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JULY 25, 2003
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Joan Dor sett
Just Visitin’
jdorsctt@evansnewspapers.com
Cricket is a law-abiding dog.
She’s wearing her new gold-col
ored, bell-shaped city dog tag
we got by furnishing her cur
rent rabies certificate and $5 to
Tax Clerk Carol Fudge at Perry
City Hall. Now if she should get
outside the fence (heaven forbid
at her age of 18), whoever finds
her can call Carol at 988-2740
and we can get her back, pron
to. The deadline is July 31, but
Carol says she issues the tags
anytime of the year.
A good rule of thumb is when
you get the rabies certificate,
take it straightaway to the Tax
Clerk for the tag. It must be
properly secured to a collar and
worn around the neck of the
dog or cat at all times. Puppies
and kittens must be registered
by 12 weeks of age. Just do it,
folks. It’s the right thing to do.
• • •
Sincere sympathy to Doris
Hulbert and the family of Dave
Hulbert upon his death, July
19.
• • •
Happy birthday to Jerry
Davis Jr. who turned 89 years
young this week. He graciously
welcomed Charlotte and me
into his home Tuesday after
noon for a step back in time. We
saw some of the longest held
family land and dwellings in
Houston County. Be sure to
read Charlotte’s story and see
her photos in the Weekend edi
tion.
• • •
Congratulations to Gov.
Sonny and Mary Perdue upon
the birth of their third grand
child. Jackson “Jack” Sullivan
Ghioto was born July 20 to
their daughter Lara and
Michael Ghioto of Atlanta
weighing 5 pounds, 14 ounces
and measuring 19 inches.
• • •
Tuesday evening members of
the Avon Buice Sunday school
class of First Baptist Church
Perry joined fellow member
Stan Durrance for the worship
service at Christ’s Sanctified
Holy Church annual camp
meeting. It was an opportunity
for us to experience their sanc
tification, singing, prayer and
preaching. Stan has been asso
ciated with the church since her
mother, Rheunette Griggs, was
nurse at the adjacent nursing
home for 14 years where she
has resided for nine years. Stan
also has made wonderful
friends there in her work with
Watson-Hunt which handles
funeral arrangements for mem
bers who are buried in the
church cemetery there.
• • •
Got a yen for something
lemony? Here are two recipes
you could try. Both call for
lemon cake mix.
Lemon Brownies
1 (18 1/4 oz) box Lemon
Supreme Cake Mix
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecans
Confectioner’s sugar
Empty cake mix in a bowl and
make a well in center. Add
sugar, water, oil and eggs. Mix
well by hand and then add nuts.
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'Survivor' Teresa Cooper to host Miss WR Pageant
WARNER ROBINS - The 2004
Miss Warner Robins Scholarship
Pageant has been set for Aug. 2,
at the Homer J. Walker Civic
Center with a pre-show of patriot
ic music beginning at 7:15 p.m.,
featuring the Joyful Noise
Children’s Choir from Christ
United Methodist Church, E.Z.
Cleghorn, and Southern Charm.
The pageant will begin at 7:30
p.m.
The Miss Warner Robins
Scholarship Pageant annually
presents $5,000 in scholarships to
young women in Houston County.
There are 17 contestants vying
for the opportunity to represent
Warner Robins and Houston
County at the Miss Georgia
Pageant next June. Emceeing the
event this year will be Jackson
native Teresa Cooper, from televi
sion’s “Survivor Africa. “
The theme of this year’s pag
eant is, “A Tribute to America,,”
and will feature a variety of patri
otic numbers. Admission to the
pageant is SB.
Contestants in this year’s pag
eant include:
Ashlie Anderson, 20, the
daughter of Jeffrey and Debra
Anderson. Ashlie attends
Trevecca Nazarene University
and sponsored by International
Tan. She will be singing for her
talent.
Erin Atcheson, 17, is the
daughter of Daryl and Monica
Atcheson. Erin is a rising senior
at Houston County High and
sponsored by Home Decor. She
will perform a jazz dance for her
talent.
Kimberly Carr, 19, is the
daughter of Dusty and Dot Carr.
Kimberly attends Central
Georgia Technical College and
sponsored by Coldwell
Banker/SSK Realtors. She will be
singing for her talent.
Jenison Cooper, 18, is the
daughter of Joseph L. and Gina
Davis Cooper. Jenison attends
Middle Georgia College and spon
sored by EZ Jewelry and Pawn.
She will be singing for her talent.
Nancy Evans, 19, is the
daughter of Dennis and Rebecca
Evans. Nancy attends Bryn Mawr
College and sponsored by Strato
Menswear. She will present a dra
matic monologue for her talent.
Crystal Floyd, 20, is the
daughter of David Floyd Sr., and
Dolores Caudillo. Crystal attends
West Central Georgia Technical
College and sponsored by Sonny’s
Barbeque. She will be dancing for
her talent.
Tiffany Giles, 18, is the
daughter of John and Debbie
Candler. Tiffany will be attending
Kennesaw State University and
sponsored by Century 21 Realty.
She will be presenting a clogging
routine for her talent.
Michelle Hart, 20, is the
daughter of Larry and Chris
Hart. Michelle attends the
University of Georgia and spon
sored by CB&T Bank. She will
present ballet en pointe for her
talent.
Amanda Kozak, 19, is the
daughter of Kenneth and Jolene
Kozak. Amanda attends Valdosta
State University and sponsored
by Marble Masters. She will pres
ent a tap dance for her talent.
Tabitha McSwain, 18, is the
daughter of Scott McSwain and
Getting bad news far from home
My sincere apologies for mix
ing up the Challenger and the
Columbia space shuttles last
week. I will try to explain what
was in my mind, even though I
had just read an article about
the Columbia and should have
caught the error.
My husband, Myrel, had trav
eled across the world in the Air
Force, but together we hadn’t
ventured past Canada, Mexico
and a few islands in the
Caribbean when in 1986 we
leapt out together to Hong
Kong. We were lucky, we flew
Singapore Airlines for our first
long distance flight or we would
never have ventured out into
the Big World again. That trip
took 27 hours from the time we
left Kathleen till we landed in
Hong Kong. But even in coach
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the late Kathy McSwain. Tabitha
attends Middle Georgia College
and sponsored by NLNO and
Associates. She will be presenting
a magic act for her talent.
Kasey Minyard, 17, is the
daughter of Terry and Sherry
Minyard. Kasey is a rising senior
at Houston County High and
sponsored by Family Dental
Associates, PC. She will be
singing for her talent.
Angela Pope, 20, is the daugh
ter of Bruce and Donna Long, and
Neal and Sandy Pope. Angela
attends Georgia Southwestern
State University and sponsored
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class it was like being in a five
star hotel. Hot moist towels to
refresh you even before you
took off, cold ones to refresh you
before meals, a beautiful menu
to make a selection from and
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by Eddie Wiggins Buick, Pontiac,
GMC. She will be singing for her
talent.
Melissa Rosa, 21, is the
daughter of Nelson and Yvetta
Rosa. Melissa attends the
University of Georgia and spon
sored by Chick-fil-A. She will be
singing for her talent.
Catheryn Shaw, 17, is the
daughter of Wally and Julia Nell
Shaw. Catheryn attends
Columbus State University and
sponsored by Sun Mark Bank. She
will be singing for her talent.
Tara Sherman, 22, is the
daughter of Dr. Terry Sherman
what beautiful meals they were.
None of the standard (well,
meals used to be standard, now
you’d do well to pack a sand
wich or two and carry along)
food that every body ate
because they were bored and
then complained about the rest
of the trip.
We have since flown on air
lines that we wished we hadn’t
and survived but most are not
anywhere near the class of
Singapore.
The first lesson any traveler
should know when they cross
the International Dateline is
never take a nap immediately
upon arrival even though you
feel like you’re going to keel
over from exhaustion. Stay up
till it’s bedtime where you are
and you’ll do better from then
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and Dolores Sherman. Tara
attends Valdosta State University
and sponsored by Hughes Honda.
She will be singing for her talent.
Autumn Simpson, 19, is the
daughter of Ken and Glenda
Simpson. Autumn attends
Valdosta State University and
sponsored by Fuddruckers. She
will play classical clarinet for her
talent.
Ashley Whiddon, 18, is the
daughter of Patrick and Nancy
Whiddon. Ashley attends
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College and sponsored by Sports
Center. She will present a mono-
on. But nobody told us this so
we wound up waking about
three o’clock every night and
ordering a big pot of coffee. A
white-jacketed waiter delivered
it with a uniformed armed
guard about ten feet behind
him. We never knew whom he
was protecting, the waiter or us.
I had just poured our coffee
and climbed back into bed to
watch the only English televi
sion we had that time of night,
the Reuters News Wire that is
printed on the screen. Three
minutes after the Challenger
disaster, it came up on the
screen. We were absolutely
stunned! Even more so, I think,
because we were so far from
home. Why that should make a
difference in our feelings I have
no idea, but we felt even more
bereft. When daylight came,
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CNN Asia came on and we saw
the videos of the disaster and
wished we hadn’t.
That was the first time, but
far from the last, that we expe
rienced the awareness and com
passion that people across the
world have for strangers from
the United States.
Wherever we went that peo
ple found where we from, they
offered their condolences.
I wonder if I feel the loss of
our spacecraft more than I do
an airplane crash because the
people aboard are so highly
trained, highly skilled, in
superb physical condition and
flying in a craft that supposedly
has every detail meticulously
designed, built and maintained.
It’s hard to believe but acci
dents do happen no matter
what, I guess.