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Thomas wins!
TJiere is little to argue
about the athletic and
academic skills which
recent Perry High School
graduate Dontarrious Thomas pos
sesses.
During graduation ceremonies
June 4 at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds, Thomas finished sixth
in his class of more than 200 stu
dents.
He has earned academic honors
of all sorts during his four years at
Perry High. He has also left his
mark on the athletic field.
Thomas played a major role in
leading the football Panthers to a
winning record this past season.
He did so well he attracted major
college scouts and a scholarship
from Auburn University.
During the winter, Thomas joined
with several other seniors to lead
the Panthers to their second con
secutive region basketball crown
and a third straight trip to the
state basketball tournament.
Weeks later, Thomas was a key in
the Panthers finishing fourth in the
state in track for the second
straight year.
All this, and good grades too.
What a combination and what an
example of what a student-athlete
is.
We congratulate Thomas on his
play in the all star game last week
and wish him well at Auburn.
Pets find permanent home
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I IdVe animals. 1 am net obsessed with
them. Actually after raising two kids, I am
finally comfortable with my two remaining
pets Athena, my chow chow, and Kodi,
my Lab.
To tell the
truth, nei
ther dog is
really mine.
My daugh
ter wanted a
chow chow
for her 15th
birthday. I
was not
thrilled. I
knew chows
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were tem
peramental, aggressive, and hard to con
trol. I fell headover heels in love with the
ball of fur. Maybe it was her intelligence
or the fact at seven weeks old, she was
housebroken. Athena never left a mess
(unlike my kids) and is always ready to
snuggle.
Kodi. Well, Kodi is my son's birthday
present. Kodi is unusual for a Labrador.
She has no inclination to fetch anything.
She is vegetarian. She is afraid of water
(no swimming for her). Oh, yeah, and she
is agoraphobic. Kodi can barely get out of
the backyard. We have finally convinced
her it is OK to be with us in the front
yard; however, she never leaves our feet
while in the front.
Athena has her little quirks too. Lately,
when she knows we are gone, she will get
on the couch and, using the remote con
trol, turn on the television. Neither is she
allowed to do. When I pop by the house to
check on her, she greets me at the door.
50... how do I know she is on the couch
and watching television? She hasn’t fig
ured out how to turn the set off and she
leaves a little fur from her mane on the
couch.
As a mother, I encouraged my children
to have pets. Little did I realize I would be
the one stuck with them. 1 have lived
through several dogs, a cat, one aquatic
turtle, one land turtle, two ferrets, ham
sters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, fish,
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Recalling good times with the Marcus Tripp family
For many years, I have
enjoyed a pleasant relationship
with the Rev. Dr. Marcus Tripp
and his family.
I have also been watching his
climb to the administrative lev
els of the United Methodist
Church.
When I first heard of the
Tripp family, they were living in
Wilkinson County and the
Johnsons were living in nearby
Baldwin County.
Soon the two families migrat
ed to Hawkinsvtlle. There, the
Tripps and the Johnsons had
many contacts. Their oldest
daughter, Emily, and my son,
William, were in the same class.
Naturally that brought us
many contacts, along with my
work at the newspaper which
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Reviewing the U.S. Open by the hole
The U.S. Open championship
slipped away from Payne Stew
art in 1997 after he began the
final round with a four-stroke
lead. Visions of that downfall
had to have been playing on
Stewart's mind as he made his
way around the treacherous
Pinehurst Number 2 course
Sunday afternoon. Stewart, one
of 23 golfers to break par on
opening day after heavy rains
had left the unforgiving greens
in playing condition, stayed
near the top of the leaderboard
all week, shooting sub-par
rounds on Thursday and Fri
day, then holding off challenges
on Sunday from Phil Mickelson,
Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh.
The Open was a disappoint
ing venture for the top rated
player in the world, David
Duval, the former Georgia Tech
Yellow Jacket. Duval, who fin
ished in a three-way tie for sev
enth. fired rounds of 75 on both
Saturday and Sunday after
putting himself into great posi
tion to win the tournament with
opening rounds of 67 and 70.
He began the final round at two
over par after Saturday’s 75.
Sunday belonged to Stewart,
playing in the final twosome
with Mickelson, and just
behind Woods and Tim Herron,
both of whom began the final
round at one over par, two
shots behind Stewart. Herron
never made a charge. Woods
did. In fact, Tiger wasn’t out of
the tournament until the last
holes.
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Wad., June 33, 1999
Page 4A
JJ
Johnson
Home
Journal
Editor
involved contact with the only
Methodist minister in the county.
Later, the Methodist leaders,
in their wisdom, moved the
Tripp family to Warner Robins.
There, the Rev. Tripp was pas
tor of Christ United Methodist
Church. He was one of the first
people to welcome me to Warn
er Robins when I took my job
Phil
Clark
Home
Journal
Sports
Mickelson and Stewart both
paired the first two holes, while
ahead of them, Woods birdied
number one and parred at two
to move to even for the tourna
ment, tied with Mickelson. Just
ahead of Woods, Duval was also
making some noise. He birdied
the first two holes, and he, too,
went to even par for the tour
nament. Stewart birdied num
ber three to increase his lead to
two shots over the threesome of
challengers, while Singh was
shooting a very quiet round,
staying two over par but defi
nitely in the running.
Woods’ roller coaster front
nine had him first at even, then
a stroke over, then even again
as he fired his second bogey of
the day at number seven to go
back to a stroke over par. Mick
elson birdied at number seven
to close to within a stroke of
Stewart, just about the time
that Singh was pulling even
with birdies at holes eight and
ten.
When Stewart and Mickelson
made the turn, things began to
really heat up. With Singh right
of space occupied by the error. .
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with the Daily Sun several
years ago.
Some time later, 1 got anoth
er telephone call from Marcus,
congratulating me on my new
Job at the Houston Home Jour
nal. Seems, by then, the
Methodists had moved the
Tripp family to Perry United
Methodist Church, one of the
most prestigious assignments
in the conference.
Again. I enjoyed meeting with
and talking with the Tripp fam
ily. The entire family, Marcus,
Jan. Emily and Molly, are won
derful people who always seem
to be able to reach out and
make others feel good about the
situation.
Now, however, the first step
In what I predict is a rapid rise
on their heels and Woods firing
pars on holes six through 10,
Stewart showed the first sign of
nerves with a bogey at 10,
dropping into a tie with Mickel
son a stroke ahead of Singh. A
bogey at 11 dropped Woods to
two over while Singh continued
to roll in the pars. Meanwhile.
Stewart bogeyed again at 12,
the fourth straight green he
missed in regulation, and Mick
elson continued his methodical
round with pars on 10, 11 and
12. Stewart’s bogey at 12 gave
the lead to Mickelson for the
first time. However, it would be
short-lived as Stewart came
back with a birdie at 13 to tie
the match again. Up ahead by
two groups, Singh had a birdie
putt at 14 lip the cup, a putt
that would have put him into a
tie for the lead. He missed his
chance, though, with a bogey at
16, just before Stewart bogeyed
again, at number 15. Micicel
son’s par on the hole put him
into the lead for the second
time in the final round.
Woods was making a charge,
too. A birdie at 14 and another
at 16 got the talented Woods
back to even before a damaging
bogie at 17 all but wiped out his
chances to win. Singh parred
17 and 18, and was the leader
in the clubhouse with a closing
round of 69. He could only wait
and watch as Mickelson
bogeyed 16 for the third time in
the tournament to fall to even
See CLARK, Page 7A
to Bishop for Marcus has taken
place. He will be Superinten
dent of the Waycross district.
That’s wonderful for him, and I
am delighted to see the promo
tion. He’s earned it.
like many Houston Coun
tians, I am sorry to see the
Tripp family leave Perry. They
have contributed much to the
community, and their smiling
faces will be missed.
However. I believe Marcus is
destined to be a major player in
the Methodist denomination in
Georgia, and this is another
step along the way for him.
I wish the Tripps well in Way
cross. They wifi be missed by
more than members of the
Perry United Methodist
Church.
Bob
Tribble
Home
Journal
President
Awesome
responsibility
Inside the staff box located
on the editorial page of most of
our community newspapers
you will find our mission state
ment (goal) which reads as fol
lows:
“The Houston Home
Journal is published
•proudly for the citizens of
Houston and adjoining
counties by Houston Publi
cations Inc., Perry, Ga.
Our goal is to produce
quality, profitable, commu
nity-oriented newspapers
that you, our readers, are
proud of. We wiH reach this
goal through hard work,
teamwork, loyalty and a
strong dedication toward
printing the truth."
Let me expand on that a lit
tle today.
Most of our newspapers are
published in small communi
ties with 1,000 to maybe 7 or
8,000 population all are
weeklies except for three. There
is one twice-weekly and two
small dailies.
The staff members of our
newspapers know personally
many of the folk in the commu
nity. They know the business
leaders, the political leaders,
the bankers, preachers, school
teachers and many of those
who are readers of their news
paper.
I tell you this for a purpose
so you will understand the
attachment our people have for
the communities they serve. To
emphasize this, read the fol
lowing story:
“Several weeks ago the
governor of South Dakota
and some of the state’s
business leaders were
killed in an airplane
crash. After the crash, the
managing editor of one of
South Dakota's larger
daily newspapers and pie
editor of the community
newspaper near the crash
site were talking.
“The weekly editor
could sense that covering
the crash stoiy had been
difficult for the daily
reporters and he asked
why.
“The daily editor said.
We know the governor
personally.’ To which, the
weekly editor replied,
’With all due respect.
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