime works within our communities. The National WWII Memorial Fund is in need of everyone’s help. It is designat ed to be fulfilled by individual and private organization's contributions. More con tributions are needed to achieve the goal before the May 2000, deadline. The site on the National Mall, east of the Reflect ing Pool in Washington, D.C., was dedi cated on Veteran’s Day, 1995. The National W.W.11 Memorial will fea ture a 500-foot-wide plaza separating two curving colonnades, each with 25 40-inot columns. The memorial will not be a museum or collect artifacts. However, there will be a “Hall of Remembrance" which will contain stories from the era. The remembrance registry is open to veterans as well as civilians who actively helped with the war effort. Anyone wish ing to recognize a relative or themselves need only to submit the names and/or write an essay about the acts of patrio tism. These remembrances and contribu tions should be sent to World War II Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 97766. Wash ington. D.C. 20090 6766. VFW posts all across the nation are leading the drive to secure the funds and names for the National WWII Memorial, as well as matching contributions, sent through their network: VFW WWII Memo rial Fund, 406 West 34th St., Suite 219, Kansas City, Mo., 64111. If you know anyone who deserves this recognition, please, submit their names or their contributions will be forever for gotten. Thank you, Kim Nelson Ideal, Ga. Houston Home Journal P.O. Drawer M • 807 Can oil St Perry. Ga. 31069 email homejrn@horn.net (912) 987-1823 (voice) (912) 988-1181 (fax) Bob Tribble President JJ Johnson ...Editor and General Manager Ellen T. Green Advertising Director Phil Clark Sports Joan Dorsett Lifestyles Torey Jolley News and Classified Alllne Kent Sports Hospital errors kill thousands each year Norman Carter told a story about an operation he once had at Emoiy University. He said his doctor came to see him every morning, and one morn ing he stayed an unusually long time. When he left he said, "I sure did enjoy talking to you this morning. All my other patients are in a coma." Don’t know if that is a true story or not but it kinda sets the stage for what I want to relay to you this week. I have never liked hospitals and thus far in my life have never had to spend the night in one as a patient. And after reading the following headline in a daily paper not long ago, I even dis like them more. “Study: Hospi tal errors kill one of every 200 patients." ~Tue Peanut GauerV x , SORRY, M/E PONT DO BUSINESS HOW BAP WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS IT WHEN ANYMORE. YOU HEAR W —it ©mm 99 raytoonsChom. Boyd’s latest a treat for local readers Bill Boyd's new book, “Fat, Dumb and Happy Down in Georgia", is out and it’s good reading my favorite of his books so far because of the many personalities he writes about. Bill must have hit every small town (incorporated and unincorporated) in in this area during his many years as a columnist and feature writer for The Macon Telegraph. He writes wonderfully well about both ordinary and extraordinary people, and has a gift for seek ing out unsung heroes. It will be a rare middle Geor gian who reads this book all the way through without running into some familiar names. Naturally. Bill’s old sidekick “Muley”, pops up here and there, along with Marvalene, Joe and Wonderful Wanda, but you’ll also be re-reading some of Bill's most popular human interest stories about people in this region, including - just for example - Jane Perry, a dedi cated Houston County music teacher, who is deaf. Among my own favorites were his reverie on the old Flint ltiver Ferry near Marshallville and his story about taking tak ing Chess McCartney, the “Goat Man," back home one last time. We've already got a genera tion who never crossed the Flint River by ferry, and two generations who never heard Pauline Lewis Lifestyles Rnb Mead ...News and Circulation Charlotte Perkins.. News and Composition Paula Zimmerman Bookkeeping Our Policies Unsigned editorials appearing In larger type on this page under the label Our Views reflect the position of the Houston Home Journal. Signed columns and letters on this page (and elsewhere In this news paper) reflect the opinions of the writers and not necessarily those of this newspa per. Slgr :d letters to the editor are wel Page 4A - Wed., Oct. 13, 1999 Bob Tribble ■f r ' y J£| Home Journal President: few . Now does that bother you or not! Read on. Dr. David Nash, associate dean and director of the Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcome at Thomas Jefferson University said, “The facts are, we commit thousands of errors every week nationally.” Betrand Bell, a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medi cine in New York adds, “People Charlotte afT" Perkins Journal anyone call out, “The Goat Man’s coming!", and saw that astonishing clattering, junk filled wagon pulled by goats. I’m always glad to know that some body’s writing these things down. This is a collection of short pieces a book you can open almost anywhere for a few min utes entertainment or inspira tion. You can get “Fat, Dumb and Happy” at the Perry Bookstore now, and you can also meet Bill Boyd at the Perry Bookstore on Oct. 23 - time of day still to be announced. Oh Deer! Now, while I’m writing about books I have another at hand that will appeal to all those wives whose husbands are about to pick up their guns and head for the woods. It’s called “Oh Deer! A Venison Cookbook for Beginners” and it came to me from its author Cheri comed. Please limit letters to 300 words and Include addresses and a telephone number for verification purposes. Letters arc not published without verificaUon. Let ters should be sent to P.O. Drawer M. Perry. Ga.. 31069 or brought to the news paper office at 807 Carroll St., Perry. Our liability for an error will not exceed the cost of space occupied by the error. We cannot be responsible for the return of pictures or submitted materials unless a stamped, return address envelope is included. Our Goal The Houston Home Journal is pub Houston Horn Journal get killed every day in hospitals. This goes on in every hospital in the United States. The public doesn’t see it at all." Bother some words, uh? One death by error out of every 200 hospital patients equates to one half of one per cent, which is a small percent age. Yet the seemingly small percentage adds up to one mil lion people being injured by errors in hospital treatment every year and 120,000 people dying as a result of those injuries. My aunt, the late Maggie Hull, was in a Columbus hospi tal a number of years ago receiving treatment for a back problem. One morning bright and early nurses came to her room, put her on a stretcher Heiregel of Oakwood, 111. This is a nifty little paper back written to and for wives of hunters. It includes some basic methods for tenderizing the meat as well as recipes for everything from barbecued meatballs to venison stroganoff. The author teaches a venison cooking class every year, but more to the point, she’s a young wife and mother who is married to a hunter, and has to turn out dishes her family will enjoy. You can order this one by calling Krause Publications at 1-888-457-2873. Happy Birthday Best wishes to two October babies - My sister, Kristina Simms, whose birthday is on Oct. 14, and Millie Cotton of My Sisters’ Cafe, who will be cele brating hers on Oct. 16. (Both are, well, let’s say, maybe 29?) October Lilies I mentioned October lilies a couple of weeks ago, and some body asked what they were. OK, I grew up calling them “Spider Lilies" and only got fancy later on. I’m talking about those delicate red flowers (just about the color of watermelon) that grow on long straight stems, and pop up like weeds in the strangest places. They're in full bloom every where just now. lished proudly for the citizens of Houston and adjoining counties by Houston Publi cations Inc., Pern'. Ga. Our goal is to pro duce quality, profitable, community-orient ed newspapers that you, our readers, are proud of We will reach this goal through hard work, teamwork, loyalty and a strong dedication toward printing the truth. Member of Georgia Press Association and National Newspaper Association. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble. and wheeled her out the door toward the operating room. Ms. Maggie tried to tell the nurses that her doctor had not told her anything about an operation. At first they would not listen to the mid-seventy year old lady. Finally, after much bickering from Ms. Mag gie, the nurses reviewed their charts and discovered that they had the wrong patient. The cor rect patient to be operated on that morning was Ms. Maggie’s roommate. According to the report, 48 percent of the errors resulted from surgical treatment. Had Ms. Maggie not strongly protested the operation that morning she could have been among the above percentile. See TRIBBLE, Page 5A | Your Views Evergreen a historic treasure Editor: A tip of the “McKinley Hat" to Hugh Sharp and his employees for the good job that they did recently in cleaning Evergreen Cemeteiy. I’ve always heard that a city is judged by the way it cares for its dead. If that is true, and I know that it is, then judges would give our city a good grade should they visit Evergreen now. If the large pile of dirt on the south east corner were removed and a “No Dumping - No Littering" sign were placed there, it would bet ter. I visit Evergreen often to pay my respect to lost loved ones and friends alike. It is an old and historical cemetery. It was creat ed in the early 1800’s by the Perry United Methodist Church, and their sanctuary was located ther?., people as well as paupers are buried in ever green. For example, U.S. Congress man Dudley Hughes is buried there. He was the co-author of legislation creating High School Vocational Education. FFA, and the school lunch program. On the other hand, an old friend Hiram Flagler is buried in the pauper section. As a child I once found a package of Bugler smok ing tobacco, (Hiram’s brand) and sold it to him for the going price of a nickel. When I grew up I realized that it was probably Hiram's tobacco even though he didn’t say any thing. He most likely brought the same package twice. Hiram had passed away before I came to that conclusion or I would have given him his nickel back, even though it would have been difficult to part with it during the Great Depression. 1 have recently had the sundi al repaired and wish that some one would have that small area landscaped. Many people visit Evergreen because of its historical signifi cance. I would like to make sev eral suggestions to our city fathers. Woodlawn, another city cemetery has paved driveways as well as the cemeteries in the small towns of Centerville, Roberta and Unadilla. I believe that state funds could be obtained to pave Evergreen’s dri veways. We should also place a mark er there starting the year it was created and recognizing the fact that it was originally the site of Perry United Methodist Church. Another suggestion is to pres sure-wash all slabs and head stones that can take it without breaking. All of this will take a little effort and some money, but it will be time and money well See LETTERS, Page 5A and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Your right to read this newspaper is protected by the First Amendment to the united States Constitu tion. 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