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Town Cner
The Cellular
Phone Scare
Since the age of cellular I
have become one of its many
active users. My cell phone is
my link with the world when I
am out on assignments or just
out of reach from family and
friends. Just having the phone
in the car with me makes me
think of someone that I need
to call. My friends from col
lege stay in constant touch
with me by using free weekend
and evening minutes as do I
with them Page 5A
Music
minister
shares
When the members of the
Sanctuary Choir of Perry
United Methodist Church of
fer their “Favorite Anthems
Concert” this Sunday after
noon, they’ll be singing hymns
that are part of the fabric of
Christianity - so familiar, in
most cases, that they seem to
have always been around.
Each one, however started
with one individual’s inspira
tion.
Take John Newton, for
example Page 9A
PHS Head
Football
Coach
For the past three weeks as
most people have been com
pleting last minute vacation
travels and family outings, the
coaches and players of the
Perry High School football
team have been hard at work
for the upcoming season. As
we all know, the heat and hu
midity have been treacherous,
but according to Athletic Di
rector and Head Coach,
George Collins, no one has
been complaining Page IB
Margaret Hill
- teacher and
shining light
A little light shining the
darkness, that is what you see
when you look at Margaret
Hill.
At 74 years of age she sefes
this as the theme of her life and
is still allowing her light to
shine in the lives of children
and adults alike by continuing
to educate those who seek edu
cation.
Bom in Savannah, Hill made
the trek to Perry in 1948 to
take a position as a first grade
music teacher at the then
Houston County Training
School located on the present
WF Ragin Drive Page 4B
Index
OPINION PAGE 4A
CLASSIFIED....PAGE 5C
LIFESTYLES....PAGE 6A
SPORTS PAGEIB
LEGALS PAGE 1C
NEWS BRIEFS..PAGE 2A
Inspecting
See Page 3B
Legal Organ For Houston County, City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Perry mourns loss
of Elizabeth Nunn
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Elizabeth C. Nunn
Council meets with
Peach Commissioners
By Lanorris Fleming
Staff Writer
In a joint meeting of the City
of Perry’s City Council and
Peach County Board of Commis
sioners a new friendship was
forged.
“This meeting is long over
due,” said Perry Mayor Jim
Worrall, “a meeting dealing with
our mutual interests.”
Three issues were brought to
the forefront which effect both
Peach and Perry. The discus
sion of land use surrounding the
Perry-Houston County Airport,
was a major topic of discussion,
because much of the land in the
airport area is in Peach County.
Both groups sat down together
to discuss possible solutions.
According to City Manager
Lee Gilmour, the City of Perry
and the Houston County Board
of Commissioners have been ap
proached by the Airport Author
ity to purchase some parcels of
land for its use. Some of these
parcels are intended for safety
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New CEO
Newly appointed Houston Healthcare Complex CEO Frank Aaron
greets visitors at a welcome reception Tuesday. Aaron comes
from Henderson, NC where he served as CEO for Margaret Pardee
Memorial Hospital for 13 years. Pictured with Aaron is (Ltoß)
Houston County Hospital Authority Chairman Chris Murman,
State Representative Pam Bohannon and Aaron.
Perdue urges more citizen involvement
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Sen. Sonny Perdue, center, with Perry Rotary President Linda
Easterly and program chairman Dr. Matt Dixon. Perdue spoke
to the Rotary Club on Monday.
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Thursday, August 17, 2000
From Staff Reports
Hundreds attended funeral
services for Elizabeth Cannon
Nunn on Sunday, August 13.
The mother of former U.S.
Senator Sam Nunn and Betty
Nunn Mori, Mrs. Nunn lived in
Perry most of her life and was
active in church and social or
ganizations. She was a founder
of the Girl Scouts organization
in Perry. A graduate of
Wesleyan College, she was
widely traveled.
She was the widow of Samuel
A. Nunn, and lived in Perry for
more than 60 years before mov
ing to Atlanta four years ago.
For more, see Page 9A.
reasons which includes instru
ment assisted approaches by
planes, and others are for the ex
tension of the airport’s runway.
John Houser of the Airport Au
thority spoke on behalf of the au
thority and presented its position.
According to Houser the exten
sion of the airport’s runway by
one thousand feet would greatly
increase the utilization of the fa
cility by larger airplanes as well
as business jets. Extending it
would allow for larger airplanes
who depend on instrument as
sisted approaches in inclement
weather to use the airport. Perry
Mayor Pro-tem Charles Lewis
added that an extended runway
would also allow for longer trips.
According to Lewis the shorter
the runway is the more fuel the
airplane must leave behind to take
off Larger aircraft would be more
apt to take off from Perry-Hous
ton County Airport if the pilots
were able to make the trips they
desire and not stop mid trip to
See Meeting Page 3A
Outages
See Page 11A
Reithoffer visits Ga.
National Fairgrounds
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Rick Reithoffer, right, of Reithoffer Shows, visits the new South Gate area at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter, with Mike Froehlich, left, director of the facility, and Johnny Webb,
assistant director.
By Emily Johnstone
News Editor
Rick Reithoffer of Reithoffer
Shows, paid a pre-Fair visit to the
Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter Aug. 11.
During a tour of the facility,
Reithoffer spoke of several new
rides he has planned for the Fair
midway this October. This is
Reithoffer’s 11th year providing
midway fun at the facility.
“We have a number of super
spectacular new rides. One is the
Wild Claw,” said Reithoffer. The
Claw is a 70-ft. suspension ride
with four towers on top of a gi
ant axle, he explained. As the ride
swings from a giant pendulum,
riders are rocked back and fort
from the 1 o’clock position to the
11 o’clock position with a straight
up and down motion.
Reithoffer said he, along with
his two children, ages 9 and 12,
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
Got a problem with the
way your government is
operating? Senator Sonny
Perdue (R-Bonaire) would
like to see more citizens
speaking up.
"You all have a respon
sibility to hold us ac
countable," he told the
Perry Rotary Club on
Monday. "We need for you
to take an active role, to
speak out. That's what it
takes to make a true rep
resentative democracy
work."
Perdue also touched
briefly on the problem of
rode the Wild Claw and decided
it was fabulous.
“When my kids got off they
were ready to jump right back on
again!” he laughed.
Another spectacular ride re
cently added to the Reithoffer
ride collection that will be at the
Fair here in Perry is The Inverter,
a domestically-made ride.
It consists of a 65 ft. tower.
Riders sit is a car that inverts
as it reaches the top, then turns
back over as it goes back down,
continuing the invert and revert
motion.
Georgia National Fair midway
patrons will also see two Gondola
Ferris Wheels this year, one at
each end of the midway.
The Starship will enable pa
trons to experience the feeling of
weightlessness.
And, in Kiddieland, the Titanic,
a giant 40 ft. slide that looks as if
low voter turnout, point
ing out that with only
half of the voting age
population registering to
vote, and less than half
of those actually coming
to the polls, an election
can determined by as few
as 12.5% of the popula
tion.
"That doesn't exactly
spell a mandate," he . c aid.
In a wide-ranging
speech, he took some
shots at Governor Roy A.
Barnes education reform
bill, and at "pork barrel"
projects such as the $2
million appropriated for
beautifying the entrance
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it might be sinking into the sea
will provide fun for the younger
crowd.
An historical exhibit is
planned for the midway, also.
That is a 1918 solid rubber
tire Packard that his great
grandfather and grandfather
used to transport equipment at
the turn of the century, said
Reithoffer.
Reithoffer also praised the
work being done at the South
Gate area of the Agricenter, say
ing the project will help enable
growth for the Fair in the fu
ture.
He also sees the area as one
way to alleviate much of the
traffic congestion seen in the
past at the Fair.
“This is going to be fabulous,”
said Reithoffer. “Of course, the
Georgia National Fair does ev
erything first-class.”
to the City of Augusta.
He pointed that he had
proposed a bill which
would require that sur
plus funds be used to
pay down debts, un
less a 2/3 vote could
be mustered to sup
port spending the
money in other ways,
and noted that "It
didn't even get a com
mittee hearing."
"Bills aren't determined
on merit," he said, "but by
who sponsors them. The
public is sick and tired of
partisan bickering. We're
not sent up there to have
winners and losers."
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Photo by Emily Johnstone