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There's A Lesson
When Chicagoans voted to send Rep. Dan Rostenkowski back to
congress, despite his involvement in the House Post Office scandal, it
emphasized a lesson all smart politicians know. If you want to stay in
congress the important thing is whether you bring home the pork, which
Rostenkowski does in a big way...not what kind of person you are.
Politicians who try to take the high road and overlook the fact their
constituents care only for what is done for them don't last long in
Washington...or Atlanta.
Just For Some
The Georgia Legislature changed election laws so that some state
officials can be elected in general elections without receiving more than SO
percent of thevotes. With 45 percent of the votes the governor, lieutenant
governor and U.S. senators can be elected. Democrats, who control the
legislature, remember that Wyche Fowler would be a senator today if there
had not been a runoff...So they are protecting their own... Major reason
being given for this change is to save taxpayers money by avoiding a
runoff election. But nothing was done about the primaries, which still
require more than SO percent of the votes cast to win... And what about
such constitutional officers as the Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney
General who still must receive more than SO percent of the votes cast in a
general election?
No. 1 Problem
What's the number one problem in our public schools today? We've
talked to several teachers, principals, the school superintendent and the
chairman of the board of education. The answer Discipline. And there is
nothing they can do about it in today's environment. Asking some
children to show respect, pay attention and stop annoying other children is
a waste of time. Old timers know that spanking, paddling and other forms
of corporal punishment were effective but any school official doing
something like that today is committing professional suicide and probably
would wind up in court being sued by parents who should have taught
their offspring the proper way to act. In other words, discipline is the
number one problem in the schools but parents create the problem.
Contradictory Advice
Did you hear what President Clinton told the Japanese? He told them
they should reduce taxes to stimulate business and get the country out of a
recession. He’s the same president who imposed the largest tax increase in
history on the people of this country when business needed a stimulus.
Wonder how much credibility his advice has with the Japanese.
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Hard Work Is An Excellent Substitute For Ability
I READ somewhere that this is
music appreciation month.
I appreciate music very much.
But I do not have one iota of
rythmn in my body. Nor can I
approximate the sound of a musical
note.
It all goes back to my childhood.
When I was in school we had a
teacher who went around from class
to class and taught us music once a
week. I can't recall exactly what we
did or what we had to learn, but I do
recall that I made all A's in the
course every year.
My mother knew that I could not
carry a note in a five gallon bucket,
it bothered her that I always got
these excellent grades. So one day
she went to school and talked with
our music teacher-Mrs. Maynard
about it She asked how I could get
all A's when I did not know one
note from another and could not
sing a note.
Mrs. Maynard explained to her
that she gave me those good grades
for a very good reason—"he tries so
hard."
This taught me a lifelong lesson.
If you try hard enough, regardless of
your talents, there can be a reward.
I have believed all these years that
hard work is an excellent substitute
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Consolidation To Come Here, But In Small Bites
Earlier this month Mayor Jim
Worrall and Perry City Council
members Charles Lewis and Hervia
Ingram met with our state law
makers in Atlanta to discuss
consolidation.
Consolidation, of course, is an
issue that concerns every citizen in
this county, whether you live in a
rural area or developed city in
Houston County.
According to state lawmakers,
it's coming, so we'd better get
Your Opinion
Recycling Does A City Good
Dear Editor:
Thank you-thank you. There is an ever increasing number of resident
recyclers using the Perry drop-off location. Newspaper is the biggest item,
but there is a lot of clear glass coming in too. Baby food jars are there by
the hundreds. Babies must be eating well these days. Lots of cardboard
too and steel food cans and aluminum drink cans. Happy Hour Workshop
clients collect the materials every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Cardboard and newspapers are baled in their shop and solf to Macon
markets. Glass and cans are sold loose in one yard boxes in either Warner
Robins or Macon, depending on current prices.
This is a win-win situation. Valuable recyclables are kept out of the
waste stream and the landfill, and work and income is provided for the
mentally handicapped Houston County citizens.
The Perry City drop-off started in July 1993 and has been growing each
month. It was around 20 tons a month at first and mostly newspapers
from the previous site which was a Kiwanis project. Adding aluminum
and steel cans and clear and colored glass has started to catch on and more
people are rinsing out and saving these items for recycling. It really helps
cut down on the garbage. Try it-youll like it.
Now we are seeing almost 25 tons a month come through the drop-off
recycling site. Still mostly newspaper and cardboard by weight, but all
good. When you figure each ton kept out of the waste collection process t
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for ability and often produces better
results.
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WHEN I was about to graduate
from high school and we were
practicing the inevitable "Welcome
sweet springtime" song Mrs.
Maynard called my good friend
Edward Lipford and me aside and
asked us, "Do you two boys want
to help make this graduation
program a big success?"
We both answered, "Yes."
"Well," Mrs. Maynard told us,
"both of you can make a big
contribution by just moving your
lips and not letting anything come
out while the class is singing."
We did just that and I am told that
the program went over very nicely,
indeed.
It was many years later, after I
was grown, that I told my mother
about this incident
I do not believe that she ever
forgave Mrs. Maynard for saying
(hat to her only son. Mothers are
'.hat way.
• • *
BECAUSE my vocal chords will
not...apparently cannot...produce
one true note I enjoy the
opportunity in church to sound off,
because most of the people around
ready. Consolidation will one day
effect every area of government ser
vice, from water services to recre
ation to building codes.
Worrall was pleased to report
that consolidation will move for
ward but will be "taken in small
bites".
Not only with this slow the pro
cess down from what was originally
thought, or intended, but it will
"give the public confidence” that
consolidation can and will work.
Wednesday, March 23,1994 -
me seem to have a similar problem,
though not as noticeable.
Of course, there has always been
the solitude of the shower, where
nobody hears my efforts to discover
a talent that has escaped me all
these years.
For some reason, I sound pretty
good to me in the isolation of the
shower.
But when I attempt to sing in the
presence of others,
something...actually
every thing...seems to be missing.
* * #
FOR SOME reason, when Danny
was a baby, he liked my attempts at
singing. There was this song,
"Davey Crockett, king of the wild
frontier" that was the rage at the
time and when he cried I sang this
song to him. He stopped crying
immediately.
Friends, who knew of this
phenomenon, insisted that I
frightened him so badly that he
became quiet for fear there would be
more serious punishment if he
didn’t
And there were other friends who
insisted that there could have been
no worse punishment for anyone,
child or adult.
That was their opinion. I had
For our elected officials to come
out and say "We’re going to com
bine all law enforcement agencies
in Houston County" would defi
nitely scare most of us. I know it
would me.
But, this way, smaller areas,
such as purchasing, can be consoli
dated and when it comes time for
the bigger, more important areas to
become consolidated, we'll be more
prepared.
By the way, Worrall says total
and the landfill saves about 60 dollars overall, the benefit is excellent
And you know where the City of Perry drop-off recycling site is
located. Where Swift Street runs into Houston Lake Rd. Right at James
Street which goes down to the Middle School. Robert Lumpkin's Shell
Gasoline Station is on the comer. You can't miss if Come on out and
take part in recycling for all the good it does.
Bill Hafley
Citizens To Meet With BOE
(Editor's Note: This letter was recently submitted to School
Superintendent Tony Hinnanl by Tom Whitten on behalf of a group of
concerned citizens.)
Dear Superintendent Hinnant,
The purpose of this letter is to confirm the meeting between yourself
and the Concerned Houston County Citizens Group on Thursday, March
24th at 7:30 p.m. in the Perry Middle School gymnasium. We request
access to the gym sometime between 7 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Thank you for
mailing the middle school facilities available on that evening. We would
also like to reiterate our invitation for Mr. Blackmon, Mr. Hutcherson
and/or any other Board of Education Member to join us.
Per an earlier conversation, you have informed me that the information
we require (see our letter of March 11th) will not be available on March
Please see L9tt»n, page 9A
page 4A
mine.
• * *
SEVERAL years ago I had the
idea I wanted to learn to play the
organ. So I bought one. And took
lessons from a very talented teacher.
One day I sat down to the organ
and played five songs that I had
learned and I was proud of the
accomplishment
My wife, who was in an adjoining
room, called out, "It wouldn't be so
boring if you didn't play the same
thing over and over."
That ended my attempt to be a
musician.
* * *
IT HAS been said that I can't even
play a radio, my ear for music is so
bad.
Perhaps that is why I listen to
"talk radio" most of the time.
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consolidation should not be a major
concern since it's likely to be 20-
Piease see Loudermilk, page 9A
