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Volume 129, No. 3 2 Sections 14 Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2000 50 Cents ■> ja Georgia* jS IfatlMMlfiMjjl At 7 I The jr“ Crossroai loL/ This Week 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 HoMEJouiujArSiTAr^^ ___ 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. ■&. mmmmm ' w. f ± WAYNE WILLIAMS Heads Northrop Grumman Quality music Macon Symphony Orche c *-° performance attracts Perryans for evening. ( See pc u. Hi 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- I Wrestling time Annual Pp.rrv Hidh School ng meet is e Panther NEWSPAPER PROJECT ip IN LIPRARY 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.