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Breaking The Fast
a/k/a Breakfast
Talent That Left Us Last Year
While waging my never
ending desire to keep my
electronic files orderly I
ran across a list of some
of the talented people who
helped to shape my view of
the world, memories, life
experience, etc. One of the
things that’s so wonderful
about artists of any variety,
is that their talent needn’t
appeal to everyone. What
one deems artistic is very
subjective.
Have you ever gone to a
hood I cherish. The televi
sion shows in which they
appeared may have been
responsible for giving my
yearning for country living.
Good, solid, friendly neigh
borliness are what these
actors portrayed.
Frank Cady (96) - A
veteran actor, best known
for his role as general store
owner, Sam Drucker, on
Green Acres. Though I
never really paid attention
to his name in the credits,
Of This & That
Trenesia Y. Stubbs
Columnist
emml:trenesia@pstel.net
movie with someone who
hated a film you enjoyed?
We’re not even able to
always put our fingers on
what made that perfor
mance exciting and another
excruciatingly boring—but
our reactions are definitive
ly our own. Anyway here
are some of the people on
that list of fallen stars.
Ernest Borgnine (age
95) - A leading man with
a Cheshire Cat smile and
impish eyes. Yes, I mean
Mr. Borgnine. He wasn’t
your typical Hollywood
leading man and few would
have called him handsome,
but he won Oscars for his
roles in such films as Marty
and From Here to Eternity.
Mr. Borgnine also leant his
voice of Mermaid Man on
SpongeBob SquarePants).
Talk about diverse. The last
role I enjoyed him playing
was the “records keeper” in
RED with Bruce Willis.
Jack Klugman (90) -
Perhaps most remembered
for The Odd Couple and
Quincy M.E., Klugman was
also a favorite with hugely
diversified roles under his
belt. He did impassioned
really well in his mostly
television roles. I remem
ber feeling so sorry for his
Oscar Madison character.
The following actors
were a part of my child
Mr. Cady’s face was a wel
comed character on Petti
coat Junction, The Beverly
Hillbillies and The Adven
tures of Ozzie and Harriet.
Andy Griffith (86) - A
television icon and one of
America’s favorite small
screen dads. I think I and
a lot of other people had
the feeling that they knew
Andy—whether as his
down home Sheriff Taylor
in Mayberry, R.F.D. or the
suave and sleuthing lawyer,
Ben Mattlock, Mr. Griffith
managed to engender confi
dence. I know a number of
people who truly mourned
the loss of Andy Griffith,
including myself. Los
ing him seems like a very
important part of America’s
culture has left us. It de
lighted me to no end to find
my Mayberry friends on
network television when we
arrived here. You just gotta
love country.
George Lindsey (83)
-’’Goober” on The Andy
Griffith Show, was this
star’s best known role.
While his character may
have seemed goofy, Goober
was a good man to have on
hand for a game of check
ers or to have check under
the hood of your car.
Phyllis Diller (95) - What
a funny-looking funny lady
Ms. Diller was. I always
wanted to meet her hus
band, Fang, whose’ char
acteristics were often the
subject of performances.
It feels kind of weird that
someone who caused such
uproarious laughter would
die in her sleep. What a
character she created!
Robert Hegyes (60) - Best
known for playing Juan
Epstein and Ron Paillo (63)
as innocent class clown,
Arnold Horschack were
“Sweathogs” on Welcome
Back, Kotter. Why exactly
was “up your nose with a
rubber hose,” so funny back
then?
What we choose as
entertainment can shape
our outlook on life, our
perceptions of things we
encounter and even how
we view ourselves. I know
nothing—or at least next
to nothing—about the
personal lives of the actors
who have shared my life. I
don’t really want to know
about their personal lives.
Their lives, for me, are on
the screen, small or large,
and sometimes on the stage.
That’s enough, when an
actor practices their craft
well.
I’ve run out of both time
and space, so I’ll sound a
newsprint Taps for musi
cians in a future installment
of fallen stars.
Break’fast comes from
breaking the fast (going for
about 7-10 hours of not eating
during the night). There are
many that extend this period
out longer and do not break the
fasting period until lunch or
dinner, and this can be okay if
it’s not done every day, “espe
cially when we ate too much
the evening or day before.”
This helps us bum off the ex
cess fuel to keep our deposits
to our fat cells in check.
You have probably expe
rienced it or heard someone
say that when they eat cereal
for breakfast that they seem to
stay hungry. This comes from
the insulin the cereal (or a
breakfast made up primarily of
high carbs/sugars) has caused
to pour into our bloodstream
for glucose distribution. The
insulin transports the sugars
off and continues to look for
more, thus giving us a sugar
low causing us to have intense
sugar cravings. This is the
fuel we have told our system
it can expect for the day when
we fed it this for breakfast.
When we try to get it to shift
over mid-day, we are apt to
feel shaky until our body shifts
over to a more steady form
of energy, “complex carbs,
dietary fat and stored fat.”
For Breakfast: I like to kick
off the morning with some
fruit, “since this assists your
body’s natural detox pro
cesses.” Other then this, I like
a breakfast that largely consists
of fat and protein, (this morn
ing I had eggs poached in
water, 1 slice of bread and 1/2
of a guacamole). A breakfast
primarily consisting of proteins
and fats, “gives you a steady
fuel that will last and avoids
sugar spikes that lead to fat
storage.” If you want this ben
efit but want your diet to have
a cholesterol lowering benefit,
eat a little oatmeal or (drink a
soluble fiber supplement such
as Benefiber) to force the body
to pass the bile (bile breaks
down fat) out through your
waste, causing the liver to have
to make new bile and it makes
new replacement bile from
cholesterol. This is the process
that statin chugs try to mimic.
If you eat or drink some
thing sugary, avoid any caf
feine as this causes a sugar trap
Your Health
by Wade Yoder
Master Trainer & Fitness
Nutrition Specialist
m your blood due to temporary
insulin insensitivity caused by
the caffeine. I personally be
lieve this is where a lot of our
problems with blood fats/cho
lesterol, diabetes, and belly/
organ fat is coming from.
We get to tell our body what
energy it can expect by what
we choose as starter fuel in the
morning. It does not matter
as much for someone that is
going to be highly active after
breakfast but “VERY MUCH”
applies to someone that has a
desk job or is going to be inac
tive over the next few hours.
“Sugar is torture to a body that
has to set still!”
“A sugary or carb loaded
breakfast is like high octane
fuel that bums out rapidly and
dies, while protein, fat and
complex carbs are like logs
that continue to emit a steady
heat for hours”
SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
Crawford County will be accepting sealed bids for the purchase of:
(1) Hyster Lo Boy Trailer
25 ton
New Pump, Hydraulic Ramps
Bids must be received on April 8th, 2013 no later than 4:00 p.m. All
bids shall be received at the Crawford County Administration office
located at 1011 Hwy 34In. Roberta, Georgia 31078.
Crawford County has set reserves in the amount of $5,000.00.
Item can be viewed Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the County
Shop located at 10 Hortman Mill Road, Roberta, Ga 31078
Properties offered “as is” with no warranty.
For any additional information please call 478.836.3782.
Legislative Update by Rep. Robert Dickey
This past Thursday marked the end of the 2013 Leg
islative Session when the House completed the 40th
and final legislative day. This last day of Session is
known as "Sine Die', a Latin term meaning "without
assigning a day for further meeting". The last week of
Session is always extremely busy with long days and
many committee meetings. Although I am still busy
going back over all of the legislation passed by the
General Assembly, here are several key legislative ac
complishments that I want to bring to your attention.
One of the most important bills we passed this
Session was HB 106 - the state budget for Fiscal Year
2014, which runs from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.
Totaling $19.92 billion in state funds, this budget is
balanced as mandated by our state constitution. I am
very pleased with our budget for next year given our
current economy. Serving as Vice Chair of the General
Government Appropriations Committee offered me
the opportunity to be fully invested in the workings
of our state budget. Georgia's budget is extremely
complex with many areas of the budget dependent
on our federal government mandates and recipro
cal funding. Education and healthcare are the largest
drivers in the state budget. Over 50 percent of state
funds are appropriated to education and 20 percent
are appropriated to healthcare. The budget includes
$244.1 in funding for K-12 construction, vocational
equipment, and new school buses statewide. It also
includes $7 million for technology infrastructure
upgrades at local school systems. Next year's bud
get will increase all Hope Scholarships and Grants
by three percent. It adds $4.3 million to the GBI and
Georgia Department of Natural Resources to retain
experienced, certified personnel. Our physician resi
dency training will have an additional $489,475 for
expansion of this program to keep our residents train
ing in Georgia. Additional road projects throughout
our state will be funded for $25.7 million. Are there
budget items I wish could have been added or in
creased? Yes, but keeping a balanced, but yet working
budget is of the foremost importance.
Another major piece of legislation was House Bill
372, the HOPE Grant Expansion. This bill returns the
eligibility requirement for the HOPE Grant from a
3.0 GPA to a 2.0 GPA for students attending techni
cal colleges in Georgia. This will return the HOPE
Grant requirements to what they were in 2011. The
change in this requirement should result in over 4,000
new students attending the state's technical colleges.
This increased enrollment will help fill vacant em
ployment positions throughout the state that require
technical skills like plumbing, electrical contracting,
and HVAC. Crawford County is fortunate to have a
technical school campus, Central Georgia Technical
College, in our county, which provides much needed
adult education, continuing education, and custom
ized business and industry services.
Senate Bill 136 improves the safety at Georgia's
lakes, rivers and other waterways that are used for
recreational purposes. As Georgia's population has
increased over the years, so to the number of boating
and jet ski accidents that occur each year in the state.
Just last summer, three young boys died in accidents
on Lake Lanier. Kile Glover was struck by a jet ski
on Lake Lanier, and brothers Jake and Griffin Prince
were killed after an intoxicated boater collided with
their family's pontoon boat on Lake Lanier. This bill,
known as the "Kile Glover Boat Education Law" and
"Jake and Griffin BUI Law", passed both the House
and the Senate in hopes of preventing similar acci
dents and is awaiting the Governor's signature.
House Resolution 529 will create the Georgia Music
Industry Study Committee. Many successful art
ists have started in Georgia, including James Brown,
REM, the B-52s, Luke Bryan and Lady Antebellum.
Our Middle Georgia area shares in this rich heritage.
Unfortunately, most of Georgia's music talent leaves
the state to produce their music. The Georgia Music
Industry Study Committee will look for ways that we
can help encourage these talented musicians to stay
in Georgia. The committee will research the entertain
ment programs and infrastructures of other states,
study the issues fac
ing Georgia's music
industry, and ex
plore strategies that
will ensure growth
in the state's exist
ing music industry.
HR 529 recognizes
our Georgia artists
for the economic
value they bring to
our communities,
and seeks to inspire
others to take ad
vantage of the many
opportunities the Georgia Music Industry has to offer.
I was fortunate to have three Pages from Craw
ford County on Sine Die - Audrey and Sydney Dyer,
daughters of Darryl and April Baxley, and Lindsay
Turner, daughter of Wade and Lisa Turner. These girls
worked tirelessly until late in the night distributing
updated pieces of legislation and other important
information to all members of the House.
Now that the 2013 Legislative Session has ended,
all bills which passed both the House and the Senate
have been sent to Governor Deal for his consider
ation. Our state constitution stipulates the Governor
has 40 days to sign or veto legislation.
As much as I enjoy the responsibility of being in
Atlanta during Session, I am grateful to be home back
in my district visiting with each of you. I was grate
ful to be at home to celebrate Easter Sunday with my
family and at my church. I encourage you to visit my
website www.voterobertdickey.com for continual up
dates, email me at rdickey@dickeyfarms.com, or call
my office 478-836-4362.1 am working on an end of
Session newsletter which will highlight more details
of this past Session. Thank you for your prayers and
confidence in me as your State Representative.
Robert Dickey
