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Volume 128, No. 42 2 Sections 16 Pages Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1999 50 Cents ► The Crossroai loL/ This Week FTfcsg Program planned for suicide survivors Hospice of Houston County is hosting a pro gram people who have had family members and friends take their own lives. Nina Bryant, whose son died 12 years ago, will speak on the theme “You can survive Suicide”, offer ing a message of hope for suicide survivors. The program will be held at Perry Hospital Cafeteria, 1120 Morningside Drive, at 7 p.m., Oct. 21. To register, piease call Emily at 922-1777. Ladies night held Houston Lake Baptist Church held their second annual “ A Ladies Night of Renewal” last Saturday, where 71 women met for an evening of fellowship, dinner, and inspirational message. Terri Smith of Mabel White Baptist Church in Macon was the evening’s guest speaker. Smith stressed the woman's need of “returning regularly to the cross.” Betty Lou Dabbs and Cindy Collier presented a special mes sage in song. The meal for the evening >- was planned and prepared by Faye Craft of Perry, and the men of the church served. A drawing was held for gifts donated by local businesses. 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. Oct. 21- Breakfast- Sausage Biscuit. Lunch- Nachos w/cheese and beef or sub sandwich or pizza. Chocolate chip cookie. Oct. 22- Breakfast- Manager's choice. Lunch- Steak nuggets w/roll or barbecue on Bun or pizza. Jell-0 cookie. Oct. 25- Breakfast- Manager's choice. Lunch- Chicken nuggets w/roll or hot ham and cheese sand wich or baked potato w/hot toppings. Rice Krispie treats. Oct. 26- Breakfast- Sausage biscuits. Lunch- Fish nuggets or sandwich or pizza. Cinnamon rolls. Oct. 27- Breakfast- Cheese croissant w/meat. Lunch- hamburger or manager’s choice or baked potato w/hot toppings. Short cake w/fruit top pings. Food class offered Houston County Career and Technology Center announced the offering of Pro Start Food service Management school to career program for the 2000-2001 year. The pro gram was established by the Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association and the National Restau rant Association. The two year program will teach high school stu dents about the various aspects of culinaiy arts and food service iui.’ ment while giving the stu (See FOOD, Page SA) [Changes to ' ,1 the sidelines uRWriJSi} Arnold, Hulbert bring new look to Westfield side- I lUneI Unes * rlr ' .|pJF3 see page ' O Houston Home Journal Cagle and city at odds about plant coming into city limits SB|F Am __BBBB3L fIiHH FUTURE QUEEN Perry High School's Homecoming Court Jor 1999-2000 include (sealed, from left) Seniors: Chutney Wal ton, Vicki Welling, Summer Saunders, Heather Whiddon, Magdalyn Clarington, (standing) Freshmen: Tiffany Giles, Perry High Homecoming is Oct. 22 By Torey Jolley Home Journal Staff The leaves are beginning to turn colors. Football games are won and lost on Friday nights. Homecoming Queens and Kings are cho sen for the year. J £,*|pllPP. Mm * / ml i * wmo mAmR . *j y ... FUTURE KINGS Perry High School Homecoming King candidates are [from left) John Hutchens, Mick Ragin, Michael The Old Reliable, Serving Houston County Since Dec. 17, 1870 Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia # . By Torey Jolley Home Jourmai- Statt Don't count your chickens before they hatch. That seems to be the les son Cagle Inc. and the Perry City Council may learn from each other. During the Oct. 19 City Council meeting, Perry City Council members voted to cancel an agreement which entitled Cagle to an approximately half million dollar grant. The sticking point was whether the former G. Heilman Brewery plant Cagle is refurbishing into a chicken processing facility, would be annexed into the city Cagle hopes to being pro cessing chickens by January 2000. Cagle has apparently decided not to annex the main plant, which faces Ga. 247-Spur. Instead, the company will allow a waste water treatment plant located south of the manufacturing plant, to be annexed. The decision to withdraw support of the Cagle grant came on a 3-2 motion following intense discussions by council members. According to City Attorney David Walker, “They said they are not com ing into the city just the waste water plant.” “We annexed the road out there because they lead us to believe they would ask to annex into our city. We’ll have to patrol the roads, work the wrecks, and if a fire breaks out, the city of Perry Fire department will have Perry High School announced its 1999-2000 Homecoming Court. The Homecoming Court Queen candidates are seniors Chutney Walton, daughter of Monecia and William Walton; Vicki Welling, Showdown at Forsyth ■; ... y . -a Panthers fartp B • I V HNTVrP«?TTV nF c,ft I TPPOI wHH/nHnUw • bttm. pnp Mrwwrprpnrp . oTMt'ki' - no ~<c\t &i Home Journal Photos by Torey Jolley Kalah McCoy, Sophomores: Marquita Lumpkin, Autumn McCarthy, Juniors: Destiny Askew, Jessica Green, Jessica O’Rear, and Marquita Ragin. Not pictured is Sophomore Gabrielle Smith. Robinson, Ross Yasin, and Dontrell Green. to aid them. Basically, we provide all the services and get none of the bene fits of an added tax base," said Coun cilman Billy Jerles, who lead the vote to stop the grant. Not all Council members agreed with Jerles' request to stop the grant money until the question of whether or not Cagle plans to be annexed into the city is resolved. Councilman Bobby Glover said, “This city is going backwards. The problem is the same old thing again. It is a black, white, and Mexican issue.” Perry applied for and received a $499,963 block grant from the Hous ing and Urban Development Depart ment of Community Affairs Aug. 16 . The grant is for Cagle to refurbish the waster water treatment plant. The City also applied for a second grant called the Employee Incentive Program which has not been finalized. The grant is from a new program recently started in the Department of Community Affairs. It is for a maxi mum of $500,000. In exchange for the City’s applica tion for the grant, Cagle promised to hire 1,500 employees in the next two years. Of that 1,500, 51 percent will be low to moderate income individu als. Cagle plans to work with JPTA and other welfare-to-work programs in the hiring process. Jerles maintains the city was lead to believe Cagle would request annex- daughter of Betty and John Welling; Summer Saunders, daughter of Dawn and Mar tin Saunders; Heather Whiddon, Nancy and Pat Whiddon; and Magdalyn See PHS, Page 5A Visit to the Barnyard' Annual Mossy Creek Festi val receives of good Hher, MWEi Hy ;e atten- WBMMM HIm ce. e page 188 Un-fair like weather affects attendance Froehlich reports first-ever decline in attendance By Torey Jolley H°ig.J?y™ AL s™* The 10th Georgia National Fair is over. The rides, the games, the food, and the entertainment have all packed up and moved on to the next town. While many people came to enjoy the event, the weath er played havoc with the fair attendance. According to Mike Froehlich, executive direc tor of the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricen ter. the inclement weather during the week caused the . first-ever decease in the attendance for the fair. “Last year’s 10 days of great weather helped set the 1998 record atten dance of 361,125,” said Froehlich. This year's County prisoners headed to portable classrooms By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Some Houston County jail inmates may soon find themselves “back in the classroom" thanks to some cooperation between the Houston County Board of Education and the Houston County Commissioners. According to Commis sioner Larry Thomson, the Board of Education is offer ing the county government three portable classrooms which nave been put out of use as new schools have opened. The buildings one located in Centerville, one in Warner Robins and one in Perry will be moved at the county’s expense, reno vated and located in a clus ter behind the existing county jail building off ation into the city. “This would have increased our tax base. Now it appears they (Cagle) are only wanting to annex the waste water plant. That doesn't help the citizens of Perry who will be forced to absorb the costs," stated Jerles. “We run gas, water, and sewer lines out into the county with hopes of the areas being annexed into the city. With Cagle people don’t want Mexi cans and blacks being brought here to work. Let the people work,” said Glover. Councilman Ralph Gentry voted against the money being stopped as 'well. He said, “WeVe opened a can of worms now. The county asked us to do this. We did it and now we are doing this (stopping the grant). It is wrong." The City Council is researching the issue. The question is whether or not Cagle will annex the entire property - not just the waste water plant, into the city limits. “I only want to clear up this confu sion will Cagle annex into the city or not," said Jerles, adding if they annex into the city, then he would have no problem voting to return the grant money. Though approved for the grant Oct. 19, no money has been issued by the state to Perry for the grant, nor has the city released funds to Cagle. attendance was 336,705. However, Froehlich noted this year’s fair had the third largest attendance recorded. “In many ways, it was like a Tale of two Fairs," said Froehlich. “The inclement weather some what dampened the first half of the week with fair weather prevailing the last five days which were on a record setting pace." Froehlich said the suc cess of the fair is not mea sured by and standards other than the quality of its programs and events. “The fair has a distin guished reputation for pro ducing a first-class event, and it was a ‘Perfect 10.’ See FAIR, Page 5A Kings Chapel Road, in an effort to reduce some of the cost of housing Houston County inmates in out-of county jails. At their regular meeting Oct. 19, the Commissioners also heard from District Attorney Kelly R. Burke who reported his office had received a state grant of $37,520 under the Vio lence Against Women Act. The funds, augmented by matching funds of $12,000 from the County Commis sioners, will be used to hire a person to develop county wide protocols, work with various county agencies concerned with domestic violence and keep a record of incidents of domestic vio lence on # county-wide See COUNTY. Page 5A