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Consider Walker s tax efforts
Editor:
Maybe the citizens and the property
owners of
Houston
County
should really
consider
Mayor Walk
er’s proposal
to eliminate
the Houston
County Com
missioners
and its chair-:
Letters
to the
Editor
p.o.
Drawer M
Perru Be.
man.
With all the construction going on in
Houston County, I’m sure the tax base
had increased tremendously.
While the state gave us a tax break by
increasing the homestead exemption, the
county increased the millage rate; there
fore, eliminating any tax break that the
state has tried to give us.
The cities of Warner Robins and Perry
have lowered their millage rate, why not
the county? With Warner Robins annex
ing so many acres, the county should
have less to take care of. Why the need
for additional employees in the county?
For several years Mr. Stafford politick
on making four lanes for Houston Lake
Road. Have you driven from Russell Park-
See LETTERS, Page 5A
Simple pleasures
become memories
of a lifetime
Last week was National School Lunch
Week. I hope many of you enjoyed a meal
with your children at school. 1 enjoyed a
few meals during the week with my
grandson. Dylan.
First, 1 have to say the food was good
and tasty. 1 don’t remember school food
being that good when I was a child. And
from the looks of the cleaned trays of the
children, they agree with me.
I took the time to spent a lunch period
(all of 30 minutes) with Dylan. The
sparkle in his eyes when he saw me arrive
in the lunch room could only mirror
mine. We enjoyed our time together.
Dylan instructed me in the art of lunch
room tech
nique. First,
the milk
choice - plain
or chocolate.
Of course,
being an
adult, 1 could
have chosen
ice tea or cof
fee; however.
I st uck with
plain milk
Torey
Jolley
Home
Journal
Staff
and Dylan chose chocolate.
Next, we navigated through the lunch
line-picking out our silverware and food
trays. Then we went to the check-out.
What a deal! My lunch was only $2.50!
Dylan mentioned that the school sells
ice cream. "Does it?” I asked. Of course,
those lovely hazel-green eyes were looking
hopefully into my eyes and those little
dimples - well, 1 melted and he got the ice
cream.
I have forgotten how much joy it is to
sit and watch someone enjoy their food.
Dylan ate all his regular lunch and then
he started on the ice cream.
Slowly, he ate the ice cream - relishing
each bite. His eyes would close as he con
sumed the ice cream, bite by bite, and
then licking the stick clean. The look of
pure pleasure engulfed his face - like the
chocolate which coated his little face and
hands.
We talked about his morning which
was spent coloring, writing, and learning.
We spent the remainder of the lunch peri
od chatting until it was time to clear our
trays and for Dylan to line up for his
return to class.
We kissed and hugged. He asked me to
come to lunch again. And I know I will.
Where else could I enjoy a tasty meal for
$2.50 and a visit with my grandson? It is
a small gesture that will be remember by
both of us forever.
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Thoughts on life in the middle of October ’99
Some odds and ends:
Daylight Saving Time is
about to end. The final hours of
the grand experiment in saving
daylight ends at 2 a.m. Oct. 31.
Thus, children in Perry who
take advantage of the city
request to trick or treat Oct. 28
from 6-8 p.m. will have only
one hour of dark along their
walk.
Those who trick or treat in
other communities Sunday
night will be in darkness before
they head out the door to ter
rorize their neighbors.
Meanwhile, mommies and
daddies will now arise in the
dark, drive to work in the dark,
drive home in the dark, and see
daylight Saturday and Sunday.
Maybe we need to conserve
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Poking ribs for fun with Mets fan
Braves Country
Early Monday morning -
after watching that inter
minable game on Sunday night
- I walked into the Concoo sta
tion on Sam Nunn Blvd. to pay
for some gas. and there was a
man from New Jersey wearing a
Mets t-shirt. He was also get
ting a more good-natured
reception in Braves Country
than somebody from Georgia
wearing a Braves t-shirt would
have gotten in New York City
last week.
Book Signing
Bill Boyd will be at the Perry
Bookstore in downtown Perry
from 1 to 3 this Saturday (Octo
ber 23) to sell and autograph
his new book - “Fat, Dumb and
Happy Down in Georgia."
Cut that Ribbon!
In a community with the eco
nomic growth that Perry enjoys,
you can count on a ribbon cut
ting almost every week, and
there are three people you can
always count on to show up
and help at those milestone
events - whether it’s the open
ing of a small retail business of
a big financial institution. One,
of course, is Mayor Jim Worrall.
The other two are Steve
Rodgers, Chairman of the
Board of the Perry Area Cham
ber of Commerce, and Chris
Kinnas, Chamber exec. These
three do a lot to ribbon cuttings
Page 4A
Wed., Oct. 20, 1099
JJ
Johnson
Home
Journal
Editor
daylight during the winter
instead of the summer.
• ••
Both the Mossy Creek Barn
yard Festival and the Georgia
National Fair benefitted from
fabulous weather during the
past weekend.
Instead of getting a deluge of
rain from Hurricane Irene we
Charlotte
Perkins
Home
Journal
Staff
memorable and their efforts are
appreciated.
Notes from nearby
For those who haven’t been
to enough fall festivals yet,
here’s another: the Beaver
Creek Festival in Montezuma
on Oct. 30. This is a festival
that got started five years ago
as a fund-raiser for the flooded
out downtown merchants, and
it’s kept right on going. They'll
have arts and crafts, great food
and - of course - the Great
Beaver Creek Duck Race, with
WMAZ TV’s Frank Malloy as
Quackmaster, and a grand
prize of SIOOS. Yes, that’s One
Thousand and Five Dollars. The
duck race is fun to see because
they drop all the ducks (plastic,
of course) off one bridge and
the race continues until the
next bridge. It’s a delightful
sight to see all those thousands
of multi-colored ducks careen
ing around the bend in the
creek, heading for the finish
line.
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Our Goal
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For women only
When it comes to cancer,
most of us would rather not
think about it at all, but the
truth is that early detection
remains our best protection.
The American Cancer Society
estimates that 750,000 women
will be diagnosed with breast
cancer and 43,700 will die of
the disease during 1999. That’s
the bad news
The good news is that detect
ing breast cancer in its early
stages offers a better than 96
percent of survival. That’s a
pretty good survival rate!
What’s the best way to maxi
mize your chances for early
detection.
Have regularly scheduled
mammograms, practice month
ly breast self-examination and
have an annual exam by a doc
tor.
Sure it’s scarey even to think
about it, and to imagine finding
a lump, but there are women
all over our community -
among our friends and families
- who are alive and enjoying life
today because of early detection
of breast cancer. (1 know five or
six myself, and I know even
more women who found lumps
that turned out to be benign.)
October is National Breast
Cancer Awareness month. If
you haven't had a mammogram
in a while, make that appoint
ment soon! And if you haven’t
had a mammogram ever, it
doesn’t hurt! Go!!
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Houston Home Journal
received a gift of beautiful, fall
like weather. Wow, what a treat.
Even my friend who is a fore
caster for the Weather Channel
was delighted with what hap
pened instead of what was pre
dicted.
• ••
Wonder if it’s safe to go to
Savannah yet on a pleasure
trip? Or would the reception be
somewhat like what the Boston
Red Sox fans had for umpires
and the New York Yankees dur
ing their playoff game Sunday
night.
I hope by the time you read
this, you will have learned the
Braves won their game in a rea
sonable time frame Tuesday
night. If not, most of us are
probably still asleep. What’s
wrong with day games any
more, especially when it’s so
cold in New England?
•••
Friday night is a big event at
Perry High School. A new
homecoming queen will be
crowned. The Panthers will be
trying for their second win of
the season against Southeast of
Macon.
I hope Panther fans will flock
to the Pit to show their support
of the Panthers and the Home
coming Court.
While the Panthers haven’t
won as many games this year
as hoped, the team has contin
ued to play hard despite the
lack of wins. These hard-work
ing guys are due a win. Be there
to celebrate.
Bob
Tribble
Home
Journal
President
This is day the
Lord has made
The mountains Eire a beauti
ful place during the month of
October. In fact, the mountains
are a beautiful place anytime of
the year, and much of that
beauty is brought about by the
folks who live there.
Recently, I was in Burnsville,
N.C. on a business trip. When 1
left Burnsville heading for Lan
drum. S.C., I stopped at a gas
station just inside Yancey
County towards Asheville.
As I was paying the station
attendant for the gas, a local
gentleman walked up to the
counter, looked me in the eye
and said. “This is the day the
Lord has made. Let us rejoice
and be glad in it."
I must admit I was set back
a bit by his friendliness, but he
was exactly right so I said,
amen!
That amen struck up a brief
conversation between the three
of us that gave us all the
opportunity to let each other
know that we were Christians.
Yes. it was a beautiful day that
the Lord had made!
As the local gentleman asked
for change for a dollar bill, the
station attendant, who appar
ently knew him, told him to be
sure and give 10 percent of
that dollar to his church. He
assured the attendant he had
already given his tithe, and as
he turned to walk away he said
once again, “This is the day the
Lord has made. Let us rejoice
and be glad in it.”
Some days as we rush
through life on a busy schedule
we tend to forget that “this is
the day the Lord has made.” We
often confront and try to solve
rather big problems that pop
up without first praying about
them. We try to rely on our own
strengths too often without
realizing where those strengths
come from.
Sometimes we act in haste,
and over react towards other
people, while in conversations
with them about touchy sub
jects. Then we have to apolo
gize for those wrong words we
said. We simply forgot that
“this is the day the Lord has
made."
Sometimes we get like old
Slim. The preacher told Slim
once, “You and the Lord have a
beautiful garden here." To
which Slim replied, “You
should have seen it when the
Lord had it by himself."
See TRIBBLE, Page 5A
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