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Muusimt Bailtj djmtraal 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 > # isl 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 r 111 Sv ' : jl iSSF hHBPSi IT , i-RPI flpfMF | * I ——~ fmmmk \ * : * ir ; ; T j Submitted 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 flpH^, nn m* ** »- MSjf ‘ "iS Sherri Martin 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, JR ® Wrt- 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. ■ ■■ 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- 1 Ir .#! k * Jfc TX m I Z. ft |il|t | yWM ' I^*ll| I HS?' - fgL_ i .-4 • \ . —. . . Submitted Houston Springs booth. SECTION c 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 See RICH, pagejC 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.