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Volume 129, No. 3
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Spring soccer on
community calendar
Jan 19 28 • Spring Soc
cer registration continues for
boys and girls ages 4-16.
City residents $25; County
residents $45. Register at
Perry Recreation Dept.,
Rozar Park. For details call
9880 2860.
Jan. 19 • Test for employ
ment with the 2000 U.S.
Census Perry Public Library,
1201 Washington St.. 2 p.m.
Bring two forms of identifica
tion.
• Perry’ High School Varsi
ty Basketball. Away game
against Bleckley County. 6
p.m.
Jan 21 - • HQHA Quarter
Horse Show at Georgia Agri
center. Continues through
Jan. 23. For more informa
tion. call 770/267-4508.
Jan. 25 • Aviation Story
telling. Pilots and other avia
tion professionals read sto
ries to all ages. 9:30 a m. and
2 p.m. at the Museum of Avi
ation, Robins Air Force Base.
Jan. 27 • Kiwanis Club
Seventh Annual Talent
Showcase, to be held at Perry
High School Auditorium at 7
p.m. Admission is $3 for
adults. F'ree to persons 18
and under.
Feb. 1 - • "A Taste of Arts
and Culture" . Open House
sponsored by Houston Arts
Alliance, at the Museum of
Aviation. Century of Flight
Building. Warner Robins. 6
p.m. 8 p.m. Door prizes,
entertainment, showcase of
singers, dancers, theatrical
performers, wood carvers,
potters, musicians, spinners,
weavers, painters, historians
and more. No admission
charge.
Feb. 5 • Defensive Driving
Course. 2 p.m.-8 p.m., Perry
Community Center. Rozar
Park. Certified Instructor
Lori Fox. Course fee $25.
Cal! 988 2860 for details
Feb. 8 • Dog Obedience
Classes begin at Perry’ Recre
ational Department. Rozar
Park. Instructor. Nancy Robi
nett. S4O per dog for six
weeks of Tuesday evening
classes. Call 988'2860 for
more information and to pre
register.
Feb. 22 • Super Sitters
Basics, a babysitter training
program for ages 11 years to
adult. 4 6 p.m. No charge.
Co-sponsored by the City of
Perry Parks & Recreation
and Houston County Exten
sion Service. Prior registra
tion required. Call 988-2860.
Inspectors check local
restaurants
Here are results of inspec
tions by the Houston County
Environmental Health
Depart merit.
Where discrepancies were
discovered, management was
required to make immediate
changes.
Angelina's Lounge, 1500
Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry. 89.
None
Arby's, 103 Russell Park
way. Warner Robins. 91.
None
Chen’s Wok/Galleria Mall,
2922 Watson Blvd, Center
ville. 92. Problems with stor
age of cleaning products
Chick fil A/Galleria Mall.
2922 Watson Blvd.. Warner
Robins. 93, None
China Star. 1531 Watson
Blvd, Warner Robins, 82.
Problems with temperature
Control of foods
Coffees of the World, Gal
leria Mall. Centerville, 98.
None
Cove Lounge. 937 Corder
Road. Warner Robins, 97,
None
Dominos Pizza. 100 H N.
Houston Lake Blvd., Center
ville, 94, None
Gathering Place. 536 N.
Davis Drive. Warner Robins,
93, None
Gold Cup Bowling Center.
1041 Russell Parkway.
(See FOOD, Page 8A)
Middle school teachers
become models
Faculty trying out potential
uniforms for students this
spring.
See page 2 A
Houston Horn Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
More than 100 cases of sexual violence reported in 1999
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
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There were more than 100 report
ed cases of sexual violence against
women and children in Houston
County last year. According to Mia
Geiger, program director of the
HODAC Victim Resource Center, the
actual number of victims is probably
much higher.
“For every one that is reported, six
go unreported," Geiger told the
Houston County Commissioners
during a Jan. 18 report on the work
of the Victim Resource Center.
She also said there were 1,069
domestic battery cases in the county
during 1999, with victims of all ages
and both genders.
“Adult children are beating up on
elderly parents, sisters are beating
up on their brothers,” she said.
HODAC began serving victims of
City lets contract for Cagle s
wastewater treatment plant
By Lanorris Fleming
Home Journal Staff
Perry City Council’s Jan
18. meeting went along
swiftly. The recommenda
tion of Cagle's Inc. for the
city of Perry to award the
contract of completing the
renovation of the wastewater
treatment plant to Winter
Environmental was
approved with councilman
Billy Jerles voicing the lone
no vote.
Stephen Jones, manager
of the Holiday Inn of Perry,
was appointed to the Perry
Area Convention and Visi
tor's Bureau Authority to
replace the previous council
appointee. Bipin Vashi.
Old business included the
second reading of an ordi
nance to amend the Perry
Land Development Ordi
nance by adding to Article
VIII. a new Section 85-Gov
ernmental Use District and
by deleting Section 78 in
Article VII in its entirety and
adding a new Section 78.
The ordinance was unani
mously approved.
In new business two
mutual aid agreements were
unanimously accepted. The
first was for mutual aid in
fire and police protection
between the city of Perry and
Warner Robins for a period
Northrop Grumman names new site
managers at Perry and Milledgeville
Special to the Home Journal
Northrop Grumman Cor
poration has named Wayne
Williams site manager of the
Ar Craft Door Center in
Perry.
Williams has been at the
company for 18 years and
most recently held the posi
tion of deputy site manager
at the Arcraft Door Center.
As site manager, he will
assume responsibility for
running day-to-day activi
ties at the Perry site.
Northrop Grumman's
Integrated Systems and
Aerostructures Sector,
headquartered in Dallas, is
a premier aerospace sys
tems integration enterprise.
ISA has the capability to
design, develop, integrate,
produce and support com
plete systems, as well as air
frame subsystems, for air
borne surveillance and bat
tle management aircraft.
The Old Reliable, Sertlnf Hoattoi County Since P»c. 17, 1870
crime through the Crime Victim
Assistance Program in 1996, as
mandated by state legislation. The
agency offers several services to
crime victims and their families,
including notification of the status of
cases and help with a variety of
needs.
Staff may accompany victims to
court appearances, help with provi
sions for emergency shelter, trans
portation or childcare, and serve as
advocates to solve housing and
employment problems which are
related to the crime. The center
offers support groups as well.
A recent innovation, Geiger said,
is response to cases of cruelty to ani
mals, which is believed to be a fore
runner to violence toward people.
The first case handled had to do
with a turkey which was beaten to
death, she said.
of 10 years. The second was
to extend the same aid
between Perry and Center
ville for the same period.
Mike Patton's Dodge of
Lagrange was awarded the
bid for the purchase of a
new pickup truck for the
Street Department. Their bid
of $12,543 won out over
three other dealers.
Walker Rhodes Tractor
Co. of Perry was awarded
the bid for the purchase of a
new flail mower for the
Street Department. Their bid
of $3,111 won out over two
other companies.
In other business:
• Council approved a pro
posed plan for athletic field
improvements at Creekwood
and Rozier Parks.
• Council approved the
opening of bidding for
health, dental and prescrip
tion insurance for the next
four years.
• Council approved the
request from the Older
Americans Council of Middle
Georgia Inc. to purchase gas
for OAC vehicles from the
City at the city’s cost.
• Council approved the
request for the City of Perry
Police Department to be the
lead agency for an 11-coun
ty Traffic Enforcement Net
work state program.
early warning aircraft, air
borne electronic warfare air
craft. air combat aircraft
and commercial aerostruc
tures.
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Quality music
Macon Symphony Orche c *-°
performance attracts
Perryans for evening. (
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EXTENSION TEAM (From lejt) Chris
Welsh, agricultural and natural resources
agent; Extension Coordinator Peggy Bled-
Two new agents on board at
County Extension Service office
From Staff Reports:
Two new agents. Chris Welsh, and Bill U*v
erett, have joined the Houston County Exten
sion Staff.
Bill Leverett has been named County
Extension Agent, and will be responsible for
coordinating, developing and implementing
all aspects of the Houston County 4-H pro
gram. Leverett will assist 4-H’ers involved in
project work, provide leadership development
opportunities, coordinate community service
activities.
Leverett joined the University of Georgia
Extension Service in 1994 as a County
Extension Agent, with responsibilities for 4-H
and Youth/Horticulture in Crisp. Dooly and
Wilcox counties. While there, he received the
region, state and national 4-H Achievement
in Service Award for outstanding work with
youth.
In 1998-1999 he served as chairman of the
Crisp County Community Collaborative, and
from 1997-1999 he was a member of the
Board of Directors for the Gateway Children's
Advocacy Center.
Leverett received his bachelor of science
degree in agriculture, landscape and grounds
management from the University of Georgia
in 1994. While working in Crisp. Dooly and
Wilcox counties, he received his degree in
education from Georgia Southwestern State
University. He is pursuing a masters in edu
cation. He holds American Red Cross Instruc
tors Certification and has completed the
Georgia Fire Academy’s First Responder
Training.
Houston County Extension Coordinator
Peggy Bledsoe commented, “We welcome Bill
to our staff. The enthusiasm he has for work
ing with young people is contagious."
Leverett can be contacted at the Extension
Office in Warner Robins.
The Commissioners also heard an
annual report from Jimmy Williams,
who heads the county fire and emer
gency services. Williams said the
county's firefighters answered an
average of 4.70 calls per day during
1999.
"We re not just sitting in the sta
tion watching color television." he
said.
He estimated volunteer firefight
ers served for 18.253.6 hours last
year, with an estimated overall ben
efit to the county of more than $8
million.
Commission Chairman J. Sherrill
Stafford noted Williams has been
elected regional chairman of the
Emergency Management System, as
well as serving as 11 th District vice
president of the Fireman’s Associa
tion.
In other business, the Commis-
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sioners:
• Announced the water level of
Houston Lake will be lowered by two
to three feet in early Feburary. and
will remain iovvered for approximate
ly two weeks. The public access area
will be closed during that time.
This is being done for routine
inspection, to give homeowners an
opportunity to work on docks and L
seawalls, and to reduce weeds and
algae.
• Rescheduled two meetings. The
April 18 meeting will be changed to r
April 20 because of a meeting of the
Association County Commissioners.
The July 4 meeting will be changed
to July 6.
• Approved the appointment of
Barry Seagraves to a two-year term
on the Perry-Houston County Air
port Authority
Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins
soe; agent for 4-H programs, and Bill Lev
erett gather in front of the Houston County
Extension Office in Perry.
Chris Welsh has joined the Extension Staff
as an agriculture and natural resources
agent. In this position he will be responsible
for developing, coordinating and implement
ing all aspects of the Extension agriculture
and natural resources program.
He will work with farmers, agribusinesses,
community leaders and other Houston Coun
ty citizens to distribute research-based inlor
mation on agricultural commodities, cultural
practices and economics.
Since 1997, Welsh has served as an agron
omist with he Aabama Farmers Cooperative,
located in Dothan. In this capacity, he pre
pared newsletters, articles, agronomic pam
phlets and conducted training for employees
and customers.
Part of his time was spent conducting vari
ety tests and crop response evaluations to
chemicals and fertilizer. While with the coop
erative, he helped establish a precision agri
culture program in southern Aabama, which
included creating field maps, grid soil sam
pling and developing new uses of existing
technology. Earlier, he worked as a sales rep
resentative with IMC fertilizer and served as a
County Extension Agent in Coffee County.
A native of Tift County. Welsh received his
associate in science degree from Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College and in 1984,
received his degree in agriculture, agronomy
crop science from the University of Georgia.
In 1996 he received his masters in agricul
ture from Auburn University. He is a member
of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Alpha Zeta
honorary agricultural fraternity and Gamma
Sigma Delta honor society of agriculture.
"Chris’ expertise will be valuable to the
total Extension program. “ Bledsoe said, “and
especially to the agricultural community."
Welsh can lx* contacted at the Houston
County Extension Office in Perry.