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The R«f and Black. Friday. May II. 1979
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Russo’s serves Greek gyros, other delicacies downtown
ACC AN has crisis nursery, hotline as goals
friends arc not going to go to
your restaurant unless it’s
good," Russo explained that
only fresh meats and vege
tables are used and only goat's
milk feta cheese is served in
dressings and salads He was
enthusiastic in his praise of the
sweet Vidalia onions (from
Vidalia. Ga.) that he uses in
his recipes
The restaurant is open from
11 a m to 9 p m Monday
through Thursday, 11 a m to
11 p.m Friday and Saturday,
and 1:00 a m. to 9:00 p m.
Sunday
P5C members at odds again
ATLANTA < l/PI> —Public
Service Commissioner Billy
Lovett was sharply rebuked by
PSC chairman Bobby Pafford
Wednesday for using a barn
yard expletive to describe the
Nuclear Kegulatory Commis
sion.
The brash young coramis-
uoner replied that he was sorry
if his language offended
Pafford. but that he was sure
everyone had heard the
expression before—and that
the people who elected him last
year wanted him to speak his
mind candidly.
Lovett recently accused
Georgia Power Co. of covering
up a potentially dangerous leak
of tritium-contaminated water
at its nuclear plant near
Baxley, and asked the PSC to
investigate the incident. He did
not show up for a commission
meeting on the topic Wednes
day morning, however, saying
he had already talked to the
chief speaker—Plant Hatch
safety engineer Rick Rogers-
and wanted to hear from NRC
regional director James O'Reil
ly
“We’ve got such a chicken-
s— bureaucracy here in
Region Ii that we can't even
get the head guy to come down
and talk to us," said Lovett. “I
don’t know if he don't
(sic)...know the answers to the
question, whether he was
afraid of what I was going to
ask him, or what."
Pafford let Lovett finish,
then told him, “I hope. too.
commissioner, that in mixed
company you’ll use better
expressions.” Lovett replied
that everyone at the PSC
administrative meeting must
have heard the term before,
but Pafford suggested he not
say anything in public he
would not say if his mother was
present
"I can say that my mother
would object to it, my grand
mother. too," said Pafford
Lovett said. “I hope I didn't
offend anyone,” and that "I
haven't said anything no one
(sic) hasn't heard before,” and
then began explaining that he
was elected on blunt-spoken
promises to he tough on
utilities, and that the public
expects him to speak out
strongly.
“You’ll find out whether they
like bad language," said
Pafford. "I don't believe the
people expect descriptives like
the one you used."
Rogers, briefing the other
four commissioners on the
Hatch plant, said the tritium
incident posed no danger of
contamination. He said Georgia
Power reported it to the NRC
even though the leak was
below required reporting lev
els. and that the company
tends to "over-report" to be
especially safe.
mountains.
By MYRON ROSEA
A mother puts her child in boiling
hot water A father hits his
one-year-old son across the face with a
belt Another parent punishes a child
by Durning him with a cigarette.
These incidents are unfortunate
occurrences that do happen Similar
acts take place here in Athens
Doctors, nurses, teachers, social
workers, and students from the Athens
area formed an organization two and
one-half years ago that seeks to help
both the parents and children involved
in such incidents The organization is
the Athens Council on Child Abuse and
Neglect
The purpose of this group is to
"educate the public on the existence of
child abuse and neglect and to help
parents resolve their problems, " said
Lorna Martin, president of the
organization
According to Martin, the major
goals of the group are the
developments of a crisis nursery and a
child abuse hotline
“We are trying to develop a crisis
nursery which would be a temporary
shelter for children whose parents
can't cope with the problems of child
raising," said Martin She said the
home would have house parents to
supervise the children
The chief purpose of the child abuse
hotline Is to provide help for
potentially abusive parents. Martin
said that the hotline would give these
parents a place to call when they feel
they might abuse their child
Martin noted that the organization is
currently involved in several other
projects One of these is the Parents
Anonymous Group that meets every
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the McPhall
Center on Sanford Drive
' This group is for parents who wish
to discuss their problems with raising
children and overcoming anxieties,"
said Martin The leaders of this group
are available to help for interested
persons Anyone interested may call
Donna Smith or Alice Sanders at
M2 2551 during the day or Cindy Bruce
at M9 1939 at night.
The council also has programs that
seek to inform the public on the
problems of child abuse “We have a
speaker's bureau that provides
speakers for meetings of several dvtc
groups, ' said Martin
“Our major need at the present is
for more interested people to help us
with fund raising and publication
education," Martin said. The council
meets on the first Tuesday of every
month at 7:30 p.m , at Athena General
Hospital
Anyone seeking more information
may call Mrs Martin at 353-11*0
Mall pnoio >aii> Kro*n
Barbara and Bob Russo serve customers
Gyros restaurant The diner,
located downtown on Broad
Street next to the Mayflower
Restaurant, serves up hot
"gyros'' (pronounced with a
silent "G” and rolled “R"), a
savory and hefty type of Greek
sandwich.
Gyros are composed of
seasoned meat, sour cream
dressing, lettuce, cucumbers,
onions and olives, all stuffed
into a thick, round pita bread
wrapping The meat, which
contributes largely to the sand
wich’s distinctive flavor, con-
B y PATRICK POWERS
Those among us who have
sworn off production-line ham
burgers and seek reli from
fast-food tyranny in general
can find a unil l ue and ,asl >
oasis in the form of Russo's
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sists of 25 percent lamb, 75
percent beef and is seasoned
with ‘‘secret Arabic herbs.”
according to Bob Russo
Eating Out
Russo, who runs the nook-
like restaurant along with his
wife, Barbara, explained that
gyros are a popular food in
Mediterranean and Middle
Eastern areas and that they go
by a number of regional
names The sandwiches are
also rapidly gaining favor in
the United States
Russo, rotund, bearded and
jovial, is a man who obviously
enjoys his own food as well as
serving it to others The
Brooklyn native has lived in
Athens for five years, and
claims lifelong involvement in
the food business he said he
learned much from his father,
who owned several Greek
restaurants in New York.
In addition to gyros. Russo's
offers such foods as chicken
yaune, a pita bread sandwich
containing chicken and grilled
vegetables; felafel wrap, an
Arabic vegetarian sandwich
filled with garbanzo beans, a
London broil sandwich served
with grilled green peppers and
onion and special, natural-
casinged franks imported from
New York For dessert there i#
Iranian baklava, a light pastry
containing honey, coconut and
nuts made locally by an
elderly Iranian woman
Because of his varied menu,
Russo prefers to think of the
diner as an “international
sandwich shop," and not
simply a Greek food restaur
ant
Russo's, cheerfully small
and usually crowded with
intent eaters, is "a place only
someone from New York or a
big city could appreciate,” he
remarked, and noted that its
character reminded him of the
sort of ethnic food establish
ment common in Greenwich
Village
Primarily concerned with
maintaining the quality of his
food because "even your
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