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SATURDAY,
JULY 14, 2006
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Sherri Martin
The Front Porch
perry.dda@pe rry-ga.gov
Everyday
costs
My husaband heard
me rattling around
in my makeup case
the other morning.
He called out his usual,
“It ain’t going to help!” and
I answered my usual, “I love
you too!”
A few minutes passed, and
they were quite productive
minutes of thought for him,
as evidenced by our next
conversation.
“Just for the sake of argu
ment, and not because I want
it to happen or anything, but
how much money would we
save per year if you quit
wearing makeup?”
He is such a comedian in
the wee hours of the morn
ing.
“I don’t know. Maybe
SIOO. I have no idea,” I
replied. I don’t do math in
the wee hours of the morn
ing.
“Is that all? Well how
about your hair? How much
would we save if you just
let your hair go? Does that
make you feel guilty?” he
rejoined.
Well I could see where this
conversation was going. I
had to think fast, which was
possible as long as it didn’t
involve adding or subtract
ing.
“How much would we save
if you quit shaving and we
didn’t have to by shaving
cream?
Or how about if you quit
wearing deodorant?”
There, that ought to show
him.
The conversation just pro
gressed from there.
“How much would we
save if you didn’t charge up
your trolling motor every
month?”
“How much would we save
if you didn’t buy a Sunday
paper every weekend?”
“How much would we save
if we didn’t have the dogs?”
We both agreed that the
dogs were worth the money
we spend on them, although
we disagreed on which dog
was more cost effective.
“My dog doesn’t have as
many issues as your dog,” I
reminded him.
“But he’s still just a
puppy,” he said.
Right.
That dog is going to be
“just a puppy” all of his life,
it seems.
In order to get my mind
off his dog, my husband had
to pull a diversionary tactic.
“How much would we save
if we had an orange tree
in the backyard and never
had to buy you orange juice
again?”
Now he was hitting me
where it hurt. I have to have
my morning cup of orange
juice or I’m not fit for any
thing - makeup, math or
motherhood.
Then the conversation just
got silly.
We decided we needed
an apple tree, a coffee tree
and a poptart tree, although
we weren’t sure if poptarts
should grow on a tree, on a
bush or on a vine.
I particularly like the vine
idea.
No more going to the gro
cery store for cherry pop
tarts - I’ll just step out to
the pastry arbor and pick
some fresh!
We stopped short of say
ing we needed a money tree.
Coming up with creative
See MARTIN, page 5C
Leverette leaving Houston DFACS
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HDJ Lifestyle Editor
When Darlene Leverette
got out of college and took
her first job as a food stamp
caseworker in September,
1974, she didn’t know
that Houston County’s
Department of Family and
Children Services would
become her “second family”
for the next 32 years.
She moved up from case
worker to casework super
visor, then to deputy direc
tor, and finally to Director
two years ago.
“I’ve always felt it was
a calling,” she says of her
work. “And we do make
a difference in people’s
lives.”
Continental Singers performing at Crossroads
Special to HDJ
The Frontline
Continental Singers will
present a concert Saturday
at 7 p.m. in the sanctu
ary of the Crossroads
Methodist Church in
Perry. Admission is free,
but come early for the
best seat. A love offering
will be received, and tapes
and CDs will be available
for sale.
The church is located at
1600 Main St. in Perry on
the corner of Highway 341
and Glenwood Avenue.
There is ample parking,
a nursery will be provided
for infants, and the church
is handicap accessible.
The Continental Singers
are a touring group which
selects top singers from
across the country to go
on tour with them. This
group is composed of
23 singers who are high
school and college age.
The concert will consist
of contemporary Christian
music, along with chore
ography and personal tes
timonies. The Saturday
night concert will last
approximately one hour
and 45 minutes. They
will also minister at the
Sunday morning servic
es which begin at 10:15.
Poets and saints, promises and hoaxes
Rules for participation.
Send your answers to one
or more of the questions to
hhjquiz@yahoo.com or call
Charlotte Perkins at 987-
1823, Ext. 234 and leave a
message. Note that while
the name of the paper has
changed, we are leaving the
e-mail address as it was
before. The only prize is
being listed among some of
the smartest people around.
For the many who have
wondered, it is acceptable
to use any and all forms of
research to find the answers.
The deadline is Wednesday
noon.
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Name this lady.
Literary Quiz
Name the British poet
who made a poetic mistake
about the first European to
view the Pacific Ocean from
the west coast.
Lifestyle
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we dn make a difference in people’s
lives."
- Darlene Leverette
Leverette, who started out
working in the old DFACS
building on Washington
Street in Perry (which is
now home to the' Houston
Daily Journal) has seen her
department grow by leaps
and bounds with the county
population growth, and has
witnessed the impact that
drugs and alcoholism have
had on families.
She is especially proud of
the department’s work in
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The Continental Singers
Dress is casual, and all are
welcomed.
HDJ
USA Quiz
What is the full name
of the department store
founded by the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints?
Georgia Quiz
Two Georgia Counties
were formed in 1912. Name
them.
Bible Quiz
When Hannah prayed for
a baby boy, what two prom
ises did she make to the
Lord?
Weird Quiz
What great hoax involved
the jaw of an orangutan and
the teeth of chimpanzee?
Last Week’s
answers
Eye Q
The lady pictured was
Olivia DeHavilland in her
role as Melanie in “Gone
with the Wind”
Getting it right were Mary
Cheney Mike Stockwell, Bill
Harrison , Jaloo Zelonis,
Terry Everett, Mike Stanley,
Sharon Cyr, Chris and Larry
providing foster care and
adoptive homes for children
in need.
“”I want to thank the
Houston County staff, the
DFACS Board, as well as
our foster and adoptive par
ents for the phenomenal job
they do, “ she said.
Reflecting on her retire
ment, she said she hopes to
travel, garden, spend more
time with her family and
See DFACS, page 5C
For more information, call
the church office at 987-
Thomson Marilyn Beal-
Bauer, Jolene Pierson, Jim
Worrall and Laurie Jones
Last Week’s
Cognoscenti:
The Jumblies were hon
ored with a feast of “dump
lings made of beautiful
yeast.”
The poem is by Edward
Lear. Getting it right
were Mike Stockwell, Bill
Harrison, Jaloo Zelonis,
Terry Everett, Mike
Stanley, Sharon Cyr, Chris
and Larry Thomson, Jolene
Pierson, Jim Worrall and
Laurie Jones.
Name that tribe
Sacajawea was a
Shoshone. Getting it right
were Mike Stockwell, Bill
Harrison , Jaloo Zelonis,
Terry Everett, Mike
Stanley, Sharon Cyr, Chris
and Larry Thomson, Jolene
Pierson, Jim Worrall and
Laurie Jones.
Georgia
Geniuses
Georgia ranks first in geo
graphical size east of the
Mississippi, but 24th among
all the states. Getting it
right were Mike Stockwell,
Bill Harrison , Jaloo Zelonis,
Terry Everett, Mike Stanley,
Sharon Cyr, Chris and Larry
Thomson, Jolene Pierson,
Jim Worrall, Laurie Jones,
Marilyn Beal-Bauer, Jolene
Pierson, Jim Worrall,
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Houston County Pride
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Here’s a completely new quiz. Identify the place in this
picture by name or address. (Readers are invited to
submit photos for this quiz. All shots must be taken
within Houston County lines, and should be buildings or
landmarks a reader might drive past, such as churches,
historic homes, landmark buildings, or scenes that are
just plain eye-catching. Submit yours by sending a JPEG
or TIFF by e-mail to hhjquiz@yahoo.com. Photo credit will
be given.
Laurie Jones.
Scripturally
Savvy
The Nephilim.
Traditionally thought to be
giants, are mentioned in
Genesis as the children of
the sons of God and the
daughters of man.
Getting it right were Helen
Cleland, Mike Stockwell,
Bill Harrison, Jaloo Zelonis,
Terry Everett, Mike Stanley,
Sharon Cyr, Chris and Larry
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Darlene
Leverette
looks forward
to some free
time on her
last official
day as head of
the Houston
County
Department
of Family
and Children
Services.
She’ll be back
as acting
director while
the search
continues for
her replace
ment
HDJ/Charlotte
Perkins
Continental’s Web site at
www.centinenalsingers.org.
Thomson, Jolene Pierson,
Jim Worrall, Laurie Jones
and Marilyn Beal-Bauer.
Weird
St. Simeon (or Simon)
Stylites, in the sixth century,
spent a good part of his life
sitting or standing on the
tops of pillars as an act of
religious devotion. Getting
it righ were Mike Stockwell,
Bill Harrison, Jaloo Zelonis,
Terry Everett, Mike Stanley,
Sharon Cyr, Chris and Larry
Thomson.