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♦ FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007
Area Mennonites holding quilt, crafts sale
Special to the Journal
Washing one’s face and
brushing one’s teeth are
ingrained daily routines that
most Americans take for
granted. But for many peo
ple living in refugee camps
or the world’s poorest and
most isolated communities,
a toothbrush or bar of soap
is a treasure.
When conflict flares in
troubled nations around the
globe, families and children
flee their homes to escape
the violence. Many arrive
in refugee camps with only
the clothes on their backs.
In other places, poverty and
isolation make personal
hygiene supplies difficult to
come by, and people do not
understand the importance
of hygiene to good health.
“We can’t turn away,” said
Mary Yoder, one of the orga
More SIDS knowledge can prevent tragedy
Question: I have great
fear that my baby will die
when I put her in her crib.
What is known now about
sudden infant death syn
drome? Have researchers
figured out what causes
these tragic cases where
seemingly healthy babies
die while sleeping?
Dobson: Sudden infant
death syndrome is still a
major concern, killing about
2,500 babies each year in the
United States alone. We do
know more, however, about
the circumstances that are
often associated with this
terrible event.
A study was conduct
ed by the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission
with the collaboration
of researchers at the
University of Maryland and
We’re living the bug whacker lifestyle
We used to find it
amusing to watch
frogs catch their
evening meal beneath our
carport. The evening ritu
al became routine. When
lights came on, bugs began
swarming around the lights,
frogs began hopping and
capturing their working for
their reward.
After a bug whacker was
hung outside the back door,
the frogs wised up to an
easier way to get their meal.
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nizers of the eighth annual
Peach Cobbler Mennonite
Relief Auction to be held
Sept. 14-15 in Perry. “The
Peach Cobbler Auction is a
way to use the skills that
are part of our heritage to
raise money to aid those in
need.”
The sale features hand
made quilts, crafts, home
canned foods, soft ice cream,
fairly traded third-world
crafts, and, of course, peach
cobbler. Last year’s sale
raised more than $33,000.
This year’s fund-rais
ing focus is health kits,
which Mennonite Central
Committee assembles in
North America and distrib
utes in refugee camps as well
as in some of the world’s
poorest communities. The
kits contain a toothbrush,
toothpaste, nail clipper, soap,
and a hand towel in a reus
the Washington University
School of Medicine in St.
Louis, Mo. The results were
presented at a meeting of
the Society for Pediatric
Research in 1996.
The epidemiologist who
directed the investigation,
Dr. N.J. Scheers, said: “We
have not found a cause of
SIDS, but our results show
that specific items of bed
ding used in the U.S., such
as comforters and pillows,
were associated with an
increased risk for death
to prone-sleeping infants
whose faces became cov
ered, compared to infants on
their sides or backs without
soft bedding under them.”
It was concluded that
babies placed on their stom
achs in soft bedding are more
likely to re-breathe their
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Reflections
Then, they feasted until
their appetite was satisfied.
Reflecting on the “bug
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able cloth drawstring bag.
Attendees at the 2007 Peach
Cobbler Auction will have an
opportunity to donate funds
for health kits, which cost
about SIO.OO each. MCC also
needs funds to cover the cost
of shipping the kits around
the world.
Last year, MCC distribut
ed more than 51,000 health
kits in seven nations. Some
33,000 kits went to Lebanon,
where a 34-day war last
summer displaced a million
people - a quarter of the
country’s population. The
remaining 18,000 health kits
were distributed in Haiti,
Tanzania, Laos, Bosnia,
Serbia, and the Ukraine.
The annual Peach Cobbler
Mennonite Relief Auction
(www.peachcobblersale.org)
is a collaborative effort of
Mennonites from across the
Southeast, who draw on
own carbon dioxide that is
Dr. James
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research project, babies
were found with bedding
pressed against their noses
and mouths. Most of them
were under 4 months old
and could not extricate
themselves.
The advice now being
offered by doctors is that
parents place their infants
whacker life style” of the
frogs brings to mind the
attitude of a wise young
friend. He was courteous,
reliable, and took pride in
fulfilling his responsibili
ties. Recognizing the lack of
ambition evidenced in some
individuals, this young man
expressed his desire to earn
his way through life. “I
want to work for what I
get,” he said. “If I work for
it, I appreciate it more.”
The “Bug Whacker Life
They
began
sitting
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wait
ing for
the bugs
to be
whacked
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their rich heritage of handi
crafts, home cooking, and
cooperation to present the
sale.
The event will take place
at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds. Admission is
free and the public is wel
come at all events.
“The Peach Cobbler
Auction is like many other
Mennonite relief sales
around the country. It’s a
reunion, a time to connect
with old friends; it’s a show
case for quality handwork;
and it’s an event designed
to raise money for a good
cause,” Mary Maynard,
organizer, said.
The weekend’s festivities
begin with a Brunswick stew
supper and silent auction on
Sept. 14, 6-7:30 p.m., fol
lowed by a hymn sing from
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on their backs, not on their
stomachs or sides, and that
a minimum amount of loose
bedding be kept in the
crib. Experts also recom
mend that pregnant women
avoid smoking for a host of
reasons, one of them being
that prenatal smoking is a
major risk factor for SIDS.
In addition, secondhand
smoke may also put infants
at risk for SIDS. Aside from
the danger of SIDS, chil
dren should not be exposed
to smoke.
Following this advice
won’t eliminate all cases of
SIDS, but it could save hun
dreds of lives every year.
Question:What are the
special needs of a compliant
kid - one that goes along to
get along?
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pillows
around
them.
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30 per
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the 206
SIDS
deaths
in the
Style” as far as this young
man was concerned is strict
ly for the frogs. The frogs
will survive while depend
ing on the bug whacker, but
eventually they will have to
hop back to work. And, so
it is with individuals who
lack ambition. The “Bug
Whacker Life Style” cannot
go on forever.
Wealth acquired rashly
dwindles away; but he who
gathers by labor increases.”
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This is one of the quilts to be sold at the Mennonite Relief
Auction.
Moon pie, RC Cola
As a youngster growing
up in Perry my favor
ite playmates were the
Logue brothers. They lived
on a farm.
In their backyard was a
barn where they kept feed
and farm equipment. The
barn’s roof was covered with
tin. Its ridge was high but
slopped sharply toward the
eaves. We played Superman
by sliding down the barn
with makeshift capes - old
towels or sheets - tied
around our necks. The tin
was slick so by the time we
reached the roofs edge and
went airborne we were trav
eling pretty fast. Our capes
were supposed to open so
we could fly like Superman.
Then one day I decided to
slide down the backside of
the barn. When I reached
the roofs edge, there was a
nail head projecting above
the tin about an inch. That
nail ripped through my
britches and dug a groove
into the flesh on my der
riere. I was everything
else but Superman when I
landed. They carried me
to Mrs. Logue, who painted
Mercurochrome on my cuts
and applied several Band-
Aids. She then sowed the
tear - about 12 inches long
- in my pants.
The. Logues and I liked to
ride their three mules. The
mules were named Maude,
Claude and Lady. We would
ride them to Mr. George
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Nunn’s (Sam Nunn’s Uncle)
store. James pretended to be
Gene Autry, Olin was Roy
Rogers and I was Hop-Along-
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ing a moon pie and RC cola.
On the way back I was rid
ing 01’ Maude. A rabbit
suddenly shot across the
road and spooked her. She
headed at full gallop toward
a small tree at the shoulder
of the road whose low hang
ing branches swatted me to
the ground. I doubt if Hop-
Along ever had that happen
to him. After riding the mule
for several hours, my tail
bone hurt so badly I had to
stand up to eat supper.
A mule is the offspring of
a donkey and a horse. When
Jesus made His triumphant
entrance into Jerusalem dur
ing Passover, it was not on a
prancing white stallion, but
on a donkey’s colt. Jesus was
the long awaited Messiah,
yet the people expected a
king or military leader who
would free them from the
oppression of Rome.
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The mules
plodded
along at
a snails
pace.
When we
arrived at
Nunn’s
store, the
highlight
of the day
was buy-
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