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The Augusta News-Review September 1,1984 MBBfcw? sHF t *** ***** •—* ' BS g . ■_ IL 1 K W 1 a .«> p r B b”'.* 'wg* ■ x-—y .Ji h Maryline Blackburn Desiree Keating Ruth Booker Anita Whitaker Lauren Green Renee Bagley Miss Alaska Miss District of Columbia Miss Illinois Miss Louisiana Miss Minnesota Miss Oregon Six Blacks to compete for Miss America title How to put the squeeze on electricjuice. When the temperature '' : --' < is going up this summer, you can keep your electric -'- -A bills down, if you cut down A on the amount you use. ■■ Here are some easy ways v to do that: Wffißh' ■'/, Bx 1. Keep your pots and pans 'Z covered while you cook. This keeps " : more flavor in your food and reduces ,i|O S st - the amount of humidity going into the £ ._ 2. Try to do most of your cooking during the cooler evening hours. 1 3. ChecK your doors and windows to =j make sure they fit tightly so that your cool .- 5 ? air doesn't escape. v 4. Learn how to read your electric meter. It's easy to do. And you can really control the amount of electricity you use. These are easy ways to put the ~-=- squeeze on electric juice this summer so your electric bill will put less of a- - on your budget. < \ Georgia Power jIL \ \. /' We Keep You r r Plugged Into Savings. IM X a WX ** * t '■ £ • m <wamßfe ■ :&: ' WtttXWM iSB AA- F "A* '%& "’■ ' ' '*'■ ■' ; rl Bp w I WMF > \ w £ AXSL f -A i ■ ■■" ’W»” W, ■ .ts*?. "2"z '"\ M 8..: I'S *»*•*.■ a B dh. ; Z OC . MJHb g -W '** ,v jOHi W JBMPt ■* W '!>-- 4S jMM /ImbMW I fO 21 riKaiwr -4WHI *-»•£ ' w > >1 IBmbFwJb ww « wl *ww ' ,C z • /,. . ,z Z z., ,-., - <.. .-. :. 'l'? :' :■>. . _4 . f 5 ★< H © *MOI a C»w»*«i w ■ I Official soft drink of the- 084 Olympics Page 2 from page 1 years. She is a student of George Washington University, majoring in dance therapy. Desiree has stuided dance for 14 years and will perform a mod dern dance routine in the Miss American Pageant. She wants to perform as a dancer and eventually use dance therapy as away to help others, particularly children. Beautiful Ruth Booker, Miss Illinois, is o’ne of 15 children and a self-taught singer. Ruth is a junior at DePaul University in Chicago, majoring in accounting. She has served as an accounting intern for Time-Life, Inc. And been involved with Inroads, Inc., an internship organization for minority students in business and engineering. Ruth also served as honorary co-chairman of the Sickle Cell Anemia Bike-A-Thon. Anita Whitaker, Miss Louisiana, is a 24-year-old registered nurse, who has already cut her first gospel album. In 1982 Anita was selected as one of the “Outstanding Young Women in America.” Among her hobbies are songwriting, cross stitching and playing the piano and violin. Her professional singing experien ce includes two years of perfor ming with the Las Vagas Sahara Showcase. Anita is a graduate of Northeast Louisiana University where she was a Dean’s List student. Tall (5’ 10 ,! ) Lauren Green is the first Black Miss Minnesota. A School Night for Scouting scheduled The fun and adventure that boys find in Scouting is very near for hundreds of boys in this area who want to be Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts. School Night for Scouting in The CSRA Employment and Training Consortium and the Augusta Area Technical School will be offering a course in Liscensed Practical Nursing (LPN) to begin September 26, 1984. Funds for this program are being made available through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In order to be eligible for the program you must have a high school diploma or GED; be a resident of Richmond or Columbia County; and be economically disadvantaged ac cording to federal guidelines. If you are interested in applying for this program, report to the Georgia Department of Labor, 601 Greene Street—Room 229, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 17th through Thursday, August 30, 1984. Bring your Social Security Card With You!! Equal Opportunity Trainers/Employers. MORNING sTcKNESS DRUG SUSPECTED of CAUSING BIRTH DEFECTS A drug prescribed to control morning sickness may have been the cause of birth defects in children whose mothers took the drug during the first three months of pregnancy. The trade name of the drug was Benedectin. It was created to control nausea and vomiting In pregnant women. The drug is considered a possible cause of a number of mental or physical defects in children, in cluding mental deficiency, blindness, cleft palate and missing limbs or deformities of the toes, fingers or in ternal organs of children. Bendectin was first introduced in 1953. The manufacturer stopped making the drug in June 1983 and has taken it off the market. Children who have birth defects caused by Ben dectin may be able to receive money damages from the manufacturer of the drug. If you took Bendectin and your child was born with a birth defect, or if you have any information about possible harm caused by Bendectin, please call toll-free Monday through Friday. 1-800-822-TORT MIDDLETON & ANDERSON, P.C. 1-800-822-TORT MIDDLETON & ANDERSON, P.C. graduate of the University of Min nesota where she majored in piano performance, music has always been a big part of her life. She received an academic scholarship to college based on her piano talent, and studied with the late Fred Waring and Carnegie Hall pianist Bernhard Weiser. ** Suzette Charles Miss America Lauren currently works for the Human Resources Department at Twin City Federal. One of five children, she hopes to pursue classical theatre training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Renee’ Bagley, Miss Oregon, lives on 13 of the original 40 acres her grandfather bought in 1939. local schools is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Sept. 6 in Columbia and Richmond counties. Boys and their parents are in vited to come to their neigh borhood school “to join the Majoring in health and physical education at Portland State University, Renee’ has long been involved in sports. She is an ice skater of merit, and was ranked as one of the top three skaters in the Northwest Figure Skating Cham pionships for four years. She is also quite proud of her brother who as a collegiate wrestler won the Big Sky Conference wrestling championship four years in a row. Renee’ will sing in the Miss America Pageant and hopes eventually to start her own business, with an emphasis on health for all her employees. What does it mean to be a part of the Pageant? Ruth Booker says of her new responsibility, “It’s important for all young women to have rolemodels. It’s a role that I do not mind playing-all of us need to look up to someone who in spires us to greater heights, and I hope by my accomplishments other young women will realize that they, too, can work to achieve their dreams.” Dance classes announced The Wheeler Road YWCA is ac cepting registration for classes in Jazz dance. Classes will meet on Mondays, Sept. 10-13. Kaye Petkas will be the instruc tor. Pre-registration is required. For more information, call the YWCA at 738-6678. Scouts,” according to John Drew, School Night Chairman for the Netami District, Georgia-Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America. “Cub Scouting and Boy Scouting are more educational than recreational programs,” Drew said, “and parents find that the fun and activities of Scouting all have a basis of character development, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness.” Drew explained that Cub Scouts are eight years of age or have com pleted the second grade and Scouts are eleven years of age or have completed the fifth grade. New program is the family oriented program called Tiger Cubs,” it is for a boy who is either six years of age and have completed the first grade or are seven years of age. Barbara Hilliard Barbara Hillard is reassigned Airman Barbara A. Hilliard, daughter of Gladys J. Hilliard of 2004 Barnes Road, has been assigned to Kessler Air Force Base, Miss., after completing air force basic training. During the six weeks at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special training in human relations. In addition, airmen who com plete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. The airman will now receive specialized training in the ad ministration field. She is a 1981 graduate of George P. Butler High School.