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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2007
Get antiques ready for the fair
lam really excited to be
the Superintendent of
the Antiques section at
the Georgia National Fair
this year. I will never be
able to fill the shoes of the
wonderful lady whose place I
am taking that passed away
last year shortly after the
fair. I hope Frances will
smile down on during the
18th annual fair.
Since the theme of the fair
this year is “The Best Ticket
in Town” we are going to be
able to feature one of the
best tickets you could have
bought in 1939, a ticket to
the premier of Gone With
the Wind\
Connie Sutherland of
the Gone With the Wind
Museum in Marietta (run by
the city of Marietta) has gra
ciously agree to loan some
of their precious museum
pieces that were used in and
for the film to our display
in the antiques section this
year. This private collection
is owned by Dr. Christopher
Sullivan and has traveled on
exhibit around the country.
I urge you to check out their
website at www.mariettaga.
gov/gwtw, and more impor
tantly to the collection in the
antiques section at the fair.
The fair’s website is www.
georgianationalfair.com.
I encourage all of our read
Too often age sole factor in
determining start of school
Question: If age is such a
poor factor to use in deter
mining the start of the first
grade, why is it applied so
universally in our country?
Dobson: Because it is
so convenient. Parents can
plan for the definite begin
ning of school when their
child turns 6. School officials
can survey their districts
and know how many first
graders they will have the
following year. If an 8-year
old moves into the district in
October, the administrator
knows the child belongs in
second grade, and so on. The
use of chronological age as a
criterion for school entrance
is great for everybody
except the late bloomer who
is developmentally unpre
pared for formal education.
Question: I’m convinced
that I should stay home with
my preschoolers if finances
and temperaments permit.
But what about after they
are off to school? Do you still
feel it is important to have
Mom at home in the teen
years?
Dobson: Many will not
agree with my opinion on
this subject, but it is born of
experience with thousands
of families. All things being
equal, I believe Mom is still
needed at home as the kids
grow. Why? Because the
heavy demands of child rear
ing do not slacken with the
passage of time.
In reality, the teen years
generate as much pressure
on the parents as any other
era. An adolescent turns a
house upside down lit
erally and figuratively. Not
only is the typical rebellion
of those years a stressful
experience, but the chauf
feuring, supervising, cook
ing and cleaning required to
support a teenager can be
exhausting. Someone within
the family must reserve the
cA^ew
Lillian Roxanne
Kimbrough
Elizabeth Christian and
Victor Kimbrough, II of
Warner Robins announce
the birth of a daughter,
Lillian Roxanne Kimbrough,
at Houston Medical Center
August 10. Grandparents
of the baby are Cheryl and
Steve Christian and Victor
Kimbrough of Warner
Robins.
Jaida Shatoria Myers \
Shamona Quainton and
Tory Myers of Jeffersonville
announce the birth of a
daughter, Jaida Shatoria
Myers, at Houston
Medical Center August 10.
Grandparents of the baby
are Dorothy Quainton of
Jeffersonville, Dorothy Pratt
of Miami, Fla., and Valarie
ers and antique collectors
out there to enter some of
their treasures in the fair
competi
tion so
that they
can be
seen and
enjoy ed
by all!
Several
local
antique
malls
donate
their time
Jillinda Falen
Antiques
carilynns@alltel.net
and tal
ents as well to helping dis
play vignettes that we use
to work our entries into.
A country store, primitive
cabin, Victorian parlor, gen
tleman’s study and others
are built to display the items.
There are so many people
that work hard behind the
scenes to put on outstand
ing displays. We always get
a good variety of items and
there are many categories
that you can enter. No item
is too big or too small!
If you would like to enter
the fair, they are available at
the fairgrounds and various
other places around town. I
will have some at Landmark
Realty in Perry and Kathleen
as well as Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques. The antiques sec
tion is once again located in
time and energy to cope with
those new challenges. Mom
is the candidate of choice.
Remember, too, that meno
pause and a man’s mid-life
crisis are scheduled to coin
cide with adolescence, which
can make a wicked soup! It
is a wise mother who doesn’t
exhaust herself at a time
when so
much is
going on
at home.
Let me
illustrate
why moms
are needed
at home
during
the teen
years. A
good mili-
Dr. James
Dobson
Focus on the Family
www.family.org
tary gen
eral will never commit all
his troops to combat at the
same time. He maintains a
reserve army that can relieve
the exhausted soldiers when
they falter on the front line.
I wish parents of adolescents
would implement the same
strategy. Instead, they com
mit every moment of their
time to the business of liv
ing, holding nothing back for
the challenge of the century.
It is a classic mistake that
can be even more difficult
for parents of strong-willed
adolescents.
This is my point: A woman
in this situation has thrown
all her troops into front
line combat. There is no
reserve on which to call. In
that fatigued condition, the
routine stresses of raising
an adolescent can be over
whelming.
Let me say it again:
Raising boisterous teenagers
is an exciting and reward
ing experience but also a
frustrating one at times.
Their radical highs and lows
affect our moods. The noise,
the messes, the complaints,
Myers of Warner Robins.
Micah Randolph Allen
Malcolm and Mary Mitchell
Allen of Warner Robins
announce the birth of a son,
Micah Randolph Allen, at
Houston Medical Center
August 11. Grandparents of
the baby are Virginia and
the late Rudolph Mitchell
of Oglethorpe and Shirley
and Willie McGhee of Fort
Valley.
Layla Mae Mandan
Melissa Fyten and Forest
Mandan of Warner Robins
announce the birth of a
daughter, LaylaMaeMandan,
at Houston Medical Center
August 10. Grandparents of
the baby are Jennifer Fyten
of Parshall, N.D. and Keith
and Claryca Mandan of
Independence, N.D.
the Miller-Murphy-Howard
Building where all of the
fine arts and quilts are dis
played. Entry forms must
be mailed by Sept. 19.
Every effort is made to
protect your items and secu
rity will be in the build
ing however management is
not responsible for injury or
loss so make sure your items
are insured for worst case
scenario! Please also make
sure your items are clean.
If you’re not an antique
collector there are other cat
egories for all ages to enter
there! You do not have to be
an expert; there are amateur
categories as well as profes
sional.
Perhaps you have a great
venue ticket that you saved
and would like enter this
year. Did you go to one of
Elvis’s first or last concerts?
The Beatles or some other
entertainer? Come on out
to the fair whether in com
petition or admiration and
Happy Collecting!
Jillinda Falen is the for
mer owner of Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques and is an estate
liquidation specialist and
Realtor. She has been buying
and selling antiques for over
23 years. You may contact
her at falen@windstream.
net or via the Houston Daily
Journal.
the arguments, the sibling
rivalry, the missed cur
fews, the paced floors, the
wrecked car, the failed test,
the jilted lover, the wrong
friends, the busy telephone,
the pizza on the carpet, the
ripped new blouse, the rebel
lion, the slammed doors, the
mean words, the tears - it’s
enough to drive a rested
mother crazy.
But what about our career
woman who already “gave
at the office,” then comes
home to this chaos? Any
unexpected crisis or even a
minor irritant can set off a
torrent of emotion. There is
no reserve on which to draw.
In short, the parents of ado
lescents should save some
energy with which to cope
with aggravation!
Whether or not you agree
with my advice at this point
is your business. It is my
responsibility simply to
offer it. Generally speaking,
the working mother has a
challenging task before her.
Admittedly, many women
are able to maintain a busy,
career and keep the home
fires burning, some with
the assistance of involved
husbands or domestic help.
Other low-energy mothers
with unhelpful husbands
don’t cope so well. Each fam
ily must decide for itself how
best to deal with life’s pres
sure points and opportuni
ties.
Dr. Dobson is founder and
chairman of the board of
the nonprofit organization
Focus on the Family, P.O.
Box 444, Colorado Springs,
CO. 80903; or www.family.
org. Questions and answers
are excerpted from “The
Complete Marriage and
Family Home Reference
Guide” and “Bringing Up
Boys,” both published by
Tyndale House.
William Paul Hametty
Paul and Shellie Godin
Harnetty of Warner Robins
announce the birth of a son,
William Paul Harnetty, at
Houston Medical Center
August 10. Grandparents
of the baby are James and
Deanne Godin of Tampa,
FL, Monique Harnetty of
Sarasota, Fla., and Michael
Harnetty of Scandia, Minn.
See BIRTHS, page sB
LIFESTYLE
The princess, the dreamer
Mama thought I was
crazy. It was not
the first time. Nor
would it be the last. But
it was certainly the most
memorable.
No one in my family will
ever forget it.
The tragic news had fil
tered across the pond from
London that Princess Diana
had been killed in a Paris
car accident. Since typi
cal Southern women are
captivated by fashion and
panache, we had all been
enthralled by Diana’s styl
ish essence. As a teenager,
I climbed out of bed at 4:30
a.m. to watch her wedding.
Mama and I sat in the dark,
with only the flickering light
of the television, sipped cof
fee and exchanged remarks
on the event. So, you would
have thought that she, of all
people, would understand.
You would have thought
she could see the reason
in me flying to London for
Diana’s funeral, if only to
stand among the throng of
grieving Brits.
Oh, but she didn’t. And
it turned into the monu
mental disagreement of
our lives. For two days, we
battled. “You’re not going!”
she stormed. “I won’t have
everyone knowing what a
crazy child I have. I have
never heard of anything
so ridiculous. We’ll be the
laughing stock of the coun
try.”
“Mama, I’m going,” I said
firmly but it was not easy
for I had "never opposed
Mama in anything she was
adamantly against.
“Go,” Daddy said and so
I went. It would become
the most defining moment
of my adult life which is
saying a lot because there
have been many moments
of crystallization that led
me to who I am today.
The day I boarded that
plane for London, I sym
bolically drew a line in the
sand and proclaimed my
independence by taking
complete, confident posses
sion of my future choices.
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I would call my own shots,
some so bold that they sur
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And my family, especially
Mama, would never flick
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News found me in London
and interviewed the
American who had trav
eled alone to attend the
Princess’s funeral. Back
home, Mama would watch
the interview - caught by
chance - from the sofa in her
living room. She smiled.
In London, I made a new
friend. Barker Keith was a
young, handsome New York
attorney who happened to
be on a solitary holiday so
we paired up and toured the
town together. Following
her funeral, we wandered
around Kensington Palace
and viewed the acres of
floral tributes and notes.
Afterwards, we sat in the
park under a magnificently
ancient oak tree and talked
of our dreams. Two strang
ers we were, sharing our
souls.
“I want to write a book
and be published, ’’the newly
emboldened me breathless-
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ly declared. It was the lofti
est thing I could imagine, a
dream I had harbored since
I was six.
Barker didn’t flinch.
As the late afternoon
sun streamed across his
blonde head, he nodded.
“Wonderful,” he replied as
though it was completely
ordinary and quite possi
ble. “What will you write
about?”
Anotherdefiningmoment.
For right then and there, I
knew it was possible. So,
it was quite befitting that
exactly a year later when
the New York publishing
world launched a four-day
bidding war for the rights
to my first book - at that
point, it was only an outline
- that Barker Keith and I
dined together in the city’s
theater district.
Excitedly, I gushed and
told him all the news of my
meetings with publishers
like Penguin-Putnam and
Random House. I couldn’t
eat for talking and, pleased,
he listened patiently.
“I shall never forget,” I
told him.
“That afternoon in
Kensington Park when you
made me believe this was
all possible.”
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death did not change the
whole world. But it cer
tainly changed mine.
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