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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
Joshilyn
Jackson
coming
to town
And, you ask, who is
Joshilyn Jackson? She
is the winning author
for the first Houston Peach
Community Read, and she
will come to the local area
May 5 to speak to her fans,
discuss,
sell and
autograph
her book.
You see,
her novel
Between
Georgia
was the
novel
selected
by the
voting
i i
y
Jane Winston
The Left Rail
community as the one they
wanted to read in this first
ever “giant book club”
event.
This is not the last you will
be hearing about this event;
as details such as time of her
visit, times and places for
discussion groups evolve, I
will share them most likely
ad nauseum, as we of AAUW
are so excited about this
event and can sense that
many in the community are
equally as excited.
We, as a group, are donat
ing three novels to each of
the libraries.
Local bookstores will have
copies of the novel and of
course there is always on-line
ordering. So get your copy
of Between Georgia written
by Joshilyn Jackson, read
it, share it and get ready to
enjoy her visit and ensuing
discussion groups!
Camellias
February is the Festival of
Camellias month at Massey
Lane Gardens outside of
Fort Valley.
Tomorrow from 2-3 p.m.
a middle Georgia choir
directed by Mary Hancock of
Montezuma will be present
ing a choral prelude.
What a great way to spend
a Sunday afternoon.
Friendships
And what would our lives
be like without friends. I
have a group of lady friends
who do Girls Night Out,
and we had a great time
at Applebee’s on Valentine’s
evening; the things we girls
- representing three decades
- find to talk and laugh about
you would not believe!
Also at the Feb. 13 AAUW
meeting another group of
friends and I were serenaded
by a local barbershop quar
ter (which included a good
friend).
And, I came home from
GNO to find a cute love-ban
dit teddy bear on my front
porch. I named him Baird,
for a special new friend, and
I took Baird in out of the
cold.
And today I am headed
out with another friend on
a secret shopping mission,
and then tonight I am meet
ing up with other friends to
see a movie and then going
to watch an IU and Purdue
basketball game, which by
the way was canceled last
night because of snow, with
Indiana friends! Hey, friends!
Thanks for being there!
Cherished Children’s Day
Care Center.
I attended Cherished
Children’s, formerly known
as Warner Robins Day Care
Center, open house last week.
What a wonderful facility,
and for you golfers out there
they are sponsoring a fund
raising golf tournament
April 20 at Waterford golf
Club.
For more information
call Dave at 922-2965.
WRLT call 929-4579 for your
reservation to see Twain by
the Tale.
Great cast, great show
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Michelle Nunn has Perry roots and a global outlook
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
When Michelle Nunn was
6-years old, her father, Sam
Nunn, was elected to the
U.S. Senate, and the family
moved from the small town
of Perry to Washington,
D.C.
She grew up in
Washington, graduated
Phi Beta Kappa from the
University of Virginia,
earned a Masters degree
from the Kennedy School
of Government at Harvard
University and studied at
Oxford University and in
India.
She’s never gotten far
from her Perry roots,
though. She visited here
all through her growing
up years, and had a special
attachment to her grand
mother, the late Elizabeth
Nunn.
“She was my mentor, my
soulmate, the heart of my
value system,” Nunn says.
She also grew up hearing
her father’s stories of Perry,
and says, “I feel very root
ed in his legacy of servant
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Camellias are in bloom.
Camellia Festival set for
Massee Lane Gardens
Special to the Journal
Take a walk around
Massee Lane Gardens
any day in February dur
ing the annual Festival of
Camellias to uplift your
spirits! You’ll find lovely
camellias in the gardens
and in the greenhouse
as well. The recent cold
weather has taken its toll
on the blooms but every
day fresh camellias are
showing their lovely col
ors.
Beautiful camellias are
on sale during the Festival.
This is your chance to stock
up with camellias for your
own garden and, of course,
camellias makes a perfect
Valentine gift too.
A free camellia comes
with the Camellia horti
culture demonstration
Sunday at 2 p.m. in the
auditorium at Massee
Lane Gardens. You will
learn about all phases of
camellia culture and how
to grow them with ease in
your garden.
Registration is necessary
to be sure your camellia
is ready for you! Please
call 478-967-2358 to make
your reservation. The sls
fee includes garden admis
sion.
Tuesday will be a Box
Lunch Day/Senior Citizens
Day. The cost is sls and
includes garden admission
and a delicious box lunch
with lively entertainment.
Preacher Dennis brings us
his own special brand of
Okefenokee Swamp humor
that will keep you rolling
in your seat. Bring a friend
• with you for a great time.
Reservations are needed so
please call Barbara at 478-
967-2358 to let us know to
prepare for you.
On Feb. 25, a special
presentation of A Prelude
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leadership. ”
She is now the CEO and
co-founder of Hands On
network, which involves
more than a half million
volunteers and 64 affiliate
organizations across the
country, and has just edited
a book in which people from
around the country - from
Supreme Court justices
to everyday people - talk
about their efforts to make
to Spring will be given at
Massee Lane Gardens. The
choral ensemble present
ing the program is drawn
from surrounding com
munities as a donation of
talents to benefit Massee
Lane Gardens. Admission
is free and donations will
be welcomed.
Director Jane Bickley
of Marshallville describes
the program as a “Choral
Prelude to Spring with
Sacred Lessons and
Anthems”.
In addition to the camel
lia plants, the gift shop is
fully stocked with delight
ful camellia and garden
items. Browse awhile to
find the perfect gift for a
special person or maybe
yourself.
On March 8 the
Spring Fashion Show and
Luncheon will be held.
This is always a popular
event and you need to make
your reservation early. Call
Barbara at 478-967-2358
to make your reservation.
The $21.50 cost includes
garden admission, a catered
luncheon and a colorful
preview of spring fashions
by Noell’s of Thomaston,
Georgia.
General admission is $5
per person, ACS members
and children under 12 are
free. Senior and AAA dis
counts are honored. Make
reservations for all events,
and camellia workshops by
calling Barbara 478-967-
2358 for a brochure, tick
ets, and more information.
Massee Lane Gardens
is the headquarters of the
American Cpmellia Society,
a national membership
organization.
The gardens are located 3
miles north of Marshallville
and 5.5 miles south of Fort
Valley on Georgia Highway
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the world at little better.
Some of those contrib
uting to Be the Change,
which has a forward by
Tom Brokaw, are for
mer Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist, Senator
Elizabeth Dole, journalist
Cokie Roberts, athletes
like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
and Keith Brooking; Dr.
Deepak Chopra and a host
of business leaders, as well
as everyday people who
have found countless ways
to volunteer.
Suggestions in the book
run the gamut from help
ing to rebuilding the dev
astated Gulf Coast to being
a mentor for a lonely child.
The book is full of inspir
ing quotations and reading
lists, and can be read in
bits and pieces for quick
inspiration on finding
meaning in life through
helping others.
Along with running a
nationwide network, Nunn
is a busy wife and moth
er. She and her husband,
real estate developer Ron
Martin live in Atlanta.
They have two small chil-
How I got Faulkner’s number
Digging through my
purse for a receipt,
I discovered another
piece of paper with num
bers scrawled across it. I
pulled it out, read the num
bers and smiled.
It’s nice to know you have
William Faulkner’s phone
number close by.
Now, how did I get William
Faulkner’s phone number?
This revered Nobel win
ner for literature who died
in 1962? This man who
is lauded as the father of
Southern literature?
Let the story begin.
I met up with Angie, my
beauty queen girlfriend
from Arkansas who’s
in television, in Oxford,
Mississippi. Since Angie,
like me, is always search
ing for good Southern sto
ries, we thought we’d hunt
through Mississippi. We
started in that scholarly yet
not-afraid-to-party-hardy
university town. A light
breeze was blowing majesti
cally through the huge trees
as we sipped cappuccino in
a case on the picturesque
square.
‘Carrie’ sells business back to ‘Lynn’
Seven years ago, my
friend Cindy Collier
and I decided to start
an antique shop of our own
after renting spaces from
other antique shops and
helping others run busi
nesses.
We started Carrie Lynn’s
(derived from both of our
middle names) on Sept. 1,
2001. We were both work
ing at other jobs and taking
care of homes, husbands
and adopted children as well
as running a new business.
In 2002, Cindy decided to
pursue other ideas and con
centrate on her household
and I bought out her share
of the business. Both of us
have been through lots of
ups and downs in our per
sonal and professional lives
but we have always loved
and enjoyed our “Carrie
Lynn’s family”. You will
not find a harder working,
devoted, delightful bunch
of women than the deal
ers at our shop. We have
been through many things
together, deaths, cancer bat
tles, divorce, auto accidents
and many other trials and
tribulations including Iraq,
high gas prices, a slowing
economy, and an unfortu
nate series of unexpected
moves, but still we survived
together.
Our business has grown
by leaps and bounds and
we have met and enjoyed
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dren, Elizabeth, 2, who
is named after her Perry
grandmother, and Vinson,
4, who is named in honor
of her father’s grand-uncle,
U.S. Rep. Carl. Vinson.
“Let’s go out to Faulkner’s
house,” I said to the beauty
queen, who nodded, smiled
prettily and picked up her
purse.
Rowan Oaks, the four
acre estate surrounded by
Bailey’s Woods, was pur-
chased
by the
writer
in 1930.
It is an
ante
bellum
home
covered
in white
clap
board
and black
shutters,
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dressed in columns and a
balcony that dangles over
the front entrance. The
grounds are a bit shabby
with bare spots in the lawn
and trees with few limbs.
Still, it is the home of a leg
end who was America’s gift
from the Deep South.
Others were touring the
home - it is now owned by
the University of Mississippi
- when the beauty queen
so many wonderful custom
ers whom we also include
in our family. Sheila at the
Convention and Visitors
Bureau and Tish Mims of
the Downtown Development
Agency and our dear men
tor, Joe Gayle and other
friends
have
been so
hel p -
ful and
encour
aging to
us. I also
enjoy
hearing
from my
readers
at the
Houston
Jillinda Falen
Antiques
net
Daily Journal for which I
have been writing for since
2003.
As you may have heard, I,
Jillinda have decided to sell
the business back to Cindy
Collier. She is the only one
I would have considered to
take care of my “baby” that
I have poured my blood
sweat and tears into. Don’t
worry!
I will still be writing my
articles, selling antiques
at Carrie Lynn’s and espe
cially be involved in han
dling estate sales. After two
tough years I am taking
the summer off to enjoy my
children who are growing
up very fast. Being a single
mom is really tough but
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reveal how they
find meaning and
transform their lives
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To learn more about
Hands On Network, visit
wwwhandsonnetwork.org.
Be the Change can be
ordered through local book
stores or on Amazon.com.
and I began our self-guided
tour. The curator caught
our eyes and motioned with
the crook of one finger while
another finger cautioned us
to be quiet.
Everyone should travel
with a beauty queen.
Silently, we followed him
to the dining room where,
with the power vested in
him, he removed the Lucite
barrier to the room. Our
eyes widened and we looked
at each excitedly as he took
us to a butler’s pantry then
stepped back and with a
dramatic flourish of his
hand motioned to the cor
ner.
Our jaws dropped.
We looked at where he
pointed, jerked our heads
around to stare at each
other for a stunned second
then back to the spot.
That spot is where
Faulkner’s old black rota
ry dial phone, covered in
dust and age, sits on a little
triangle-shaped shelf built
almost chest high into the
dingy beige wall. Two feet
above it, a thin 1963
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very rewarding!
I will also use this time
to further my education by
becoming certified as an
appraiser, and obtain a real
estate license so that I can
handle liquidation of the
complete estate including
real estate, vehicles and all
personal property. I would
love to take care of your
estate sale needs! Who
knows, I may even get my
auctioneer’s license!
I know that Cindy and her
family will be a great asset
to Carrie Lynn’s and that
you can expect the same
great customer service and
quality antiques and col
lectibles at great prices! I
also know that she will be
looking into many other
things to enhance the busi
ness such as eßay services
or perhaps a tea room or
sandwich shop so check it
out!
Thank you to all of our
customers and we are look
ing forward to a great new
year and breath of fresh air
at Carrie Lynn’s! See you
soon and Happy Collecting!
Jillinda Falen is the for
mer owner of Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques in Perry. She has
been collecting and selling
antiques for 23 years and is
an estate liquidation special
ist. You may contact her via
the Houston Daily Journal,
www.antiquesingeorgia.
com or falen@alltel.net.