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Volume 129 Number 46
Inside
The Journal
This Week
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Daniel Bass, Animal Control
Officer, holds the first cat to
be picked upunder Perry’s
new cat ordinance. Bass re
minds citizens to register their
felines with the City of Perry.
Registrants will be given a spe
cial tag. Cost is $5.
Cats housed at the pound lo
cated on Tucker Road will be
available for adoption, just like
their canine counterparts at
the facility, he
said See Page 4A
Life
screening
available
Area residents will have the
opportunity to spend a few
minutes doing something that
could quite possibly save their
lives, according to Life Screen
ing of America... See Page 6A
Drama
on area
fields
While there’s not much de
bate Georgia High School
football's game of the week
was played right here in Hous
ton County this past weekend,
there were a few other mini
dramas .being fought out on
our football fields as well
See Page 2B
House
numbers
Lack of a house number. It
could be a hazard to your
health, even life threatening.
Do you have house numbers
readable from the street? If
not, how will emergency ve
hicles find you in case of fire,
criminal trespass, or a medi
cal emergency at home?
See Page 6C
Index
OPINION PAGE 4A
CLASSIFIED....PAGE 8B
LIFESTYLES....PAGE 1C
SPORTS PAGEIB
LEGALS PAGE3B
NEWS BRIEFS..PAGE 2A
Indian Huts
See Page 3C
Warner Robins
Man laces charges
WARNER ROBINS - A man who
allegedly left 21 dogs and a num
ber of hogs in a remote wooded area
without food or water is facing 42
counts of cruelty to animals and 21
additional charges of cruelty to
dogs, according to Houston County
Solicitor Rob Tawse.
On Tuesday, Chief Magistrate
Judge David Pierce signed three
warrants for the arrest of Frank
Wyche of 107 Van Dorn Court,
Warner Robins. Tawse said he ex
pected that the warrants would be
served by the Houston County
Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday.
Bond has been set at $5,000.
The plight of the animals came
to the attention of the Sheriff s
Clerk robbed at gunpoint
By Emily Johnstone
News Editor
PERRY-Police are investigat
ing an armed robbery at the
Best Western motel located at
102 Lect Drive in Perry.
According to reports, the in
cident took place about 8 p.m.
when the desk clerk at the mo
tel spotted two males in the
lobby area. The two were point
ing a gun at him, he told police.
After demanding money and
taking an undisclosed amount
from the cash box, the two fled
the motel on foot.
As they ran past the pool area,
a motel guest told police she saw
one of them point something at
her as he ran.
Police canvassed the area
around the motel that night,
Should the city mandate
security systems?
PERRY-In a day and age when
it is sometimes dangerous for
employees of establishments
that stay open overnight, some
cities and states are looking to
ensure the safety of those em
ployees by requiring such busi
nesses have adequate security
systems installed.
Here in Perry, Police Chief
George Potter said he has pro
vided city officials with a copy
of an ordinance enacted by the
State of Florida within the past
few years that mandates any
business open between the
hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.have
certain security measures
taken, such as installation of
video equipment and other mea
sures.
That state has seen a 50 per
cent reduction in robberies
since the enactment of that or
The holiday spirit
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Photo by Julie Evans
Operation Christmas Child - From left, front row: Evan Williams,
Caroline Davis, Janea Feeney, Kathleen Davis, Ansley Tolleson,
Taylor Feeney; second row: Christopher Cawthon, Alissa Stillwell;
third row: Pruitt Maddox, Megan McLoud; Back row: Kelly
Tolleson, Elizabeth McLoud, Katie Cawthon, Stephanie Smith,
Tripp Tolleson. See story on Page 10A
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Thursday, November 16, 2000
Office on October 16, after a citi
zen called 911 to report that the
emaciated dogs were tied to trees
about two miles down a badly rut
ted dirt road north of Warner Rob
ins. 31 hogs and piglets were
fenced in the same area without
food or water.
The dogs were removed from
the area by Houston County Ani
mal Control and have been housed
by several veterinarians and ani
mal shelters. The hogs are report
edly being fed at the site by their
owner under regulations of the
Dept, of Agriculture.
An investigation of the case has
been conducted by the Sheriffs
Office.
searching for clues.
There were no injuries re
ported during the incident.
The two suspects are de
scribed as white males, about
6 feet tall, in their early 20s
with slender builds.
They were both reportedly
wearing red ski masks and
dark clothing.
This is the second time this
year the motel has suffered
from an armed robbery. A
desk clerk was killed earlier in
the year by an armed robber.
Police are still searching for
the perpetrator in that inci
dent.
Anyone with information
about either case is requested
to call the police department
at 988-2821.
dinance, said Potter.
Currently, the City of Perry
has an ordinance that requires
certain establishments selling al
coholic beverages to install a con
tinuous video recording system.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said
he would have no problem ask
ing council to look at measures
that would extend that.
When contacted recently,
councilman Bobby Glover said
he would rather abstain from
public comment at this time
until he has talked further with
the chief of police about the
matter.
Councilman Billy Jerles said
that he could not comment on
the Florida ordinance as he has
not yet read it, but he would en
courage any business owner to
take proper precautions for the
benefit of their employees.
Go Bonnie
See Page 1B
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Photo by Emily Johnstone
Hundreds of balloons drift toward the heavens as part of a
ceremony dedicated to those who served in World War II held
during the Wings Over Georgia Air show Saturday. For more, see
Page 11 A.
Council upholds
mayor’s veto
From Staff Reports
PERRY- During a recent meet
ing, Perry city council members
decided to uphold a veto of one of
their decisions made a couple of
weeks ago.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said
this is the first-ever such act he
has taken during his tenure as
mayor. He vetoed an action taken
by council in October to change
the way city employees are reim
bursed for travel and other job
related expenses.
Worrall said the veto came af
ter he decided allowing employ
ees a per diem, which would have
employees given a certain
amount of money to spend on
such activities, would not be con
ducive to spending taxpayer
money wisely.
Ground broken for “spec” building
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
PERRY-If you build it, they
will come.
That’s the basic idea behind
the Team Houston Speculative
Building (a.k.a. Mid-Georgia Cor
porate Center,) that is now un
der construction on Perry Park
way, east of 1-75. A joint en
deavor by the City of Perry and
Houston County, spearheaded by
the Houston County Develop
ment Authority, the 120,000 sq.
ft. shell building will be a major
marketing tool to attract new
industry.
The building, which will be
built at an estimated cost of $2
million, is being funded through
a 20 year bond issue and will be
available for sale or lease to a
prospective, which would then
modify it for its own uses. The
Perry City Council and Houston
County Commissioners have
agreed to pay the annual debt on
the building if an industry has
not purchased or leased the
building by the time the pay
ments are due.
The building has been designed
by JMA Architecture, and is be
ing constructed by Parrish Geor
gia. Both are Perry-based firms.
Water, sewer and natural gas
services will be supplied by the
GROUND BREAKING
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Council approved a six-month
trial for per diem usage for
travel expenses during their Oct.
17 meeting.
Worrall sent each council
member a letter within days
stating that he was taking ac
tion to veto that move.
Council agreed to the mayor’s
veto during their Nov. 7 meet
ing.
Worrall said he is in favor of
keeping a reimbursement sys
tem in place in which employees
save their receipts and are re
paid later for expenses such as
gas or food.
The mayor said he believes the
request for a switch “came be
fore council rather fast and
quickly” not giving them enough
time to study the proposal.
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Photo by Charlotte Perkins
Rained in! The groundbreaking for Houston County’s new “spec”
industrial building was held at the Vought headquarters due to
a steady downpour. Shown here wielding shovels and wearing
hardhats are Sen. Sonny Perdue (R-Bonaire), Development
Authority Chairman Draper Watson; County Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders; Perry Mayor Jim Worrall, and Rep. Larry
Walker (D-Perry)
Haying Fun
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Three Sections, 50 Pages
DDA eyes
extending
Downtown
area
By Lanorris Askew
Staff Writer
PERRY-The Downtown De
velopment Authority approved
new boundaries set forth by the
Planning and Zoning Commis
sion at Tuesday night’s meeting.
These new boundaries must
now be taken to City Council for
final approval.
The new boundaries include a
number of familiar landmarks
and will extend from the previ
ous boundaries in all directions,
divided into five zones.
The zones up for Council ap
proval would be extended to:
Zone one Perry Branch located
behind Harveys Supermarket,
zone two to extend to Perimeter
Road, zone three to the Five
Points area, zone four Courtney
Hodges Boulevard and zone five
to the Cotton Warehouse on Ball
Street.
The authority gave special at
tention to the discussion of zone
four, which includes Courtney
Hodges Boulevard to the
Agricenter. The discussion was
to designate it as a special sub
district that may or may not be
included in the more stringent
guidelines for the downtown
area.
In other business, the author
ity approved the job description
and salary for a part time Down
town Development Director.
According to Nadine Weems,
the position of interim part time
director was approved at the last
meeting but the job description
was not.
The director will be an em
ployee of the Downtown Devel
opment Authority and will be
responsible for managing pro
grams such as the Uptown Perry
Partnership, Inc., facade loans
and the development, execution
and documentation of a compre
hensive revitalization for down
town Perry.
SEE DDA
The director is directly re-
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