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PAGE 5 - THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 ftp QfAihmtd Talent We Said Goodbye To Last Year Burt Bacharach’s and his partner in making music, Hal Davis, composed and wrote a string of hits: “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” “Alfie,” “This Guy’s in Love With You,” “The Look of Love,” “Walk on By,” “Close to You,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “One Less Bell to Answer,” “Raindrops Keep Failin’ on My Head,” “I Say a Little Prayer for You,” and many others. The term, “gag me with a spoon,” had not yet entered the pop cultural lexicon at the time, but it was precisely how I felt when my voice teacher insisted my first recital piece should be “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.” Either my voice teacher didn’t like me or she was completely fixated with the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. I was a tomboy—a tom boy and proud of it. So sing ing the saccharinely sweet, mushy love songs did not sit well with me. The name of my voice teacher escapes me. Probably because I’ve blocked it out. Nevertheless, I’m willing to bet the tunes of the songs above played in your head as you read the titles. Fontella Bass - Soul singer, best known for her 1965 hit,’’Rescue Me.” I don’t know anything else about this lady except the song she was best known for—but that’s enough to have lasted me. Even now I can remember dancing to that song and pantomiming being rescued. Dick Clark was dubbed “America’s Oldest Teenag er” and rightly so. There’s a good chance that the initia tion of some of your musical tastes and favorite perform ers appeared on American Bandstand. I never missed watching it, if I could help it. It wasn’t just the music. or dad reads the newspaper. I think this is most sophisti cated. I love the sound of the newspaper crinkling. News papers also have a distinct smell that is cozy to me. I like it when my parents share information that they read in the newspaper. And, the fam ily discussions that follow are always interesting. Newspapers are great sources of information. They inform you of so many im portant things that are going on around you. They inform you if there is danger and help to uplift your spirits when something wonderful has hap pened. You can learn many neat little facts from reading the newspaper. I remember on one occasion I was reading the newspaper and I came across an article about my school’s new solar panels. This made me happy to see an article about my school in the newspaper. The other day, my neighbor and friend was pictured in the Athens Banner- Herald. His mom came over to tell my mom and me. Looking at the photo created a small excitement for us all. There is just something about being in print that is special. Last summer, as we do every summer, we visited Tappah- It was the timeliness of introducing emerging stars. It was watching the young people dancing and getting into the music right along with me. Dick Clark also managed to make “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” one of the staples of bringing in the New Year. He was 82 at the time of his death. His legacy, however, will probably live on for some time to come. Don Cornelius, the Soul Train creator and host, furthered the careers of tal ents such as Barry White, Smokey Robinson, James Brown and Aretha Franklin when they appeared on the weekly show. This show, too, wasn’t to be missed unless I had somehow fallen into a coma. It was exciting. I felt so relieved when I learned that some of those incredibly gifted danc ers were ringers. Don’t get me wrong, I could and can dance, it’s just that the Soul Train dancers seemed, at times, to defy gravity. Sometimes I was certain that the human body couldn’t do those things or move that way. Let’s not forget the Soul Train dance line and the individually funky trips that ran through it. The Soul Train line remains popular at many a wedding recep tion and party. Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees. I just couldn’t get into them. Guys with voices higher than mine ever could be, just didn’t do it for me. I didn’t run from the dance floor if one of their tunes came on, but they were never my jukebox pick. Donna Summer - was the undisputed disco queen. After the disjointed dancing of the 60’s it was somehow romantic to get back to dancing with a partner and making the twirling moves. lot of family. My grandmother carried around a newspaper article about her niece, a chef in Chattanooga, TN. She was proud to show all the relatives the illuminating article. My mother kept a copy of the article in her folder of collect ed newspaper articles about family and friends. It will be wonderful to look back on these in the future. Therefore, I think newspapers make great archives. I think it would be interesting and fun to visit our local libraries to look back at old Athens newspapers. I am particularly interested in seeing old photographs of Athens. And, I am curious to see what things they thought were important to report on. I love to read. Reading the newspaper is a great way to have the opportunity to read if you do not have enough time for a chapter in a book. Newspapers are almost everywhere. They are good sources of entertainment in places like airports or in cafes. The crossword and other puzzles are wonderful ways to keep your mind sharp. Spotting them in a newspaper lying around urges you to do them. Community and movie schedules are a useful part of the newspaper. If you want Of This & That Trenesia Y. Stubbs Columnist ernaibtrene'sia@pstel.net There were some on the dance floors at the time that was actually reminiscent of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The syncopated beats made the stops and starts of the dramatic and, yes, breathless. Whitney Houston (48) - The 48-year-old singer and multi Grammy-winning artist ironically died on the eve of the musical award show that had meant so much to her over the years. Her unexpected death Feb. 11, 2012,caused an avalanche of tributes in the press and social media from friends, family, coworkers and fans. Davy Jones of The Monkees was just cute. So cute in fact, many missed the fact that he was an ac complished, as well as, a talented musician. Many a middle-aged woman today remembers swooning in the wake of his performances of hits like ’’Daydream Believer” and ’’Last Train to Clarksville,” which can still be heard on the radio today. My high school concert band played Dmitri Shosta kovich’s “Spring, Spring.” I can hum the melody to this classical piece even today. In like manner, I remember spending a great deal of my allowance at Royal Castle playing Curtis Mayfield’s instrumental piece “Think.” Music stays with us—often for a lifetime. the schedules help inform and also encourage ideas about how to spend your weekend, for example. I like routines. No mat ter rain or shine, hot or cold temperatures you can always depend on your newspaper to be there to greet you in the morning. Newspapers inspire and create dreams. People read about incredible deeds done in the newspaper, which could inspire people to read more about the story or even do something similar. The travel section in a newspaper is exciting. There is always a fabulous picture or two that make me want to read the article right away. And I fan tasize about visiting the places that I see. A newspaper is a versatile item. You can read it, of course, but also threaten your dog, fan yourself, doodle, jot down important notes, wrap-up a fish, start camp fires, shield yourself from the rain... Try doing all that with a computer! Isabella DeMarco is a sixth-grade student at Athens Montessori School This column was originally published in Flagpole, Athens, Georgia, March 20, 2013. Almost every morning, mom annock, VA, where we have a things to do and places to go, Sports ConditioningVs. Lifestyle Conditioning Sports conditioning is similar in concept to life style specific conditioning, in that both are trying to maintain or gain certain lev els of capability. An athlete may lose his job if he is not conditioned properly, but anyone can lose the capabil ity to live life, the way they know it to be, if they don’t maintain their strength. Exercising and the build ing of muscle and strength has many times gotten some scorn over the years. Some of the contempt has prob ably been deserved be cause of some going to the extreme and getting them selves looking like misshap en Tonka toys and seeming to have no life beyond the gym and food. :) Muscle conditioning and strengthening, however, is something that is applicable to everyone who wants to continue to do things for themselves. These are our activities of daily living (ADL’s), and they can range from a very demanding physical job, to a person who has very limited physi cal mobility, and do simply what each of us need to keep strong if we expect to continue being able to do these things on our own. Strength and condition ing can be lifestyle specific whether it’s an athlete doing it for a particular sport, physical job, etc and is sim ply to help us get from A to Z in our individual respec tive day without so much of a struggle. If we can keep in mind the (functional) movements we are doing now and the movements that we need to be able to do in the future, and then simply strengthen these movements, we can empower our lives by pro tecting and strengthening our capabilities for these. This is applicable whether someone is a world class soccer player, all the way to someone who does not want to live their life out “stuck in a comer being dependent on others.” The key is in making sure that our per sonal “functional lifestyle movements stay strong.” Examples: If we walk up a hill every day, we can use this same hill to strengthen ourselves for a hiking trip or simply to strengthen these muscles, by carrying some hand weights along (anything that adds weight, such as two buckets filled to desired level with wa ter). Since muscles adapt to new stresses, “after doing this for a while,” it will become easier and walk ing the hill without weights will become really easy. If we want to get up out of a squatting position, “practice doing this and when it be comes easier, do this while holding some hand weights which will condition these particular muscles even further. If you get winded easily, “simply do the things that cause you to get winded faster and for longer peri ods” and it will strengthen your heart and lungs along with your blood and oxygen delivery system. Sports conditioning, if done properly, will push an athlete further than his or her prior conditioning and this is why, along with Your Health by Wade Yoder Master Trainer & Fitness Nutrition Specialist skill training, he or she “can be better when the next round of competition/ season begins .” This same thing applies to each of us in strengthening our weak points or gaining strength for future needs. If we can keep in mind the movements we need now and the ones we need in our future and simply strengthen these functional lifestyle movements, “our physical capabilities and our quality of life can become so much better and will give us what is called a “Good Economy of Move ment”. Our body and its physi ology was designed with adaptive capabilities to new stressors that mankind will never be able to duplicate, but is ours to enjoy and to deploy! PUBLIC HEARING The Crawford County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing at its regular scheduled meeting April 16, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Meeting will be held at the Paul Coverdell Room located in the New County Courthouse. The Board will consider renaming the County Road known as OLD 341. All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. A map of the proposed area may be viewed at the New County Courthouse. NOTICE CONCERNING APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF MAGISTRATE Due to the Judicial Qualification Commissioner’s suspension of the Crawford County Chief Magistrate on March 8, 2013, ARTICLE VI, SECTION VII, requires that the Governor appoint a replacement during the pendency of the suspension. In the event of the subsequent resignation or removal of that elected Chief Magistrate, a paermanent replacement Chief Magistrate will be appointed by majority vote of the Superior Court Judges of Crawford County. Should the elected Chief Magistrate be reinstated, the appointed position shall terminate. Please realize that the office of Chief Judge of the Magistrate Court may terminate on December 31,2016, as the Board of Commissioners has asked that legislation to consolidate the office of Probate Judge and Magistrate Judge be evaluated and considered in a future legislative session. In order to be considered for this position, an applicant must be not less than 25 years of age, a resident of Crawford County for at least one year prior to appointment, have a high-school diploma or equivalent, provide for a criminal background check, and list not less than three nor more than five references. Application forms can be accessed on the Crawford County official website (www.crawfordcountyga.org) or found at the Crawford County Administrative Offices located at 1011 Highway 341 North, Roberta, Georgia 31078. All applicaitions must be received in the office of S. Phillip Brown, Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Bibb/Crawford Counties, Macon Judicial Circuit, 310 Bibb County Courthouse, Macon, Georgia 31201, on or before April 26, 2013. Applications received after April 26, 2013 will not be considered. An appointment should be made not later than May 15, 2013.
