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Lifestyle Perryans survive Y2K scare, look to better days in future Br Lanorris Fleming Ho M* Today is Jan 5, 2000 and there have not been any major catastrophes in the world of computers or other technology As we breath a sigh ol relief here are a couple of more wishes for Perry in the new year as continued from last week. Wanda Sullivan of W.D Sullivan wish es for growth in the city to continue She also wishes tor the prospering of local businesses. State Representative Larry Walker has big ideas for this year. Mis wishes tor us include the expansion of Macon State College in the county, acquiring funds for a state park and the continued focus on transportation. Lee Gilmore. Perry City Manager wishes on a grand scale for the eontin ued promotion of wise and effective plan Deadline for annual Kiwanis Club talent hunt is Jan. 10, show is Jan. 25 Applications to compete in the Perry Kiwanis Club Seventh Annual Talent Showcase are due Jan. 10 Tryouts arc to be held Jan. 18 at Perry High School Practice for the show will be held Jan. 25 with tin Talent Showcase to be held in the school auditorium Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. Perry Kiwanis Club mem hers are presently sellir ads for the shmv program which produces a major part of the club's scholar ship fund. Club member Rhonda Thompson, independent practitioner at I'he Vision Center ol Wal-Mart, spolu to the Jan 4 meeting of Perry Kiwanis Club al Now Perry Hotel. She chose the topic ot Pediatric Vision, which is very close io her heart. Her own daughter at age 3 was diagnosed normal only to be found cross eyed and far sighted by a school pediatric optometrist when in kinder garten. Rhonda recommends ev testing a baby at f months if eyes are crossed Always have first rye test by age 3, again before kindergarten and every lew years there after. Guest ol Mary Jane Kin nas was bora Davis, Admin istralor of Perry Hospital. • •• Some good people are needed to help th< Bureau of the Census count Arneri ca. Tests fen census 2000 jobs will ix given in Perry during the month o( Jami ary at the following loca tions on the listed date and at the times indicated: Georgia Dept ol Labor 74 IA Main St 10 a.m Jan 4 11 •8 and 25 First Baptist thrir e ! i l 105 Mam St Sullivans usher in new year with guests, special chicken and broccoli treat By Joan Dorset! Home Journal Ufestyi.es Tlic invitations read !'!k Minn's m coming In an end 1 1 if vai 3000 is sci to begin Since there's nothing quia like being with friends |'|< s< .tail your celebration by dropping in,’ Eddie Sullivan rnad' that up aid Beverly made up the ictieshmcnts. Together they welcomed guests to usher in the new year early in tin evening at their Mossland Diive home. Perfect weather allowed for dunks and fellowship around the warm ehlnrinea on the spat inns deck overlooking Houston Lake. Laiet on some wen headed to Ic-liv ttie at Houston Lake Country Club The young folks were hound for Petty Country Club. Others were dining out. Beverly and Eddie would finish the evening oil ai home with their sons and their families They both have put a labor of love into tin renovation of the I lousfon Lake home iln v pun-based some three years ago when they i clot a led from out Ridgewood Park neighborhood. Now I know why they made the move. What a beautiful view they have of the lake and the homes on lire other side. Bobby Glover wishes for the con tinuation of the city’s prosperity and a decline in drug abuse. ntng for land use, diversity in the city's revenue stream, a reduction in property taxes and expansion in the city's com mitment to user friendly customer ser vice. Gail Robinson. Houston County Com missioner wishes that the city will con tinue to be a healthy and vital city. After celebrating 175 years. I hope that there is continued happiness and prosperity for another 175 years into the millennium." she said. Bobby (Hover. Perry council member, wishes for the continuation of the city's prosperity and a decline in drug abuse. Visitin’ Inan OarßPi * 98 7- si*7? 2p in Jan -1 11, 18 nid 25 Perry Public Library' 1201 Washington St jLJrW • ,;.|||! Y j lloinr lotirnal Photo by Joan Dorset! PET TIME Grant & Myers Helping Hands ani mat shelfei al 905 Jerni gan has six friendly, J risky rings for you to see and adopt. I'he lone black lab above is Tor eg Jolley's Kt>di who is not as lonely at out house as she looks in this photo. She gets along right well with ('rick el and Puppy but would just as soon be your dog. Call us at 087-5272 to see her. t he house has an interesting histo rv deny Davis di owned five lots and sold four when he went away to war. Upon his return and marriage, he offered and was able to buy them back Construction supplies were hard to eonre hv and he built the house from his own trees that Cap Tolleson made mto lumber He went to Louisiana for the wood (oi the living and diningroom floors. It and an adjacent guest house was theli Ironic until Jerry 111 was 14. 1 hen den v h s father had died and he aided on to the Davis Sr. home so his family could reside with his aging mother New Yeai s Eve Beverly and Eddie enjoved having guests tour their attrac tive lakeside home, especially Jerry Davis 111 who could tell them where his childhood room used to be Beverly enjoys cooking with Pam pered Che! baking stones. She made several of this recipe for two tempting bullets. Chicken ft Broccoli Braid 2 cups cooked chicken, chopped 1 cup broccoli, chopper! 1 /2 mp red hell pepper, chopped 1 garlic clove, pressed 4 o'/.. (1 ( tip) sharp cheddar cheese, 2 p.m. .Jan 5. 12. 19 and 26 6:30 p.m. Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27 Houston Lake Baptist Church 2300 Ga. 127 E. (Houston Lake Road) 2 p.m. Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27 Rozar Park Community Center 1060 Keith Drive 10 a.m. Jan. 8. 15, 22 and 29 • •• Johnnie Ragan of Render son enjoyed a Christmas holiday trip with her daugh ters Joyce Wilder and Farise Bryant to visit her grand daughter Heather and Tom Stage at Murfreesboro, Tenn. They saw the fabulous Christmas lights of Nashville’s Trinity City Christian Broadcasting Complex and tire Opryland Hotel. • •• Sincere sympathy to Elwood and Annette Waites upon the death of her broth er, Ralph Kimbrell of Aliecville. Ala., Dec. 10. • •• Sincere sympathy to Carl Bowen. Jeanelle Land and Carlene Pierce upon the death of their father, Robert Bowen, Dec. 29. • •• Heartfelt sympathy to Marty Myers upon the death of his wife, Cynthia, who operated Helping Hands Animal Shelter. It has been a pleasure to promote in this space the adoption of shelter animals. • •• Pound Puppy Report... Animal Control Officer Dan Bass at 988-2800 has a black male half lab half chow neutered and with shots that has been kept indoors. Page 7 Wed., Jan. 5, 2000 Michael Brown Jr. first baby to arrive in 2000 at Perry Hospital By Lanorris Fleming Home Journal Staff In came the new yeai and so did a brand new bouncing baby boy Mir hael Brown Jr., son of Virginia Ogburn of Reynolds, and Michael Brown S' of Marshallville, was the first baby of the yeai 2000 first baby born in Houston County. The grand event occurred at 5:4i p.m. Jan. 1. and according to the new mom, Michael weighed in at ft pounds, 15 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches long Michael Jr. is Ogburn s her first baby According to Sak ha Svoboda, maternity nurse of the Family Beginnings unit of the Houston Health Care Complev who assisted in the delivery of the New Vr n s Baby, it was a big day at tht hospital. Michael held the spotlight and was soon followed by the second baby horn in Hous ton County, the unit assists "> about 280 deliveries per year. Although the gift oi motherhood may have been enough for tin nev. < nuHv a number of Hr | J^jpW ft oe'- I i . V ! THE FIR ihum of Reynolds hoi Is > ■lihl, Michael Perry Prim n , School students 0 particip tt in first Jump Rope for Heart Students will » pledges during week of Jan. 10 By Lanorris Fi.eminc Home Journal Staff __ First graders >1 Pcm Pi #iarv are jumping 1 chance to help tight 1 disease and s!iof< nation's number on. Idler During (lie week d 1 n 10 the school W'H Or-!' 1 first ever Jump Dope For Heart even: Student \Pi jump rope to taisr the American !It u < lion. 'These funds help i>n a t cardiovascular test . .t educational preen as Heart Power Jump Rope I >r !!< irt teaches pattieipnm the importune I f shredded 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoons dried dill w< I 1/4 teaspoon sail 2 packages (8 oz. each! r '■ a crescent rolls 1 egg white, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons slivered almonds Preheat oven to <75. Mr; g* ullv chicken, broccoli, red bell pepper ga lie and cheese. Add mavonmr . dill and salt, mix well. Unroll 1 package ol crescent dough: do not separate Arrange longe t sid< of dough across width of 12 x 15 rer tangle baking stone oi cookie sir i Repeat with remaining park ig< oi dough. Roll dough to seal parlor atiorr On longest sides of stone, cut dough into strips 1 1/2 inches apart. 2 inch deep using pizza cutter (their v. ill he f> inches in the centei lot (Ik filling' Spread filling evenly ovei niddh of dough. To braid, lift ships of dough across mixture to meet in ( enter iwist ing each strip one turn. ('outline altei nating strip;; *o form a hr id l uck ends under to scai d end ol braid. Brush egg white ovet d""i 1 r'aiki with almonds. Bake 25 2o m.u ite c until deep golden brown. Cut into 10 servings. Houston Home Journal The grand event occurred at 5:43 p.m. Jan. 1. Michael weighed in at 6 pounds. 15 ounces and is 19 2/2 inch es long. area businesses donated items to fill a bas ket of goodies for the new mother and baby as a gesture of goodwill. The list of donors includes: Sugar Plum Tree, W.D. Sullivan. Hair Bazaar -Warner Robins. Daisy Patch, Jones Jeweliy, Christ ian Book Store, Impressions, Dr. Stewart’s Office/Cornerstone, First Foto, Pink Bow tique at Perry Hospital. Dr. Strickland's Office, Card Carousel. El Jalisiense, Family Beginnings Staff. Samantha's, Dr. Osh and Associates-Warner Robins and Houston Health Complex. A SIOO savings bond was given to the mother as a gift from the Houston Health Care Complex. Mother and baby are doing fine and left for home Jan. 4. Home Journai Photo by Lanorris Fleming Brown Jr. He was the first child born in Houston County during the year 2000. Students will he seeking sponsors for the event. Tty sponsoring a child not only are adults helping in he fight against an awful disetxse, they are helping he children help others. lifestyle that includes regu lat physical activity, proper nutrition, and living lobac > free according to infor tnaiion provide by the Heart Association. I3t« event empowers chil dren is they provide vital r iiTiiriiiiiitv service and dis covet that they can make a diftcrcnc' At the same time. Indents enjoy dynamics ttil*- jumping into the spirit jL; . -if W fßte, lljgl * mm' ; ' HBpf wm § L r ®. It., , Special Photo SULLIVANS READY TO PARTY From left Lori and Mark Sullivan of Woodstock, Eddie, Laurie Sullivan, Bev erly. Michael Sullivan of Huntsville. Mark and Lori's daughters Kendall and Kayla are in front. of this fun-filled event, according to the material. Students will be seeking sponsors for the event. By sponsoring a child not only are adults helping in the fight against an awful dis ease, they are helping the children help others. For more information, contact Anna Henry at 988- 6160.