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Diet my eyesight gets. I know that nothing tastes near ly as good as seeing things clearly. I recently attended my Diabetes Management Class at Perry Hospital. The discussion subject was stress and how it effects diabetes. Stress can be caused by dieting and feeling left out when everyone else is partaking of goodies not on my list of acceptable food choic es. If you add that to deadlines, family stuff. Fish hesitation and retrieved the catch. Boy were those fish good, it was later reported. And then there is the story about a local pastor, rather new in town, who sits with his young son fishing at the city lake while the father reads the paper. After a few casts. John, we will call him. lost his new lure. There it was. floating around in the middle of the small lake. Guess who diveed into the lake and swam out to the middle to save that $7 lure? You are right, the 40-year -old pastor. So in case you saw someone you might have thought was the new pastor of a local Baptist Church swimming in the city lake, illegally 1 might add. you were right. That was absolutely him. My friend Norman Carter published the following poem entitled. “A Little Mixed Up," in his Pobiddy Joke Book. It was given to him by Mrs. A.P. Persons. “Just a line to say I'm liv ing. that I'm not among the dead. I'm getting more for getful and mixed up in the head. I'm right used to my Now two great sources of news and advertising each week: Houston Home Journal Advertiser each Tuesday, Houston Home Journal each Wednesday afternoon. Read ’em both! From left: Norma Adams. Manager Linda Nelson. Cathy Bryant, Sharon Beamon. Dr. Rhonda Thompson, Joyce Emerson and Phyllis Ross. 3 a Dr Rhonda Thompson Optometrist Hwy 41 N. Unadilla §Soft Serve Ice Cream & 01' Timey Shakes YUM-MEE! Pit BBQ Homemade Stew Cree-Mee Fried Chicken (Original Recipes) Hours: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Wed. and Sun. 627-3001 Continued from page 4A and general life, well, things can get out of con trol. One thing the class taught me was laughter is important. The best stress buster is a good dose of sense of humor coupled with hearty bouts of laughing. I’ve made it my goal to enjoy each day and find things worth laughing about. Perhaps. I should lis ten to Dylan more often and “do recess." Continued from page 4A arthritis, to mv dentures I'm resigned. I can manage my bifocals, but O God, I miss my mind. Sometimes I can’t remember standing at the bottom of the stairs. Did I just go up for some thing or just come down from there? And before the fridge so often my poor mind fills with doubt, have 1 just put food away or have 1 come to take it out? There are times when it is dark with my nightcap on my head. I don't know if I'm retiring or just getting out of bed. So if its my time to write you, there's no need for getting sore. "1 may think that I have written and don't want to be a bore. Please remember that I love you and wish that you were near. But now it’s nearly mail time so 1 must say goodbye my dear. There I stand beside the mailbox with my face so very red. Instead of mailing you my letter. I opened it instead." Finally, you know for sure you are getting older when, your mind retires before your body expires. Have a great day! THompson ClfMc Specializing in I * e cl i a txi c s* and Contacts Call 987-3702 now for an appointment. located in Wal-Mart Vision Center l it) 1 ) St Patricks Pkwy Perry, Georgia Fair the year. There are plans for improvements to the south gate entrance. These plans include a garden median, additional parking, and two new ponds. Parking wall accommodate 850 cares with access from Hay Road. Along the south gate entrance, a buffer of hedges will be planted to surround the RV campground in that area. Changes to the South Gate take on additional importance as completion of new 1-75 Exit 134 nears. The exit wall not be ready for the 1999 Fair, but will be useful by the 2000 fair. Distance plans for the south side of the facility include an arboretum and Box the State Fire Marshall wall allow anyone in the box. School Board member Pat Summers agreed, “It feels like you can go right through the floor." McMahan said to replace the press box has been estimated around SIOO,OOO. but he thought he could get a modular press box between $50,000 Annual PraiSing is Aug. 29 From Staff Reports The annual Perry Prai&- ing, a gathering of mem bers and musicians from churches in the Perry Area, will be held Aug. 29 at the First Baptist Church of Perry. The event will begin at 6 p.m. The mass choir will feature more than 100 musicians from area par- Kids Continued from page 4A '—' ===== dren, the Center for Families in Warner Robins is offering a series of classes on seven consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning Sept. 14. Planned around the theme "Love and Logic", the series is aimed at parents of chil dren ages 3-18 and will be presented by Stephanie H. Warren, MSW, LCSW. and Melissa Hicks, PhD. It is free, but limited to 15 partic ipants, so if you're interested call 953-0133 right aw r ay. SALVAGE SALEffi CALL 987-0376 I FOR DETAILS S APPOINTMENTS Do You Need A ULm* Car... A 1 1 /JL : IT. — * 1. I AND WONDER ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Free, no hassle credit approval for auto loans . You may qualify regardless of • Good Credit • Blemished Credit • No Credit • Bankruptcy # It’s Easy, Fast, and confidential! From your touch-tone phone call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! 1*800*975*3325 Electronically answered Another exclusive service from Our Dealership Continued from page 1A botanical garden area. It will feature flora and fauna of Georgia. “The area in question is currently used as our retention area for water. We want to turn it into a sanc tuary, a natural habitat. We want to put in walkways and picnic areas." said Froehlich. “It is not funded yet. However, it won’t take a lot of money to accomplish this project. “It is planned projects like these which enhance the Fairgrounds and Agri center. Our facility offers a theme park setting in a park like atmosphere and we are already the most modern technologically speaking," said Froehlich. Continued from page 1A and $75,000 from either a company in Kentucky or in Texas. “It is expensive, but we don't want an accident. That would be worse in many ways." said McMahan. No decision was made concerning the issue at the meeting. Some work on the press box began on Aug. 24. ticipating churches. The PraiSing is held the last Sunday of August each year and provides an annu al opportunity for Perry area church members to worship and sing together. Charges changed Charges against two Per ryans for aggravated assault following an inci dent in the Pern' Market place parking lot Aug. 16 have been reduced. Jeremiah Doane, 19 and Jeremy White, 18. are now charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. , V 7' ll * Ti :30 a’m.'- 6:30 RM.' * °° n ' a ™n INCLUDES AUGUST 27,1999 1/2 chicken, cole slaw, AT SHRINERS BARBECUE PIT CHIPS, BAKED BEANS, GEN. COURTNEY HODGES BLVD. 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