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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2006
The challenge of helping young girls find the beauty within
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Ninety percent of American
women have been on a diet
at least once in their lives,
experts say.
In fact, it’s estimated that
one out of two women is
dieting at this very moment.
Could that be you? And if so,
are you aware that it may
be more than pounds you’re
losing?
“The way a mother views
her own body definitely com
municates to her daughter
and at a surprisingly young
age,” says Dr. Jim Longhurst,
a psychologist for The
Montcalm School for Girls in
Van Wert, Ohio.
Longhurst cites stud
ies showing that by age 10,
between 50 and 80 percent
of girls have determined
Aviation museum to raffle off $20,000, more
Special to the HHJ
The Museum of Aviation
Foundation Auction and
Raffle will be held July 15
at the Museum of Aviation
Century of Flight Hangar
in Warner Robins.
The first place winner of
the raffle can win $20,000 or
a new car, truck or SUV
The Silent Auction starts
at 6:30 p.m. and attendees
get a Taste of Local Cuisine
from 7-8 p.m. with more than
30 restaurants and caterers
providing free food samples.
The live auction starts at
8 p.m.
For more information on
purchasing a raffle ticket,
call Rick Drury at 953-1654
of June Lowe at 923-6600
or purchase a ticket on line
at www.museumofaviation.
org/Foundation < http://
www.museumofaviation.
org/Foundation > Events/
Foundation Auction.
You do not have to be pres
ent to win.
HHJ
Answers may be sent by e-mail
to hhjquiz@yahoo.com, or you
may call Charlotte Perkins at 987-
1823, ext. 234. Please note that
the new deadline for answers is 9
a.m. Wednesday.
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Name this actress.
Literary Quiz
Name the explorers who were
honored with “a feast of dumplings
made of beautiful yeast.”
USA
To what tribe did Sacajawea
belong?
Georgia Quiz
Georgia is the largest state east
of the Mississippi. Where does
it rank when all the states are
included?
Bible Quiz
Who were the Nephilim?
Weird Quiz
Who spent over half of his life
sitting or standing on the tops of
various pillars?
Endora
The woman, Agnes Morehead,
is shown in the role of Endora,
Darren Stevens’ mother-in-law,
from the TV series “Bewitched.”
Getting it right were Mary Graff
,Joy Riley, Marilyn Beal-Bauer,
Janie Gupton, Marilyn Beal-
Bauer,Marcella Cunningham, Alice
Lemaster, Jimmy Harrell
Jolene Pierson, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Mike Stanley, Jaloo
Zelonis, Laurie Jones, Jim Worrall,
Sharon Cyr. (Two others would
have got it if they’d gotten the quiz
they need to lose weight and
are either thinking about or
beginning a diet.
Are we creating an unreal
istic and unachievable long
ing in our daughters?
“Well, the media is certain
ly contributing to the prob
lem,” says Longhurst who
notes that there’s a direct
correlation between a girl’s
dissatisfaction with her body
and the amount of television
she watches.
According to ANRED, a
nonprofit organization dedi
cated to raising awareness on
anorexia nervosa and related
eating disorders, models 20
years ago weighed 8 per
cent less than the average
woman.
Today, models weigh 23
percent less and many fall
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Displaying what $20,000 in cash looks like at the recent Museum of Aviation Foundation
Board of Directors meeting is, from left, Steve Davison, Auction Chairman; Jimmy
Autry, Auction Co-Chairman; Pam Lawson, ARINC employee; and Rick Drury, Raffle
Ticket Sales Chairman.
on time!)
Last Week’s
Cognoscenti
The latest offering from Janet
Evanovich featuring the named
characters is titled, Twelve Sharp.
Some of us, including the quizzer,
and Mike Stanley’s wife Tammy,
have already read it. Getting it
right were Jolene Pierson, Larry
and Chris Thomson, Mike Stanley,
Jaloo Zelonis, Laurie Jones, Jim
Worrall, Sharon Cyr. Also, William
Harrison got an entirely different
question regarding the first U.S.
writer to win the Nobel Prize and
answered it correctly.
Oh, Beautiful
The musical composition by
Samuel Wood was published as
“Materna” in 1882. Katherine Lee
Bates wrote the famous lyrics in
1893. Thus the music came before
the words. This tripped some smart
folks up. Getting it right were
Terry Everett, William Harrison,
JalooZelonis, Jim Worrall.
Secession
It was Lyman Hall who led the
effort to have St. John’s Parish
in present-day Liberty County
secede from Georgia and join
South Carolina. Getting it right
were Jolene Pierson, Larry and
Chris Thomson, Mike Stanley,
JalooZelonis, Laurie Jones, Jim
Worrall, Sharon Cyr. Terry Everett
and William Harrison.
The Scripturally
Savvy
The reference to 700 left
handed men is found in Judges
20:16. Getting it right were Jolene
Pierson, Larry and Chris Thomson,
Mike Stanley, Marilyn Beal-Bauer,
JalooZelonis, Laurie Jones, Jim
Worrall, Sharon Cyr. Terry Everett
and William Harrison.
Only one US President was born
on the Fourth of July, “Silent Cal”
Coolidge. Three US Presidents
died on the Fourth of July; John
Adams, Thomas Jefferson and
James Monroe. Coincidentally,
Adams and Jefferson died
on the same Fourth of July in
1826, the fiftieth anniversary of
the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Getting it right
were Jolene Pierson, Larry and
Chris Thomson, Mike Stanley,
JalooZelonis, Laurie Jones, Jim
Worrall, Sharon Cyr. Terry Everett
and William Harrison.
Special thanks this week to Mike
Stanley, admirable writer of com
plete sentences.
into an anorexic weight
range.
“We are holding up an ideal
that is far from ideal,” says
Longhurst. And it starts
early. Consider the Barbie
doll, one of the icons of the
toy world. ANRED points
out that if Barbie were a
real woman, she’d have to
walk on all fours because her
legs and famous “tiptoe” feet
couldn’t support her impos
sible proportions.
What can we do to protect
our girls? Longhurst suggests
that parents and especially
mothers look deep inside
and really examine how they
themselves feel about their
own body image. “It’s hard
because we are a culture that
values appearance,” says
Longhurst. “But it is our job
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as good parents to make sure
our girls understand the con
cept of inner beauty.”
The real issue, says
Longhurst, is self-esteem.
As head psychologist for The
Montcalm School for Girls,
Longhurst has seen first
hand what can happen when
a young woman’s self image
is scarred.
The school treats trou
bled teenage girls, many of
whom have dealt with eat
ing issues in the past. “Our
treatment philosophy is built
on a strength-based model,”
says Longhurst, explaining
that “strength-based” means
looking for a girl’s positive
traits and abilities and using
them as a starting point for
healing.
“Very often, this happens
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when a girl steps outside
herself to help someone else
and we give our girls many
opportunities to do this.”
The result, says Longhurst,
is rewarding to watch.
“They’re amazed at the posi
tive impact they can have on
others. It’s an esteem builder
that is real and lasting.”
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with nearly a century of expe
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youth and their families.
For more information about
the Montcalm School for
Girls or its parent organiza
tion, Starr Commonwealth,
call (866) 244-4321 or visit
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