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Volume 129, No. 4
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Jan. 26, 2000
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This week in Perry
Jan. 27 • Kiwanis Club Sev
enth Annual Talent Showcase,
to be held at Perry High School
Auditorium at 7 p.m. Over 30
acts are on the program, with
all talent from Houston County.
$3 admission. Students free.
• Medieval Times exhibition,
Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter. For information
call (800) 436-4386.
• Barrel racing at Georgia
National Fairgrounds and Agri
center. For information call
(912) 836-3914.
• U.S. Census employment
tests given at Houston Lake
Baptist Church, 2 p.m.; Perry
Library , 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 28 • Stratford at West
field basketball. B team at 4
p.m., varsity at 7 p.m.
• Tri-County at Perry basket
ball, Staples Gym, varsity at 7
p.m.
Jan. 28-29 • Georgia Young
Farmers Convention, Georgia
National Fairgrounds and Agri
center. For information call
(912) 386-3428.
Jan. 29 • Westfield basketball
at Southland Academy, Ameri
cus. B-team girls at 5 p.m., var
sity at 6:30 p.m.
• Perry basketball at North
side, Warner Robins, varsity at 6
p.m.
Jan 30 • The Faith Bible Fel
lowship Church, 517 M.L. King
Jr. Drive, will hold its second
annual Outreach 2000 ‘‘Save
the Children” program at 3:30
p.m. Parents and children are
encouraged to attend the pro
gram, which will feature 16-
year-old minister Jarvus Den
mark: Perry Middle School
Counselor, Alfreda Hall, and the
“For Christ Only” dance team
from Macon.
• The new 12,000 sq. ft.
Christian Family Life Center at
Hayneville First Baptist Church
will be dedicated with a day
long celebration . The schedule
will begin with Sunday school
at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m., a
covered dish luncheon at 12:30
p.m., and the dedication service
at 2 p.m. At 6 p.m. a Gospel
Sing in the new Family Life
Center will feature “Pure Heart”
and “The Gospellers.”
Jan. 31 • Mid Georgia Cotton
Update presented by the Univer
sity of Georgia Cotton Team at
the Crisp County Ag Center in
Cordele, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Call Chris Welsh, County
Extension Agent at 987-2028
for more information and to
register.
Feb. 1 • “A Taste of Arts and
Culture” Open House at the
Museum of Aviation at Robins
Air Force Base Century of
Flight Building, 6 to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the Houston Arts
Alliance, this event is planned
to increase awareness of the
arts in Houston County.
Singers, dancers, actors, wood
carvers, potter, musicians, spin
ners, weavers, painters, histori
ans and others will showcase
their talents. Door prizes.
Admission is free. Refreshments
will be served.
• Westfield basketball at
Windsor Academy, Macon. B
team at 4 p.m., Varsity at 7 p.m.
• Macon County at Perry
basketball, Staples Gym, Varsity
at 6 p.m.
Feb. 1 - 18 • Registration for
Perry Recreation Department
youth baseball and softball, boys
and girls, ages 4-12. Season,
(See FOOD, Page 3A
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Livestock, Rodeo
coming soon
The loth annual Georgia
National Rodeo and Livestock
Show is coming next month.
k Details, page 2A
Houston Horn Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
[Council eyes ways to boost downtown Perry
jAccess to free government planning help spurs interest on council, among merchants
|By Lanorris Fleming
IHome Journal ST.vrr
One of the main agenda items of
Perry City Council for the year 2000
for Downtown Development may be
on the move.
At the request of Councilman
James Moore, head of the Downtown
Development committee, Adrienne
Wood, regional representative for the
Georgia Department of Community
Affairs, outlined programs available
to the city for its downtown redevel
opment during a Jan. 18 council
work session.
According to Wood, Downtown
Pennymon
indicted on
murder charges
By Lanorris Fleming
Hon JotmriAL Staff
James Edward Penny
mon, 23, of Macon, who was
charged with murder along
ewith several other- felony
charges in the Dec. 25
f shooting at 639 Howard St.
Bin Perry, was indicted
|Jan. 19.
I According to Kelly Burke,
Houston County District
Attorney, the charges in the
indictment include murder,
felony murder, aggravated
assault, possession of a fire
arm by a convicted felon,
aggravated battery, theft by
receiving, and weapons vio
[ lations.
Melissa Drazny, 20, of
Perry, was also indicted on
charges in the incident after
I she allegedly attempted to
conceal Pennymon from
authorities.
Drazny's charges include
being a second party to
murder, felony murder,
aggravated assault, aggra
vated battery, weapons vio
lations and hindering the
apprehension of a felon.
According to police
reports Pennymon was
asked to leave a party at 639
Howard St. the evening of
Dec. 25. Later, he fired 1.7
nine millimeter rounds into
the crowd of 30 party goers
striking the house several
times and two of the party
goers.
Adrion M. Johnson, 18, a
Perry native residing in
Gainesville, Fla., was killed
when he was struck once in
the chest as he attempted to
avoid the shooting. Earnest
Roberts IV of 1102 Forrest
St. Apt. B. Perry, was shot
See MURDER, Page 3A
Year 2000 offers campaigns at all levels of government
Bt CHARLOTTE PERKINS
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Media attention is on the 2000
Presidential campaigns now, but in
the months to come, voters will also
be hearing from candidates at the
state and local levels as well.
Two "primaries" are on the calen
dar: the Presidential Primary and
the General Primary Election.
In Georgia, the Presidential Pri
mary will be held March 27. In this
election, voters will express their
preferences for presidential candi
dates in the Democratic and Repub
lican parties. This election is essen
tially an opinion poll.
The General Primary Election, is
set for July 18. Qualifying for the
primary races will be held from 9
Perry is in need of some help. Three
possible solutions were raised to aid
the area. One of the solutions is the
reactivation of the city's Downtown
Development Authority, a city pro
gram to which members appointed
would help aid with decisions and
planning with renovations for the
downtown
A second is a Downtown Develop
ment Revolving Loan Fund, which
works in conjunction with the devel
opment authority. The fund assists
non-entitlement cities and counties
in implementing quality downtown
development projects.
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Home Journal Photo by Lanorris Firming
NEW FRIENDS Mara Musei and Arturo Montano,
Perry High. School international students, exchange
an embrace.
Exchange students
spending year in Perry
By Lanorris Fleming
Home Journal Staff
Perry High exchange
students are getting a
Houston County educa
tion this year. Both Mara
Musei, 17, of Rumania
and Arturo Montano, 17,
of Venezuela arrived in
Perry in late August 1999
to begin the Houston
County school year.
Both are seniors this
year but according to
Montano he has already
completed his studies in
his native Venezuela.
“1 am here not for the
grades, but for the experi
ence," said Montano.
a.m. April 24 until noon, April 28,
with local candidates signing up and
paying their qualifying fees (3 per
cent of the salary for the posts) at
the Board of Elections office along
Main Street in Perry.
Party candidates are chosen at
the primary election, and then
square off against each other in the
Nov. 7 General Election, which will
also feature a presidential election
this year.
Houston County government
posts up for election, the incum
bents in those positions, and the
qualifying fees are as follows.
• Judge of Probate Court, current
ly held by Janice Spires. Qualifying
fee: $1,379.
• Clerk of Superior Court, cur
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"My counselors remind
me of that when I get
frustrated when there is
something that I don't
understand."
Montano plans to
attend college but, has
not yet decided whether it
will be in the United
States or at home.
“I am thinking about
majoring in journalism."
he said.
He is taking English
and history to improve his
skills in both.
Musei was able to skip
the 11th grade but is tak-
See VISIT, Page 3A
A third program called Better
Hometown program, raised interest
from downtown merchants on hand
and council members.
The two primary criteria for the
city being part of the Better Home
town program according to Woods
are that the buildings in the area be
50 or more years old and still have
their historic integrity.
“Historic integrity means that if
the architect were to walk past the
building today it would be still rec
ognizable" she said.
According to Woods, students
from the University of Georgia’s
Winter strikes South
Forecast calls for possible snow Thursday
By Lanorris Fleming
Home Jouiuial Staff
Any thoughts of a milder
than usual January in the
South came tcranrend this
week.
Cold and rainy weather
conditions brought con
cerns and even caused the
cancellation of the Houston
County Board of Education
meeting Jan. 24.
According to Haley Green,
public relations specialist
with Flint Energies, there
have been no real concerns
in the Perry service territory
yet. There have however
been problems in north
Georgia which have made it
necessary for crews from
this area to be sent to aid in
restoring power services.
“We have sent eight crews
to help out in north Geor
gia," said Green.
Five crews were sent to
Cobb County, one to Walton
County and two to Haber
sham County.
The missing crews were
expected back Jan. 26. With
the expected drop in tem
perature this weekend the
20 crew, 60 personnel Flint
Energies team will be on
hand for any problems that
may arise.
According to Green If
there are any problems with
Flint services the quickest
way to report them is to call
Flint's 24-hour Automated
Power Outage Reporting
Line at 1-888-354-6836.
“Be ready with either your
account number or your
phone number", said Green.
This will enable requests to
be patched right through to
the dispatchers who can get
crews out quickly.
rently held by Carolyn Sullivan.
Qualifying fee: $1,343.
• Sheriff, currently held by Cullen
Talton. Qualifying fee: $1,799.
• Tax Commissioner, currently
held by Juanita Mason. Qualifying
fee: $1,461.
• Coroner, currently held by
Daniel Galpin. Qualifying fee: $405.
• County Commissioner. Post 3,
currently held by Gail Robinson who
has filled the unexpired term of for
mer Commissioner Larry Snellgrovc.
Qualifying fee: $234.
• County Commissioner. Post 4.
currently held by Jay Walker. Quali
fying fee: $234.
• County Commissioner. Post 5,
currently held by Thomas
McMlchael. Qualifying fee: $234.
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design school have been in charge of
drawing up plans for other cities in
the program and the same could be
utilized for Perry’s project at no real
cost to the city.
“All you would have to do is put
them up and feed them," said
Woods.
"The project Initially would not
cost the city anything. Public meet
ings would be set where a type of
facilitated session would be held to
assess the strengths and weakness
es of the downtown." said Woods.
See CITY, Page 3A
• Board of Education. District 1,
currently held by Terry Hedden.
Qualifying fee: $54.
• Board of Education. District 3,
currently held by Skip Dawkins.
Qualifying fee: $54.
• Board of Eduqation, District 5,
currently held by Skip Talbert.
Qualifying fee: $54.
• Board of Education. District 7
(At large), currently held by Pat
Summers. Qualifying fee: $54.
Members of the Georgia House of
Representatives and Georgia State
Senate are also up for re-election
tills year.
The last date to register to vote for
the General Primary Election will be
June 19.
Area forecasts contin
ue to call for a possibil
ity qf frosen precipita
tion (freesing rain, sleet
or snow) during the
evening hours Jan. 27,
and the daylight hours
Jan. 28.
City Water and Waste
water Superintendent Dan
Walker said, “We don’t
expect anything to affect us
on our side, sometimes we
have water main breaks but
there is nothing you can do
to prepare for those we Just
have to handle them as they
occur.”
According to Walker if the
temperature drops below 20
degrees safety precautions
for home water systems
include covering the outside
pipes and faucets and allow
ing the inside faucets to
drip.
“Plan for the worst and
hope for the best," said
Walker.
With the great amounts of
rain recorded in the last few
days farmers are bound to
be affected.
According to Willie
Chance, Houston County
Extension Agent, long term
goals and short term goals
differ a bit.
“It's been so dry for so
long that in long range
terms more rain is needed to
fill lakes, reservoirs and
underground aquifiers,"
said Chance. “At the soil
level there have been ade
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