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Volume 129 Number 44 Thursday, November 9, 2000 Three Sections, 28 Pages
Inside
The Journal
This Week
Ready for the
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This beautiful Christmas
tree that is now on display
at the Bank of Perry could
be placed in your home! For
a one dollar donation to the
Pilot Club, your name will
go into a box. See Page 1C
Post office
contract
A contract for the construc
tion of the long-awaited new
Perry Post Office on Macon
Road has been signed by the
U.S. Postal Service.
Rep. Larry Walker (D-Perry)
said that he received the good
news from Sen. Max Cleland’s
office late last week that “all
documents See Page 2A
Seeing stars
Glen and Jeanette Voss have
recently returned from a very
memorable four days in
Branson, Missouri. Their first
stop was the Jim Stafford The
ater. The Stafford family and
Glen go back some 52 years
when Jim Stafford was only
four years old in Winter Ha
ven, Florida. . .See Page 4C
Walker honored
Representative Larry Walker
was recognized on October 19 by
the Georgia Chapter of the March
of Dimes for his leadership and
support of the recent eligibility ex
pansions to the Peach Care for
Kids program, the state children’s
health insurance program for
Georgia See Page 8A
Veteran’s
Day closings
Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, is
officially this Saturday, but
closings in observance of the
holiday will vary.
Houston County, City of
Perry , City of Warner Robins
and City of Centerville gov
ernment offices will be closed
on Friday, November 10.
All post offices, and the
Perry Drivers License Office of
the Georgia State Patrol, will
be closed Saturday, November
11.
Bank customers are advised
that some banks normally of
fering Saturday service will be
closed on Saturday.
Index
OPINION .PAGE4A
CLASSIFIED....PAGE 9B
LIFESTYLES.. ..PAGEIC
SPORTS PAGEIB
LEGALS PAGE 4B
NEWS BRIEFS..PAGE 2A
RADical
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Jim Leßoy of Bulldog Air Shows will be performing at the Perry-
Houston County event this weekend. Inset: Bob Hamilton, Steve
Weigandt and Mac Hodges discuss final plans forthis weekend’s
air show.
Air Show set for
this weekend
By Lanorris Askew
Staff Writer
This weekend citizens from all
over the state and beyond will be
able to enjoy the military and
civil aviation heritage through
the First Annual Wings Over
Georgia 2000 Air Show.
The mission of the event is to
provide a safe, educational and
enjoyable weekend event for
Perry, Houston County and all of
Middle Georgia. How exactly do
they plan to achieve these ends?
Through diverse and exciting
programs of aviation related dis
plays, demonstrations and enter
tainment.
The weekend will include Bull
dog Air Shows aerobatics show,
EAA free aircraft rides for chil
dren 8-17 years of age, an M 4
flight simulator, Georgia Air Na
tional Guard Cl3O and much
much more.
The air show will kick off each
morning at 9 a.m. and will con
tinue throughout the day.
On Saturday November 11 the
city of Perry, the American Le
gion post-24 and Veterans of For
eign Wars Post 6126 will honor
Veteran’s Day Program
M.C. - Johnny Barton, CMSgt. U.S.A.F. Retired
Music - Perry High School Band
10:45 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Joe Hutcheson, Director
Presenting of Colors - JFROTC Perry High
Star Spangled Banner - Haley Greene , Flint Energies
Opening Prayer - Reverend Keith Ivey
Welcome Address - Mayor Jim Worrall
Guest Speaker - General David Poythress Georgia Defense Force
Closing prayer - Rev. Billy Key
America the Beautiful - Christie Drawdy
Removal of Colors
Music
2 p.m - the WWII Memorial Fund Balloon Release
The history behind Veteran’s Day
According to history in 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh
month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, an armistice was
signed. The “war to end all wars”(WWl) was over.
November 11,1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember
the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I in order to ensure a lasting
peace. Later it was decided that Veterans of all wars should be celebrated and
in 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming November 11 as Veteran’s Day.
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Veteran’s of all wars. The Ameri
can Legion Ceremony will begin
at 11 a.m. and will include an
address from Mayor Jim Worrall
and guest speaker General David
Poythress.
At 2 p.m. on Saturday, the lo
cal World War II Memorial Fund
will present a balloon release.
The balloons are still being sold
for $lO each. On each balloon the
name of an honoree will be writ
ten.
Veteran’s Day means many
things to many people but to
those who have worn a military
uniform and fought for the red
the white and the blue and those
who have loved ones who are or
were members of the American
Armed Forces this a day of trib
ute.
Visitors are encouraged to
bring cameras and camcorders to
record this momentous occasion.
An estimated 4,000-5,000 people
are expected at this event and
according to Bob Hamilton one
of the coordinators of the show if
the weather is good numbers
could exceed expectations.
Go Tenyn
See Page 3B
Republican sweep
Burke stomps Kemp;
Alday and Walker win
Commission posts
Editor s note: See page 10A for
complete precinct-by-precinct
voting on key local races.
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
Tuesday was a good day for
Houston County Republicans.
District Attorney Kelly Burke
emerged as victor over Demo
cratic challenger Jack Kemp, de
spite a steady barrage of cam
paign attacks. Senator Sonny
Perdue beat Miller Heath , Jr.
decisively.
Gloria Alday won a seat on the
Houston County Commission,
coming in with 58 percent of the
vote in a three-way race and Pam
Bohannan is headed back to the
Georgia House of Representa-
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City will annex, rezone
property near airport
Morgan, Dorsett quit Airport Authority in protest
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
There were winners and losers
at the Perry City Council meet
ing on Tuesday night.
Jimmy Paul and his sister,
Tony Paul Smith, won their
battle to have 205 acres of Peach
County land annexed into the
City of Perry and re-zoned for an
upscale residential development.
And the City of Perry lost two
hardworking members of the
Perry-Houston County Airport
Authority.
Paul and Smith, whose request
for annexation and rezoning had
already cleared the Planning
Commission, are planning to de
velop a residential area with
bridle trails, stables and ponds.
Originally they had hoped to
use 40 acres of land just west of
the airport property to develop
high-priced housing for airplane
owners, so that buyers would
have easy access to the airport.
That idea was scrapped when
it became apparent that the Air
port Authority would not allow
“through the fence” access to the
airport.
Authority Chairman David
Morgan , who has fought for
months to prevent the residen
tial rezoning of the 40 acre site
adjacent to the airport, gave a
detailed presentation to the
Council, arguing that further
residential development in the
immediate vicinity of the airport
would limit the growth of the air
port and the industrial develop
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Photo by Charlotte Perkins
Tired but happy - Gloria Alday, Kelly Burke and Pam Bohannon
were among the winners in Tuesday’s election. Alday will be sworn
in this week as a County Commissioner. Burke won a second term
as District Attorney. Bohannon will return to the Georgia House
of Representatives.
ment of that area, and present
ongoing problems of incompat
ibility and residential complaints
about noise as the airport grew
and attracted more and larger
airplanes. Morgan with the
unanimous backing of the Airport
Authority asked the Council to
put the 40 acre site in an indus
trial classification rather than
residential.
He noted that over 60 small
airports - including those in
Milledgeville and Stone Moun
tain - have been forced to close in
recent years because residential
development was allowed all
around them, and residents be
gan complaining of noise and
other hazards. He said that some
of the property in question is
within 600 to 1000 feet of the cen
ter of the airport runway
Councilman Billy Jerles
pointed out that leaving the prop
erty in Peach County in its cur
rent R-Ag classification, would
mean that Paul and Smith could
develop it in any way they chose.
Jerles said that going ahead with
the approval would mean that the
Authority would have some con
trol over the situation, and could
purchase the 40 acres from Smith
and Paul or even have it taken
through condemnation with ap
praisers determining a fair price.
There has been some discus
sion of a purchase of the land by
the authority. Jimmy Paul, a
Perry native, now an Atlanta at
torney, had made the point in his
presentation that the family did
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Deanna Griffin, President of the Fine Art Society of Middle Georgia, will conduct
a spring workshop with all proceeds going to the organization. For more, see
story, page 3C.
Modern Nurse
not want the 40 acre site rezoned
for industrial use, but would be
willing to delay development of
that portion of the land until a
sale to the Authority could be
negotiated. Paul himself had
pointed out that the Authority
could “take” the land by condem
nation procedures if a price could
not be agreed on.
After some discussion, the vote
was taken, with all Council mem
bers voting to approve the Smith-
Paul request, except Councilman
Charles Lewis, an ex-officio mem
ber of the Airport Authority, who
chose not to vote.
Both groups left following the
vote, but Airport Authority mem
bers returned to the meeting a
few minutes later, and were
asked by Mayor Jim Worrall if
they wanted to address the coun
cil.
Visibly angry, Morgan said that
he was “tired and really disap
pointed.”
“It’s your airport and you’re
leaving us to do your fighting,”
he told the Council. “You will
have my resignation tomorrow.”
He also chided Councilman
Lewis for “sidestepping,” in his
decision not to vote on the issue.
Dorsett echoed Morgan’s sen
timents, saying he would also re
sign, and added, “You drew a ring
for us to fight in. You can do it
without us.”
Jerles seemed genuinely sur
prised at resignations and said
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