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SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008
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By
Julie Evans
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Today is Danny’s birthday.
So, you want to know how old
he is? I can only say that he
is getting real close to “50”.
Earl Chamlee from The
Exchange Club stopped by to
see me this week. It is straw
berry time again and they
will be here this weekend at
Advanced Auto Parts park
ing lot. They will have extra
to sell Friday and Saturday
if anyone hasn’t bought
their tickets yet.. They are
delicious!. 12 pints for only
$15.00 (that’s cheap)
Peaches to the Beaches
is going on today. Come on
down to Perry downtown
area. There are deals to be
made. I understand that
there are over 40 vendors
going to be here in Perry.
An Evening of Jazz will
be held on Friday, March
28™ at 7:30 at The New
Beginnings Center, 210
Garmon St in Warner Robins.
Entertainment will be pro
vided by the Fort Valley Jazz
Ensemble. Heavy Hors
D’oeuvres, Silent Auction
and door prizes will be pro
vided., All of the proceeds
will go directly to benefit the
children of Houston County
who are receiving services
from CASA. IF you need
more information, call 478-
542-2141.
I have “kinda” put down
my golf clubs and shoes over
the last few years, only play
ing once or twice a year for
fund raisers, but I am going
to pass along this information
about The Tahseria Club’s
Annual Golf Event. Julie
Moore sent over thp informa
tion to me so that I could
share this with you. It is
Saturday, April 12™ at Perry
Country Club with a 4 man
scramble (my favorite kind of
gold tournament...not much
pressure because you have
3 other golfers to help). Not
but $50.00 per person and
that includes everything you
need. This is a great tourna
ment because all of the mon
ies raised will go to LOCAL
families in need and vari
ous community programs.
Dust off your sticks and get
out there.l might just play
myself.
Congratulations to Dr.
Johnny Gayton upon his hon
orary membership into the
world famous Power Team
based out of Dallas, Texas..
This group of world class ath
letes do school assemblies and
crusades all over the world.
Their message is simple.
“Live a life of excellence by
making the right choices by
setting goals, resisting peer
pressure and overcoming the
past”
Have you noticed the motor
homes at the Agricenter. It is
the Infinity Group. They are
everywhere.
The Westfield Schools auc
tion was a huge success last
Friday night. Thousands and
Thousands of dollars were
raised with the silent and live
auctions. Two people who
were instrumental in this
happening were Dawn Jerles
and LeAnn Tuggle. These
two ladies chaired this event
together had several others
who worked extremely hard
to help bring to all together.
Special thanks to them as
well; Kellie Bowen, Marilee
Brooks, Mindy Cartwright,
Elizabeth Flowers, Maria
Gilbert, Tammy Hamby, Lisa
Hays, Robin O’Neal, Robin
Smith, Kris Taylor and Marti
Tolleson.
Hey Larry Walker! Trying
to hide your birthday from
me? Happy Belated birth
day!.
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Todd Wilson, back row in red jacket, pulled this big cast together for a comic hit for Perry Players.
‘Room Service’ opened Friday night with plenty of wit and energy.
Getting creative with discipline
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the years
finding suitable punish
ments hasn’t always been
easy. When the boys were
toddlers sitting them in
“time out” usually did the
trick, at least momentarily.
Our son Hunter was prob
ably the one child we had
more problems with in “time
out”, though.
We would sit him in a cor
ner and he would promptly
go to sleep. We would forget
about him and after awhile
remember that he was in
“time out”.
Hours later, he would be
snoozing peacefully in the
corner. After the boys got
older, taking privileges away
was used. It sounds like
a good idea, but with so
many children and so much
going on, I forgot what I
had taken away from whom.
The boys weren’t much help
with this in the least either.
They loved keeping me in a
perpetual state of confusion,
not that I need any help with
that. I have finally learned
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Employees of Security Bank in Perry are raising funds to help little Olivia
Culpepper and her family through a time of crisis. Olivia is being treated for
Acute MoncyticLeukemia at Eglestone Children’s Hospital, undergoing intensive
chemotherapy in preparation for possible bone marrow ransplant. The bank
employees are holding a silent auction for Easter baskets this week, as well as a
bake sale today. Learn more about Olivia and her 1 progress at www.caringbridge.
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that the best punishments
for the boys are the ones
that also benefit me.
For example, I don’t ban
them from watching televi
sion anymore because it’s
actually a punishment for
me to not allow them to
watch television.
When I do that they fight
with each other because
they have nothing to distract
them like “Walker, Texas
Ranger” or “The Beverly
Hillbillies”.
My two favorite punish
ments that at the same time
benefit me are “automobile”
punishments. They can only
be used in the car, and since
that it where most of our
punishable behavior occurs,
they work great.
I am the only cold natured
person in our family, so when
everyone is hot in the car, I
am cold. I don’t like being
cold, but when I turn off the
air conditioner in the car all
the boys complain.
Well, when they start to
fight or get in trouble in the
car, I just turn off the air
conditioning. They all get
hot and start screaming.
I tell them that when they
straighten up I will turn it
back on. Things calm down
and I turn the air back on.
They start fighting again
and the air goes back off.
This punishment works
really well in the summer.
It’s also great fun for me. It
reminds me of turning the
music on and off when you
play musical chairs.
The other “automobile”
punishment is really enter
taining for me also. If the
boys are acting up in the car
I pull over to the side of the
road and refuse to go any
further until they behave.
I’ve added a little twist
to this punishment to give
it a little more excitement,
though. If there isn’t a lot
of traffic on the road that
we’re traveling, I completely
stop in the middle of the
road and tell them that I am
not going to go any further.
They don’t like me stopping
in the middle of the road at
all.
They worry that we’re
going to get run over. I dis
creetly watch my rearview
mirror and nonchalantly
tell them, “Oh well, I guess
we’ll just get rear ended by a
semi-truck if you don’t start
behaving”. ,
It works every time. So
if you see me sitting in the
middle of the road in my car,
don’t worry. I’m not having
car trouble.
I’m just exacting a little
creative discipline on my
children and giving the old
proverb a new twist. “Spare
the ‘road’, spoil the child”.
Angela Lineberger lives
in Perry with her husband
Kerry, and five boys, Tully
age 15, and Tal, Hunter,
Ben, and Luke, age 13.
‘Room Service’
Perry Players offers
plenty of laughs
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Todd Wilson took on a big challenge in
directing “Room Service.”
It’s a comedy that requires a lot of its
cast, and the cast really comes through.
“Room Service” is the story of Gordon
Miller, a flat-broke Broadway producer who
will do just about anything to get his latest
show to opening night. Tony Zelonis, who
has a fine gift for deadpan humor, plays the
lead roll of Gordon Miller, who is behind
on all of his bills and building up still more
as he takes advantage of his beleaguered
brother-in-law and hotel manager, Joseph
Gribble, played by David Keller.
In a nutshell, Miller, his director, Harry
Binion (played by a wide range of comic skill
by Bill Johansen) and all around gopher,
Faker Englund (played by a completely zany
Kim Spillers) have everything at stake in
getting a new play, “Godspeed” through its
opening night.
Skilled at not paying their bills and stay
ing one step ahead of anybody who’s expect
ing them to do so, these three are down to
pennies and have hocked everything they
own, and few things they don’t. They have
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Joyce Green of the Perry Pilot Club and Brenda Walker
of the Warner Robins Pilot Club are leading an effort to
welcome new members to the organization.
Are you looking for a club?
Pilot is looking for you!
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Brenda Walker has been a member of the Warner Robins
Pilot Club since a friend invited her to a meeting 11 years
ago.
It’s meant a lot to her.
“There’s the friendship, the camaraderie, the working
together,” she explains.
She’s had opportunities for community service and oppor
tunities to develop her leadership skill, as well as meeting
women from across Georgia, the U.S. and the world. She’s
been to international conferences in Denver, Norfolk and
Atlanta.
Joyce Green joined the Perry Pilot Club 10 years ago. To
her, it’s meant “friendship and fun, giving back to the com
munity, being part of an organization that has 394 clubs in
the U.S. and 456 around the world, but started right up the
road in Macon.
As Houston County grows, Green and Walker and their
fellow Pilot Club members are actively seeking new mem
bers of all ages.
The Perry Club meets at Ochlahatchee Club House on
Frank Satterfield Road at 7 p.m. every third Tuesday. If you
want to find out more, call Joyce Green at 987-1626.
The Warner Robins group meets on the first money of
each month at 7 p.m. at the Colwell Banker building just
north of Hwy. 96 on South Houston Lake Road. For more
information, Brenda Walker’s number is 987-8710.
The Perry Club will hold a “Share Pilot” event this
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Ochlahatchee club house, and all
are welcome.
Walker and Green point out that those who want to think
it over can attend meetings for six months before paying
dues, and that all are welcome. Both, based on their own
experience as Pilot members, feel that this is a good oppor
tunity for newcomers to start making friends and taking
part in community activities.
Pilot International, which has its dedicated its new head
quarters in Macon, is a worldwide volunteer service organi
zation that offers friendship and networking as well as ser
vice and leadership opportunities. The organization has a
special focus on brain-related distorders such as Alzheimer’s
disease, chemical dependency, traumatic brain injuries,
developmenta, emotional and mental disabilities.
The Pilot Clubs of Warner Robins and Perry have lead
the way in providing security for victims of mental dis
abilities, by purchasing the Life Saver/CareTrak Emergency
Mobility Locator System for the Houston County Sheriffs
Department. This system provides a radio signal bracelet
that enables officers to locate the wearer quickly if he or
she is lost and disoriented. For more information about this
program, please contact Evelyn McCain at 478-922-1340.
The clubs also provide a Brainminder program for school
children, teaching about their brains and encouraging safe
play and the wearing of helmets.
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