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I Volume 129. No. 7
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Feb. 16. 2000
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Feb. 1-18 V Registra
tion for Perry Recreation
Department youth base
ball and softball, boys
and girls, ages 4-12.
Season, April -June. City
residents $26, County
residents $54. Register at
Perry Recreation Dept.,
Rozar Park. For more
information call (912)
988-2860.
Feb. 16 V Westfield
Lady Hornets in Georgia
Independent Schools
Association state basket
ball tournament, 4 p.,m,.
Stratford Academy.
Macon.
Feb. 17 V Perry Com
munity Foundation pre
sentation at the Chamber
of Commerce offices, 3:45
p.m.
V Perry Volunteer Out
reach meets at Chamber
of Conunerce offices, 6
p.m. Thfs meeting is open
to all who are interested
in forming an organiza
tion which connects
those who need help to
those who want to help.
V The United Methodist
Women of the Perry Unit
ed Methodist Church are
sponsoring a Ladies Night
Out Program entitled A
Woman’s Passage in
Time, he Journey of
Being a Christian Woman
at 7 p.m. in the fellowship
hall. Bobbie McCoy of
Atlanta will be the guest
speaker, and One Heart,
the singing trio from the
Perry Presbyterian
Church, will provide spe
cial music. A nursery will
be available. For further
information call the
church office at (912)
987-1852.
V Miss Perry High
School pageant. 7:30
p.m. at Perry High School
Auditorium. Admission is
$3 for students and
adults. Contestants will
be judged on interview,
sportswear, evening gown
and answers to stage
questions.
V Westfield Hornets in
Georgia Independent
Schools Association state
basketball tournament,
8:30 p.m., Stratford
Academy. Macon.
Feb. 19 V Angela Sapp,
co-pastor of the Full
Gospel Lighthouse in
Perry, will be the guest
speaker for the Women’s
Aglow Fellowship at
Crossroads United
Methodist Church, 1600
Main St. The meeting
begins at 10 a.m.
Refreshments will be
served.
Feb. 21 V Perry City
Hall administrative
offices closed in observa
tion of President's Day.
Offices will reopen Feb.
22. 8 a.m.
Feb. 24-26 V Georgia
National Rodeo at Geor
gia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter.
MWA Teen Service
Club plans meeting
Modern Woodmen of
America Teen Service
Club plans its monthly
meeting at 6:30 p.m.,
Feb. 18, at the Byron
Pizza Hut.
Melanie McGinty,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George McGinty of Byron
and granddaughter of
Marion McGinty of Perry,
will share memories of
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Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
House approves $13.9
billion state budget
Funds included for Agricenter, Aviation Museum
From Staff Reports
ATLANTA The Georgia House of Representatives has
approved a state budget of $13.9, with $1.3 million for the
Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base and $1.6 mil
lion for the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter.
According to Rep. Lariy Walker, the Museum of Aviation
funding will be used for a new interactive education center
for young people, called “Free to Soar - Science of Flight.”
The exhibit will, make use of principals of math, science
and technology, and will be housed in the Century of Flight
Hangar.
Pat Bartness. Foundation Director for the museum, said
the exhibit will include a wind tunnel, a night vision dis
play. a simulated cockpit and air traffic tower, along with
other hands-on educational activities.
According to Barntess, the exhibit is planned to help
“kids of all ages understand science and technology in a
‘fun’ way."
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City getting updated traffic signal system
Bt LANORRIS FLEMING
Home Journal Staff
Perry’s traffic signals are
getting a face lift. If you have
traveled anywhere in Peny
lately you the
trucks and heavy machinery
digging near intersections
with traffic lights.
The intended outcome of
the project is a more modern
traffic signal system.
According to Jeff Legg,
district signal engineer with
the Department of Trans
portation. all of the traffic
signals in Peny are going to
be updated.
“The actual lights are
going to be enlarged from 8
inches to 12 inches to
improve visibility,” said Legg.
It is expected to take
approximately three months
for the project to be complet
ed and will cost between
$350,000 to $400,00 dollars.
The improvements made
to the current system will
also include the removal of
the small wooden street indi
cators and replacing them
with larger street signs.
Other than the look of the
signal, people probably
won’t notice any change in
the system," said Legg.
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Education reform package passes House
Bill goes to Senate for vote there
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ATLANTA The Georgia House of Rep
resentatives passed the Governor’s Educa
tion Reform Bill on Feb. 10 by a margin of
131 to 40. The 152-page bill, which had
been changed extensively before finally
being approved by the House, has now
gone to the State Senate.
Members of the Houston County delega
tion supporting the bill were Rep. Larry
Walker. D-Perry and Rep. Robert Ray, D-
Fort Valley. Rep. Pam Bohannon, R-Warn
er Robins, voted no.
“I think we did the right thing," said
Walker. Democratic Majority Leader. He
had encouraged his fellow legislators to
vote for the bill.
Noting in his speech before the House
that the bill is controversial. Walker told
them, "This is the most controversial edu
cation bill ever to be presented to this
body. Why? Because it does something! It
Perryan remembers Schulz and Peanuts strip
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Journal Staff
Sometimes he’s battling the Red Baron.
Sometimes he’s Joe Cool. Sometimes he’s
hard at work on the great American Novel.
Sometimes he’s trying to get a whole flock of
birds to march in single file. Sometimes he’s
just a dog hoping fjor some dog food.
No dog has have ever had more different
personalities , and few if any cartoon
characters have become as much a part of
the American scene.
His creator, Charles Schulz, is no longer
with us, but Snoopy is everywhere.
Linda Johnson is one of the cartoon bea
gle’s biggest fans, and the Snoopy collection
she and her daughter. Sandy Cooper, have
gathered up, is guaranteed to bring a smile
to the face of any "Peanuts" fan.
There’s a Snoopy in a skeleton costume
who dances, a World War I Ace Snoopy cook
ie jar, a pair of huge Snoopy bedroom slip
pers with a tail in the back of each slipper.
There’s a golfing Snooper, a band director
Snoopy, even a Millennium Snoopy, mod
eled on the one that led the last Macy’s
parade.
There’s a snowman Snoopy with a carrot
nose. There’s Joe Scholar.
At Christmas. Johnson even decorated a
tree with Snoopy miniatures.
Most of the time, the collection is tucked
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is going to make good people conduct their
business differently. It is going to get rid of
the very few people who are incapable of
getting the job.done."
Walker said he was “not satisfied for this
state to be in the lower rungs of the ladder
of education," and he felt that a yes vote
was the “right thing for my grandchildren
and for my constituents and for this state."
Some highlights of the far-reaching
education bill are:
V allowing parents to move their chil
dren in poor performing schools to other
public schools;
V setting up school councils made up of
parents, teachers and business people to
make recommendations on a range of aca
demic and personnel issues for individual
schools;
V establishing an independent Office of
Education Accountability, which would
create a system for rewarding top-perform
ing schools and teachers;
V requiring all teachers to have basic
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having grandchildren to share the fun with
some day.
It all started back in 1966 with three
small ornaments, purchased at a local drug-
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Snoopys. This is a small part oj a collection
of Snoopys that numbers in the hundreds.
President’s Day
weekend coming
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A three-day weekend
is on the horizon.
Americans will honor
the legacy of two men
who led our country.
George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln.
The observance
involves closing federal
offices Feb. 21.
Before 1971, both
Feb. 12 and Feb. 22
were observed as feder
al holidays. To honor
the birthdays of Abra
ham Lincoln and
George Washington on
their actual birthdays,
Americans celebrated
them separately.
Then in 1971 Pres.
Richard Nixon pro
claimed one single fed
eral holiday. Presi
dent’s Day to be
observed on the third
Monday of February,
honoring all past presi
dents of the United
States.
We missed out on an
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