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Working Out
People Problems
By Nan Phillips
(Nan Phillips is a free
lance writer and works with
her husband, W.R. Phillips,
a pastoral counselor,
specializing in marriage and
family therapy.)
If confession is good for
the soul so is a trip to the
dump. Everyone ac
cumulates old plastic plant
containers, / squashed K-
Mart lawn chairs and wreck
ed window screens you could
probably pass off in the right
shop as modern sculpture.
All this you sooner or later
pitch over into the old pick
up and head for the dump
thinking of something you
would rather be doing.
That’s OK, but that’s not
THE trip to the dump.
The trip to the dump I’m
talking about is a soul
baring, head-clearing look
into the past. I’ts also a
spirit-lifting look to the
future. And it’s a real trip.
On a recent Saturday I
realized about lunch time
that I was depressed. When I
tried to think about it I found
my mind so cluttered with
little worries and unfinished
business that I wasn’t sur
prised at feeling so low. I
decided to write an overdue
letter that had been tapping
me on the shoulder for days.
Looking through my desk for
stationary and finding none I
tried the closet shelf. I found
everything there except
writing paper.
Putting off the letter, I
poked a tentative hand into
the boxes, bags and stacks of
old notes, cards, pictures,
fabric scraps and clippings.
One shelf led to another.
Student Named
To Magazine
Diana Komo, 13, has been
named Co-Ed correspondent
for the 1979-80 school year,
according to an announce
ment by Kathy Gogick,
editor of Co-Ed Magazine.
Co-Ed, published nationally
by Scholastic Magazines,
Inc. for home economics
students, contains features
on personal development,
careers and consumer
awareness as well as the
latest trends in fashion, food,
beauty and home fur
nishings.
Diana is an eighth grade
student at Otwell Middle
School and the daughter of
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Soon I was sorting out the
relevant from the incidental
clutter, the useless debris of
the past from my treasures.
Apparently it had been some
time since I noted the dif
ference.
In another closet I found
old magazines I had intend
ed to comb for gardening
tips and recipes piled near a
bag of moldy old tennis
shoes. Under a coil of ill
assorted belts that were the
only survivors of long
deceased outfits, hid a small
blue box that stirred me, but
I couldn’t remember why.
When I lifted the dusty lid
the fragile brown gardenias
inside sprang to life through
the haze of time as I watched
the boy jump Mrs.
Chambers’ fence again to
pick them for me.
By late afternoon I had
three piles on the floor-one
for the dump, one for the
charity thrift shop and the
few things really worth keep
ing. Gradually the fear of let
ting things go had faded. By
the time I got to the drawer
full of thoughtless, imper
sonal gifts from long
forgotten obligated givers
the pitching process was
downright exhilerating.
Picking through a box of
old snapshots I had a good
cry, a good laugh and a slow
realization that I was feeling
light and free. As I slid the
pictures and the blue flower
box back on the shelf I
reminded myself to tell my
old fence-jumping friend
about this when he came
home for dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W.
Komo, Rt. 8, Cumming. She
was appointed correspon
dent by Diane West and Nan
cy Cassels, home economics
teachers.
As an active FHA student
she is presently serving as
secretary of the school FHA
chapter. She has earned her
Junior Degree and will com
plete work on her Chapter
Degree this year.
Selected for her qualities
of leadership and en
thusiasm for home
economics, Diana will serve
as junior advisor to Co-Ed
editors.
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Milk Dates
IS MILK FRESH?
Ever noticed that date or
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The date on milk cartons is
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as many people think. It is
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If a carton of milk is dated
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Milk is one of our most
perishable foods. Unless it is
consumed within a
reasonable amount of time it
will lose its freshness. Milk
is dated in such a way that
the consumer is guaranteed
a reasonable degree of
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A 1977 graduate of Johnson
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Although milk is a very
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The temperature of milk is
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Keep milk away from
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Milk’s flavor is adversely
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foods with strong odors such
as onions. Always store it in
a tightly closed container to
prevent picking up the flavor
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Remember the next time
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containers is not an expira
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grocer’s use. The milk
dating system is arranged to
give you a whole week or
more of freshness if you will
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1980-
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