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Hanging around!
The holiday season is here!
Frankie Williams and Jerome
Wilborne help put up the city’s
famous Christmas decorations
along Courtney Hodges Bou
levard on Monday.
Art on display
Wendell Whipple of Perry is
displaying his artwork in the
gallery of the Pettigrew Cen
ter of Fort Valley State Uni
versity during the month of
November. In addition. Jolly
Nut of Fort Valley is display
ing in the Center’s display
case See page 3B
Hornets beat
Mount deSales
After a rare miss a year ago,
the Westfield Hornets are back
in the Georgia Independent
School Association football
semi-finals after a 28-7 win
over the Mount de Sales Cava
liers November 17th at
Marvin Arrington Field. The
Hornets will play at Stratford
Friday night in one semi-final
matchup, while Tattnall hosts
First Presbyterian in the other
AAA pairing Page 11A
W. R. to build
industrial rail spur
Work will get underway
soon on a railway spur from
Northfolk Southern into the
Booth Road industrial park.
On Monday night, the Warner
Robins City Council approved
a $400,130 bid from B.R.
Moore Construction Company
to construct the rail. Also ap
proved was a payment of
$85,700 to Norfolk Southern
for installing the connecting
track, switching and derailing
equipment Page 8A
Perry on the move
In case you haven’t noticed,
Perry is growing in all direc
tions. From the Ag Center on
the South to the North Perry
Parkway dirt is being moved
and smoothed to make room for
progress. In between there is a
new addition to Summerhill
Eldercare on Courtney Hodges
Blvd, and a 125 unit apartment
complex on US 41 North that
is almost finished. There is also
another contract for a new post
office. It might really come to
be built See Page 2B
Index
OPINION PAGE 4A
CLASSIFIED...PAGE 148
LIFESTYLES....PAGE 1B
SPORTS PAGE 11A
LEGALS PAGE 9B
NEWS BRIEFS..PAGE 2A
Top Doc
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National Guard to turn
armory over to Perry
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
The old Armory building at
the corner of Northside and
Macon Road could become a rec
reation facility for Perry resi
dents.
Adjuntant General David
Poythress, Commander of the
Georgia National Guard, said on
Monday that plans were under
way to turn the Perry Armory
building over to the City of
P’erry. The transition will have
to be approved by the Georgia
General Assembly.
Rep. Larry Walker, who initi
ated efforts to secure the land
and building for the City of
Perry , said that it will be up to
the mayor and council to deter
mine how to use the facility. He
said that options included ex
panding recreational facilities,
or - as has been suggested by
Councilman Ralph Gentry - us
ing the land to create a safer in
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Photo by Lanorris Askew
Peyton Hawkins is shown how to lay bricks flat by Ron Crawford
of the 116th Bomb Wing of the Georgia Air National Guard.
By Lanorris Askew
Staff Writer
As the year winds down and
the season for giving approaches,
there are a number of charities
that come to mind. One giving
group that may not be as we ll
known as others is the 116tlh
Bomb Wing of the Georgia Na
tional Guard, and they have
started giving early.
Recently, members of the unit
came out to Perry Primary and
helped the students lay the
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Photo by Lanorria Askew
William Deese connects giant decorations to the light poles along
Courtney Hodges Boulevard.
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tersection across Macon Road to
Swift Street.
Walker also said that he would
like to see a small city park at
the location and noted that in
his childhood there was a small
city swimming pool at that lo
cation that was later closed due
to a polio scare.
City Manager Lee Gilmour
said that tentative short term
plans for the building would be
to use it for recreation depart
ment activities, but that it would
probably still be availabe for
rental by different groups, and
would also continue to be used
as a polling place on election
days.
Poythress said that the Geor
gia National Guard has been
through a lengthy study of its
units and facilities, and has de
cided to close Armory operations
in Perry. (There are facilities
available for use by Guard units
in both Hawkinsville and Macon.)
bricks for a memorial sidewalk
that will represent each of the
students who came to Perry Pri
mary during its first year of op
eration.
“We want people to know that
we do more than just work on
planes,” said Ron Crawford of
the 116th.
According to Debra Ricks, in
structional coordinator, the side
walk was made possible by an
outdoor classroom grant from'
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Houston County fire volunteers wind up a day of training Saturday as they watch a vacant structure
donated for such an exercise, bum. The structure was located on Leverette Road in Warner Robins.
“Operation Midnight” aimed at curfew violators
By Lanorris Askew
Staff Writer
The Perry Police Depart
ment is out to bring the com
munity and itself closer to
gether. This goal is one that
has long been a desire for Po
lice Chief George Potter and
could become a reality in the
next few months.
According to Potter, the
Perry Police Department will
begin enacting new youth pro
grams for the year 2001. The
first of the programs is known
as “Operation Midnight.” This
program is a curfew enforce
ment program where police
officers will watch for youth
under the age of 17 who are out
after curfew.
This program is a coopera
tive venture between parents
and children, he said.
Curfew laws effecting chil
dren under the age of 17 have
been active for several years.
According to Article 1 of the
Juvenile Proceedings code, any
child under the age of 17 who
wanders of loiters about the
streets of any city, or in or
about any highway or any pub
lic place between the hours of
Perry prepares for holiday season
By Emily Johnstone
News Editor
With the upcoming holiday sea
son, local businesses and resi
dents are preparing once again
for the Illumination Celebration
in Perry, an event that literally
lights the town.
According to Perry Mayor Jim
Worrall, the City is once again
asking merchants and residents
to decorate their places of busi
ness and homes with white lights
in keeping with the Illumination
Celebration theme.
“I would like to ask you to once
again put white lights on the
front of your building during the
Christmas season to help us bring
attention to our downtown,” said
the mayor in a letter to downtown
businesses.
Worrall said he has heard many
positive comments from out-of
town visitors about the holiday
lights in the past and he would
like to see that tradition carried
forward.
Meanwhile, a long list of holi
day events are lined up for Perry
this Christmas season.
The Balvaunuca Club is having
their annual ornament sale. Or
naments are available at Impres
sions or from and Balvaunuca
Club members.
Open House will be held for
downtown merchants Dec. 1-3.
Downtown merchants will be
having extended holiday shop
ping hours beginning Dec. l,with
participating stores open 9 a.m.
until 6 p.ni. Monday through Fri
day, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday
and 1 until 5 p.m. on Sundays.
midnight and 5:00 a.m. is defined
as an unruly child.
Curfew laws also state that no
child under the age of 17 years
old who is not with a parent or
guardian or working a job that
mandates later hours, should be
out after midnight. According to
Chief Potter, if a minor is caught
out after curfew they are simply
directed to go home.
“Under “Operation Midnight”
any time a child under 17 is spot
ted by police they will be taken
home,” said Potter.”We need par
ents cooperation on the conduct
of curfew.”
Though no record will be in
curred for first or second offenses
it is the hope of the police depart
ment that this program will serve
as a deterrent against breaking
curfew laws.
Parents will be able to sign
their children up for “Operation
Midnight” by going to the Perry
Police Department once the pro
gram is started. If a parent
chooses not to sign a child up they
will be charged if that child is
found out after curfew.
Children who are under the age
of 14 who are caught out after
curfew twice will have charges
A number of popular events are
slated for the first December
weekend, including the Perry
Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast
Dec. 2 at the Houston County
Extension Office building located
on Carroll Street. Breakfast is $3.
The annual Perry Christmas
Parade, sponsored by the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce, will
be held at 2 p.m. later that day.
The next day will feature a
“Tour of Dining Rooms” spon
sored by the Balvaunuca Club. See
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Presses in Perryl Danny Evans, publisher of The Houston Home
Journal, holds one of the first publications printed on the new
Goss printing press at The Journal’s Washington Street location.
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filed and DEFACS will be called
in to investigate the parents.
“This program will not only
protect kids from harm, “said
Potter, but it will also allow the
police department to focus more
on people who might actually be
breaking laws at night.”
The next program is a truancy
program aimed at keeping chil
dren in school during school
hours. According to Potter any
school aged child caught on the
streets without a parent or
guardian between the hours of 8
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. will be stopped
and their reasons for not being
in school will be determined. If a
child is suspended or expelled
from school according to Potter
he or she will have to go home
and stay there until 2:30 p.m.
“If a child is skipping school,”
said Potter” They will be taken
to the school and discipline will
be left to the school’s discretion.”
“Parents and educators want
children to learn,” said Potter.
“They can’t learn if they are not
in school.”
According to Potter this pro
gram will begin once all details
are worked out with the school.
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page IB for complete information.
At 7 p.m. Sunday evening Dec.
3, the community will once
again come together at the
courthouse square for a special
Community Candlelight Ser
vice, sponsored by the Ministe
rial Association.
Candles will line the streets
from local churches to the court
house.
Upcoming holiday events will
be listed weekly in The Houston
Home Journal.
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