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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
WESTSIDE
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anti-Semitism in the film
(which most film reviewers
do not support), Holloway
points out that Jesus and
his followers were all Jews
and that there are Jews in
the movie who are devout
followers of Jesus.
According to church
administrator Angela Jones,
church members will begin
giving the tickets away
starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday
at the Galleria 10 Cinemas.
Showtimes for the free
shows are 5,7, 8 and 9:45
p.m. Church leaders will be
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Members of the Perry Police Department seal the scene
at Gatwick Senior Village on Perimeter Road. Officers
were called after residents reported hearing a gunshot. A
woman died of a self-inflicted wound, according to
authorities on the scene.
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to the main thoroughfares -
Interstate 75 from both the
new Russell Parkway exit
and the (Ga.) Highway 247
(Connector) exit, (U.S.)
Highway 41 and (Ga.)
Highway 96,” Aaron said.
During the option time,
the authority will continue
to work with KLMK to
develop a master facilities
plan and determine whether
to proceed with the pur
chase, Kinnas said. The
authority will probably
announce a decision at its
May 26 meeting.
If the sale goes through,
the purchase price has been
set at $40,000 an acre,
Kinnas said.
On the other end of this
potential $6 million sale sits
a family whose connection
to this land goes back 148
years.
Ralph Dorsett of Perry
related the history of his
family’s farm.
The land was purchased
by his great-great-grandfa
ther, John Dorsett, in 1856.
After John Dorsett died in
Savannah late in the Civil
War, his oldest son, Fillmore
Dorsett, at age 13, took over
the running of the farm and
the guardianship of his
younger siblings.
Over the years, five gener
ations of Dorsetts have lived
and farmed there. In that
time, the land has been put
to a variety of agricultural
uses.
Today it is predominately
grains, but in Ralph
Dorsett’s lifetime, many row
crops were grown there, and
his father, Marvin Dorsett,
raised a herd of Angus cattle
among other livestock.
The potential sale of this
family land is much on
Ralph Dorsett’s mind.
“I’ve got mixed emotions,”
he said.
On the farm are buildingß
that are over 100 years old.
Some of these, built in the
late 1800 s, include all man
ner of antique farm equip
ment, such as old mule
plowß. These are “not mem
orabilia but tools that were
used throughout the years,”
Dorsett said.
Just “stuff that accumu
lated” during almost a cen
tury and a half of continu
ous farming, he said.
“Yeah, it’s going to be
tough to go through and dis
available after the showings
to answer questions, and
distribute tracts related to
the movie.
Jones said the effort arose
out of a staff discussion.
“We ... had talked about it
and just really saw that’s
how God was moving,” she
said.
On Sunday, Feb. 15, an
offering was collected within
the church, with the inten
tion of buying tickets. Jones
said almost SIO,OOO was
raised that day, and church
members took turns stand
ing in line for 42 hours to be
able to secure the tickets.
pose of all that stuff and see
the barns torn down ... but
it’s inevitable,” Dorsett said.
“It’s obvious I can’t contin
ue to farm it indefinitely
because of the growth - the
houses all around us now,
the traffic and so forth.
Farms in this area of the
county - the farming is just
being pushed out by growth,
by shopping centers and this
sort of thing. It’s been obvi
ous that this day was com
ing.
“I just didn’t think it
would be this soon.”
But if this must happen,
Dorsett is at peace with the
proposed sale.
“I don’t know why the
hospital authority needs 150
acres of land, but I think it
would be a good use of the
land,” Dorsett said. “At least
it won’t be all covered in
houses ... not that I have
anything against houses ... I
think I’d rather see a hospi
tal, something that would be
good for the community, the
whole area.”
Three parcels make up the
150-acre farm: 135.57 acres
of farmland, a 0.86 acre
addition and the 12.59-acre
homestead upon which the
home of Ralph’s mother,
Maggie Ruth Dorsett, still
sits.
When his father, Marvin
Dorsett, died 15 years ago,
the land was willed into a
trust, of which Ralph and
his brother Jimmy are co
executors.
With Jimmy in Atlanta -
he is president/CEO of
Golden Peanut Company -
Ralph has been the local
representative for the fami
ly in this deal.
They have another sib
ling, Sally Bazemore of
Byron. An older brother,
Kemp, died about 15 years
ago.
When approached about
the sale, it was something
the family agreed it was
time to pursue.
“There just isn’t anyone
in the family that’s interest
ed in farming,” Ralph
Dorsett said. “All of them
had to agree that it’s time to
sell.”
And yet his nieces and
nephews are connected.
“They feel a part of the
farm,” Dorsett said. “All of
the family grew up there,
farmed and lived there over
all these years.”
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Evans, Mayor Donald Walker, Councilman Stephen Smith and Warner Robins Rotary Club President Les Arent.
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That includes videos
about the program and
cards with information and
phone numbers, which will
be issued to officers.
All sworn personnel will
be taking classes on how to
use A Child is Missing, she
said. Training is expected to
begin within the next few
weeks.
The program is also
designed to be used with
cases of missing Alzheimer’s
patients, she said.
The program will be used
in conjunction with Levi’s
Call, a statewide alert sys
tem which works through
the Georgia Bureau of
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rently provided in nine
states to law enforcement
agencies at no charge, said
Claudia Corrigan,
spokesperson.
Since its inception, there
have been many success sto
ries.
Earlier this month, a 4-
year-old in Jesup went miss
ing.
According to the A Child is
Missing Web site, 456 calls
went out within minutes of
the organization’s being
notified by a police officer in
that Georgia town.
Thirty-six residents called
the local police department
with leads, and the little girl
was found at a nearby store
within 35 minutes of the call
going out.
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