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which she can get some breathing space.
“The Council has been a godsend,” says
Nan. “I don’t think I could handle caring for
Mother if I didn’t have some respite during
the week, no matter how much I love her.”
Nan worries that she won’t be able to get
her mother taken care of when she must be
away but states with a cheerful, determined
smile, “You know, God has met every need so
far.”
Nan recalls her mother’s 20 years as a Sun
day School teacher at Mars Hill Church and
how they called her the little lady with the
brown hat. She also remembers her mother
sacrificing to buy her a piano. At the men
tion of “piano,” Maxine smiles and says, “I
love to play the piano,” and then runs her
fingers across the table edge as if he keyboard
were there in front of her. Maxine slips in and
out of the real world while continuing a dia
logue of sounds with occasional references to
the present company and the Bible in front
of her.
Maxine inhabits a world of her own, but
it is evident that the loving care her daugh
ter Nan gives her makes that world a less
frightening place to be. Nan gives the Ath
ens Community Council on Aging three
pluses for helping her help her mother.
By joining the Athens Community Coun
cil on Aging and becoming a friend with your
membership and donation, you can help Nan
and others in her same situation who want
desperately to provide for their family mem
bers as long as they are able. Call 549-4850.
(Mary Weisenburg, Board Member, Athens
Community Council on Aging)
These Bucks Are
For The Birds
Put your bucks on the birds for the April 27
Bird-A-Thon conducted by the Oconee
Audubon Society, an Athens area chapter of
the National Audubon Society.
On that Saturday OAS members will rush
around the state in a hectic 24-hour period
of bird watching. Backers pledge money per
species identified or make flat donations. The
Bird-A-Thon is a fund-raiser for the National
Audubon Society, and the money goes to
wards education and conservation nationally
and locally.
“We divide ourselves into teams of one to
five individuals,” says President Chris Eberly,
“and set out to identify as many species of
birds as possible. While a few teams keep
their sanity and break for meals and dark
ness, other teams eat on the run and con
tinue bird watching, or listening, far into
the night—”
Make a pledge per species or a flat
amount. Either way is tax deductible and
supports conservation related to birds. Join
in the fun, too, for that matter. Although
the event traditionally involves OAS mem
bers, President Eberly says volunteer‘par
ticipants are welcome, too. To pledge or
volunteer for the Bird-A-Thon, call him at
353-7252.
“It’s always a lot of fun," Eberly says.
(PMc)
School Choice
Continuing Now:
Pretty Qood
Schools, Too
Got a kid entering kindergarten or sixth
grade next fall? Now’s the time to pick your
school, if you haven’t already. You also need
to make a choice if your child is attending
an elementary or middle school outside your
transportation zone, which generally means
if you’re crossing the Oconee River to go
to school.
Go to the school district offices at 500
College Ave. Park behind the office in the
lot off Jackson Street. The office is open 8
a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Friday through
April 26. For more info, call 546-7721.
And by the way, in spite of the ongoing
barrage of negativepublicity directed at the
school system, SchoolMatch, an indepen
dent service which helps relocating em
ployees find the best schools for their
children and also assists corporations in
site selection, listed the Clarke County
School District among the top ten per
cent of the nation’s 15,619 districts in
meeting the demand for excellent, aca
demically solid schools known for com
petitive scores, small class size and above-
i average expenditures for teacher salaries
j and instructional materials. (PMc)
More bounce
to the ounce.
THIS WPfclll by TOM TOMORROW
<V.O7 A.frt.-- DRINK
FIRST cup of bad
office Coffee.
HELP YOURSELF-
THERG'S plenty
more;
y.30 P.M.-MlD-
AFTEKNOON DROW
SINESS Hits; HAN6
on; just a few
MORE HOURS To GO!
7.S0 A-M.-- HANDS
OFF THAT 5N00ZE
BUTTON! YOU'VE
REALLY GOT TO
GET UP!
10:37 AM.--TEDIUM
SETS IN. TAKE
ANOTHER COFFEE
break;
h:hs P.M."UH OH!
THE BOSS GIVES
YOU A 816 PRO*
JECT DUE RIGHT
away; You DON'T
MIND WORKING
LATE DO You ?
8:1s A.M.--YOU
MADE IT! NO TIME
FOR BREAKFAST,
TH0U6H—YOU'VE
GOT TO RUN.'
a:oo p.m.-- lunch
time; RUN TO THE
BANK, the clean
ers, AND THE
DRUG5T0RE-- AND
MAY8E EVEN GET
SOMETHING To EAT!
8-H2 P.M.--HOME
AT LAST! NOW YOU
CAN DO WHAT
YOU WANT--SO
TURN ON THAT
TV./
q:os a.m." arrive
AT OFFICE EXHAUS
TED after gruel
ing COMMUTE.
i:07 P.M - .- WASN'T
THAT RELAXING!
WELL, BACK TO
WORK! HAVE SOME
MORE COFFEE!
ir.33 P.m." COLLAPSE
into bed. sudden
ly YOU'RE WIDE
AWAKE. YOU REAL
LY SHOULDN'T
DRINK SO MUCH
COFFEE, YOU KNOW.
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Peppino's Pizzeria
The King of Pizza!
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To Celebrate Our
Birthday We're
Going Back to
the Beginning
$2.50 Pitchers of (Icehouse)
Pixza by the Slice Sicilian (THICK) or
M-sat. OPEN til 2am • sun. open til 2sm beer til Midnight
APRIL 17, 1996
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