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SATURDAY,
JANUARY 13, 2007
On the
road
again
Today finds me back
in Warner Robins. I
left the Keys (the low
Islands made of coral) and
passed through Naples, the
land of Q-tips (old folks with
white hair and white ten
nis shoes), on my way back
HOME and for the start of a
new semester at FVSU.
March to the Oscars
The big night is not until
Feb. 25, but I have already
begun my
mission to
see every
movie that
is nomi
nat e d
for most
anything
in every
category.
While
away I
caught
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many fine movies and will
catch more during the com
ing weeks.
“Dreamgirls” about life
in the fast lane of Motown
years ago, is a great movie,
entertaining and well done.
Personally, I love the music
from that time, and Eddie
Murphy does a fine job in his
close approximation of James
Brown. Jennifer Hudson,
an American Idol contestant
last year is totally awesome,
and Beyonce Knowles is gor
geous, can sing and act. If
you like musicals, you are
going to like this. It will
probably be nominated for
best movie.
My favorite thus far is
“The Queen.” Ifyouwantto
go to a movie that does it all
in an hour and a half with no
wasted time, check this one
out. Helen Mirran turns in
an incredible performance
as Queen Elizabeth II in
the movie, which covers the
period of time when Tony
Blair becomes the Prime
Minister and Princess Diane
tragically dies. Today, with
out seeing all of the other
movies, Helen is my pick for
best actress!
I do not recommend “Little
Children” for my “normal”
friends. I don’t consider
myself normal when it comes
to movies, so I thoroughly
enjoyed this extremely dark
R rated movie nominated for
three Golden Globe awards.
Kate Winslett will most likely
get a best actress nod for her
role, and Jackie Earle Haley
should not be overlooked for
best supporting actor in his
role as a child molester just
released from jail and mov
ing back into town. I finally
got to see The Devil Wears
Prada. Meryl Streep is awe
some, and the movie is now
a favorite of mine. I also
rented Little Miss Sunshine,
which is entertaining. I am a
big fan of Steve Carell, and
he turns in an outstanding
performance as the broth
er/brother-in-law who, after
attempting suicide, comes to
live with his brother’s rather
dysfunctional family.
Auditions for M*A*S*H
Ann Marie Saul, the
director for Perry Players’
M*A*S*H, asked that I put
out the word that audi
tions for the play are being
held tomorrow and Monday
evenings at the theatre on
Main Street in Perry at 7
p.m. 15 men and 14 women
are needed to fill the roles.
If you haven’t been on the
boards for a while or have
never been on them, then
now is the time to give it a
try. Such fun - being in a
play!!
Till next week
“Just remember, there’s
a right way and a wrong
way to do everything and
the wrong way is to keep
trying to make everybody
else do it the right way.”
—Colonel Potter
AAUW launches
'Cmmi v Read]
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Organization
encouraging
book selection
for reading
and discussion
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
If you love to read and
love to talk about the books
you’ve read, get ready
for the Houston-Peach
Community Read.
Sponsored by the
Warner Robins chapter of
the American Association
of University Women,
and spearheaded by Jane
Winston, writer and teach
er, the literary adventure
begins now and will cul
minate the first 10 days in
May.
All readers, book clubs
and civic clubs are urged to
get involved.
The project started with
Winston and five other
AAUW members, Carrie D.
Smith, Marlene Humphry,
Roberta Smiley, Ruth
O’Dell and Becky Yeatman
reading a selection of books
by Georgia authors and
picking three semi-final
ists: “The Secret Life of
Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd;
“The Sweet Everlasting”
by Judson Mitcham, and
“Between, Georgia” by
Joshilyn Jackson.
Now they are asking
everyone in the community
to vote, selecting one of the
three books for everyone to
read and discuss.
Book discussions, at
homes, libraries and other
locations in Perry, Warner
Robins, Fort Valley and
Byron, will take place the
during early May.
They hope also, once the
book is selected, to have
the Georgia author pay a
visit.
“The Sweet Everlasting”
is the haunting story of the
life of a Georgia sharecrop
per by Judson Mitcham
of Macon. The book won
him the Townsend Prize
for Fiction and a second
Georgia Author of the Year
award. Mitcham’s second
novel, “Sabbath Creek”
also won the Townsend
Prize, the first time an
author has twice won the
award.
“The Secret Life of Bees”
by Sue Monk Kidd has
been a New York Times
Best Seller.
Set in 1964, in the time
First baby of 2007
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The Crochet Club of Middle Georgia donated a basket of crocheted
items and numerous baby gifts to the first baby bom in Houston
County for 2007 at The Women’s Center, Houston Medical Center.
The progd parents are Arturo and Isabel Luna of Warner Robins. The
baby boy, Christopher Alexander Luna, was bom at 7:53 p.m. on Jan.
1. Pictured, from left: Arturo Luna, Isabel Luna with baby Christopher
Alexander, and Pam Lively of the Crochet Club of Middle Georgia.
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Jane Winston of the AAUW is spearheading the first Houston-Peach Community
Read. The first step is to get votes on which of these three books should be the
choice.
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of civil rights battles, the
book features a 14-year-old
white girl, Lily, and her
relationship with an older
black woman, Rosealeen,
who is protecting Lily
from her abusive father
while fighting for her own
rights.
“Between, Georgia” by
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Joshilyn Jackson, is set in
a small Georgia town of
just 90 people, with Nonny
Frett caught between her
adoptive family and her
birth family.
It deals with family feuds
and with the strengths of
Southern women, with
plenty of humor and
Project Linus reaches milestone
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Contributed
Tramaine Goldsmith receives the 800th blanket donated by the Perry
Chapter of Project Linus. Pictured with Tramaine and his mother are
Kathy Tolbert, Child Life Specialist at the Children’s Hospital and Emily
Heath, Perry Chapter Project Linus Coordinator. A recent donation by
Cathy Shaw and the Perry United Methodist Women made the delivery
of the 800th blanket possible. Anyone wishing to become a “blanke
teer” or would like more information about Project Linus may contact
Emily Heath at 478-987-3921 or email emilyheath@windstream.net.
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To vote, call and leave
your choice by message
at 953-0201 or visit the
AAUW Website at aauw.
org, and follow the link to
“community read.”
The book selection will
be announced in a month.
SECTION
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A home
is made in
the kitchen
Claudette, having a new
in-law/outlaw travail
to report, called the
other day.
Before she began her lat
est in the ongoing outlaw
saga, she asked, as many of
my friends often do when I
answer the phone, “Whatta
ya doin’?”
I replied, as I often do, in
complete
detail of
whatever
I’m doing
when the
phone
rings.
“I’m get
ting all
my stuff
together
to orga
nize my
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recipes. I ordered the pret
tiest album, which just
arrived. It has sticky pages
and vinyl sheets so I can put
recipes in there that I’ve
cut out. That way, they’re
not poking out of my recipe
book nor do they have to be
copied into the book.” ,
I had a beautiful red hutch
custom made and in ordering
it, I had specified that there
should be a roll-down door
in one area. That’s where
I store all of my cooking
books, many of them gifts
from excellent Southern
cooks.
It took Claudette a moment
to find her tongue. Finally,
she spoke. “I’m sorry. Say
that again. You’re doing
what???”
“Organizing my recipes.”
The moment I said it again,
I, too, was taken aback.
She then said exactly what
I was thinking to myself.
“What in the sam hill has
gotten into you? Organizing
recipes? Is the end of time
nearing? If it is, please tell
me because I’ve got some in
laws that need to find salva
tion. Then, there’s a couple
who can just go on to meet
their creator - Satan.”
Claudette was right. On
a day when there was busi
ness to be done, organizing
recipes has climbed to the
top of my priority list.
Blame it, at least partially,
on the stove.
When I built my new
house, I brought a state
of-the-art stove. It has
twin ovens, including con
vection, five eyes and dual
fuel control. I was so tick
led that when it arrived, I
immediately set out cook
ing on a quite regular basis.
Homemade biscuits, gravies,
pies and casseroles - a sta
ple of Southern womanhood
- steam regularly from my
stove. Extremely unusual
for me.
“What has gotten into
you?” my sister asked,
incredulous over the Betty
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