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SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 4, 2006
Art
work
and the
theatre
Romantic Comedy
opened last night at
the Warner Robins
Little Theatre on Pleasant
Hill Drive. There are seven
more opportunities to see
this sure-to-please situation
al comedy tonight through
Nov.lß. The treatre number
is 929-4579 is the theatre
number. The play contains
adult language and subject
matter.
Three local artists’ original
oil paintings grace the lobby
of the theatre during th#
run of the play, and they are
Patricia
Lambert,
Kay
Nanz and
Margaret
Harris.
These
three art
ists join
with oth
ers at the
Wellston
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Jane Winston
The Left Rail
Activity
Center on Maple Street in
Warner Robins Thursday
afternoons from 1:30 p.m. to
4 p.m. to paint.
So, grab the necessary
painting equipment and join
them there.
And down the road
in Perry, a large group of
women, men and children of
all sizes and ages are busy
at work, under the direc
tion of Linda Deibert a sea
soned director and resident
of Perry, putting together A
Christmas Carol.
The story of Scrooge is not
new, but this adaptation of
the traditional story, which
was premiered by the Royal
Shakespeare Company and
incorporates a chorus, is
new. Come early December
middle-Georgia theatre
goers will have the oppor
tunity to attend the play
and get into the Christmas
mood. More, lQts more, on
this later seeing as how I
am a key member of the
chorus!
What does love mean?
This question yielded the
following answers from chil
dren 4 to 8 years old.
“Love is when my mommy
makes coffee for my daddy
and she takes a sip before
giving it to him to make sure
the taste is OK.”
“Love is when your puppy
licks your face even after
you left him alone all day.”
“Love is when my grand
mother got arthritis and
couldn’t bend over and paint
her toenails anymore. So
my grandfather does it for
her all the time, even when
his hands got arthritis too.
That’s love.”
What does it cost to
raise a child
For $160,140 per child you
never have to grow up.
You get to: Finger-paint,
carve pumpkins, play hide
and-seek, catch lightning
bugs and never stop believ
ing in Santa Claus and the
Tooth Fairy.
You have an excuse to
Keep reading the
Adventures of Piglet and
Pooh, watch Saturday morn
ing cartoons, go to Disney
movies and wish on stars.
You get to frame rainbows,
hearts, and flowers under
refrigerator magnets and
collect spray painted noo
dle wreaths for Christmas,
hand prints set in clay for
Mother’s Day and cards with
backward letters for Father’s
Day, to be continued.
Until next week
’’Progress always involves
risk; you can’t steal second
base and keep your foot on
first.’’Frederick Wilcox
Farm Bureau starts food drive
Special to the Jounat
Houston County Farm
Bureau is collecting staple
food items until Friday, dur
ing a statewide Harvest for
All Campaign coordinated
by Georgia Farm Bureau in
an effort to help Georgians
in need.
According to a 2005 report
from the USDA Economic
Research Service, 12.3 per
cent of Georgia households
were food insecure last year
and 3.8 percent of Georgia
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Alex Cook and his mother Frances Cook made a Mickey Mouse pumpkin in Mrs.
Lauritsen’s second grade project at Matt Arthur Elementary.
You don’t have to be a fashion queen
I can feel people look
ing at me now with
one question in their
minds: Is she pregnant or
just making a really bad
fashion statement?
One frustration during
the early months of preg
nancy is that nothing fits
right. Your old clothes are
too tight, and the mater
nity clothes are still too
big. There is absolutely
nothing to wear unless you
invest in some “in between
clothes,” which is not a bad
idea because you’ll need
them after the baby is born
anyway.
Another frustration is
that, unless this is your
first pregnancy, you aren’t
in too big of a hurry to
get into those maternity
clothes. I remember when
I was expecting my older
son - I couldn’t wait to
get big enough to wear all
of the cute maternity out
fits that had been passed
down to me from my sister,
cousins and friends. Those
tummy panels on pants
looked so clever and the
big blousy dresses looked
just darling.
As I was nearing the end
of my ninth month, I won
dered what the big deal
was. Why was I in such
a hurry to get into those
Lifestyle
households were food inse
cure with hunger.
Food collected during the
food drive will be distrib
uted to Georgians in need
through a food bank distri
bution system.
“Farmers are in the busi
ness of feeding America
and the world. As farm
ers it’s instinctive that we
help our fellow Georgians
who are in need, especially
as we prepare to celebrate
Thanksgiving,” said Dick
Pumpkin Mouse
clothes? I yearned for my
regular clothes. I missed
them. I longed for pants
with zippers.
By your second pregnan
cy, you know better. You
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The Front Porch
a new life. You don’t need
your clothes to announce
it to the world.
Unfortunately, your body
doesn’t know any better.
It says, “Oh, I remember
this! I know how to stretch
out those muscles and let it
all hang out.”
By your third pregnancy,
you might as well forget
it.
I gave into my body’s need
for bigger clothes early this
go round. It doesn’t help
that I had plenty of protec
tive padding for the baby.
Okay, call it fat. Instead of
a nice, round little basket
ball, I have a nice, lumpy
protruding belly. But the
baby is under there some
Weir, Houston County Farm
Bureau president.
Staple food items rec
ommended for donation
include peanut butter, cere
al, toaster pastries, rice,
dried beans, macaroni and
cheese, canned meats, soups
and vegetables and meal kits
such as Hamburger Helper.
If you would like to par
ticipate in the food drive,
please deliver your food
donation to the Houston
County Farm Bureau office
where.
Besides, as my cousin so
aptly put it, “When you’re
pregnant, it’s all about
comfort.”
Forget fashion. Forget
name brand anything. All
of the clothes have cute
names like “Motherhood”
and “In Due Time.” I think
“Getting Bigger Every
Day” would probably be
more appropriate. How
about “It Fits, Therefore I
Wear It,” or “Nine Months
of Comfort.”
I figure that by the end
of this pregnancy, I will
probably be shopping at
the camping store anyway.
Tent city here I come.
I have started two preg
nancies overweight and
one in shape and the end
result looks to be the same
- I will be huge and I will
be wearing the same few
items of clothing over and
over. But the payoff will be
worth it.
Besides, little boys don’t
care if their mommies are
in fashion or not. They
care whether they read
them books, push them on
the swingset, make cookies
and sing silly songs.
You don’t have to be a
fashion queen to do any
of that. And for that I am
truly thankful.
put it
off as
long as
possi
ble. It is
enough
for you
to know
you’re
experi
encing
the cre
ation of
located at 1830 Macon Road,
Perry, Monday through
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information call
Barbara at 987-2470.
The Harvest for All
Campaign is jointly coordi
nated by the Georgia Farm
Bureau Women’s and Young
Farmer Committees.
This is the third year that
Georgia Farm Bureau and
its 159 county Farm Bureaus
have collected staple foods
in an effort to help alleviate
hunger in America.
Long remembered truths
My daddy never made
a lot of money but
he made a good liv
ing. For himself and our
family.
The good living came not in
the form of dollars but rath
er in simple truths and phi
losophies that centered our
home and directed our paths.
Those simple truths are the
guideposts that continue to
map my daily existence. He’s
been gone
for several
years now
but not a
day passes
that he
doesn’t
partici
pate in the
running of
my life.
With
Daddy,
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Ronda Rich
Columnist
God came first. The rest of
us fell into line somewhere
below the All Mighty.
“Pray about it and let it
go,” he said often. “You don’t
need to keep tellin’ the good
Lord what you need. He’ll
hear you the first time.”
“A man who will lie to you,
will steal from you.” That
one was always punctuated
with an all-knowing wink
and firm nod of his head.
That was among the tru
est of the things he pontifi
Taking flu shots and fun
On the morning of Oct.
12, Dr. Kim Ham and
the staff at Houston
Lake Med Stop gathered with
the residents of Houston
Springs to administer flu
shots. Everyone enjoyed
talking and visiting with
each other
while
waiting
for their
turn.
The
flu shots
were pro
vided by
Ham with
the inten
tion of
helping to
Melanie Lewis
Columnist
Houston Springs
keep this
fun community both active
and healthy. Thank you Dr.
Ham.
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Representatives from
Houston Springs, CB&T
Bank/Synovus, and Fickling
attended a Senior Friendly
Expo Show in Ft. Myers,
Fla. on Oct. 11 and 12 pro
mote Perry, and Georgia, as
a retirement destination.
The show was a huge suc-
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Last year, 17,000 pounds
of food items collected by
Georgia Farm Bureau
members were delivered to
Mississippi Farm Bureau
representatives for distribu
tion to residents of Hancock
County, one of Mississippi’s
Gulf Coast counties hardest
hit by Hurricane Katrina.
Founded in 1937, Georgia
Farm Bureau is the state’s
largest general farm organi
zation with almost 430,000
member families statewide.
cated.
“Nothing’s ruder than to
keep someone waitin’. Be on
time. Otherwise, you’re tell
ing others that you’re more
important and that ain’t
true. Ain’t no big I’s or little
you’s in God’s eyes. We’re all
the same.” Daddy lived on
West Point time, arriving 10
or 15 minutes early. Me, I’m
never early but I’m seldom
late. Daddy was right about
that. It’s self-centered.
“Your word is your bond. If
you say it, you do it. No mat
ter what it takes. A person is
only as good as his word.”
Sometimes I agree to some
thing that I wish I hadn’t.
Sometimes keeping my word
costs me money. But what
ever it takes, I always do it
because I had a parent who
instilled in me the impor
tance of integrity.
Daddy wasn’t well-educat
ed, dropping out of school at
16 to feign for himself. But
he was oh so very wise.
“Solomon was the smart
est of all the Biblical men,”
he opined. “He asked God
for wisdom, not riches. But,
if you have wisdom, every
thing else will fall in place.”
I often think of one
of his other self-written com
mandments and ponder how
much happier folks would
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cess.
A number of the people
who came up to our booth
mentioned visiting Perry.
They expressed how much
they loved the small town
and all the Southern hos
pitality that was extended
to them during their visit,
and were looking forward
to returning. Who knows,
maybe this time they will
choose Perry as their new
home.
Talk about a lifestyle in
Houston Springs! Here are
just a few of the clubhouse
activities that are on the
calendar for this month:
Teddy Bear Craft Class;
Piece N Quiet Quilting Club;
Domino’s Club; Exercise
Class; Mah Jongg Club;
Bible Study; Canasta; Bridge
Club; Chess Club; Card
Bingo; Poker; not to men
tion the Red Hat meetings.
These planned social activi
ties make it easy to find new
friends at Houston Springs
while having a great time.
More clubs are forming all
the time as residents discov
er their common interests.