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Page 4C,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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CHILDREN’S
AUTHORS
ACROSS
1. Japanese port
6. Type of feeling
9. ^Carter Goodrich’s
“The Hermit ”
13. Used by pitchers and
violinists
14. Campfire residue
15. Light shade of blue
16. Chocolate tree
17. Legendary “West”
18. Lowest point
19. *”Diary of a Wimpy
Kid” author
21. *”Percy Jackson &
The Olympians” creator
23. Fitness spot
24. wig or win
kle
25. J. Edgar Hoover was
its first director
28. Whimper
30. Lay to rest
35. Post-cremation con
tainer
37. Person, place or thing
39. Candle shape
40. Kind
41. Retire from military
43. It equals distance
divided by time
44. “Little fact”
46. Used to harness wind
at sea
47. Ragtime dance. The
Turkey
48. Holiday beverage
50. Chow
52. Beneficiary of holiday
toy drives
53. Was key strategist for
George W. Bush
55. Prefix for bad
57. *”Corduroy” author
61. *Wild Things” creator
64. Caterpillar precursor
65. Second sight?
67. Marcus Aurelius garb,
pi.
69. Bay window
70. Theatrical prompt
71. Not together
72. Part of a hammerhead
73. “New on the
block”
74. Michael J. Fox in
“Back to the Future”
DOWN
1. *Azog or Bolg in Tolk
ien’s Moria
2. Let something sit, as in
water
3. Reproductive structures
on fungi
4. Asiatic wild ass
5. *Lemony Snicket, e.g.
6. Like flavor of some wild
meat
7. Popular three-syllable
chant by American fans
8. Not here
9. Tsar, tzar or
10. ^Former Australian
PM turned children’s
author
11. Toreador Song from
“Carmen,” e.g.
12. Capital of Switzerland
15. To bless
20. Make corrections
22. Wrath
24. Decoration on top of
musketeer’s hat
25. *”Inkworld Trilogy”
author
26. “ it on!”
27. *The way Conan
Doyle’s detective liked to
appear
29. Sufferings
31. Popular French pastry
32. Abstractionism with
optical illusion, popular in
the 1960s
33. - product, as in
copycat
34. *”The Mitten” author/
illustrator
36. Fastened with stitches
38. Film
42. *Her teen novels often
tackle controversial topics
45. Conventional
49. India’s smallest state
51. ^Random House im
print for children’s books
54. T-shirt collar type
56. Parkinson’s drug
57. Complete failure
58. One in a million
59. One of Great Lakes
60. Not odd, as in number
61. Accelerated
62. Petri dish gel
63. Go-
66. 6th century dynasty in
China
68. Eye infection
On NASCAR: Not the
winner, but still champion
Special to the Ledger
By Cathy Elliott
During a press con
ference in Miami held
three days prior to the
season-ending Ford 400,
a comment made before
any of the three remain
ing NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series championship
contenders ut
tered a single
word made
me laugh out
loud.
“The three
drivers still
in contention
for this year’s
series title
are separated
by just 46
points,” said
Ramsey
Poston, NAS-
CAR’s manag
ing director of corporate
communications. “So close
you could cover them with
a blanket.”
Wow; flashback. When
my brother and I were kids
— and probably when you
and your brother were kids,
too — we would separate
ourselves from the outside
world by constructing
forts made of blankets
draped on chairs. Inside
that enclave we, along with
maybe a random cousin or
two, were the only people
that mattered. No one else
existed.
Usually a tussle of some
sort would ensue, and vari
ous arms and legs would
poke out of the sides of the
blanket as things pro
gressed, but the majority of
the action was contained
inside that private little
world. It was stuffy, but it
was ours.
I kept waiting for Kevin
Harvick, Jimmie Johnson
or Denny Hamlin to crack
wise about not wanting to
share blanket space with
either, or both, of the other
two, but it never happened.
In some strange way, I
think they all ‘got it.’
These three drivers are
grown men,
not imagina
tive children
pretending to
be Butch and
Sundance.
They still
get to play
their favorite
game, but now
they’re getting
paid for it, and
the stakes are
high. Since
February, they
have been
constructing their fort,
doing whatever needed to
be done in order to shore
it up, to make those walls
impossible for invaders to
breach. The war has been
long, and on Nov. 21 at
Homestead-Miami Speed
way it all came down to a
single battle that only one
could win.
Kevin Harvick would
have made a great NAS
CAR champion.
At 34, Harvick is old
enough to be seasoned
but still young enough
to be cool. It is hard to
believe nearly a decade
has passed since his abrupt
entry into the Cup Series,
facilitated by the untimely
death of Dale Earnhardt
Sr. The ghost of the man
many people consider the
greatest NASCAR driver
of all time is Harvick’s
near-constant companion.
drifting silently but never
unnoticed at every media
center press conference, in
every photo op with team
owner Richard Childress.
But having The Intimida-
tor riding shotgun hasn’t
intimidated Kevin Harvick.
If anything, it has motivat
ed him. “It all has worked
backwards for me with
coming in, with taking
over Dale’s car. You started
with the biggest press
conference you’ll ever be
a part of in your whole
life. You start with the
weight of the world on your
shoulders,” he said. “As it’s
gone through the years, it’s
gotten easier. It’s almost
like you’ve gotten prepared
for these situations before
you even got started.”
Harvick is a man of the
people, someone you feel
like you could sit down and
have a beer with and actu
ally relate to. (Apparently
Budweiser agrees; they will
sponsor Harvick’s Chevy
beginning next season).
He has worked hard and
enjoyed great success -- he
has two NASCAR Camp
ing World Series owner
championships, two NAS
CAR Nationwide Series
driver championships, and
14 Cup Series wins to his
credit, including the 2007
Daytona 500.
A championship for
Harvick would have also
meant a championship for
Richard Childress and a
resulting spike in tissue
sales, as there would not
have been a dry eye in the
house, or at the track. Plus,
he started the race third in
the driver standings, which
made him the underdog.
But he had no intention of
rolling over and playing
dead. “Yeah, you know,
obviously you want to
outrun the other team, and
you want to do it as fair as
you can. I think if it comes
down to the end. I’ll sleep
fine. I’ll do whatever I have
to do,” he said.
We already know Jimmie
Johnson will make a great
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Dave Says
by Dave Ramsey ^
Special to the Ledger
(A ring on her finger ...)
Dear Dave,
My girlfriend and I have
been dating for about three
years, and we’re talking
about getting married. I
have some money saved up
and would like to buy her a
nice engagement ring. Do
you have any guidelines
on how much to spend on
something like this?
Dustin
Dear Dustin,
If you’re working a good,
steady, full-time job, I
think a good
rule of
thumb for
engagement
rings is one
month’s
pay. Some
jewelry
stores will
tell you
two or
even three
months’
pay, but
that’s just too much. Lots
of people get engaged or
married with cheaper rings,
and the relationship and the
jewelry last just fine.
Trust me, there’s abso
lutely no statistical correla
tion between the price of
the ring and the length of
the marriage!
Jewelry stores have huge
mark-ups on diamonds,
so make sure you don’t
buy it at a typical mall or
franchise shop. You want
someone who’s a diamond
broker, or even a high-end
pawn shop. You can save
literally 50 percent buying
from places like these. But
in either case, you need to
look around and find some
one you can trust, because
if you’re like me, you’re
probably not a diamond
expert.
Remember, too, that
diamonds are not an invest
ment. In two decades, I’ve
never seen the diamonds
I’ve given my wife go up
in value. And the whole
“diamonds are a girl’s best
friend” slogan is just a
bunch of advertising hype.
Don’t fall for that stuff,
either.
Be smart and buy smart,
Dustin. It’s a great feeling
to give the lady of your life
a big sparkling rock, but
you don’t have to break the
bank to do it!
—Dave
(Part of the
hiring process?)
Dear Dave,
I talked to a friend re
cently who had interviewed
for a job, and he said they
pulled his credit score.
Why do potential employ
ers need to check up on
this?
Mitchell
Dear Mitchell,
It’s not unusual for big
businesses - Corporate
America - to do this kind
of thing. Typically, most
small businesses don’t get
into that kind of
stuff. Still, some
companies use
this as a measure
of whether or not
you’re responsi
ble with money.
I can see where
it might possibly
have some value
if you’re going
into the financial
industry. But I
don’t agree with
the premise as a whole. I
have almost 300 people on
my team, and I don’t pull
credit bureaus when we
hire someone.
Here’s my take on this
kind of thing. I wouldn’t
want to work for a company
that puts more emphasis on
my FICO score than on me
as a person. If they don’t
do in-depth, one-on-one in
terviews, assess someone’s
talent levels, and look at
things like their past work
history, job performance
and education, then I don’t
want to work for them. You
want someone who is smart
enough to hire you be
cause you’re an intelligent,
dependable, hardworking
person who can deliver the
goods!
Honestly, there are so
many ways to make a living
in this world that there’s
no reason to put up with
being reduced to a number
like that. If some company
out there is trying to hire
someone by a false measure
of success, then in my mind
it’s not a company worth
working for in the first
place!
—Dave
* For more financial help
please visit daveramsey.
com.
* For more financial help
please visit daveramsey.
com.Provide by Leesburg
United Methodist Church.
Flowers & Happy Birthday
Betty Clark
Compliments of
Leesburg Flower and Gift
Leesburg, Georgia
Phone 759-6917
Flowers may be picked up at Leesburg Flower and Gift
Happy Birthday To
November 25: Brenda Kimbrell, Denver McLendon,
Marica Eubanks, Kevin Abney, Janis Pierce, Jay White,
Jim Douglas, Carl Hartley, John Breneman, Jessica Can
non; November 26: Mike Lyons, Allen Cain, Lisa Evans,
Nicholas J. Gilchrist, Tyler Knight, J.T. Cheek, Geraldine
Cratts, Missy Gilchrist, Charity Gay; November 27: John
Beamon, Earl Cook, Jean Weise, Cotton Sellars, Sharon
Short, Ashley Spurlock, Dorothy Jowers, Carmen Barnes,
Morris Harp, Scott Hood, Robert Beamon, Angela Doug
las, Steve Butts, Randilee A. Dean, Cathy Pantone, Bryan
Owens; November 28: Betty Clark, Trey Gibbs, Mary Ann
Prickett, Richard Askew, Michael Toole, Cooper Spivey,
James H. Watson, Keith Mills, Mason Davis, Amber Tanner,
David Widner, Brett Smith, Kris Abney, Sidney Johnson,
Billy Webb, Judson Thomas, A. J. Adams Darryl Rob
erts, Jason Breneman, George E. Magee, Jr., J.J. McCarty;
November 29: J.I. Loyd, Wint Pollock, Jim Slappey, Leola
Cooper, Tamela Thomas, Quinn Roe, Laura J. Timmerman,
Laura Cox, Sharon Hoffman, Darian McDonald, Jennifer
Napoli, Perry Shiver, LaToya Berryhill, Irene Hendricks;
November 30: Erin McDonald, Kathy Albright, Brad
Baptista, John Myler, Jody Dearing, Jaron Lrazier, Michael
Senn, Glenna Hatfield, William L. Tucker, Keri Coxwell,
Robert E. Hamack IHJennifer Cannon, Christopher Cannon,
Brandon Morgan, Donna Flowers, Allie Morris; December
1: Taleah Wallace, Matt Price, Ann Burkart, Kayla Golden,
Cindy Tindell, Dr. Terry Tedder, Roger Martin, Keith
Wagoner, Marty Leverett, Grace Gillin, Kimberly Laverne
Clark, Jessica Debalski, Dusty Oliver, Laura Harper, Greg
Capps, Holly Terebecki, Ashley Gowens, Phylis Carter,
Aaron Tomlinson
Happy Anniversary To
November 25: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Evans, M. and Mrs. Jim
Edmondson; November 26: Mr. and Mrs. John Weise, Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Galbert Sr.; November 27: Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Yesbick, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mosteller; November
28: Mr. and Mrs. Jason Hager, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Mims,
Mr. and Mrs. James Crumbly; November 30: Mr. and Mrs.
Russell French, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Clenney; December 1:
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Glenn Bullington Sr.