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Julie’s
Notes
By
Julie Griffis
“I DIDN’T raise you like
that!”
I think those are my
mother’s favorite words.
Thfi"re meant to instill
guilt. Mothers are the masters
of guilt. They start by tel]ing
their children those, ‘“When
was your age’’ stories. From
that point on, it becomes an ad
diction. They can’t help it.
Once, while my sister and I
were fighting in the back seat
of the car on the wai; to school
after we’d missed the bus, we
got to hear about mother when
she was a child.
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“] USED TO have to take
the city bus to school,” she
would say. “And, if I missed it,
there was no one to take me to
school. And, I would never
have just stayed home from
school because of that. No
ma’am, I wouldn’'t have
because I loved school and I
knew I wouldn’t ever make
anyt;hingl of myself if I didn’t
go to school.”
“So, if I missed the bus, I
would have to walk across a
four-mile bridge over the river
in the wind and snow — with
no shoes, because we were too
poor to buy shoes. And, with
no coat, because it was during
the Depression and we couldn’t
afford a coat.”
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WE'D settle down long
enough to stick an index finger
in our mouths and act like we
were gagging.
But, o%lcnourse, she'd see us
in the rear-view mirror.
“I'm telling your father. I
didn’t raise you like that,”
she'd say.
Over the years, we wised
up.
“Mom, you grew up here —
in Florida. It doesn’t snow
here,” we told her.
“Well, it did once back in
the '4os,”” she replied.
Those old stories didn’t
usually work. Let’s face it,
most children aren’t very
compassionate.
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“I DIDN'T raise you like
that,” always worked. It made
» us feel guilty.
And, of course, mother
knows that and she’s still say
ing it.
Like when I talked to my
sister recently.
‘“‘Have you talked to
mother lately?” I asked.
“Yes, the other day,” she
answered. ‘‘She said she hadn’t
talked to me in more than a
week and she didn’t raise me
like that.”
She told me about another
conversation later that same
week.
“Did you call your sister on
her birthday?”’ mother asked.
“No, I forgot. I was busy,”
my sister answered.
* * #
“WELL, I didn’t raise you
like that,” mother said again.
“‘All she sent me for my bir
thday was a stupid card,” my
sister countered.
“Well, I didn’t raise your
sister like that either,” mother
added.
When a child is 6, you can’t
say, “I didn’t raise you like
that,”” because iou’re not
finished raising them, So, I
guess you have to tell them
those old'storigs fox; a while.
BUT, I really don’t have
any.
What will I say when
Taylor misses the bus? |
“When I was your age and
missed the school bus, your
grandmother drove me to
school?”’ That's %ressive.
& What about,d‘f‘ hen I turn
-16 your grandfather bought
me a car, so I wouldn’t have to
ride the bus to school and
didn’t h.av,g to worry about
missing 12. o &
IS IT okay to just make up
those old stories?
Like when she won't eat
dinner? e
“When I was your age we
didn’t have food.”
Or, when she won't take a
bath.
“When I was your age, we
didn’t have water.”
Or, when she doesn’t want
to wear & particular outfit?
“When I was your age, we
didn’t have pretty clothes, we
only had brown.’
* * *
MAYBE, I'll just say, “I'm
nl;o: planning on raising you like
that.”
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TRION STUDENT JASON PARK, COACH LANNY THOMAS LOCATE CHINA ON WORLD GLOBE
Basketball Player Returns From Orient, Coach Plans Trip There This Summer
Schools Put Emphasis
On Breakfast Program
By JULIE GRIFFIS
Feature Writer
The Chattooga County
School System is standing
behind the old adage that
‘“‘Breakfast is the most impor
tant meal of the day.”
And, according to Toni Tut
ton, food services director for
county schools, recent studies
have confirmed the importance
of breakfast for students.
A study conducted in six
Massachusetts elementary
schools showed that students
who ate breakfast at school
scored higher on standardized
language and math tests and
were tardy and absent less fre
quently than students in the
control groups not eating
breakfast at school.
The Chattooga school
system has served breakfast at
school for more than 14 {eaars.
A daily average of 1,100
students in the county schools
enjoy standard breakfast fare
and more trendy foods such as
breakfast (Pizza, breakfast
bagels, and breakfast mini
g(l)jckets, which is a turnover
illed with scrambled eggs and
cheese, according to Mrs.
Tutton.
CHATTOOGA KITCHENS »
Easy, Quick Breakfast Recipes
Toni Tutton, food services
director for Chattooga County
Schools, has provided Chat
tooga Kitchens with a few
school breakfast entree recipes
that can be made at home.
According to Mrs. Tutton,
mornin%;e:t school just
haven’t the same since
the introduction of the new
breakfast bagel.
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TONI TUTTON, FOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR
Plans Menu For Elementary School Breszkfasts
50 CENTS
Student lunches cost 50
cents and are available to all
students including those
receiving free and reduced
meals.
All of Chattooga’s elemen
tary schools serve breakfast
from about 7:15 to 8 a.m. each
day. A breakfast program at
the high school didn’t make the
grade.
“Not enough students par
ticipated to warrant the cost,”
Mrs. Tutton explained. “I
think it was because so many
of the kids get to school just
before the bell rings, e?ecial
ly since many drive and there
are few bus riders.”
Everyone is familiar with
school lunch, but everyone may
not be as familiar with school
breakfast.
Even before Cor:iress fund
ed the School Breakfast Pro
gram in 1966, a few Georgia
schools were serving breakfast,
mainly because some of the
students were coming to school
hungry, according to Mrs.
Tutton.
Over the years, more
schools added breakfast as the
benefits for students became
BREAKFAST BAGEL
One bagel
Shredded Mozarella cheese
Breakfast sausage, browned
Gravy (optional)
Split baiel with form and top
with cheese and sausafge
Bake at 375 degrees for 10
to 12 minutes.
Can be topped with country
gravy.
obvious.
The number of Georgia
schools serving breakfast has
grown rapidly in recent years.
75 PERCENT
In October 1989, 51 gercent
of the public schools in Georgia
(881 of 1,741 schools) served
breakfast every day. As of Oc
tober 1993, 75 percent (1,321 of
1,759 schools) served breakfast
daily.
The increase is expected to
continue, according to Mrs.
Tutton. :
A December 1993 survey of
schools not serving b,reakg;st
showed that 20 additional
schools expect to begin serving
breakfast soon.
According to Mrs. Tutton,
a resolution adopted by the
State Board of Education at its
November, 1993, meeting
acknowledged the effect of
school breakfast on the nutri
tional status and academic per
formance of students.
The resolution supports the
universal availability of school
breakfast for all Geox"lgia
students and allows The
Department of Education to
start a statewide breakfast
outreach plan.
Another popular breakfast
treat is breaE?ast pizza, accor
dmg to Mrs. Tutton.
ut then, what youngster
doesn’t like pizza?
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BREAKFAST PIZZA
One pizza crust
Breaflfast sausage, browned
Shredded cheese
Jar of spaghetti sauce
Top crust with enough
spaghetti sauce to cover. Top
with saustt:fle and cheese.
dßal«s i crubstbils)lbrowned
and topping is bubbly.
The recipe for cheese dream
comes straight from the Chat
tooga Food Service I?‘gpart
ment and can be made in
monumental pl&)om'ons. It
was adapted by Chattooga Kit
chens to serve three to four.
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CHEESE DREAM
Y pound grated cheese
3 eggs
1/8 cup of milk, warmed
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tal ul
Put cheese, eggs and hot
sauce in bowl. With a mixer,
beat on Illgw_ speed while
ually adding warm milk.
m on medium speed for one
minute.
Place a scoop on a buttered
L)du:é‘spmadmg' almost to the
Bake as n:eded infi a
450-degree oven for about five
l;;nei?utes or until the cheese
ts.
Thompson Finishes Second
It also encourages local
boards of education to evaluate
the benefits of school breakfast
to students and to start and ex
pand breakfast programs.
Mrs. Tutton also said that
the number of students taking
advantage of school breakfast
is growing.
CONVENIENCE
“It’s not only beneficial to
the nutritional needs of
students but also to the needs
of families,”” Mrs. Tutton ex
plained. “In most cases it's
more convenient for a student
to eat breakfast at school, and
at 50 cents per meal, it's
cheaper.” :
And, in most cases, school
breakfasts are more nutritious
thana guick breakfast at home
before dashing off to school in
the morning.
Like school lunches, school
breakfast also must meet U. S.
Department of Agriculture
meal pattern requirements.
Students are served, at a
minimum, breakfasts of milk,
fruit or vegetable, or fruit of
vegetable juice, and two serv
ings of bread or meat or one
serving of each.
The Rice Council offers
several breakfast recipes
fiarents might wait to try at
ome.
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BRUNCH RICE
1 teaspoon margarine
% cup shredded carrots
% cup diced green pepper
% cup (about 3 ounces) sliced
fresh mushrooms
6 egg whites, beaten
2 eggs, beaten
% cup skim milk
Y% teaspoon salt
Y% teaspoon ground black
pepper
3 cups cooked brown rice
e ct;s (2 ounces) shredded
Cheddar cheese
6 corn tortillas, warmed
(ostional)
eat margarine in a large
ls}lill;t d(:;'er medium-high until
carrots, green s
and mushrooms. Com
minutes. Combine efif whites,
eggs, milk, salt and black pep
per in a small bowl.
Reduce heat to medium and
sl Catius sirring
g ue s
S nimadistely o o
al or spoon
mixture onto warmed corn
tortillas.
Serves six.
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BREAKFAST IN A CUP
3 cups cooked rice
1 cup (4-ounces) shredded
Cheddar cheese, divided
see TRY A PIZZA, page 2-B
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People Are People,
Local Student Learns
Jason Park Discusses Exchange Visit To China
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Sports Editor
A visit to Communist China
last summer helped a local stu
dent athlete appreciate the
freedoms of America.
Jason Park, a Trion High
School student, visited Beijing,
China, last July and August
through the International
Sports Exchange’'s (ISE)
basketball program. He is a
varsity player for the Trion
Bulldogs.
The basketball team Jason
traveled with K‘l:yed seven
games against Chinese student
teams during its ten-day visit.
When not playing basketball at
Beg'ing University, the players
had time for site-seeinfimand
visiting with their new Chinese
friends.
“They wouldn’t talk about
the government under threat of
imprisonment or death,” Jason
said. “That’s like the mob or
the Mafia. It made me ap
preciate the freedom we have in
America, where we don’t have
to worry if the government will
be overthrown tonight, and
where you can say what you
want to.”
SPORTS TEAMS
The ISE allows high school
athletes to travel to and par
ticipate in sports with teams
from other countries. It usual
ly takes 100 sports teams
abroad each year. The group
Jason traveled with included a
girls' volleyball team. His
asketball team included
players from Florida, Ten
nessee, New Mexico, Alabama
and Ohio.
He was selected for the
team after attending a basket
ball camp at David Lipscomb
College. Mike Gallien, the
coach, who conducted the
camp, selected him from
among the participants.
Wfill' e in Beijing, Jason’s
fl'oup visited the tombs of the
ing emperors, the Emperor’s
Palace, and Tienenmen guare.
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Jason Park Visits Historic Site During Visit To China Last Summer
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State Troofler Mike King, with the help
of the Crash Dummies, gears up for Nc
tional Child Passenfer Safety Awareness
Week. King’s son, Lance, and his iriend,
Ba:g; Peppers, recently dressed in the
Cr Dummly" costumes to helgflthe of
ficer convey the importance of child safe
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When they arrived in China,
the students were advised not
to eat meat, not to buy fruit
from street vendors, andy not to
drink water unless it was bottl
ed and imported.
“What stands out in my
mind is the people. People are
people everywhere. If you give
them respect, they give it back
to you.”
EDUCATION
“They take education very
seriously there. When we
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JASON PARK AT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
Student Athletes Enjoy Historic Site
No Dummies
ty. According to King, the ing cause
o}f, death in children is amfle ac
cidents. More than 70 percent of those
deaths could have been prevented if the
children had been Xrom secured in a
safety seat, he said. ( | Photo).
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Thursday,
February 17, 1994
played at the university, the
whole university came out to
watch their team play. And
they were always interested in
what we had to say and about
different countries.”
Communication with the
Chinese athletes was
somewhat of a challenge, Jason
said. “The{ knew no English,
and we only knew how to say
‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in their
language, so we had to use
hand signals to communicate.”
see PEOPLE ARE, page 2-B