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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL 2007 -- Remembering the way we were The creative spirit was alive and well across Houston County in 2007. Artists were at work individually and also banded together in the Houston Arts Alliance and other regional art groups. The Perry Arts Center flourished, and - as always, Perry Players and the Warner Robins Little Theatre kept their audiences applauding. In a new venture. The AAUW, inspired by Jane Winston, held the first Community Read - selecting Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson. The program will have an encore this year. sP§| m iBH ' I •: 1 '' si T i* Above, Deanna Griffin is one of Houston County’s most noted portrait artists. •. vj&Krjp- JSmk Me $ -**' ■ ' qj. ENI/Gary Harmon Teacher and writer Jane Winston led an AAUW effort to get everyone read ing. The chosen author came for a well-attended talk about her comic work on Southern smalltown life. CO/WVUJNITY Journal/Charlotte Perkins I " - f", «J i L Wf t \! rii mrti « At the new Lake Joy Elementary School the children’s choir sang to celebrate the school’s dedication. k y v i ■ * C ....v-» a. iiiPipiii Above, young dancers show off their steps in Perry Players’ Anne of Green Gables. At right, a belly dancer enter tains at the International Tasting Dinner held in Warner Robins by the Middle Georgia Democratic Women’s Club. Below, Nelda Tawse pulled Joe Bishop out of the audience to try her cooking in the Perry Players’ production of “Kitchen Witches.” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007 ♦ tiWzW'' Jr V A B t ■'T-lM?-1 J . * v 'JsjKs Joamad/Charlotte Perietal 11B