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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Adopt a pet ENI/Gary Harmon Micah Deville plays with a puppy during the Adopt A Pet Day Saturday at K-Mart in Warner Robins. The event was held by the Perry Animal Shelter. ! arm on Josh Ryals of Warner Robins pets a puppy up for adoption. KNI Cary Harmon Sarah Losert tries to decide which kitty to adopt. Troop 498 roundup proves successful Special to the Journal The Girl Scouts, accord ing to Linda Stanley, site coordinator for Perry Girl Scouts and leader of Brownie Troop 498, the organization had a successful round up recently, but are still in need of troop leaders. They are now dealing with the task of placing approx imately 45-50 Girl Scouts from Perry Primary and Morningside Elementary, she said. “We were worried that we would not have anyone to sign up and now we need leaders for these girls,” Stanley said. Stanley said some of the Exrlus/vely of rite pfoustcm ilhttlu nrnncgp&D Pirfirrtri JE'lfJEr#? \TDJPk V 1 Contract: a r/oM/Hetf irep rocfoy at: 475-OS7-fS2S girls have been placed in her troop and some in troops 325 and 430 along with two new Daisy Troops (kindergarten) and one new Brownie Troop (first, second and third grades). “It is not necessary to be a parent or a great crafter,” Stanley said. “You don’t even need to be a camper. We train any one, as long as they can pass a criminal background check.” The age group they need the most help with, she said, is the Junior Girl Scouts - grades four, five and six - and some of the third grade Brownie girls. “The phone at our council !m OiCßApcunc GO ass Ape] (X I Oc\y SpA Massages, Facials And Much, Much More... Call Us To Enhance Your Physical, Mental & Spiritual Well-Being! an ctßTmcATcs available office and my phone at work are still ringing with people calling to try and get their girls in scouts,” she added. “What we really need most is some of our Girl Scout Alumnae to come back into the fold. They are experi enced and well trained. Any former leaders would be wel comed with open arms.” At the round-up, leaders, parent volunteers, scouts from troops 325 and 498, Service Team Leader Natalie Powell and Field Executive Ginny Luther did crafts and songs with the girls who came to sign up. E-mail Stanley at lindastanley@yahoo.com for more. What a (LtyhtfJ way to treat youriefj... ]D<\n&chc 1010 BALL ST. Downtown PepJ*>y 478-218-7490 LOCAL f [0003526^ Pluto's in a predicament Finally. I can’t count the times I’ve looked up in the sky at night and won dered: “Is Pluto really a planet.” You know. I go to the doc tor for a checkup but I don’t ask what’s the latest - hope fully greatest - news regard ing colon cancer. I want to know: “So, doc. What are you thoughts onnnn ... whooooo-who weeee ... next time let me know you’re going to stick your gloved finger up there ... Pluto?” “Is it (Pluto) a solid, or is it a nasty, sticky I’ll-be walking-bowlegged-for-a- week gel?” I go to my wife. I look at her. She looks at me. I wink. She winks. I smile. She smiles ... mischievously. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking,” I ask. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking,” she replies. “Yeah,” I say. “Is Pluto a planet or what?” She frowns. I don’t under stand. I go to my child. “Shelbi. Do you think ...” She interrupts. “Dad. Are you going to ask me if I think Pluto is a planet or more kin to UB 313,. you know that celestial body discovered in the Kuiper Belt that mea sures roughly 2,397 kilo meters compared to Pluto’s 2,288?” “Uh, no,” I cover. “I was going to ask you if you thought this tie goes with this shirt.” (What do they teach these kids these days?) i ■ I Schools, Red Cross partner to provide Kits for Kidz Special to the Journal . The Houston County School System and the Houston-Middle Georgia Chapter American Red Cross have partnered to provide 100 students with school supplies. The supplies, according to a release, are currently being distributed system-wide, with Linwood Elementary children receiving their kits this Monday. As far as background, Catherine Kriewald, executive director of the Houston-Middle Georgia Chapter American Red Cross, contacted the school system about the Kits for Kidz™ School Supply Program, which exists to provide less fortunate chil dren with school supplies. The Student Services Do you have equity in your home? Is your home within the limits of the City of Warner Robins? Please contact the City of Warner Robins, Department of Community Development to see if you qualify for a U.S. Department of HUD funded low (0% to 3%) interest rate loan (Certain income restrictions apply-Maximum income ranges from $32,950f0r a single person to $62,150f0r a family of 8) Apply at Warner Robins City Hall. 700 Watson Blvd. upstairs in the Department of Community Development or call 929-1140 for more details. J 35349 Anyway, this great mys tery is about to be revealed - or at least put to rest once and for a 11... maybe. In case you haven’t heard, a group of some 3,000 ft/ .A iftlr Don Moncrief HDJ Managing Editor donm@evansnewspapefS com by Clyde W. Tombaugh - shortly after he got bifocals I would venture to guess, and that based on my own recent experience in chang ing to Coke bottles for eyes - measures up to the defini tion of a planet. Forget world hunger. Forget fighting in the Middle East. Let’s do something really important. Let’s figure out if the ninth planet really is worthy of being the ninth planet. “C’mon guys,” I say, “Are you kidding us? Was this just an excuse to get together and drink - running around with lamp shades on your heads and all that?” Sure, it - knowing-- could come in handy for fooling intergalactic travelers in their UFOs ... “Hey, this invasion map says we turn left at Pluto, but I can’t find it” ... but what else? It won’t make politicians honest, so what good is it? I’m not going to vacation Department then worked with the Red Cross to pur chase 100 age-appropriate kits for Houston County chil dren at a cost of sl2 per kit. Each kit includes 30 new, name-brand supplies, pack aged in a plastic box with a handle. For example, a kit for a child in third through fifth grade contains fold ers, spiral notebooks, glue, pens, filler paper, erasers, "Have Cameras, Will Travel" HOME REPAIR LOAN City of Warner Robins &DOES YOUR HOME NEED REPAIRS? Do you own your home? TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2006 ♦ at a place -235 Celsius. I suppose I shouldn’t blame them. I’ve done the astrono my thing before: telescope + daughter + backyard = nice bonding experience. It’s pretty neat - from a novice standpoint, but to do that for eight hours every day, yeah, I suppose it could get to be pretty boring. One astronomer looking over another’s shoulder, the first looking in a telescope. “Mars still there?” “Uh huh.” One second later: “How about now?” “Uh huh.” . Two seconds later: “What * about now?” - “Uh huh.” Three seconds later: “And now?” “OH MY GOD! ...just kid ding.” (A little astronomer humor.) Still, if they debunk this, pretty soon other things we hold true will fall. For instance, “Lawrence” - not Bluto - will now be Popeye’s greatest nemesis, the moon will no longer be made of cheese, the Earth will no longer be the perfect meat ball - even though it will, still be full of them - and Uranus ... Hmm. Maybe those ’ astronomers and scientists will make it possible to use this next time I’m having a checkup: “You know doctor. It’s now been proven that Pluto is indeed a planet. Perhaps that’s a place bet- . ter left to all your ‘prob ing.’ Let’s leare all those unexplored canals of Mars unexplored, shall we?” astrono mers and scien tists from around the world were slated to meet this past week in Prague to decide if Pluto, discovered in 1930 pencils, crayons, scissors, markers, a pencil case, a paint set and more. ; The combined retail value of the supplies is $24.95. Char-Broiled Sizzling Steaks green derby b7S Exit 136 * 987-8677 TURNER PUCTCRRARUy Aerial I In Die firaphy Erail lunier • l/s- M/-H U a 4/S-4f4-fif 1 5A Houston County School System social workers, from left, Dawn James, Tonya Wideman, Trevis Killen, Tamisha Brothers- Bembry and Linda Rozier show off the Kits for Kidz school kits cur rently being provided to 100 needy students. Submitted ■35350 D