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Praise for Players
This Friday will be opening night for the
Perry Players’ winter musical “Annie."
Aren’t we fortunate to have such an out
standing theater group in Perry? As anyone
who has attended their productions knows,
this is a group which consistently puts on out
standing performances of a high quality that
equals that of theater groups in much larger
cities.
Perry Players offers more than entertain
ment, though. The group also offers many
people in the area an opportunity to make use
of their creative talents in acting, dance,
singing, and even costume design and set
building.
Especially with productions like “Annie”
it offers children in the Perry area an out
standing opportunity to work under the direc
tion of gifted adults and achieve something of
real excellence.
We salute Perry Players once more for all
they accomplish and all they contribute.
Don’t miss the play!
. Support Relay for Life
Editor:
On May 15 and 16 of last year, hundreds of con
cerned Perry citizens gathered together at the Perry
High School track to participate in one of this
community’s most successful events ever held - the
American
Cancer
Society Relay
for Life.
As a cancer
survivor I am
most appre
ciative of the
time and dedi-
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Perry, Ga. 31069
cation that went into making that event so success
ful. Those of us who assembled at the track at Perry
High School last year shared a great evening of fun
and fellowship. This year’s event seems destined to
be even better than last year.
There is not a single person in our community
who has not been touched by cancer in some way.
Maybe it was a family member, a friend or a
cO-worker. Regardless, there is a way we can help
fight this insidious disease by providing the
funds necessary to promote advanced medical
research.
The time has come for us to make final plans for
the 1999 Relay for Life. The event will be held
again at Perry High School on May 14-15. We
need teams from every church in the Perry area,
every school faculty, teams from those who work in
the courthouse, a team from each of the banks,
teams from our high schools, and teams from our
many civic clubs.
Individuals will be welcome to come and spend
a while walking and enjoying the fellowship. It will
cost you just $lO to walk the walk that just may
save your life or the life of your child or some other
loved one. If you want additional information call
me. Come join us. You’ll be glad you did.
Jim Worrall, Mayor
Willie and his problems
Editor
The impeachment trial was a farce involving
“Slick Willie”, or “Willie The Liar”, or what ever
you want to call him. I won’t talk much about him
because even his apologists and supporters know
what a sorry human being he is even if they won;t
admit it. They won’t admit it because they have the
same character traits as “Willie.”
I want to state at the outset that I have equal
contempt for both Democrat and Republican par
ties. Newt Gingrich should have been thrown out
of Congress a long time ago for his lies and shady
deals. Newt and “Willie” are two of a kind. They
schemed together to pass the NAFTA and GATT
trade agreements that cost hundreds of thousands
Americans their jobs and made a few wealthy
“Americans” even richer.
“Slick Willie” will get his millions of dollars
when he leaves office.Tney will be called “speaking
fees.” Don’t be fooled. These are payoffs for “Slick*
making it possible for large companies to manufac
ture products that use cheap or slave or child labor
outside out country and then ship those products
into the United State duty free. Yes, this is immoral
and obscene, but so is “Willie The Liar.”
I grew tired of listening about political polls on
impeachment a long time ago. First of all, I believe
that polls are slanted to give whatever results the
pollster is looking for.
Second, I could not believe that over 60 percent
of the American people wanted “Slick” to stay in
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Watch out for many hidden food ingredients
Thank you for your questions about
eating properly combined meals. Once
you know what you can and cannot eat
together, you are free to eat out any
where you want. Just watch out for
hidden meat products. And avoid eat
ing meat and cheese together.
My friend, Jeanne, reports the best
pure veggie sandwiches are at
Schlotzky s Deli near the Galleria Mall
in Centerville. She orders a veggie
with no cheese. What you get is fresh
baked pumpernickel, sourdough or
your choice of favorite bread with
whatever else you want to add to it
but no cheese and no meat!
With this combination, you’ll get
wonderful nourishment and new taste
sensations unknown to exist in your
past life plus a uniquely properly com
bined meal. Try it and see what your
favorites are.
So where else can you eat out? 1 eat
my Chinese food strictly at Top Wok on
Watson Boulevard in Warner Robins.
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Perk up your
It sneaks up on you so you really
don’t notice it at first. Perhaps you
have to turn up the radio to hear it of
you have trouble listening to a conver
sation, especially when there is back
ground noise. A real troubling sign for
a man is when he has to actually look
at his wife’s face and pay close atten
tion to determine what she’s saying!
I noticed that my hearing was fail
ing when my wife, Birdie, would point
out faint noises to me and I couldn’t
hear them. Then while hunting, I was
having a hard time hearing deer
approaching my stand.
During the turkey season, it was
difficult to hear a turkey gobbling in
the distance. Since hunting ability is
most often based on seeing and hear
ing, it’s tough when you start to lose
fifty percent of you perception skills.
For hunters the main loss of hear
ing is from the left ear, if you’re right
handed, because that’s the ear which is
closest to the muzzle blast of a gun.
Personally, all those years of dove,
quail and deer hunting without hear
ing protection has taken its toll on my
hearing and probably a lot of other
like-minded outdoors men.
According to the American
Speeching and Hearing Association,
35 percent of the 28 million cases of
hearing loss in the United States are
wholly or partially attributable to noise
exposure. Hearing loss is slow and
irreversible.
Imagine this analogy. The 30,000
tiny nerve fibers inside each cochlea
the spiral shaped cavity of the inner
ear are like a shag carpet. You can
tread gently any number of times and
a good vacuuming will restore the
fluffy nap. But if you leave a heavy
piece of furniture on the rug for a long
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Page 4A
-Wed., Feb. 24,1999
Kellogg
Patton
Pattons
Ponderings
Jean and Benson serve your food made
to order fresh and hot while you’re
standing there. My favorites change
yearly so this year 1 order the noodles
and vegetables with lots of extra tofu, no
MSG but please add extra ginger and
extra garlic. Last night, Benson added
asparagus which was excellent. I also like
their asparagus dish.
Make sure in any Chinese food
order you always order no MSG.
Monosodium Glutamate is what
makes Chinese food taste like Chinese
food. But it also causes allergic reac
tions in many people, makes you really
thirsty about two hours after eating,
raises blood pressure and is totally
hearing for better hunting
John
Trussell
Times-Journal
Outdoors
time, all the vacuuming in the world
won’t restore the pile. Those fibers are
dead. This is what happens when your
ears are constantly exposed to loud
noise. After a while you just lose your
hearing ability.
Although hearing loss is irre
versible, you can protect what you have
left. The first thing to do is have your
hearing tested to determine how seri
ous your hearing problem really is. In
the meantime, don’t forget to put ori
the earplugs, or better yet, ear muffs to
protect your hearing from gun blasts
or other loud noises, such as
weedeaters, chainsaws or loud music.
If you are a hunter you can improve
your chances of hearing game
approaching by purchasing some type
of sound amplification devise. One
type that I have been using for the last
several months is Walkers Game Ear.
This was developed in 1989 by Bob
Walker, a Pennsylvania licensed hear
ing health care professional. Using his
professional skill and knowledge as an
outdoors man, he developed the game
ear to help hunter hear better.
Even if you don’t have a loss of
hearing, the Walker’s Game Ear will
help you to pinpoint your quarry
quicker.
When I first used the game ear I
was amazed at the sounds I could hear.
Just the rain falling through the leaves
on the trees, the sound of the wind
blowing and the birds chirping was
occupied by the error.
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unnecessary in any food recipe.
Watch out! MSG is hidden in your
packaged foods under the guise of
“natural flavors”. MSG is bad news.
Learn to eat Chinese food MSG-free.
It’s a whole new food sensation. You
might just live longer.
At Top Wok, I also order the Tofu
and vegetables again with no MSG but
I always order the extras of ginger and
garlic. What about the sweet and sour
chicken or shrimp? No. the batter on
the meat is a starch. How about veggie
fried rice? No. Egg is usually added to
fried rice meat and a starch. Top
Wok has the best shrimp. I’ll have to
find a dish with shrimp and veggies.
Try the chicken and broccoli but don’t
cat the rice. It’s a starch. No egg rolls.
Meat, MSG, and a starch. Won Ton
soup is a meat broth and a starch. Feel
free to risk the digestive energy by eat
ing your favorite improperly combined
meal but it’s not w-orth it, to me.
Watch out for those other Chinese
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exciting to hear. I could hear these
things well and lots of other sounds
that I was missing with their full
impact.
This last fall hunting season I was
using the Walkers Game Ear when I
noticed the leaves crunching in the
distance. Now alerted, I was able to get
in position in case the noise was an
approaching deer. It turned out to be a
nice 6-point buck which sneaked up
out of the woods and came by my
stand.
1 managed to drop him with a shot
from my 7mm-08 Remington Model
Seven Rifle. I might have missed the
opportunity on that deer had I not
been using the Game Ear. I’m looking
forward to using the game ear during
the upcoming turkey season.
Not only does the Walker Game ear
amplify sounds, it also automatically
shuts down when the sound level
exceeds 110 decibels, protecting
against loud noises like gun blasts.
The latest game ear offers
adjustable frequency tuning which
allows the user to tune in to the specif
ic frequencies that might be missing
from their range of hearing.
The company also makes the
Nature Ear for bird and nature lovers
and the Tact’L for law enforcement
military use.
The Game Ear is available from
Cabelas and other mail order sporting
goods dealers. You can get more infor
mation by calling 610-565-8952 or
order by calling 1-800-424-1069. Also
check out Walker Game Ear Web
Page at www.walkersgameear.com.
(Houston County resident John
Trussell is an outdoor enthusiast.)
Houston Times-Journal
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restaurants and their buffets. Ever
watch people who eat or work there?
I stay away from any buffet because
of the increased risk of hepatitis and
food poisoning. Check the health
reports in this paper and read the write
ups for “Employee Hygiene” and
“Temperature Control of rood”.
This means when someone uses the
rest room, if they don’t wash their
hands with soap and water, or if they
sneeze into their hand, you just ate the
bodily fluids those hands touched.
Gross. Plus, those steam tables don’t
always keep the foods at the proper
temperatures to kill salmonella, E. coli,
and other bugs.
Think about it. I don’t eat at buffets.
I eat at Top Wok and other places
where orders are specially prepared
while I enjoy the atmosphere and wait.
The wait is worth my life.
(Nutritionist Kellogg Patton is a resi
dent of Houston County.)
Bob
Tribble
Times-
Journal President
Reminiscing, a sign
of growing older
Folks have told me that when you
go back to the past doing a lot of rem
iniscing, you are getting older. Well,
be that or not, I want to step back into
the past again to Northeast Georgia
where I was born and lived until age
15.
The house we grew up in was a
block of Ga. 59 that was the main
road from Lavonia to Anderson, S.C.
We traveled that dirt road to Fair Play
on many occasions to visit relatives
there, sometimes going on to
Anderson for a visit with other rela
tives.
Once at the state line our 1940
Ford would cross the Tugalo River
over the longest (or one of) covered
bridges ever made. I don’t remember
the exact length of Knox’s Bridge, but
it seemed well over the length of a
football field. The bridge was con
structed totally with wooden pegs
instead of nails.
During the the 1950 s or early
19605, Hartwell Dam was built and
now a beautiful lake lies where the
Tugalo River once ran. Knox’s Bridge
was moved to Clemson University, 1
believe, and was re-constructed there
to allow future generations to get a
look at the past.
Another vivid memory about those
youthful years growing up in that area
of the state was of the Rivers family, a
black family who lived down the road
from us. Uncle Ruben and Aunt
Dorthea, as we were taught to call
them, had several children. The three
boys remembered best by me were
Richard, better known as Bee, Morris
and Joe Dan. All three were a little
older than me and Joe Dan was grown
and already working for Harbin
Lumber Co.
Bee, Morris, my brother Bill, sever
al others and 1 would play fox and dog
many a night all the way from our
house to “Goose Holler,” better
known now as Greentown Heights. 1
can remember one night when Masso,
another friend, ran under a clothes
line in our backyard with the line
throwing him backward about as fast
as he was running forward.
Fortunately, he wasn’t hurt badly.
Many a time we sat at Aunt
Dorthea’s table and broke bread with
the family. Talking about good food,
those of you yvho have been there and
done that know exactly what I mean.
Another memory is hooking up the
mules to the wagon and walking four
miles or so to our farm on the
Carnesville highway to plant cotton or
some other crop. I wasn’t much help
on those trips because I wasn’t old
enough to plow a mule, but Uncle
Rueben sure could lay out a beautiful
row.
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