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♦ SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2006
By Rich Ray
Morris News Service
Worst jobs
If you think your job is bad,
how’d you like to be a leech
collector, executioner, toad
eater, plague burier, whip
ping boy or rat catcher?
These are just a few of the
awful jobs profiled here.
Although the site focus
es on the worst jobs from
2,000 years of British his
tory, it makes for an amus
ing cyber-stop. Review jobs
from Roman/Anglo-Saxon,
Medieval, Tudor, Stuart,
Georgian, and Victorian
eras, ww.channel4.com/his
tory/microsites/W/worstjobs/
index.html
Best cities
What American metropoli
tan areas are booming?
This report and search
able database from Inc.com
can help you find out. Titled
“BbomTowns: The Best
Cities for Doing Business,”
the offering features rank
ings for small, mid-size and
large cities, plus an inter
active map, articles, slide
shows, statistics, and more.
Jacksonville is ranked 81 on
PARKS
From page 5C
Sweetwater Creek (up to
class IV) to the Civil War
era textile mill ruins of New
Manchester. Hikes will con
tinue if it is overcast but will
be cancelled if it is raining.
Bring a flashlight and sturdy
shoes.
No children under 6 or
dogs. sl-$2 plus $3 parking.
Call 770-732-5871 for more.
Reptiles Alive
Aug. 26, 2 - 4 p.m.
Panola Mountain State
Park - Stockbridge
Teaching Youth To Observe
(TYTO) will lead this rep
tile program featuring live
snakes, lizards, turtles and
an alligator.
Register in advance. $3
parking. Call 770-389-7801
for more.
MIDDLE
AND SOUTH
GEORGIA
Canoe Clinic
Aug. 12, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
- Pine Mountain
This clinic is designed
as an introductory experi
ence for the novice canoer.
Participants should bring
plenty of water, lunch,
sunscreen, and appropri
ate clothing and footwear.
Maximum 16 participants,
ages 10 and up.
An adult must accom
pany children. Register in
advance. S2O or sls if you
supply your own equipment.
$3 parking.
Call 706-663-4858 for
more.
Pine Mountain Trail
Hike
Aug. 12, 10 a.m.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
- Pine Mountain
Join a member of the Pine
Mountain Trail Association
at the Dowdell Knob Parking
Lot for a guided hike on the
Pine Mountain Trail, www.
pinemountaintrail.org $3
parking. Call 706-663-4858.
An Evening of
Astronomy
Aug. 12, 8:30 p.m.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
- Pine Mountain
Constellations and planets
have been an important part
of society and folklore since
humans lived in caves. Join
interpretive rangers at the
Park Office Amphitheater
for star talks, star maps and
viewing of the night sky. $3
parking.
Call 706-663-4858 for
more.
Georgia Veterans
Memorial Triathlon
Aug. 19, 7 - 9:30 a.m.
Georgia Veterans State
Park - Cordele
This challenging event
includes a half-mile swim in
Lake Blackshear, a 13.6-mile
bike race and a 3.1-mile run.
Registration fee. $3 parking.
Call 229-273-1668 for more
information.
WEB WATCH
the overall list of 393 popu
lation centers.
www.inc.com/bestcities
The Wired 40
What do companies like
Google, Samsung, Toyota,
Netflix, IBM and Info Space
have in common?
They’re all on “The Wired
40,” Wired Magazine’s elite
list of trendsetting compa
nies. Companies were select
ed for their strategic vision,
global reach, hunger for new
ideas and more. View com
panies on this year’s list,
and link to those who fell
off the list from last year,
here. wired.com/wired/
archive/14.07/wired4o.html.
Frequent flyers
This interactive commu
nity features discussions
and chat boards covering
up-to-date traveler informa
tion. Stop by FlyerTalk.com
to find out how to make the
most of your frequent flyer
miles and points. You’ll also
want to spend some time
reviewing the information
about general travel, air
ports, destinations, dining
and more, www.flyertalk.
com
Presbyterian teens make
mission of helping woman
From staff reports
When Rosa West signed
up at Perry Volunteer
Outreach, hoping to get
some help with repairs for
a rotting roof, she never
expected that her yard
would be filled with laugh
ter and chatter, as a group
of teens from three states
took on the task of mak
ing her modest double-wide
safer and more liveable.
“I think the Lord sent
them,” she said on Friday
of the “Soul-to-Soul” mis
sion group, made up of
young people from three
Presbyterian churches.
In the meantime, despite
the scorching heat,, some
were scrambling on the
roof, putting down new
shingles, while others
worked on building a new
front porch.
She hadn’t asked for
that, but once the young
people arrived, they saw
the need and went to work
on it.
“Soul-to-Soul” brings
70 or more young people
together each summer
from Sandhill Church
in Southern Pines, N.C.,
First Presbyterian in
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According to the Rev.
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Perry Presbyterian, this
is the fourth summer the
youth groups have gotten
together for a week of com
munity service and worship.
Last summer the youth
groups met in Hattiesburg,
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Southern Pines.
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involving many people in
the church. Some opened
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women of the church, led by
Anne Agnew, planned meals
for them.
The teens also helped two
sisters living on Pitts Road,
painting one home and
doing repairs on the other.
They did yard cleaning
and mowing as well, and
visited with nursing home
residents.
Editor’s note: This story
is a reprinting of an earlier
story, which gave the wrong
name for Rosa West.
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