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Newspaper Page Textymmmwj 1st Jessica Elaine Knight Kathiyn Moncrief Kristy Patton Buzz Tanner Cheiyl Quick Judy G. Marable Sally Lou 2nd Caleb Andrews Ethan Kent Marlene Humphiy 3rd Kim Gordon Judy Samuels Stanton Kluge David Peterman 4th Kim Tilley Gabriel Jackson Seth Alan Blasingame Braden Tidwell Lynn Green Lorenzo Burner 5th Carling Colbert James A. Heath James Wilson Drew Moncrief Judy Thomas Lisa Jones Carson Charles Cook Patricia Lowe Karen Grissinger Kim West 6th Thomas V. Raines Dillon Gillispie Dendree Stallings Sylvia Tidwell McMillan Emory Jiles III 7th Jennifer Walton Benjamin Kopper 8th Lisa Marie Bridger Eboni Steele Debra Blackburn Aubrey Moore Lisa Huffman Joshua Kirkwood Edwar4d Deariso II 9th Jennie Lacey Brandi J. Preston Donna Wood Doug Justice Judy Justice Shawanza D. Webb Mark Wright Lacy Amos 10th Charnelle Lewis Hariy Moore Elisha Grant Wendy Watson New 11th Melissa Williams Julie Greer Martha J. McAfee Connie Peterman Gene Darby Jennifer Raz 12th D. Erik Hill Nathaniel Ogletree Fay West Kaye Faulk Savannah King April Woodham Kathy Miller Johnson Johnnie Dye 13th Donald (skeet) Royal Shane Stone Brenda C. Allen 14th Fannie M. Lewis Marvin L. Raines Carri Simmons David Richard Hay slip Jr. Marla Beard Mark A. Suddeth Jahnna Cole 15th DobroshaA. Butts Charlie Ed Ivey Sr. Bruce Brown, Jr. Alexis Wilkes Melanie Clance Misty Romeo Melanie Harrell Sharon Murray 16th Stephanie Baggarley Gregoiy Webb Jr. Stan Cooper Danny Flaherty 17th Jaranda Johnson Gerald Rozar Shelly Sheffield Amanda Perkins Joiner Karla Robinson Chidester Brad Cody 18th Henrietta R. Fegan Wardell Jordan Jason Clark Tracie Bledsoe Cox Kimberly Griffis 19th John Andrews Naveah Ivey Matthew Smith 20th Celia Martin Don Walkins Rusty Sloan Deborah McNeill April Christine Carbon Debbie Costello April Lankford 21st Rev. R.L. Hodo Krystle Miller Joe Donaldson Theresa Crowley Stevie Tyshun Bartley Brittany Stokes 22nd Raven Dugger Terrica S. Hollis Cassidey Varner Charonne Evridge Gard ner Keeshia Brantley Massey 24th Daniel Peacock Karen Baggarley Thomas Smith Hannah Michelle Mason Carolyn Amerson Rich Bennett 25th Jacueline Colbert Tyler Paul Glenn Wilcox 26th Megan Jackson Cathy Collett Davis Betty Sims Kristin McLeod Foran Jessica Johnson 27th Scottie Woodfin Hunter Strickland Barbara Worsham Amy Culpepper Hiley Nikki Hill Natalie Fleming 28th Derrick Blasingame Casey Joyner Beatrice Colbert Tim Stokes Robin Jones Bruce Brown, Sr. Jared Chancellor Chad Williams Amy Gregoiy Hendrix Cecilia Carswell 29th Earlene Lucas JoAnne Howard Lanamae Hensley Matthew Raines Lucille Allen Sharon Blasingame Jeffery Hulette 30th Joe Spinks Joseph Sutton Becky Barnett Tosha Baggett Payne Paul Carreker 31st Mary Jones Jessica Davis Vanessa Rumph June G. Causey Samantha-Gene Ussery Christina Shelton Melissa Mathison-Belknap A Little Headline Hopscotch If a blind, deaf, three-legged dog can save a family from a fire, why can’t our elected of ficials get a grip and do their jobs? Before we answer that, let’s clearly define the role of government—to protect our person, protect and enforce our contractual rights, and protect us from foreign ag gression. On the news the other night it was announced that the Twiggs County Police Department was awarded a $150,000 grant for purposes of implementing an initia tive to reduce violent gang and gun crimes. Where did these funds come from, you may ask? Well, the answer is our perpetually cliff-hanging Federal spending, of course. The “grant” is provided by the United States Department of Justice. There are so many things wrong with that. The federal budget is chock full of these kinds of grants. When the sometimes overly spirited debate about how to fix our fiscal failure goes back and forth, I’ve never heard any one suggest this sort of thing. Everybody’s got a hand out. Think about it. When you hear some organization or depart ment say they’ve received a grant, doesn’t it sound a little like they’ve won the lottery? Does the question of where the money for the grant (read gimme) come from read ily come to mind? I’ll have more to say on this in the not too distant future, but in the meantime go to this website and see if the 2,192 programs and the money spent on them are things you’d voluntarily support: www.cfda.gov. Oh, by-the-way, the acronym stands for: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Moving on. I, probably like you, have been giving gun control a great deal of thought since the recent hor rific attack on the elemen tary school in Connecticut. Criminals will always be able to get guns; it’s law- abiding citizens whose abil ity to protect themselves that are hamstrung. A recent case in point? A mother in Logan- ville, GA protected herself and her children from an in truder by shooting him in the face and other places with five shots from her.38 caliber gun. You go mom! I applaud your actions and aim. At the very same time I ap plaud that mother, I see abso lutely no reason for the sale of assault rifles. Those guns discharge rapid fire bursts of ammunition. They’re termed assault for a reason. We’re not talking about defense. Unless you’re hunting a herd of something dangerous, what possible use is there for the law-abiding citizen to be militarily armed? Yeah, yeah—Second Amendment rights—I’m with you there. As a surviv- alist, I totally get that it may, indeed become necessary to have such weapons should my government’s ability to protect my person and prop erty descend to the point of total failure. So, you see? There’s the mb. On the one hand, I would defend to the death that mother’s right to protect her children, while on the other hand I’m okay with banning assault rifles. This column started out a heck of a lot more light hearted. My bad. To get back on track let me tell you that I’m light-hearted, dog tired, and thankful that The Korean Martial Arts Academy, in its fourth year in Roberta, Craw ford County, has moved our Dojang to a building that will allow for continued growth; and we’re right smack dab in the center of town square. Woohooo and go us! A big shout out and heart felt thanks to our Dojang par ents, friends, and students for New Year's Resolutions Making New Year’s health and fitness resolutions is not something to be ashamed of, it is, however, something to worry about if we no longer place any value on them, especially “when we know we need to change our physical condition and if we at all believe their may be some value to decreasing our depen dence on the medical healthcare system!” When we no longer have enough of that burning de sire to change something (that needs changing) by creating a personal resolve within our selves to make this change, “we are then accepting ourselves in a way that usually does not stay the same, but simply continues to get worse often leading to a dependence on others, (when in all reality they have no reason to care more for our health than we did.” When we make these health and fitness goals, we probably don’t realize at the end of the year how many times it has actu ally helped us in avoiding those extra pieces of dessert, those ex tra walks, the extra 15 minutes added to our workouts, etc. We may not have come close to the lofty fitness goal we set, and what we wanted to look and feel like by the end of the year, BUT if we could see what we avoid ed looking and feeling like, “it would be enough to inspire us at the turn of the next year!” These things really accumulate either way you choose to go. Example: someone can choose to skip sweet drinks and des serts for a year or someone can make the subconscious choice to continue consuming them for a year and this could make a huge difference between weight gained vs weight lost. Dessert, sodas, sweet tea, etc. added into a meal can easily make up an ex tra 250 calories in one meal. 250 calories x 365 days in a year = 91,250 extra calories and it only takes 3,500 calories to build a poimd of fat. That’s an extra 26 poimds of potential fat. Even if we only gain half of that, “it’s still an extra 13 pounds” and if we don’t stop it, within 3 years, we will have gained 39 pounds and within 10 years this can turn into a morbidly overweight is sue when we are carrying an ex- Of This & That Trenesia Y. Stubbs Columnist ejnaiLtrenesia@pstel.net all of your help and prayers in getting our Dojang ready to resume classes this past Monday! tra 130 poimds on a frame and system that is simply not built to sustain that kind of weight. It works exactly the opposite if we make these small healthy choices and it can also really ac cumulate over the course of a year, if we can change what we think tastes good and feels good to our body and make our deci sions based on how it will make us feel an hour from now, tomor row, next month or a year from now! A calendar can be a great ac countability partner by simply writing in our December 2013 goal, then writing in our weekly, monthly, quarterly assessments of our progress. Writing in our progress “or lack there of’ can be encouraging even if the note/ assessment doesn’t make us feel good! Some Simple Steps for 2013: avoid sugary food and drink, exercise whether skinny, fat or in-between (this helps us push out the bad things that cause disease), avoid packaged and fast foods, (eat healthy one item ingredients such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, eggs, berries, quality Your Health by Wade Yoder Master Trainer & Fitness Nutrition Specialist ean meats and dairy, and beans), get deep rest, avoid stress or at least learn to de-stress, educate yourself a little every day on health and fitness issues, stay active and fill in non-active days with a good exercise routine. Our health and fitness habits today will be our currency to morrow! Each year we have the God given capability for a com pletely new cell generation, and the healthy habits we adopt now is what helps our present genera tion of cells have healthier baby cells! 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