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Views
Thinking about everyone
While the cartoon to the right is
tunny, it is also very serious. In fact,
during recent months, it has proven
x deadly serious.
With the return of students to
classes, we hope the school systems
will be able to make students and
faculty more aware of individual dif
ferences and how to have tolerance
for those who aren’t clones of the
norm.
Individual differences and individ
ual achievement should be encour
aged by our system, not discouraged
to the point students are afraid to
excel in any one area.
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' 1999-2000 Calendar i
j Event date j
| Pre-planning Aug. 16-18 j
| Registration for 7-12 Aug. 18 |
| First day of school '-Aug. 19 |
| Labor Day holiday..... Sept. 6 |
| Alumni Weekend Sept. 10-11 |
j Fair holiday for students Oct. 11 j
f GISA meeting, student holiday.... Nov. 1 j
| Teacher conferences, half day.. Nov. 2-3 j
I Homecoming Nov. 5 |
I Thanksgiving Nov. 24-26 I
I First semester exams Dec. 15-17 I
I Christmas holidays Dec. 20-Jan. 2 I
I Classes resume Jan. 3 I
I Entrance examination Jan. 29 I
I Kindergarten open house Jan. 30 I
I Grandparents Day March 3 I
I Teacherinservice March 17 I
I Spring break April 3-7 I
I Final exams May 24-26 I
• Graduation' May 26 I
I Post-planning May 29-31 I
We love only the young
Editor,
Is age just a number? But is that true?
I don't think so. One of the things I’ve
learned about this country I really hate is
that America is so youth oriented.
Unless you're young and beautiful, you
aren’t worth anything. It’s true. Just look
at movies and television. Listen to music.
You can't see or hear anything without
there being someone young. Read maga
zines. You’ll see and read about someone
young.
We dye our hair, get plastic and cos
metic surgery, tummy tucks and any
thing which will make us look young so
we can be accepted. We're ashamed to be
old. We hid
our age.
There
once was a
time when
a man's
worth was
his wisdom
and experi
ence. Not
anymore.
Now. you’re
Letters
to the
Editor
p.o.
Drawer M
Perry, Ga.
only worth ,
how young you are. In many countries,
the elderly are respected for their wisdom
and experience.
What does America do? We put our
elderly in nursing homes so we don't have
to think about them. There are so many
interesting and beautiful and wise people,
but we don't see that. Even people in their
?0s are considered old.
I will ridd that until we re all equal, we
will always be*ashamed of being old.
Jim Gray Jr.
Perry
Readers need more information
Editor,
I have just finished reading another
news article on HB 489 and the problems
that are facing all of Houston County due
to the inability of the County and the
cities (specifically the city of Warner
Robins) to come to an agreement over
double luxation. 1 have been reading
these articles in the Houston Home Jour-
See LETTERS, Page 5A
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Barger: Newspapers’ future not so dim after all
Publisher's Auxiliary is one of
two major publications serving
the newspaper industry. In the
most recent issue (Aug. 9) of
PA, Paul Barger, publisher of
the Holbrook Ariz., Tribune-
News, addressed the future of
this industry.
Wrote Barger:
A few years ago, Ted Turner,
who is given to a little over
statement at times, said the
death of newspapers was immi
nent. As were others who have
predicted the demise of news
papers, he was wrong.
In fact, newspapers continue
to be the most valuable source
of information in communities,
especially the smaller ones.
You might flick on the televi
sion to learn the latest news
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Building recreation parks is addictive
1 am a computer-holic. I did
n’t know it was happening to
me. It started simple enough
actually.
Several years ago, my hus
band and I bought a computer.
Since then we have upgraded
several times My husband
always said the system we had
was insufficient heck, I only
word processed and the rest of
the family mostly played games
on it.
As of last December, we
upgraded again to a Pentium II
(wouldn't you know, shortly
after we got it, Pentium 111 came
out).
I use my computer to write
many things: stories, letters,
notes, and lists, to name a few.
It made writing, editing, and
copying so much easier. Still
my family uses it for some
work, but mainly to play
games. I will admit I have
played a few games, mostly a
solitaire game called 40 thieves.
However, we are on the inter
net (for years). It has made
fesearch easier, but I have got
ten used to (gulp) using the E
mail function. OK. 1 e-mail peo
ple a lot.
I have a manageable-size
group (high double digits) of E
dresses I correspond to, some
times daily. I look forward to
hearing from those people
daily. Many are family who are
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- Wed., Aug. 18. 1999
Jj
Johnson
Home
Journal
Editor
about the Yugoslavian crisis or
some disaster in a distant
place, but if you want to know
what's going on in the state or
the nation, you need to read a
newspaper.
People who want to stay
informed on what is going on in
their community usually find
their hometown newspaper is
Torey
Jolley
Nome
Journal
Staff
spread from Minnesota to
Houston, Texas. In fact, my
nephew will be heading to
Korea in January with his army
unit. We plan to keep in touch
through the internet.
Last Friday, my internet ser
vice provider went down (or
something). We were off line for
days (service was restored late
Tuesday afternoon).
During this time. I didn't
email anyone. Somewhere in
cyberspace was a huge pile of
mail waiting for me to down
load.
During the outage, I was on
the telephone several times try
ing to get the service fixed.
Changing providers was not an
option for us we like the ser
vice we receive from our local
supplier. Alltel. We have estab
lished email addresses.
I hate sending out change of
address forms as is and all my
current mail would be lost.
While my e-service was
of space occupied by the error,
We cannot be responsible lor the return oi pictures or
submitted materials unless a stamp<*d. return address
envelope is included.
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lor the citizens of Houston and adjoining counties by
Houston Publications Inc., Perry. Ga Our goal is to
produce quality, profitable, community-oriented
newspapers that you. our readers, are proud of. We
will reach this goal through hard work, teamwork,
loyalty and a strong dedication toward printing the
truth.
Member of Georgia Press Association and Nation
al Newspaper Association.
"fil
down, I watched my family
playing a game called Roller
coaster Tycoon. 1 normally do
not have an inclination to play
such games. Yet, this one was
compelling.
The rules of the game mean
you get an area of land on
which to build an amusement
park. I can thank my son for
bringing the game home.
During the course of the
game, you put in the rides, the
concession, the restrooms, hire
the employees, and so on. Peo
ple come and you either grow or
get shut down. I have gotten
hooked on the game.
Everyone in the house plays
the game. It is not easy by any
means. It starts off easy but
ends up very difficult. Mv park
is nice. It is doing good too,
except for the time the roller
coaster collapsed from lack of
maintenance and "killed" 16
people.
My son has a nice park (mine
is better). My husband has sev
eral parks. My daughter in new
Jo the game like me but is quite
hooked. We all have nice parks,
but to be honest, my five-year
old grandson has the most
impressive park of all. It is real
ly beautiful. It makes money bv
the truckloads, wins awards,
and has not received one com
See PARKS, page 5A
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Houston Horn Journal
the place for current and com
plete information.
The newspaper not only tries
to cover what is happening
today, but its staff tries look
ahead to let readers know what
these events and changes could
mean to them tomorrow.
If there were no community
newspaper, where would you
find out about what is happen
ing in your city government,
how the schools may be chang
ing in the coming months, or
what the county supervisors
are doing to meet various pub
lic needs?
This kind of coverage is only
a part of the information a
newspaper provides its readers
on a regular basis.
However, no newspaper can
know every issue or topic that
may need to be covered. That is
why the Tribune-News has
offered the Holbrook City Coun
cil space in the newspaper
every Friday to discuss any
topic the mayor, other council
members or the city manager
believe citizens should be aware
of.
Some of the issues may be
current ones, others may deal
with issues that will affect our
way of life in the days ahead.
This space is being provided at
no charge to the city as a pub
lic service, and we hope the first
article wall be available later
this month.
A recent study by the Nation-
See JOHNSON, Page 5A
Bob
Tribble
Home
Journal
President
Intent of casino
legislation absurd
The story is told of a man
who was sitting on his porch
one day when his friend came
by for a visit. There was a big
dog lying on the porch and the
visitor asked. f “Will your dog
bite?"
The man replied. "No. my
dog won’t bite."
After hearing that, the visitor
stepped up on the porch and
the dog took a big hunk out of
his leg. He jumped up and
down, hollering and holding
his leg.
“I thought you said your dog
wouldn’t bite,” the visitor
yelled.
To that, the man replied.
“That ain’t my dog."
I tell you that story to make
a simple point. The American
public has been bitten by a clog
which legislators did not think
would bite. Read on.
A decade ago. legislation was
passed in the U S. Congress
which opened the door to casi
no gambling on Indian reserva
tions. The law was intended to
strengthen tribal government,
encourage tribal economic
development, and increase
tribal self-sufficiency.
This was the intent of the
legislation. Whether or not life
for Indians is any better and
whether or not casino revenues
are having an impact on
health, education, housing or
other measurements of well
being among the tribes is not
known for sure at this point in
time.
In a series of articles done by
the Saint Paul Pioneer Press,
the newspaper found some
rough edges concerning free
dom restricting governmental
practices, worries about hefty
campaign contributions, influ
ential lobbying forces and fears
for over dependence on gam
bling revenues.
Overall, the Pioneer Press
reported tribal gambling was a
growing success in human
terms.
The purpose of this column
is not to attempt to address the
rights or wrongs of casino gam
bling, or the lottery for that
matter. I will leave that moral
discussion up for each of you.
The purpose of this column
is to point out what I see as a
gross injustice to the American
public and the fact the possible
See CASINOS, page 5A
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lishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press, or of the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances." Your right to read this news
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