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Inside
The Journal
This Week
Appreciation
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The Bank of Perry recently
held a Customer Appreciation
Day, serving hamburgers and
hotdogs to over 150 bank
customers See Page 3A
Panthers
With the score tied at 8-8 and
Warner Robins driving down
field, Bryn Collins tackled the
Warrior’s runner to preserve
the tie and send the Perry-
Warner Robins 7th grade
game See Page 4B
Lady I
Panthers
After dropping the first game
of a best-of-three playoff with
Fitzgerald in the Area lAAA soft
ball playoffs on Tuesday in
Fitzgerald, the Perry Lady Pan
thers returned to Rozar Park on
Thursday See Page 2B
New
president
The Kiwanis Club of Perry
installed new officers for the
year 2000-2001 at their regu
lar meeting Sept. 26.
New president is Wayne
Morris. Out-going president is
Joe Andrews See Page 4C
Millage rate
set
Perry City Council voted to
lower the city millage rate dur
ing their regular meeting Oct.
3.
The rate set by the group
will be 14 mills, down from the
current See Page 3A
Finding the
right book
Finding the books that you
want has never been easier
and according to Nancy
Granger of the Perry Library
it will only get better. Since
November of 1999 a project
funded by the state of Georgia
through the Office of Public
Services of the Department of
Technical and Adult
Education See Page 9A
New offices
It took two months and a few
ups and downs, but Houston
County Public Defender Terry
Everett finally got a “yes”
from the County Commission
ers on Oct. 3. She and her staff
will soon move into larger of
fices See Page 3A
Index
OPINION PAGE4A
CLASSIFIED....PAGE 6B
LIFESTYLES....PAGE 1C
SPORTS PAGE IB
LEGALS PAGE 5B
NEWS BRIEFS..PAGE 2A
Sanders on courthouse:
“You can hang
me in effigy”
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
At the end of Tuesday
morning’s commission meeting,
Houston County Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders put on
his hardhat and work gloves and
made not one, but two announce
ments.
First he announced that
ground breaking ceremonies for
the county’s new courthouse and
jail will take place on Thursday,
October 12 at 2:30 p.m.
And then, after detailing the
steps that remain to be taken, he
announced that the dedication of
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Ned Sanders announces dates
for ground breaking, dedication
of justice complex
Landowners, Airport Authority at odds over rezoning
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
Despite opposition from the
Perry -Houston Airport&Author
ity, three local landowners are
pushing ahead with their request
for a rezoning that would allow
them to use family-owned farm
land for residential development.
To make matters more compli
cated, the land in question is con
tiguous to the local airport, and
is in Peach County.
The owners - Jimmy Paul and
his sister, Toni Paul Smith - are
asking that the land be annexed
into the City of Perry so that they
Something for everybody at the Georgia National Fair
By Emily Johnstone
News Editor
When the nights turn cooler
and you feel a hint of fall in the
air, that is a sure sign that it is
time for the Georgia National
Fair!
The 11th annual event, which
begins Oct. 6 and runs through
Oct. 15, is expected to once again
draw record crowds, weather
permitting, according to Execu
tive Director Mike Froehlich.
Last year, the 10 day Fair drew
336,705 attendees.
Everyone’s favorites plus more
will be on hand at the Fair, said
Froehlich.
Good food, exciting rides, in
teresting exhibits and top-notch
entertainers are just a few of the
things that keep drawing people
back to the Fair year after year,
he added.
This weekend, Kenny Rogers
will be in concert beginning at
7:30 p.m.
Reihthoffer’s midway has in
cluded a number of new attrac
tions this year, including The
Claw and The Invertor, both de
scribed as rides that will give you
a thrill, according to owner Rick
Reithoffer.
Blue ribbons will abound in
Thursday, October % 2000
the facilities will take place two
years from that date, on October
11,2002.
At 11 a.m.
“I’m a risk taker,” Sanders
said, “and if it’s not on that date,
you can hang me in effigy.”
He also explained that through
a number of meetings with the
architects and construction man
agement team working on plans
for the complex, the projected
cost has been trimmed and is
now $150,000 under the bud
get of $39,375,000. Cost cutting
strategies included the redesign
of the roof, and other technical
matters, but the main savings -
will come from a decision that
the county’s public works de
partment will be responsible for
the clearing and preparation of
the site on Kings Chapel Road,
thus saving about $2 million.
The county work has already
begun, Sanders said.
The cost-trimming on the
project was a major accomplish
ment for Sanders, who has been
in the office for two months. Pre
liminary plans for the justice
complex, which is to be paid for
with Special Local Option Sales
Tax funds were reported earlier
to be substantially over budget.
Actual costs will not be known
until bids for the project are re
ceived. Sanders estimated that
bids will be advertised early in
December and accepted January
10-12. He said that he expects
to “pour concrete” by the first of
March, 2001, and that construc
tion will take approximately 18
months.
will have access to city utilities.
Early in the summer, city offi
cials asked members of the Air
port Authority what they
thought of the Smith/Paul re
quest and their plan to build
upscale homes with airport ac
cess on the land. Chairman
David Morgan, speaking for the
Authority, cited a number of
reasons for opposing the
project.
A key reason is that the Au
thority hopes to see the land in
the immediate vicinity devel
oped for industrial rather than
residential use. Additionally,
exhibit buildings as they house
thousands of items such as art,
crafts, antiques and other things
entered in competition or for
show.
Froehlich said the number of
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Armed robbery suspect Fredinand Woodruff grimaces in pain as Paramedic Chris Lincecum places
a splint on Woodruff’s arm. Woodruff received a gunshot wound to the elbow area Monday morning
during an exchange of gunfire with a sheriff’s deputy. Also pictured is Houston County Sheriff’s
Capt. Harry Enckler, right. For more see story, Page 2A.
Authority members are con
cerned that people building
homes in the airport area are
going to begin to raise objec
tions when anticipated airport
growth brings in more and
larger aircraft.
When Paul and Smith both
met with the Airport Authority
in July, Authority members in
dicated they would not agree to
any plans that involved
“through the fence” access for
homeowners who owned air
planes and purchased homes
with private hangars.
The “air-park” development
livestock entries could top
11,000 for year 2000 Fair.
Meanwhile, with the construc
tion complete for a new South
Gate entrance, access to and
from the Fair should be easier
would consitute only a portion
of the development. In addition,
Smith and Paul have proposed
building a subdivision on a
larger amount of acreage that
would provide bridle paths and
stables for horse owners, and
Airport Authority members
have suggested that horses
would not adapt well to airport
noise.
Despite the discouragement
from the Authority, Smith and
Paul are bringing their request
for rezoning and annexation be
fore the City of Perry.
First, on Tuesday night, Oc-
and faster, he added.
Perry Police Capt. Bill Phelps
said the new interchange, Exit
134, should help relieve traffic
congestion.
Law enforcement personnel
Time Sections, 26 Pages
tober 10, they will bring the re
zoning request before the Perry
Planning Commission.
According to City Manager
Lee Gilmour, the recommenda
tion for zoning of the land must
be made before the annexation
request is considered by the
Perry City Council.
Members of the Airport Au
thority decided at their meeting
on Monday night to attend the
Planning Commission’s meet
ing, with Morgan presenting
the Authority’s point of view.
The meeting will begin at 6
p.m. at Perry City Hall.
will be in place at all strate
gic intersections, said Phelps.
Unless you need to travel in
the area during the Fair, you
should avoid it, he added.
However, for locals who are
driving to the Fairgrounds,
the best route to take will be
through town to Courtney
Hodges Boulevard. Turn left
onto Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive (just across the bridge)
and travel to Larry Walker
Parkway intersection. Turn
right to go to the East Gate
parking area unless other
wise directed by law enforce
ment, said Phelps.
Persons traveling 1-75 should
be alert for traffic back-ups at
the Marshallville Road exit,
Exit 135. If that exit is experi
encing traffic congestion, mo
torists may exit at the new in
terchange near the South
Gate, Exit 134.
Also, when leaving the Fair
grounds, persons should leave
the way they entered unless
otherwise directed, Phelps said.
For more information about
the Georgia National Fair, call
987-3247.