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Annual reminder
Each year at this time, we issue a
suggestion to our readers to try
Perry first for their Christmas shop
ping.
Peny has a diversified shopping
community, made stronger this year
with the opening of the Perry Cross
roads shopping center. There are
plenty of choices here, from soup to
nuts, from shoes to scarves.
Why shop here? There are many
reasons, but a couple come to mind.
V Local merchants support local
activities. Ever noticed who adver
tises in the ball game programs or
provides the gifts for a fund-raising
auction? Yes, it’s the local merchant
who is involved with his or her com
munity and wants it to be a better
place to live.
V Local businesses hire local resi
dents. Local residents working in
Perry businesses help make our
economy stronger. With more people
working, the safety net in the com
munity can reach those people who
have real needs at the holiday sea
son. The stronger the local econo
my, the more the goodness of pro
grams such as Project Agape Love
and others reaches to the corners of
the community.
Help your community be better.
Tiy Perry first. Chances are, what
you seek is already here.
Making, breaking excuses
I’m cleaning out closets and drawers at
my house. It is something I try to do on a
regular basis, but sometimes I let it slide
a bit. With Christmas fast approaching, I
know I must get it done. After all, my
daddy always said, “You can’t put 10
pounds of potatoes in a five-pound bag."
I've got much more than the limit stuck
in my drawers and closets. There are
socks without mates (two go in the wash
er; one comes out go figure), shirts
without buttons, clothes too big (thanks
to sticking to the diabetic diet, and my
family and
friends
ensuring I
do), and
shoes 1 won’t
wear (and to
tell the truth,
cannot imag
ine why I
bought them
in the first
Torey
Jolley
Home
Journal
staff
place). = ■=
I will
throw out junk. You know the stuff. It sits
in a drawer or closet, covered with dust
because you haven’t taken it out in a year
or more. It is that little knick-knack or
the hall-burned candle sticks, or some
other useless item.
The toys and clothes my grandson has
outgrown will be sorted. Some will be
passed down to my nephew s son and the
rest will be boxed up and donated to a
charity. Most are like new and will make
some child happy.
Guess I better stop talking about it and
get to work on clearing out those closets
and drawers. 1 pity my garbage collectors.
I just hope they have room in the truck!
• ••
Update on my plumbing problem: I am
happy to announce the plumbers came
and conquered the problem. No more
backed-up plumbing and no more clean
ing up the mess.
• ••
I’m looking forward to the Diabetes
Management class on Dec. 7 at Perry
Hospital. I missed the last one too
much work and not enough time to
attend. I know no excuses.
Those classes have been a Godsend to
me. The lab work keeps my doctor
informed. The information 1 receive from
the class has helped me keep on my diet.
I’ve learned to adjust and cope to the
changes my lifestyle requires.
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Lighted yards part of Perry Christmas tradition
Perry has always been an
attractive town but even
more so between Thanksgiving
and New Year when Perryans
share their holiday excitement
with beautifully decorated
homes and yards.
This year appears to be fol
lowing that tradition. Down
town, the white light decora
tions which were designed four
years ago (can it be that long?)
are already turned on at most
businesses and providing a
bright sight to passers-by.
In other parts of town, resi
dents cure busily hanging vari
ous decorations to beautiful
and illuminate their homes for
the winter holidays.
Several years ago, one of the
service clubs in our community
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Taekwondo, Boggin and “Mama, I’m Sorry.”
All sorts of things are hap
pening as the holiday season
gets started.
You probably already know
about the Christmas at the
Crossroads events, but here
are some other, totally differ
ent, things coming up that
some readers might want to fit
into the busy time ahead
and that will remind us what
a wonderfully diverse and
interesting community this is.
• ••
There’s the big Taekwondo
tournament at Reaves Arena
this Saturday which should
be fun to stop by and watch.
David Feldman has put a lot
of work into this, and has got
ten some great support from
local merchants and individu
als.
• ••
And there’s the Third Annu
al Elko Boggin. also on Satur
day. In case you aren’t famil
iar with boggin-talk - this has
to do with trucks with great
big tires driving through mud.
and great big tractors having
to pull some of them out.
The Elko Boggin is a big
event with plenty of good
food and fun and the
admission is a toy or $6. All
proceeds go to make Christ
mas merrier for kids in need.
Regarding the mud. Hazel
Kersey says that it’s a pond
bed that just stays muddy.
They have it lit in a strip, so
it’s a great show.
Page 4A
Wed., Dec. 1. 1999
JJ
Johnson
Home
Journal
Editor
sponsored a Christmas deco
rating contest as part of the
Christmas at the Crossroads
festival.
I remember standing in the
cool of the early winter evening
just after dusk to take photos of
the various winners. I always
found those homes to be taste
fully decorated and a delight to
Charlotte
Perkins
Home
Journal
Staff
The gates open at 2 p.m. for
those who want the best view.
You can buy your food there
or bring a picnic. The boggin
starts at 6:30.
To get there, turn toward
Hawkinsville when you get off
1-75 onto Ga. 26. Go about
five miles. Follow the trucks
with the giant wheels!
Sounds like fun to me, but
everything I’ve ever been to in
Elko has been fun.
• ••
Then there’s a chance to see
a hit gospel play. Milton Wynn
111, and his friends and family,
are planning a big weekend on
Dec. 10-11 at the Greater
Word of Deliverance Church.
On Saturday night,they will
have a performance of "Mama,
I’m Sorry", which is a gospel
music drama that has been a
big hit across the country.
The admission? A toy for a
boy or girl. The show begins at
7 p.m.
There’s still more on the fol
lowing evening with music
and comedy, all in a Christian
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vein.
Milton “Three" had me
mixed up on the phone at
first, because I thought he
was his father, also Milton
Wynn, who is the pastor of the
Greater Word church, and
also the founder of Genesis
House. Turns out though,
that the son is following in his
dad’s footsteps in community
spirit.
• • •
Christmas lights The
Home Journal is having <* con
test tor all those people who
love decorating their homes at
Christmas. Check out the
storv in this issue or call us at
987 1823.
There’s a SSO first prize,
which should help somebody
pay their Georgia Power or
Flint Energies bill in January.
Even if you don’t win, your
home will be listed in the Dec.
22 issue, and that will be a
help to the folks like me
who enjoy ridin’ around and
lookin' at lights.
• ••
Bobbe Nelson will be sign
ing and selling her Houston
County history. “A Land So
Dedicated", at the Galleria on
Saturday, from 10 a.m. to
noon, and at the Perry Book
store on Sunday from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
Don’t forget this option for
Christmas giving. Bobbe will
even wrap and ship the books
for you.
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visit.
The contest fell by the way
side a couple of years ago. With
the sponsorship of the contest
open. I suggested to Chris Kin
nas of the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce the Home Journal
would like to sponsor the event
this year.
Fortunately, he was open to
this idea, and so the Home
Journal Christmas at the
Crossroads Residential Deco
rating Contest was born.
It’s simple, just complete the
application form on page 8A of
this paper and get it to our
office by Dec. 16 at noon. We'll
consider any house south of
Mossy Creek.
Applications can be brought
to our office at 807 Carroll St.
in white-lighted downtown
Perry. They can be mailed to
use at P.O. Drawer M, Perry, or
faxed to us at 988-1181. If you
want to email your information,
send it to homejrn@hom.net.
I look forward to looking at
the various entry forms and
making up my itinerary for
early evening drives throughout
southern Houston County.
The excitement of viewing
decorations shining brightly in
the night is something most
Americans find quite enjoyable.
I look forward to seeing what
our neighbors have done to
their yards this year and seeing
which yard is the most unusu
al, most colorful and the best
decorated in the southern half
of our county.
Bob
Tribble
Home
Journal
President
Were too fat and
it’s killing us
So now they are telling us
according to evidence being
overweight can cut your life
span. Most of us have probably
known that for years, but it
was one of those things we did
n’t want to think about.
Kind of like my wife. If she
has a problem with something 1
have said or done, she simply
says, "1 don’t want to talk
about it."
To make the news double
barreled bad, these experts are
telling us we are not only get
ting fatter, but those of us who
live the South, where meals are
often finger lickin' good, are
leading the way.
To go even a step further, we
are told that some employers
even discriminate against over
weight people, especially
women, when it comes to hir
ing, firing, demotions and pay
increases.
They even said weight dis
crimination is more common
than discrimination based on
race, gender or other factors.
This weight thing reminds
me of what my friend Joe said
one day. He said when he mar
ried. his wife weighed 120
pounds. Now she weighs 180
and he figures he is not mar
ried to 60 pounds of her.
If a person is more than 30
percent over their ideal body
weight, then they are obese,
experts say. So. if you are a
male and your ideal’ weight
according to the charts is 175
pounds, and your weight is 225
or more, then you are obese. A
woman who should weigh 125
pounds, but instead weighs
165 words or more, is obese.
Reminds me of another joke.
This lady from the country
went to the city to a clothing
store. She asked the clerk if
she had anything for her body.
The sales lady said. “Yes, my
deepest sympathy.”
We all know traditional
Southern cooking features
fried chicken, potatoes, barbe
cue and so on, all high in fat
content. Experts say though
that Southern diets are not
much different from those in
the rest of the country.
They go on to say the more
likely reason for the increase in
portliness is a lack of exercise.
Southerners are less likely to
hike, ride a bike, walk or join a
health club. They say summers
See TRIBBLE, Page 5A
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