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Houston Daily SATURDAY, SATURDAY OCTOBER 21, 2006 Book sale set for WR Mall Avail yourself of this opportunity to get great books for your self, family members, rela tives and the boss. The sneak preview, the best $5 you have ever spent, is from 5-6 p.m. Thursday evening. The sale then opens to the public at 6-9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 0ct.28 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Not only does this sale benefit you, the book buyer, but the money raised from this sale benefits children in many of the elementary schools in Houston County through the Reading is Fundamental and Girls Read It Together in School programs. So, come out to the book sale and help yourself while helping fund the American Association of University Women, a non-profit organi zation, devoted to promoting literacy in our county! Georgia National Fair This is old news, but I must say the Georgia National Fair was great this year, and the won der f u 1 weather brought ‘droves of .young and old alike Jaiie Winsfofl The Left Hail to the fairgrounds. Going with half of my six-pack of grandkids made it even more special. Why, I even rode the Ferris wheel and the tram across the fairgrounds for the first time in many a year. The other rides I easily passed up despite the pleading of my grands. However, the highlight was one hour and 40 minutes of wonderful music - words I could understand and melo dies I could hum - from The Beach Boys. And, ya’ know what, those guys can sing without holding their crotches! What does it cost to raise a child This interesting infor mation came my way via a friend in 111. The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle-income family. And that doesn’t even touch college tuition!! But $160,140 isn’t so bad when you break it down. It translates into: ■ $8,896.66 a year, ■ $741.38 a month, ■ $171.08 a week. ■ That’s a mere $24.24 a day - just over a dollar an hour. You might think the best financial advice is don’t have children if you want to be “rich.” Actually it is just the oppo site. Join me next week to begin the discovery of what is it a parents get for their $160,140. Sighting As I made my early morning drive from Warner Robins to Fort Valley Monday morning, I saw the most complete, beautiful rainbow I have ever seen in my life. It reached from Fort Valley to Macon and was totally complete, colors and all. I immediately thought of other perfect arches: St. Louis and of course McDonalds. Till next week - “I may be old, but people who look like me always win the lot tery.” Maxine r a ~ , mMK. * jf. ■ IB ~ f g f|9H WLSKt i S a sgr* ■-' ■yaM,* r*' * * > ,W‘« " if, * ENI/Gary Harmon Northside’s Cymbal Chicks performing at a football game. Cymbal Chicks put on a show at Eagles’ games By JOE SERSEY Journal Correspondent Fans at Northside foot ball games hear the band before they see it. As the rest of the band march into the stadium to take their seats, they step to the pow erful beat of the drumline. Fans can’t see the drum mers, but they can hear them and above them is the metallic beat of preci sion cymbalists adding a choreographed rhythm to the beat. They mark the time for Betty Boop still hot item OF Betty Boop is still look ing “hot” at the fine age of 76! Born at Talkartoon Studios in 1930, poor Betty started out life as a pooch! Yes, she was a real dog, appearing with her canine boyfriend Bimbo. Part of Max Fleischers studio, Betty was based on a real person named Helen Kane who was a singer and part time actress of the era and also sported the spit curls and baby voice like Betty’s. As Betty evolved in cartoon land, she lost her black puppy nose and her dog ears evolved into earrings. Animation was still kind of rough at this early stage and sometimes Betty’s looks changed within the same cartoon! During the age of flap pers and prohibition, Miss Betty was still considered very racy for this era of bobbed hair and skirts above the ankle. Betty went as far as short skirts with her garter showing and a strapless dress. When Betty walked in front of a light, her curvy Mae West silhouette could be seen as well. Miss Lifestyle the marchers and remind the drummers of the beat but most of all, they are more than smash and crash. They are musicians in their own right and they stir the heart as much as any bass drum. They call themselves the Cymbal Chicks. Five young women who grace the foot ball field during halftime and add immeasurably to the Northside Marching Band Performance. “They are a visual pres ence that enhances the per- Boop ran into some legal troubles in the mid 1930’s not for her sexy clothes but from Helen Kane who claimed that Betty had stolen her fans by copy ing her and that she was the original Boop Oop a Doop girl. She sued Max Fleischer for $250,000. Kane lost the suit because studio lawyers pointed out the “Boop” phrase was used in songs long before Kane used it in her act and all the ladies that provid ed the voice of Betty Jillinda Falen Antiques Boop claimed they were not trying to imitate Kane. Betty Boop expanded into the funny papers as well as the big screen. She appeared with many dif ferent characters both real and cartoon. Pier dog Pudgy was often by her side as well as her little broth er Billy, Ko-Ko the clown and Grampy. Real See FALEN, page jA formance,” Northside band director Paul Guilbeau said of Whitley Patterson, Dominique Driver, Tashayla Durham, Anna Parker and Jessica Lowe. “They offer a different look, and they’ve been the most mature playing group I’ve had,” Guilbeau said. Junior Jessica Lowe is the only returning Cymbal Chick, but all of them are musicians who have mas tered other instruments before they picked up the See CHICKS, page yA _ H Lewis donates model to Perry Library From staff reports Pauline Lewis recently donated a model of Perry’s historic Central of Georgia rail station to the Perry Library, where it is on dis play. “It was vitally important to Perry’s growth and the Petty isn’t pretty You probably know someone like him. Undoubtedly, you have encountered a vil lain-like character that connives from a personal agenda that is often vindic tive and petty. It happened to me on a non-profit event that I had reluctantly agreed to help. What happened - instigat ed by one person - was not pretty and, of course, caused myriad problems for other folks who were simply trying to do a good deed. I got embroiled and spent valuable time, enmeshed in the pettiness. But I learned from it. See, I have discovered in life that mean people can teach us as much as good people. From the good ones, we lear*n how to behave. From the mean ones, we learn how not to behave. From the pool of some o n e els e ’ s P^PC Honda Rich Columnist pe t - tiness, I caught my own reflection. I was aghast at the ugliness and resolved I didn’t want to look or act like that. Fortunately, he executed his pettiness before I could launch my own. Two women, both of whom had slighted and been downright unkind to me, had called almost simultaneously to ask for my help on different proj ects they were doing. I rubbed my hands together in great anticipa tion, salivated at the chance for the sweet revenge that had dropped in my lap and cackled sinisterly. This was my chance. I had been waiting for it, hoping it would come. The opportu nity to say to both of them not only “NO!” but “HELL NO!!!” But then I saw the ugli ness of his pettiness and I abruptly changed course. I didn’t want people to see me the way that folks were seeing him. Instead, I called both women up and said, “Now, tell me what I can do for you. Anything you need, I’ll do.” And, I did. In fact, I did more than they both survival of residents, farm ers, business and military people,” Lewis said of the building. “Those walls held many historic secrets, some sad, some glorious.” The model is an exact rep lica of the historic building, and those who see it SECTION 6A asked. Interestingly, I liked the way it felt and I quite enjoyed the view from tak ing the high road. You can’t see very much, you know, from the gutter. I was having lunch one day with my friend Kenny Schrader, the NASCAR driver. The waitress talk ed us both into ordering the special: Sea Bass. But when she set the plates in front of us, it was salmon. We both stared down at the plates then up at each other. “We ordered the spe cial,” I said because Kenny would have eaten anything they brought. “Don’t you remember? You talked us into it?” “Oh no!!!” she replied. She scurried off, placed a new order and brought the Sea Bass 20 minutes later. When we started to leave, I noticed that Kenny had left an enormous tip. “Did you mean to leave this much?” I asked. “Well, yeah. She got the order wrong and she had to go to all that trouble to straighten it out.” I raised an eyebrow. “It was her fault that she got the order wrong.” He nodded. “Yeah, but still. She deserves it for the extra work.” Now, that’s how we all should act. We should see things through Kenny’s precious eyes and raise people up rather than tearing them down. Back to the previously mentioned villain. God got involved. Which I always hate when I haven’t asked for his involvement. I kept unintentionally running into scriptures about “rec ompense not evil with evil” and such. Then my pastor preached that very Sunday on “Love thy enemies and pray for thy offenders.” I wasn’t much on praying for the villain but I decided it was the thing to do and started as soon as I left church. I pray that he will bite his tongue off so that he will never again be able to speak ugly about anyone or to cause trouble. And, of course, I pray that it will be painless when it happens. Ronda Rich is the best selling author of What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman- Should) and The Town That Came A-Courtin Tyler Fite, left, admires the model of the old Perry depot donated to the Perry Library by Pauline Lewis, right, shown here with Nancy Granger, Library Director. Journal/Charlotto Perkins in the library, can walk outside and see the origi nal building. The depot was moved from its original location and is now in as the Travel Center and Walker Insurance agency on the comer of Northside and Washington Street.