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Lifestyle Smiths host Christmas retirement parties for friends By JOAN DORSETT Home Journal Statt Christinas greeting cards from the Phil Smith family this year also brought sur prise retirement party invi tations. The main surprise for Phil was “who was com ing when" as it took three events to include everyone they entertained. And all while the retiring Perry High School principal was moving 15 years of school office to home office from which his next career will evolve. For the Dec. 21 party longtime teacher and friend Charles Stone prepared the food that was served. He was assisted by Paul and Stephanie Smith and Bertha Hill, the Smiths’ helper and friend. The fol lowing recipe was created by a favorite aunt of Charles, Verna Ruffin of Auburn, Ala. Eggplant Caviar 1 eggplant , 1 tomato 1 onion 1 clove garlic 3 tbsp. olive oil (no substi tute!) 2 tbsp. vinegar Friends planning new Perry Volunteer Outreach Please attend the Jan. 4 meeting of Perry City Coun cil to show interest in the formation of the Perry Vol unteer Outreach program— People who can, helping people who can’t. • •• Nothing could be finer than a new baby in our Ridgewood Park neighbor hood. Congratulations to Heath and Gay Dykes upon the birth of their son, Albert Trevor Dykes, born Dec. 13 at Houston County Medical Center. Trevor weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and mea sured 21 inches long. Heath is a lieutenant in the Perry Police Department and Gay teaches third grade at Centerville Elementary School. Proud grandparents are Alton and Vickie Dykes and Ray and Donna Lan caster of Hawkinsville. • •• A happy Evora McGuire had her family all together for Christmas at her Sunset Ave. home for the first time in six years. Special was a time for everyone to remem ber and tell of one Christ mas past. Gifts included an electric paper shredder, unique for this time in Evora’s life, from her grand daughter Debbie. Visiting were Lloyd and Claire Donnelly of Loudon, Tenn. and his mother Hazel Benjamin of Bradford, Vt. who spends the winter with them; Mike and Jennifer Galvin of Leesburg, Virginia; Paul and Debbie Gaines of Columbus; Mark and Heather Crook of Her mitage. Tenn. and Malcolm and Sara Crook of Kathleen. • •• Leighton Nichols who is now working as assistant pro for Ironwoods Golf Cen ter on 1-75 is another Per ryan aspiring to become a golf pro. During October he accomplished the necessary score for his PGA appren ticeship at Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park Golf Course at Cordele. In April he will attend the first level of PGA School in Nashville. Tenn. Leighton's parents are Ned and L'"< Ann Nichols. His sister Ca i * *- v, is a senior at Perry High School. ••• Doug and Judy Lilley offered the following dish for the Christmas Supper Club Social held recently at the home of Shirley Sichelstiel. They got the recipe from Charles Stone who got it ' "-»■ " ' iIEfSR' Isßm ■ . -- IHI * *IBSL ~; 1.1 ■■■■l: wHBHI fIHnBnHHH Home Journal Photos by Joan Dorsett AT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Paul. Stephanie, Sandi and Phil Smith opened their festive Cedar Ridge home to friends during the recent holiday season. 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. sugar 1 /2 tsp. pepper Boil or roast whole eggplant unpeeled until tender. Cool, peel, and chop finely. Add finely minced onion, tomato chopped and drained, and crushed garlic. Add all of sea sonings and chill overnight at least. May be kept in refriger ator for 1 month. Serve with crackers, frito scoops, or other snacks for a dip. Very good with roast beef or lamb. Hint: 2 pr 3 tablespoons ful stirred into a bowlful of tomato soup makes a very dressy soup. Top with a dol lop ok sour cream. Serve hot or celjci. Terrific! wL-MJLM Just Visitin’ Joan Dorset* 987- 5272 from Susan Pierce who got it from the Hawkinsville United Methodist Women Cookbook, 1985. You’ll want to clip this one. Cheese Boat 1 oval loaf of French bread 4 cups of grated sharp cheese 16 oz. cream cheese, soft ened 1 hot chili pepper, seeded and chopped 1 /2 tsp. hot sauce a bell pepper, finely chopped 1 bunch green onions, finely chopped 1 tomato, finely chopped 3 pkgs. thin sliced corned beef, finely chopped 1 /2 tsp. chili powder Cut top off bread and gently tear bread from cen ter and save. Mix cheeses with wooden spoon and add remaining ingredients one at a time mixing thoroughly. Fill bread cavity with cheese mixture and bake on cookie sheet for 30-45 minutes at 350 degrees. Bake top and torn bread separately for dipping along with corn chips. • •• The Caloric Density Eat ing Plan sounds like a good plan for the new year. Here we go again.... The majority of your diet should come from low and very low caloric density foods, such as water, fat free salad dressings, most beans, most fruit, white fish and skinless poultry, whole grains and pasta, most low fat dairy products, most vegetables. water-based soups. A moderate portion of your diet should come from medium caloric density foods such as cheese, creamy (full-fat) salad dressings, french fries, red meat, white bread, cakes and cookies. A small percent of your diet should come from high caloric density foods such as chocolate candy bars, fried corn chips arid potato chips, nuts, mayonnaise, butter and vegetable oil. iiißlt c-unsmmKKm PlpPP' HUM* up* w V l 1 V \.-r i , V ■ 5 : ) \ . H V. v v * ■■■•:- NOW IN RETIREMENT happy and relaxed Phil " Smith dons a new hat in retirement. He has left Perry High School and now works for VALIC. a retirement investment organization. f ’ WwSm Jpii m ■ f m « r : . i i■ , Special Photo MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? Debutante lea Brannen waltzes with her father. Tommy Brannen. following her prt sentation at the Bons Homines Yule Ball in Macon, Dec 17. The Bons Hommes marked the 50th anniversary oj its founding recently by presenting its 50th annual debutante ball at the Macon City Auditorium Lea Flise Brannen. daughter of Tommy and Dee Brannen. was on of :i0 young women who made their bow to society durit ; -u- l U'<n Yvle Ball. A Westfield Schools 1997 graduate, led . a junii at Furman University in Greenville. S.C. She and her parents were joined by several Furman friends, her grandmother Estelle Stone of Vienna and her sister Man; Mit go i and her brother Walt. Home Journal Pholo bv Joan Dorsett POUND PUPPY REPORT Grant & Myers Helping Hand animal shelter has this beautiful chow mix with a smile and five other large dogs, as well as two pit bull puppies for adoption. If Santa didn't bring you a dog. just come get one of these. Animal Control Officer Dan Bass at 988-2800 has a male husky-shepherd mix and a female Rottweiler mix. Also seven wee puppies barely weaned from their mother, some black some tan. When they recently moved. Torey Jolley had to leave her 3-year-old female black lab "Kodi"for Kodiak behind and she's just hiding time with us’ at the Dorsett residence until she Jinds a new home. Not yet spayed, she does have her ou n dog house. Call us at 987-5272 to see Kodi. Have some news to share with Perryans?Contact Joan Dorsett at 987-1823 or 987-5272. She’s eager to hear from you. | Page 1B Wed., Dec. 29. 1999 JB .:■ Jl §tft vJBf" *5' BHRk 188 l . KIWANIS CU B CHRISTMAS GUESTS Visiting the Kiwanis Club for the annual prayer breakfast were Marc Foster, Nancy McLendon, Joy M< Veil, Michael Kiwanians, friends uphold annual prayer breakfast tradition By JOAN DORSETT HoMt. JOURNAI j> lA> - _________ _ Pern' Kiw.uiis Chili mem bers observed their annual Prayer Breakfast Dec. 21. This is an opportunity for school prayer club members to share fellowship and food with Kiwanians. The Perry High School Prayer Club was represented by teacher Joy McNeil and students Charles Lewis, Michael Walenceus, Megan Houston Home Journal Boyd and Wendv Tarpley. Westfield Schools coaches Ronnie Jones and Larry Bennett are sponsors for the recently formed Key Club at that school. They were accompanied by their wives Beth Jones and Susan Ben nett and student Kyle Harold. Special guests were Perry Prayer Group, a group of dedicated Christian men who breakfast together at Watts to visit snow country during Civitan fund-raiser By Lanorris Fleming Home. Journal Staff LaSlionda Watts, a Perry High School senior and Perry native, will be taking a journey in the snow Jan. 28 through Feb. 1. A member ol the Perry Junior Civitan Club and governor ol the South Geor gia District of Junior Civi tan v, ii .v ill join other governors and leaders from Canada and the United States m the 25th annual Junior Civitan Sno-Do. According to Watts, the event is a snowmobile marathon to benefit the Civitan international Research Center and is scheduled for Jan. 30, 2000. in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. “The money raised from donations will go to the Civ itan Interna!ional Research Center located it the Uni versity ol Alabama at Birm ingham u> help aid in research and treatment of people with developmental disabilities said Watts. Watis has been a mem ber of Junior Civitan orga nization tor four years and as governor o! the South Ga. District will be the only representative from the southern part of Georgia. “This is mv first big fund raiser. and 1 am definitely excited about it." said Watts. According to Mary Luck, Youth Developmental Director of Civitan Interna tional. Junior Civitan is a community service organi zation for young people. Its purpose is to provide young people with opportunities for personal and career development while improv ing schools and communi ties through service. There arc Junior Civitan Clubs found in Canada. Germany, Hungary. Ruma nia. Russia. Sierra Leone and the United States, Luck said. Watts, the daughter of Herman and Sharon Watts, is collecting donations for her participation in the event. Perry area business Home Journal Photo by Joan Dorsett Walenceus, Megan Boyd, Larry Bennett, Wendy Tarpley, Ronnie Jones, Charles Lewis, Kyle Harold. New Perry Hotel every Tues day at 7 a.in. Marc Foster, new Minister of Music at Perry United Methodist Church, and Nancy Shelton McLendon on piano, led everyone in singing “Joy to the World." Foster sang “The Christmas Song." The two also per formed a reading. “You. Sit ting in the Pew Next to Me" by spiritual poet Ann Weems. ‘The money raised from donations will go to the Civitan Interna tional Research Center located at the Universi ty of Alabama at Birm ingham to help aid t research and treatn t of people with devc. mental disabilities.' LaShonda Watts es and individuals may con tact Junior Civitan Interna tional at 1 800 Civitan, extension 132, to make a donation. The event is being spon sored by Civitan Interna tional’s Canadian District West. Second City Civitan Club, the Barrie .Junior Civ itan Club and the Sno- Voyageurs Snowmobile Club of Barrie, Ontario. For more information contact: Junior Civitan International, P.O. Box 130744. Birmingham. Ala., 35213 0744: (205) 591- 8910, extension 131 or 132; Fax: (205) 592-6307: Email: JuniorCivitan@civitan.org; Internet: http://www .Juniorcivitan. org. LASHONDA WATTS Headed to Canada