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Lifestyle Outdoor classroom step closer to reality Ground broken on classroom, habitat at Perry Middle lv Toru Jolley Middle School will soon be host io I an outdoor classroom and nature habi tat The classroom will be built in the I enclosed courtyard The project calls for a 20-foot x 20-foot deck vith rool lor a classroom to assemble* an aquatic irea, a butterfly habitat, and a hummingbird gar len. Kathy Shelton, middle school science teacher, ixplained the concept of the planned outdoor lassroom as "using the classroom as a tool to each lessons It is a wonderful nature study, vriting area, even math Really, it is great across ill subject areas.” The courtyard will feature a compost area vhich will offer learning opportunities not only •ecycling but regeneration of the soil It will have aised beds for vegetables and herbs with the »eeds from one year being used to propagate :he next crop of plants. Phase I of the plan has begun Rototilling of ;he courtyard and fertilizing the area was com aleted recently. Neil Harper ot Hart Nurseries in Perry- designed the courtyard plans and Bill Harper, technology lab instructor of Perry High School, designed the outdoor classroom build ing. Shelton said Super Sod donated three pallets of centipede grass for the courtyard and. with the preparation ot the soil completed, the sod will be laid down soon Work will involve students, teachers, parents, and volunteers. Dunn, Rood head to Florida to share Christ Perrvan Samantha Dunn left May 31 for the Summer Beach Project, sponsored by Campus Outreach. She will spent 10 weeks at Daytona Beach, and will join with college students from other Georgia schools and from North Carolina schools. The stu dents will share dur ing week ends along the beach the Christ- Dunn ian message using God’s word. Weekdays, Dunn and others will participate in Bible studies and disciple ship groups. Part of the coursework will be about reaching others for Christ. Joining Dunn on the trip will be Kathleen Rood, a 1998 Perry High graduate and a sophomore at Geor gia College and State Uni versity of Milledgeville. Dunn asks that we keep her in our prayers and help her financially. If you would like to make a dona tion, please write the check to Campus Outreach for Samantha Dunn. Mail to Summer Beach Project, Attn: Samantha Dunn, Sun & Surf Motel, 726 North Atlantic Ave., Day tona Beach. Fla., 32118. Samantha was recently named to the University of Georgia dean's list. Kathleen Rood. 1998 Perry High School graduate and sophomore at Georgia College and State Universi ty. will also participate in Summer Beach Project at Daytona Beach. • •• Congratulations to Annette Johnson, newly elected First Vice-Chair woman of the Republican State Executive Committee. More than 1,800 Republi can activists from around the state gathered in Augusta May 21-23 for a successful ’99 state con vention. ••• Sincere sympathy to George and JNunn upon the death of her father. Robert Burton Nor ton of Columbia. Tenn., May 22. ••• Sincere sympathy to Frances Lamberth and the Shelton said, "We are so grateful to the many people - Jane Lawhorn, Neil Hart, Russell Coop er, Principal Tom Cupton, Chuck Jones, Bill Harper, Barbara and Jerry Langston, Mike Huck abee, Shirley Brown, and Mrs. Coleman s father, just to name a few. They have helped with this project. Rachel Thomas and Melissa Lee were instrumental in getting this project going. Volun teer help means everything to this project. We want the community involved." Later, Phase II will begin. Part of that phase is the creation of a butterfly habitat. Selected bush es and flowers known to attract butterflies will be planted. Similarly, plans proven to attract hum mingbirds will be used in the hummingbird gar den. The plan calls for a pond with aquatic plants and wildlife such as fish, frogs and, perhaps, ducks. A memorial garden is scheduled as well. Shel ton said the garden is a way to remember those you love or care about. She mentioned the first tree to be planted in the memorial garden will be in remembrance of Pam Little, a PMS teacher who past away. “We encourage people to plant a living memorial for someone special. It could be a tree, bush, or flower," said Shelton. She said Neil Hart promised to sell at wholesale any plants that * someone wanted to donate to the middle school outdoor classroom The long-range plans call for a greenhouse, a sundial, a simulated rain forest which will use See CLASSROOM, Page 4B L relatives of Charlie Lam berth upon his death Mav 27. • •• Sincere sympathy to Bar bara Ray and the family of former Perry Mayor and U.S. Congressman Richard Ray upon his death May 29. • •• Sincere sympathy to Mae Chapman and members of Tom Chapman's family upon his death May 29. • •• Congratulations to Gloria Ragland upon her retire ment from Houston Lake Country Club. The good news is that Gloria will have more time to devote to her painting. Her popular November art show and sale at Houston Lake will continue to be an annual event. • •• I wonder why they’re called Easter lilies? Ours are in beautiful full bloom and here it is the end of May. Thank Heaven they can be forced to bloom any time. • •• Lewis and June Meeks and Billy and Jeanne Bled soe have returned from a European vacation in France, England and Ire land. They traveled at 200 miles per hour from Paris to London, aboard the “Euro Star." This three hour train trip runs under the English Channel. How ever the “chunnel" ride is only 20 minutes of the trip. In Paris while sightseeing at Sacre Coeur or Sacred Heart Church they had somewhat of a homecoming right in the midst of the artists and shops of Place du Terte. There, they ran into Dr. Wayne and Charlotte Bohanan and Tom and Bil lie Sue Thomson on what’s becoming an annual Euro pean jaunt for them. They were en route to Munich for a visit with Elko and Hen derson Village’s Bernhard See VISITIN’. Page 3B Page 1B Now! 0^ EB FIATIO^ . H ■ B - 4 • ~w''‘v knit tees SA99 & shorts 7S« Plus more great savings throughout the store! Save even more with $5 coupon above. 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