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♦ SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2008
4B
TALK
of the
TOWN
By
Julie
Evans
jevans@evanstiewspapers.
Happy Father's Day
Tomorrow is a special day
for a lot of us who are for
tunate enough to still have
our fathers. If your father is
still living, make sure that
you go see him, call or send
him a card. It will make his
day I was only 21 years old
when I lost my dad to can
cer. He was a great influence
for me in my life. His real
name was James, but his
friends called him “Buddy.”
He was my ‘Buddy”, too.
I still think of him daily
and wish that could talk to
him just one more time. I
would like to introduce him
to my “little Buddy,” the
grandson he never met, my
son Foy.
Westfield Class of 11978
is meeting this weekend for
dinner. I guess it has been
30 years since they gradu
ated. I know that they will
have a great time seeing
one another.
Marynan McLendon is
officially hitched to Todd.
At least, that is what the
Chick Fil A sign said. Look
on Page 6B and see for
yourself. Her mom, Nancy
Shelton McLendon has
just gotten her two boys
married in 2007. I believe
that Nancy should have the
“getting married “ protocol
down pat. So who is Todd?
He is the manager of Chick
Fil A. Marynan met Todd
at a Bible study held at
Charlie Walker’s. The wed
ding is planned for Nov. 15.
Kellie and Brian Bowen
are celebrating 22 years
of marriage today. Happy
Anniversary, guys!
Jane Winston has just
returned from Paris with
two friends of hers, Marcia
Barnes and Mary Alice
Holland. Maybe I can get
her to share some of her
trip with us.
My little friend, Allison
Townsend, showed every
one this past weekend that
she knows how to drive a
racecar at the drag strip.
She just started racing
last week and has already
taken the winners circle.
She is racing the rail cars
in the 8 year- 12-year-old
division (the long skinny
looking cars). Her speed
was clocked at 70.82 mph
in 9.043 seconds. I believe
this little girl is going to
show the whole family up
because both of her parents
race too. My money is on
Allison. Way to go, girl!
Dana and Andy McKenzie
just celebrated their sec
ond wedding anniversary at
one of my all time favorite
places, Amelia Island. Has
it been two years already?
Seems like I just went to
Houston Lake for the recep
tion.
Jimmy Faircloth and
Jimmy Harrell introduced
me to the new Youth
Minister at Perry United
Methodist Church last week.
His name is Kyle Kuhn.
Kyle is from Indianapolis.
He is a cute fellow and I
know he will be a great
asset to the church. If you
want to meet him, he will
be in church tomorrow.
I was on St. Simons Island
this past week. Let me tell
you something. I was hot,
really hot. Not a cloud in
See TALK, Page 6B
Lifetime lessons learned from my father
When it becomes your
unfortunate lot to be
orphaned in life, you recol
lect a great deal about your
parents, reflecting back on
many things including the
wisdom they passed along.
Fortunately, while both of
my parents were alive, I had
grown older enough to appre
ciate my upbringing and the
lessons they taught. Now,
though, I realize in think
ing back that it was Mama
who taught me useable skills
in life like sewing, cooking
and gardening while Daddy
preached the principles that
have guided me personally
and professionally. He was
special. I often encounter
people who say, “I thought
so much of your daddy. He
The HHJ QUIZ
Literary Quiz
As fictional characters,
what do Lula, Hawk, Melrose
Plant and Clete Purcell have
in common?
Harrison’s Sports
Quiz
The NBA post-season play
offs have finally wound down
with the Lakers-Celtics in the
championship finals. Free
throws have affected the out
come of each 2008 conference
series. What player holds
the NBA post-season, single
game record for the most
free throws made? Also give
the year and the opponent in
that game.
History Quiz
Which president later
described his military ser
vice as involving the slaugh
ter of more mosquitos than
Indians?
Faith Quiz
Whose last words were
reportedly, “I am ready to
die for my Lord, that in my
blood the church may obtain
liberty and peace”? Where
and how did he die?
In the News
How did the lady in the
Eye Q picture make head
lines this week?
Weird Quiz
Name the eagle who became
an inhabitant a place where
money was made?
Don’t get stuck on the 13th floor with us
I awak
en to hear,
“This is
the fire
depart
ment.
You may
go back
to your
rooms.
This was
a false
alarm”
■Pf / ' |
Angela
Lineberger
Me and the Boys
OopS. We must have
all slept through the first
alarm. It’s a good thing
there wasn’t a real fire. We
would have been in trouble,
especially since we are on
the thirteenth floor of a thir
ty floor building.
Thirteenth floor; that cer
tainly is appropriate, espe
cially with my boys. Anyone
who gets stuck staying on
the same floor with us should
consider themselves very
unlucky. We are vacationing
LIFESTYLE
Ronda Rich
Columnist
Christmas and Easter for
what they represented but
gifts of any kind were, in
his estimation, “a bunch of
nonsense.” Desserts, he pro
claimed, were childish and
just for kids but champi
onship wrestling was seri
ous business. Long before
it was cool to the masses,
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HPII
Eye Q: Name the actress.
Last Week's
Answers
The man wih a plan
The man in the photo
was General George Catlett
Marshall, one of the great
ones with a lasting leg
acy, remembered for the
Marshall Plan which helped
a war-torn Europe back to
its feet after World War 11,
Getting it right were Mike
Stanley, Therese Stanley,
Bill Harrison, Jaloo Zelonis,
Larry and Chris Thomson,
Terry Everett, Nancy
Braswell, Olivia Stachorek,
at Panama City Beach. This
is our first time vacationing
here and the boys think it is
the greatest.
They love the go carts,
arcades, water parks, res
taurants, and especially all
the people. We usually vaca
tion at Mexico Beach, Cape
San Bias, or Amelia Island.
Panama City is fun, but T
prefer our usual spots that
are less crowded and quieter.
Now that the boys are older,
vacationing is much easier
for us.
We took Tal, Hunter, Ben,
and Luke on their first vaca
tion when they were five
months old. Even though
they were on heart moni
tors and weighed only ten
pounds each, we still loaded
everyone and everything up
and headed south to vaca
tion with my husband’s fam
ily-
None of us got much sleep
Daddy spent his Saturday
nights with Dusty Rhodes,
Rick Flair and Thunderbolt
Patterson.
I guess you could say he
was an enigma, a paradox
of sorts.
Normally, though, he was
more focused on the practi
cal things of life like com
mon sense and wisdom.
Every day I think of him
and follow his advice at least
once in the day. In honor of
Father’s Day, one of those
“foolish” holidays, here are
a few of my favorite pieces of
his wisdom:
Worry not over what money
and hard work can replace. I
was 16 years old and had just
backed the family sedan into
a car in the Sears parking
was a fine
man.”
But he
could be
peculiar,
too.
First
of all, he
loathed
holidays.
He appre
cia t e d
by Charlotte
Perkins
Nelda Tawse, Jim Worrall
and Sharon Cyr.
Tree of Heaven
The tree that “grqws in
Brooklyn” in Betty Smith’s
classic, is naned the “Tree of
Heaven” in the book, and has
the botanical name, Ailanthus
altissimus. Getting it right
were Mike Stanley, Therese
Stanley, Bill Harrison, Jane
Winston, Jaloo Zelonis,
Larry and Chris Thomson,
Sandra Faircloth, Nancy
Braswell, Olivia Stachorek,
Jim Worrall, Sharon Cyr and
Laurie Jones.
that year. The boys were so
small that they still made
those little noises that sound
like barnyard animals.
Sometimes I thought we
had a herd of lambs with us
instead of boys. That year I
came to the realization that
vacations would never be the
same.
When the boys were tod
dlers, vacations were even
more tiring. Their usual
time to awaken was 6:00
a.m. That did not change
when we went on vacation.
So, one person was designat
ed to get up early with the
boys, feed them breakfast
(which consisted of tossing
them a few Cheerios) and try
to keep them quiet enough
so everyone else could sleep
a little later in the morn
ings.
The house that we stayed
in when they were 17
months old was perfect for
lot. It was about a hundred
dollars worth of damage to
both cars but I cried as if
I had totaled them. Daddy,
calm and cool, showed up.
He put his arm around me
and shared that piece of wis
dom. At the time, I was just
relieved not to be in trouble
and didn’t absorb the power
of those words. In the weeks
that follow my brother’s
and Mama’s deaths, I truly
understood. Material things
can be replaced. Loved ones
can’t be.
You can only help someone
when they need help. When
life is way too busy and I
have way too much to do but
a friend or loved one is need
of a casserole, a cake, a help
ing hand or a shoulder to
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or call 987-1823 , ext. 234
Rocket man
Bill Harrison says,
“Maurice “Rocket” Richard,
playing 18 years for the
Montreal Canadiens, scored
an individual career record
34 goals in Stanley Cup
Finals, winning five consec
utive cup championships as
team captain. He also has
the most career overtime
goals in the Finals with
three.” Getting it right
were Mike Stanley, Therese
Stanley, Jane Winston, Jaloo
Zelonis, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Terry Everett,
Sandra Faircloth, Nancy
Braswell, Olivia Stachorek
and Sharon Cyr.
I Would be True
Jaloo Zelonis provided
some detail on this one.
Howard A. Walter wrote the
words while in Japan and
sent them to his mother.
They were published in
Harper’s Magazine; Joseph
Y Peek wrote the music.
S. Ralph Harlow wrote
verses 4-6, after dreaming
that his friend, Howard
Walter, appeared and told
him to do so.”
I might add that it’s a
very pretty song which I
first learned in Vacation
Bible School. Getting it
right, in addition to Jaloo,
were, Mike Stanley, Therese
Stanley, Bill Harrison, Jane
Winston, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Terry Everett,
Sandra Faircloth, Nancy
Braswell, Olivia Stachorek,
Nelda Tawse, Jim Worrall,
Sharon Cyr and Laurie
Jones.
this. It had a screened in
porch so whoever was the
designated “early bird” that
day would corral them and
take them out on the porch
to eat breakfast and play.
Unfortunately, that same
house had very steep stairs
that weren’t childproof.
Before we could install
the child gate at the top of
the stairs, Luke discovered
them and promptly fell qll
the way down them, land
ing on the tile floor below.
Thankfully, he has a hard
head, and toddled away
without a scratch.
Now, that the boys are
older, they sleep until mid
morning and it is wonderful
for the adults, especially me,
since I am not a morning per
son anyway. For many years,
vacations for us were just
like every other day, except
in a different location. We
still cooked, washed clothes,
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
cry on, I repeat these words
out loud. Then, I do exactly
what he would expect me to
do and what I should do.
A man who’ll lie to you,
will steal from you. Daddy
was so honorable and forth
right that folks with whom
he dealt in business nick
named him “Honest Ralph.”
His word was his bond, the
same as money in the bank
and that’s what he taught
his children. He did most
business deals on a hand
shake and his word. Today,
90 percent of my business
transactions are done on
my word only. The others
are more elaborate deals
that require contracts but
See DAD, Page 6B
Earthquake
Amos wrote two years
before a very large earth
quake which apparently
made so much of an impres
sion that Zechariah men
tioned it a couple of centuries
later. Mike Stanley, Therese
Stanley, Bill Harrison, Jane
Winston, Jaloo Zelonis,
Larry and Chris Thomson,
Terry Everett, Sandra
Faircloth, Nancy Braswell,
Olivia Stachorek, Jim
Worrall, Sharon Cyr and
Laurie Jones.
Surgery on the Senator
Senator Edward M.
Kennedy was in the news
as he underwent surgery for
a malignant brain tumor.
Getting it right were Mike
Stanley, Therese Stanley,
Bill Harrison, Jane Winston,
Jaloo Zelonis, Larry and
Chris Thomson, Terry
Everett, Sandra Faircloth,
Nancy Braswell, Olivia
Stachorek, Nelda Tawe, Jim
Worrall, Sharon Cyr and
Laurie Jones.
Higgamous, Hoggamous
Yqs, Williams James actu
ally wrote, “Higgamous,
Hogamous, woman’s monog
amous; Hoggamous, higga
mous, man is polygamous”
Heroically getting it right
were Mike Stanley, Therese
Stanley, Bill Harrison, Jaloo
Zelonis, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Terry Everett,
Nancy Braswell, Olivia
Stachorek, Jim Worrall and
Laurie Jones.
picked up, fed children, put
them down for naps, and
broke up fights.
Now, fhey still fight, but we
usually just let them “duke”
it out and see who wins. It’s
like our very own “extreme
fighting”, Lineberger style,
except we don’t have to buy
a ticket or subscribe to it
on pay per view. But, most
of the time it’s fairly calm,
and eveiyone enjoys being
together.
So this summer, if your
vacation seems chaotic with
the kid% relax, and remem
ber, it could be crazier. You
could be stuck on the thir
teenth floor with us.
Angela Lineberger lives
in Perry with her husband,
Kerry, and five boys, Tully,
age 15, and Tal, Hunter, Ben,
and Luke, age 13.