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The Land Os The Free And
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Column a slam at coach
Dear Editor:
This letter is in response to the article "Letting Royston Leave Is A
Big Mistake" by Shawn Akers, Wednesday, March 28, 1990.
As a graduate of Perry High School and a mother of four children
who graduated from Perry High School, three of whom were associated
with sports programs, I resent the article.
Mr. Akers, as HHJ Sports Editor, used poor taste in printing an
article so one-sided, especially since he "arrived here five weeks ago."
Mr. Phil Smith, not even considering the legal reasons, is too much of
a gentleman to air PHS's "dirty laundry."
As far as what happened to Melvin Sweat, I think Mr. Akers would
do well to check out the facts. Melvin Sweat left after Ronnie Royston
came to PHS.
Mr. Akers' article gave the impression that Mr. Royston was the
salvation of PHS sports.
I consider this a slam to the coaches and managers such as Eric
Staples,Dave Crockett, Bob Morrow and Curtis Riner who taught
young people Christian values, the importance of an education, as well
as good sportsmanship and winning long before Perry ever heard of
Ronnie Royston.
Sincerely,
Mary Murphy
Perry, Ga.
Plight of children forgotten
Dear Editor:
You and your readers may have seen the CBS news segment last
week on the forgotten children of Romania who are suffering the most
inhumane treatment imaginable. To provide some background, the late,
former dictator of Romania, Nicola Caesescu, had encouraged married
couples to reproduce and to have at least four children. Those bom
retarded or with a physical impairment were removed for society and
housed in state orphanages with little or no care in hopes they would
eventually die.
Although Romania is moving away form communism and the
policies of Caesescu, the CBS report showed the plight of these
children remains unchanged. In very graphic camera sequences they were
seen lying in filth and squalor, improperly clothes and poorly fed. Many
are starving and dying of disease without medical care. Scenes were
shown of the emaciated bodies of unclothed children sitting and lying in
their own excrement, with sores on their skin and the countenance of
death on their faces. Their food consists of one daily meal -a slimy
gruel of beans, com and rancid fat. Aid such as diapers, clothing,
blankets, food an other supplies had been stored and unused.
This is a heart-rending situation. Something sorely needs to be done.
As private citizens we are limited in what we can do in such matters;
however, I have registered these concerns with President Bush by letter
in the hope he will explore a resolution through diplomatic channels. I
also urge our Georgia congressional delegation to work in conjunction
with the White House on this matter or to intervene directly with
Romanian officials to bring relief to these poor children. I would hope
that others would do likewise in contracting their elected officials.
Regarding such mistreatment of little children, Jesus said,
"whosoever offends one of these little ones ... It would be better for
him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he be drowned in
the depth of the sea.” My heart goes out to these precious little ones,
and I pray that God will move mightly through other to spare them.
Sincerely,
Billy Powell
Fort Valley, Ga.
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Jeff Bateman
Jeweler
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Ashley Sapp
Retired
"Yeah, they do. And they (politicians)
promise you the moon but donl do
anything."
We salute:
/Inn has made a career out of helping the sick
By TOREY JOLLEY
Staff Writer
Ann Crowley has been with the
Houston County Health
Department for 21 years.
Crowley, the for
the county health department, said
"As far back as I remember, I was
doctoring my dolls and my brother.
I guess I've always wanted to be a
nurse.”
She started her career with the
department as a staff nurse and
worked her way up to senior staff
nurse. To further advance her career,
she attended Georgia Southern and
received her degree as a nurse.
As a nurse practitioner, Crowley
is able to do physicals on patients
and make nursing diagnostics.
"Basically, I work with a physician
as a consultant," explained
Crowley. "1 am able to order
medications such as birth control.
Crowley has just received her
recertification, which is "good until
1994." To qualify for the
Kerce,
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The "modem" light meter was
my old daddy the editor's way of
letting an aspiring journalist, back
in 1958, know that although he had
cut his photographic teeth on a
4"X5" format press camera and an
old Rollieflex twin-lense camera,
the boy was still damp behind the
ears when it came to "eyeballing"
light conditions to determine proper
camera settings.
My old friend the Leica served
me well Saturday—just as it has
numerous times over the past 28
years as a full-time journalist.
As you may have guessed by
now, "gee whiz" camera failed me
again. Every single picture was
unusable. You can look at pages
1A & 8A in today's paper to see
how I fared with a camera over three
decades old
Sometimes I wonder if we have
really progressed in this business of
gathering news—or, for that matter
in any other business depending on
"modem conveniences."
By the way, I don't really
understand this computer
contraption on which this column
is being written. It's always losing
things, "bombing," or otherwise
making life unnecessarily
complicated. Plus it demands
careful care and cleaning, otherwise
it, or the attached "hard drive" will
go on strike by quitting.
That old Smith-Corona across
the room sometimes looks mighty
appealing. All Mr. Smith's "Iron
Maiden" ever demanded is a
reasonably new carbon ribbon and a
reporter sweating blood to make her
steel keys spatter yellow copy paper
with words which will become
tomorrow's history.
Chamber's
breakfast
rescheduled
The Perry Area Chamber of Com
merce general membership meeting
originally planned for April 19 has
been postponed, according to cham
ber officials.
The 8 a.m. breakfast session is
now set for Tuesday, April 24 at the
New Perry Hotel.
A scheduling conflict with fea
tured speaker Maj. Gen. Richard R.
Gilhs, commander atßobins Air Force
Base, forced the change, officials say.
Gillis will still be behind the po
dium at the rescheduled meeting.
Tickets will be $5.50 in advance
and $6 at the door.
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Francis Dingus
Real estate
"I think they do. I think they're trying to
buy an office instead of selling them
selves."
recertification, she had to earn
continuing education credits relating
to nurse practitioner, write articles,
do research, and develop new
programs to work in the clinical
setting.
"I’ve always found the job
satisfying though not always
rewarding financially, said Crowley.
In addition to being the nurse
principal, Crowley is also the wife
of Charles Crowley. They have
been married 32 years and have
three children, as well as two
grandchildren.
Crowley commented she will be
around for "at least nine more years
and more likely ten" at the health
department.
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Insurance
"I really cant answer that. I guess if
somebody wants to contribute to a
campaign that's strictly up to the indi
vidual."
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Perry resident Ann Crowley has always found her job 'satisfying'
... she has been a nurse at the health department for 21 years
J.J. Morrow
Minister
"I really believe they are. It looks like
they competeto see how much money
they can get to win."
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