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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL The Warner Robins Branch of the American Association of University Women held the first Celebrity Read of the school year at Miller Elementary School recently. Volunteers from the community and RAFB were invited to participate, and members of AAUW, under the leadership of Becky Yeatman, coordinated the event with the staff of the school. mm k - shhb a ', y .\v | ', 5 _ % IS 9jR P^pj mEbt zjz- i - Ajk . -'■’ j$ j i» -x<-»-<:y.- v 'jiyuiim. i, J, * >^ :j|Sßjlsal3&-§Gpy , |l J||feb-|p $ I SIP' •-. S I ** ' wßt ■F |gfl| •Hr j||H hPIIHBHR* ij Hf.* L -.,. .JBB v Mi I M- '-rr'k^ •”. . tillr JHK s^wnTsjr'^teA»^^^ffls?sK v ' >^T<] •«-'tSS3yp ' \s?.'; <'■;> 4*”“Mys£ "tsHttiffigHHlSßjHßSiggp-*'" <■'■ >■ . “ : Hf»- IMMBMam. m i«H| « • iH ~ : - ||| ' ..,, "■' ** y~' '1 s - , ■* jlMp . HjHk ., , v ;:^ : --^iß Contributed Sgt. Nicole Porcher listens to questions from the children. On pocket knives and superstitions in the racing world I picked the package up from the porch floor where the delivery guy had left it and read the mailing label that said RCR Racing, Welcome, NC. I smiled and hurried inside to tear it open. For 20 years, Richard Childress, he of NASCAR fame and six championships won with Dale Earnhardt, has been a dear and close friend. I cut open the box then pulled out the two small black boxes, opened them and laughed. Pocket knives. It is a long standing joke between Childress and me that all men should carry a pocket knife. “Men who carry pocket knives are the sexiest men,” I have long proclaimed. Childress, like my daddy, is never without one shoved deep into his right-hand pants pocket. One knife commemo rated the 30th anniversary of RCR Racing while the other immediately became my third favorite possession ranking only behind daddy’s worn Scofield Bible and Mama’s old pin cushion. On the top of the sec ond box, Childress had inscribed a message to me. Sentimentally, my eyes watered as I gingerly turned over the collector’s pocket knife that paid tribute to the 1998 Daytona 500, the only one that Childress and Earnhardt won together. I opened the card he had sent and skimmed over his handwritten words. It con cluded by saying, “You owe me two pennies. It’s bad luck to give a knife to a friend. It cuts the friendship.” Yes, Richard Childress is monumentally superstitious. He is, after all, a Southerner. And a racer. Which gives him twice the number of super stitious bones as the nor mal Southerner. Earnhardt was like that, too. He always walked out the same door he walked in. No exceptions. And neither Earnhardt or Childress would ever lay a hand on a fifty dollar bill. Bad luck, you know. One race day I watched as they were getting up the weekly pool for the race - S2OO a draw - and someone hand ed Childress a fifty-dollar bill. You would have thought it was a rattlesnake. He jumped back, threw it down then ran away from it, trying to escape its deathly bite. Somehow, long ago, it got Celebrity Read Ronda Rich Columnist a race, speaking to Terry Labonte, who, wordlessly, turned around and walked the other way. Dumbfounded at what seemed so rude, I stared as he stalked off. Larry Mcßeynolds, then a crew chief, threw back his head and laughed. “You’ve got on green,” he explained, point ing my shirt. “Bad luck to speak to anyone on race day wearing green.” ( Angef Tood Ministries C d)A in This program is for everyone * You don’t Irave to be a member of the cburch. 'Receive S6O of (groceries for onfy $25 A fso fisted are a variety of meat specials T(ace your order frpick up on a Sat. 2 w lts Cater CaiL 987-5428 for more info Tirst Christian Church Tfwy 41 Terry, QA i Come See Our MeWty Expanded Showroom! 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What’s the difference in carrying green money and parking next to a green race car?”’ Pearson, whose temper could ignite quicker than logs doused in gasoline, angrily spat out his response started among the race teams that the color green was bad luck. I remem ber one Sunday morning before •Oil Change - sl9* •AMSOIL Products •CV Axles COMMUNITY 9^^624 melneke i car cam center Ik 1H ii f W> im,, iJ : ~”MMB| I new l . iih^ ’ . <2, *' '%A.\ ';f JW' n Bbiii r - m Contributed Lt. Lanie Scott enjoys her interaction with the young students. fk •.. , zsL' a ~ rni Y» r) x " vVj '-' l <*, j. .■»*'; -fffcjMP- HL, ... •-JaJ^Ste 81 ’» *Bj«*«a|jßr • 1 %l!g iHk Contributed Fire Chief Robert Singletary points out special parts of the book he has selected. then stomped off. A lot of these supersti tions have faded away from the sport, though. 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