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Volume 128, No. 47
3 Sections
32 Pages
Wednesday,
Nov. 24, 1999
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Day camp coming
Perry Recreation
Department will hold its
annual Christmas Day
Camp Dec. 21 from 8-4
p.m. Games, prizes,
cookie decorating,
sports, fishing, movies,
and a Santa Workshop
will fill the day.
There are four age
groups: 5-6, 7-8, 9-10,
and 11-12. Space is lim
ited. Cost is sl2 plus one
can of food to be donated
to PAL. Lunch and
snacks will be provided.
Prior registration is
required by December
16. Call 988-2860 for
more information or to
register.
Santa's workshop set
Perry Recreation
Department will have a
Santa’s Workshop Dec.
11, 10 a.m.-noon. Prices
vary on gifts made. Call
988-2860 for more infor
mation.
Holiday craft classes
planned Dec. 2 and 9
Senior citizens who
enjoy creating holiday
crafts can participate in
the Perry Recreation
Department's holiday
craft classes. The classes
are scheduled for Dec. 2
and 9, at 2 p.m. For
more information, call
988-2860.
4-H, city combine for
youth cooking class
Houston County 4-H
and the City of Perry are
co-sponsoring a holiday
cooking class for youth
ages 7 and older. The
program will be held
Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. Sup
plies will be provided.
Cost is $3. For more
information, call 988-
2860.
Baby sitting class
offered Nov. 30.
Super Sitters Basic, an
instructional course to
train sitters in the funda
mentals of quality child
care and home safety,
will be held Nov. 30, 4-6
p.m. for ages 11 and up.
Class is free of charge.
Interested persons
should call 988-2860 for
more information.
Kids Yule Love
registration opens
Registration to partici
pate in the Kids Yule Love
family assistance pro
gram will be Nov. 29, 7-9
p.m. Registration will take
place at the Perry Recre
ation Center, Rozar Park.
Persons seeking
Christmas help should
bring a Social Security
number for each person
and proof of income or
public assistance.
* Closings
City and county gov
ernment offices will be
closed for Thanksgiving
Nov. 25-26.
All banks will be
closed Nov. 25. The
Home Journal will be
closed Nov. 25, but open
Nov. 26.
Garbage tol!°ction in
Perry is affected. If
garbage is usually picked
up Thursday, it will be
picked up Wednesday
instead.
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Christmas at Crossroads to include Perry Players production
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Joukwal Staff
Tnenoliday season in Perry' offi
cially begins on the weekend of
Dec. 3-4 with the first events in the
annual “Christmas at the Cross
roads Celebration."
This annual community celebra
tion, coordinated by the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce, includes
fun and inspiration for all ages,
with events ranging from a home
town parade to a candlelight wor
ship service.
• The Perry Kiwanis Club’s annu
al pancake breakfast will be held at
the Houston County Agriculture
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CELEBRATION CAKE Perry Mayor Jim Worrall and city
employee Traci Fowler get an advanced inspection of the cake used
to celebrate the 175th birthday of Perry. Additional pictures on
page 18.
City celebrates 175th birthday
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
The citizens of Perry celebrated
the city’s 175th birthday Nov. 19
with music, birthday cake and a
visit from the Governor of Geor
gia.
A large crowd, estimated at
200-300 people, including many
elected officials, gathered in the
First grade experts agree on first need: a b-i-g turkey
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Staff
Forget about the Butter
ball hotline. Perry Primary
School has four experts on
Thanksgiving Day, the din
ner, and the preparation of
dinner to help you out this
holiday.
The experts are first
graders Zackary Hough,
Katlyn Offenberg, Holly
Brooks, and Devonta King.
What qualifications do
these youngsters have?
Well, years at least five
years, of past Thanksgiving
dinners under their belts.
Katlyn said the most
important thing about
Thanksgiving is “all of my
family getting together. I
like that best."
Holly agreed, “We’re
going to my Aunt Carol’s
house for Thanksgiving. It
will a lot of fun."
Devonta said, “Yeah, I
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like it when all my family
gets together. Everyone is
coming to my house this
year! My mama makes good
turkey. She is going to
make two turkeys this
year."
Zackary said. “We’re
going to my Pop’s. I’m real
ly looking forward to going
too."
The first graders all
agreed Thanksgiving is
something they look for
ward to each year.
With the gathering of
families, Zackary said fun
is always on the menu. “We
play games and watch tele
vision," said Zackary.
The children said playing
games, listening to stories,
and eating “all day" are the
highlights of their Thanks
giving Day.
Holly noted she loves to
watch the parades on tele
vision.
Extension Office, from 7-10 a.m.
Dec. 4. The cost is $3 per plate.
• Santa will arrive in Perry with
the Christmas parade at 2 p.m.,
Dec. 4. The parade will also include
the Perry High School Band, the
Houston County High School Band
and holiday floats.
• The Perry Players' youth work
shop will present “A Star at the
Crossroads" at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3-4,
with a matinee at 3 p.m. Dec. 4.
Tickets are $5.
The production will be in two
parts, opening with “P'ive Points to
the Star," a quintet of women
singers from Ingleside Baptist
parking lot beside city hall for the
event, which was planned and
coordinated by Mayor Jim Wor
rall..
The Perry High School Pride of
the Crossroads Band provided
music, and soprano Hayley
Greene sang “Georgia on My
See CITY, page 5A
By Torey Jolley
Home Journal Staff
Perry City Manager Lee Gilmour
presented the City Council with an
Amendment to Protective
Covenants to protect the Allied
Business and Industry Park off Val
ley Drive during a called meeting
Nov. 19.
The amendment, according to
Gilmour, has a new few major pro
visions:
One, any use that creates a nui
sance is prohibited. A nuisance
included, but is not limited to, any
usage of a building— stte-that so
annoys, disturbs or affects the Own
ers and/or occupants of any other
building site or other property with
in the park or to owners and/or
occupants of property contiguous to
the park. It may not violate federal,
state, or municipal laws.
The amendment prohibits the
discharge, storage, or burial of liq
uid waste, solid waste, or airborne
particle matter that exceeds the
limits allowed.
It denies the operation of a junk
yard.
The distillation of bones, the rais
ing of animals of any kind except
inside research laboratories, the
tanning of animal hides, slaughter
houses, or any use associated with
the processing of dead animals or
animal parts.
The amended rules prohibit the
incineration, reduction, dumping or
disposal of garbage, sewage, offal,
or dead animals.
It denies any use which dis
charges for any period of time,
across its boundaries, any toxic or
noxious matter in such concentra
tions as to be determined to or
endangered the health, safety, com
fort or welfare of the public or cause
damage to the property. It pro-
Now that the day’s events
are set family gathering,
talking, games, stories, and
watching the parades, plan
ning the dinner is next on
the experts’ list of impor
tant things to do.
“You have to go get a
turkey. A really big turkey,”
said Zackary, standing up
and measuring a 4-foot tall
turkey in the air. “It has to
be really, really big."
Devonta agreed, "Yeah, It
has to be huge, and have a
lot of drumsticks."
How many drumsticks?
According to Devonta, at
least three. “I really love
drumsticks."
Zackary loves drum
sticks, but admits he likes
the wings too. “They’re
yummy." However, he
warns, “Be careful with the
wings, they’re bony."
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Church in Macon, who will perform
a medley of Christmas music. The
quintet will be followed by “A Star is
Bom", which tells a story about
learning humility.
The Saturday matinee of the pro
duction is timed so that families
can walk directly to the Perry Play
ers theater on Main Street after the
Christmas parade. Reservations
are not required.
•On Dec. 5, the annual Commu
nity Candlelight Service sponsored
by the Perry Ministerial Association
will be held at the court house
square in downtown Perry, with
over 3000 luminaries lighting the
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COOKING EXPERTS Perry Primary School first
graders- Zackary Hough, Katlyn Offenberg, Holly
Brooks, and Devonta King are ‘experts’ on the subject of
Thanksgiving dinner.
way for worshippers. The luminar
ies are put in place along downtown
streets by local Boy Scouts.
This annual service includes
Christmas music and a devotional
service, as well as the lighting of the
community Christmas tree, and is
planned to remind everyone about
the true spirit of the season.
• Christmas Open Houses will be
held at many local businesses dur
ing the month of December, with all
the Downtown Merchants joining
together for an Open House Dec. 5
from 2-5 p.m. More information on
merchant’s open houses will be i
announced later.
The amendment prohibits
the discharge, storage, or
burial of liquid waste, solid
waste, or airborne particle
matter that exceeds the lim
its allowed.
hibits emission of any odorous mat
ter in such quantities as to be read
ily detectable at any point along its
lot lines or as to produce a public
hazard.
Paragraph seven states, “There is
hereby appointed an Architectural
Control and Review Board, called
the Board, to enforce the covenants.
The Board shall consist of the
Mayor of Perry or his designee, the
City’s Building Official, and the
Chairman of the Houston County
Development Authority or his
designee.
The violation of these protective
covenants shall be corrected by the
owner and/or occupant within a
reasonable time not to exceed 30
days after written notice of viola
tion. Upon failure to correct the vio
lation, the Board may correct any
such violation. The owner and/or
occupant shall be personally liable
to the Board for the cost incurred
by the Board and such amount
shall also constitute a permanent
charge and lien upon such proper
ly'
According to Gilmour, this new
amendment, while impacting the
Cement Company, will not impede
the sale of the property to the
Cement Company. It will not effect
any of the current businesses in the
Industrial Park area.
Council approved the amend
ment.