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WEDNESDAY
July 28, 2004
Volume 135, Number 148
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iViva los tomates!
If you’re looking for
something to do with a
bounty of vine-ripened
tomatoes, look no further.
It’s time to get out your
sharpest knife and your
chopping board and come
up with your own creative
versions of salsa and pico
de gallo.
Food&Style, page 8A
In BRIEF
Flags lowered for Mayo
PERRY - Flags in front
of Perry government
buildings will fly at half
staff this week in honor of
the late Thomas Mayo, a
former city council mem
ber. According to Mayor
Jim Worrall, this is being
done in recognition of
Mayo’s long service to the
city.
- From staff reports
Happy BIRTHDAY?
John Cade Bozeman
Jakiya King
David Loudermilk
Brookelyn O’Rear
Area DEATHS
Madeline Catherine
Cramer
Tommy Mayo
Roy G. Wood
Obits, page 5A
CLASSIFIED 5B
CLUB NEWS 9A
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD 4B
LIFESTYLE 8A
OBITUARIES 5A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . . .6A
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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Miller to speak at chamber luncheon
Tickets available now; politicians, base commanders invited to take part
From staff reports
PERRY - Tickets are on
sale for the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce’s
annual Congressional
Luncheon, which will be
held Wednesday, Aug. 11, at
the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and
Agricenter’s Miller-Murphy-
Howard Building.
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event has come to Perry, and
local organizers are trying
to drum up support and put
on a great show for the more
than 1,200 who are expect
ed.
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The Nickel tour
New ‘conservation subdivision’ aims to bring beauty home
By Jon Suggs
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - I’d never ridden
in a Hummer before, but,
impressed as I am by the
smooth ride, it’s nothing
next to my delight at the
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Bob Cooper, president of Cooper-Sugrue Properties, stands by a 45-foot bluff over
looking Mossy Creek on the future site of the Wooden Nickel Plantation.
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draws hundreds of the
state’s top business leaders,
and this year is expected to
be no different, with the
topic the economic impact of
Georgia’s military.
All 15 members of
Georgia’s congressional del
egation have been invited,
as have the commanders of
the state’s 13 military
installations.
So far the biggest name
confirmed for the event is
that of Sen. Zell Miller, one
of the trio for whom the host
building is named.
Linda Easterly, chair of
the governmental affairs
tooling around the future
site of the Wooden Nickel
Plantation, getting a look at
the land Cooper-Sugrue
Properties plans to turn
into a 550-acre “conserva
tion subdivision.”
This isn’t going to be your
committee and one of the
organizers of the event, said
that’s reason alone to
attend.
“If you’ve never heard
Sen. Miller speak, it’s worth
it just to hear him,” she
said. “He’s an outstanding
speaker.”
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-
Macon, will also be a fea
tured guest for the event.
All of Georgia’s Washington
delegates and base com
manders from all 13 of the
state’s military installations
have been invited to take
part in the event.
See LUNCHEON, page 3A
typical block housing,
promises Bob Cooper, the
man in the driver’s seat for
both this tour and the
Wooden Nickel.
Starting on two tracts of
farmland - the Wooden and
Feitshans farms - the devel
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Sen. ZELL MILLER
opers plan to make some
thing a little different here.
We enter the site from
Todd Road, which fronts
the site on its southern bor
der and provides one of
three planned entrances.
Two others connect from
U.S. 4bto the east, and the
developers have begun the
long process of applying to
have an additional exit
ramp connect to Todd Road
from 1-75, making access
that much easier.
As we ride through the
site, the topography
changes around us.
We start across a mostly
flat piece of land, but we’re
quickly rising to a higher
elevation as Cooper takes
us along one of many ridges
in the property. The road
plans make use of existing
land features, he says, and
have been designed to make
maximum use of the beauti
ful views here with minimal
changes to the land itself.
That philosophy of leav
ing the land alone is central
to the creative vision driv
ing this project.
With plans to set aside
140 acres to remain “pris
tine” in a conservation land
trust, the shapers of this
subdivision intend to make
sure that the area’s native
critters - including deer,
See NICKEL, page 10A
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Rep. JIM MARSHALL
Houston
schools
fare well
in AYP
Two schools
don’t meet
achievement
standards
By Teresa D. Southern
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - This year’s
Adequate Yearly Progress
scores are in, and 94 percent
of Houston County Schools
met the federal standards.
In Houston County, 33 out
of 35 public schools met
AYP standards. Last year
only 71 percent of county
schools made AYP
AYP is one of the basics of
the No Child Left Behind
Act. This is a measure of
year-to-year student
achievement on statewide
assessments. In Georgia’s
case this would the
Criterion -Referenced
Competency Test (CRCT),
the Georgia High School
Graduation Test and the
Georgia Alternate
See AYP, page 3A
Another
200+
homes
coming?
By Jon Suggs
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - There was only
one item on the Planning
Commission’s agenda
Monday evening, but it was
another big one.
The group heard from The
Stoker Group, a Valdosta
development firm that
wants to build about 200
single-family homes on 140
acres off Langston Road.
The group is requesting
annexation of this property
into the city with an R-l
zoning.
Jerry Stoker said he
intends to make an
“upscale” subdivision with
houses selling for around
See HOMES, page 10A