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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 2, 2003
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The art of quilting
National “Quilting time”
Fair. by Anne Rafferty
Broadway at 96
If you haven’t given your
regards to Broadway in a
while, here’s your opportu
nity. The Choral
Department of Houston
County High School will
present their fall concert on
Oct. 7, on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The program will include
songs from “Chicago,” “The
Music Man,” “West Side
Story,” “Hairspray” and
other Broadway musicals,
under the direction of
Theresa Alexander. Tickets
are $7 in advance, $lO at
the door.
Rivers and wildflowers
Author Carlton A.
Morrison will be at the Nola
Brantley Memorial Library
in Warner Robins today
from 2 to 3 p.m. to talk
about his book, Running the
River: Poleboats,
Steamboats, and Timber
Rafts on the Altamaha,
Ocmulgee, Oconee &
Ohoopee. The book, which
includes many photographs
and items of historic inter
est for Middle Georgians,
will be available to pur
chase.
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One big art show
Don’t miss the art show at
the Miller-Murphy-Howard
building at this year’s
Georgia National Fair.
There’s work by so many
talented Georgians, and
along with the traditional
paintings and drawings, one
highlight is an exhibition of
varied works representing
Georgia’s hardworking
mule.
A Beautiful Mind
In recognition of Mental
Illness Awareness Week,
Phoenix Center and NAMI-
Central GA are presenting a
free viewing of the movie “A
Beautiful Mind. “ It will be
shown at the Flint Energies
Building on Elberta Road,
Warner Robins, at 6 p.m.
Tuesday. Psychiatrists will
be available for discussion
of mental health topics after
the showing. Call Karen at
464.5258 to register.
Ga. Music Hall of Fame
The Georgia Music Hall of
Fame is honoring the 95
musicians and behind-the
scenes contributors who
have been inducted intd the
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
in the past 25 years. The
exhibit includes photos, var
ious awards received by
inductees, performance out
fits (and hats!), and vintage
recording equipment and
instruments, including the
fiddle used by Fiddlin’ John
Carson on his historical
1923 recording of “Little
Old Log Cabin in the Lane.”
The exhibit continues
through the end of this year.
Entertainment
With a little help from
Local musicians
Joe Hutcheson
and Yvonne
Edwards offer a
Christian music
CD
By Joan Dorsett
HHJ Lifestyle Writer
PERRY - “Hymns from
the Heart” will make your
heart sing. Some say it’s
meditation for the soul.
Perry musicians Joe
Hutcheson and Yvonne
Edwards say the CD is just a
part of their music ministry,
Heart Song, witnessing
through song.
Edwards sings and plays
the keyboard which sounds
like strings to Hutcheson’s
saxophone accompaniment.
They rehearsed and cut the
CD during their summer off
from school.
The two and their spous
es, Diann Hutcheson and
Alan Edwards, are members
of the same couples Sunday
school class which is taught
by Darryl Albritton at Perry
First Baptist Church.
Saxophonist Joe had
heard Yvonne sing and play
the piano for special church
music and suggested they
team up as Heart Song.
They soon began to get
requests to record a CD
from those who attended
2003 Reithoffer
Midway ride specials
Oct. 6 - Patriotic Day
Youth Special: Children up to
and including 18 year olds
admitted free
12:00 noon - 6 p.m. (Does not
include Agri-Lift, helicopter, or
boat rides)
One coupon off Midway rides
requiring at least two coupons
from 12 noon. - 6 p.m. (Agri-Lift
rides are $2 one way; Helicopter
rides are $10.)
Oct. 7,8, 9 - 13 WMAZ TV
Pay One Price Day
Does not include Agri-Lift, hel
icopter, or boat rides. Agri-Lift
rides are $2 one way; Helicoptor
rides are $lO. 3 p.m. - 10 p.m.
sl3 for unlimited Midway
rides; does not include Fair gate
admission.
Oct. 12 - Georgia
Appreciation Day
Pay-One-Price Midway Rides
Move over, lint! 'Tool lime' can be for girls too
I’ve got lists of all kinds
but the most kept up one is
“My List of Things to Do
before I Die!” That one
keeps me looking for new
things to do - fun stuff! So
much though it’s the kind of
stuff somebody has to teach
me. “DEERE JOHN”
TEACH ME!
Do you notice while riding
along in your car to some of
the things you see other peo
ple doing like those who
pave our roads, lay drainage
pipes, mechanics working on
your car, or a plumber put
ting in your garbage dispos
al or hooking up your new
washer and dryer? How
about a landscaper
installing an irrigation sys
tem, someone taking a huge
tree down, or a brick layer’s
precise work? What about
that person who climbs up
their performances.
Cutting the CD took a lot
of time and practice and
they credit their families’
cooperation with making it
work out. Many times dur
ing the summer their chil
dren were along for the ride.
Edwards holds a degree in
music from Georgia
Southwestern College and
teaches music and chorus at
Matt Arthur Elementary. A
native of Americus, she and
her husband Alan have two
daughters, Meghan, 12 1/2,
and Hannah, six. Alan
Edwards, originally from
Leesburg, is a forester and
owns his own logging busi
ness, Edwards Timber Co.
They are true Houston
Countians having lived in
Warner Robins, Kathleen
and now in Perry’s Cheshire
Place.
Hutcheson, a native of
Thomson, and his wife
Diann, who is from Arabi,
are raising two boys,
Camden, 8, and Brayden, 6.
The couple met at the
University of Georgia where
both were members of the
Red Coat Band. The former
Perry High band director
has earned his doctorate and
is now assistant principal at
Northside High School.
Diann teaches aerobics at
First Baptist Perry and sub
stitutes at Perry Elementary
and Perry Primary.
So far bookings for Heart
Song have been limited to
Does not include Agri-Lift, hel
icopter, or boat rides. Agri-Lift
rides are $2 one way; Helicoptor
rides are $lO. 11 a.m. sl3 for
unlimited Midway rides; does
not include Fair gate admission.
Save a litte
Midday at the Fair is a special
time for senior citizens (60 and
older) at the Georgia National
Fair. Senior Citizens are admit
ted for $5 between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. on weekdays only. Avoid
the crowds and enjoy the shop
ping in the McGill Marketplace,
discover fine arts in the
Roquemore Conference Center,
walk through the youth exhibits
in the Heritage Hall, explore the
wonders of the Georgia Living
Program, and attend livestock
and horse shows. Then relax and
enjoy some free entertainment.
Admission: $5 per senior citi
zen; groups of 10 or more $4
each plus two free tickets (60
years of age and older)
Diane Gross
Ain’t Life Grand?
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the pole to reconnect those
electric wires a storm
knocked down? Recently I
watched a guy on a backhoe
dig a ditch and lift the top
off of a clogged septic tank
and I couldn’t believe how
he handled that machine!
churches by word of mouth,
their business card distribu
tion and contacts to minis
ters of music. They have
posters to advertise their
bookings and a packet with
flyers. They accept dona
tions to support their min
istry and to pay for making
the CD. And they take that
opportunity to sell the CD.
They’ve had a little help
from their friends. Michele
Simpson, who holds an art
degree and is a stay-at-home
mom created their logo.
Bonnie Johnson, local pho
tographer, made photos for
their poster and business
card before she moved away
from Perry. Tracy
Westmoreland is featured in
three-part harmony on
“This is my Father’s World.”
Joe says, “Everything just
fell into place with the
Lord’s direction.”
“Hymns from the Heart”
is available for sl2 in Perry
at Impressions and The
Inside Scoop and at area
Christian book stores.
You’re apt to hear some of
the music played on WCOP
99.9 FM by host Bill Bruton
of “Praise in the Morning”
Monday through Friday
between 7 and 9:30 a.m.
Heart Song is booked for
Oct. 13 at Oakland Baptist
in Warner Robins, Oct. 26 at
Americus First Baptist, Nov.
2 at Rehoboth Baptist in
Perry, Nov. 29 at Wenona
How about the orchards of
peaches or cotton fields ? Do
you wonder how the rows
are planted so perfectly?
How do they do that?
I guess it’s just been in the
last few years that I realized
how much I have taken for
granted. The farmer, the
truck driver, fork lift opera
tor and on and on.
I guess in my next life I
would begin earlier and try
to find out how everything
works and then try it myself
... just once will do. It’s
kind of like my college days
- art and music weren’t my
thing - but taking Art and
Music Appreciation touched
on what I didn’t know and
did give me an appreciate
for them.
My friend was driving his
tractor one day when I
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Yvonne Edwards and Joe Hutcheson team up on a new
CD, “Hymns from the Heart.”
Baptist at Cordele.
They will present a med
ley of late fifties tunes for
the 45th class reunion of the
Perry High School Class of
1958 in the lobby of the New
Perry Hotel at 7:10 p.m.,
Oct., 25, prior to dinner.
The late Linda Beasley
Johnson found comfort in
listening to “Hymns from
the Heart” in her recent
asked him to please move
over and teach me how to
operate it. Of course, folks
get a little leery putting
somebody else behind the
wheel of their very expen
sive piece of machinery - but
he knew what I was up to
and “gladly but apprehen
sively” went into the teacher
mode for me.
There I was behind the
wheel of the infamous green
and yellow John Deere 5420
turbo with 81 horsepower
tractor with a bucket and
box plate. I couldn’t believe
the power I had in my
hands, and soon I was
directed to ram into a moun
tain of soil with the bucket
leveled perfectly to fill it to
the brim. I was too timid at
first to hit the dirt driving
full-force, but soon I was
moving that soil from one
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weeks of hospitalization at
Piedmont Hospital. Thus
her daughters asked Joe and
Yvonne to provide music for
her memorial service at
Perry United Methodist
Church Monday afternoon.
For booking information
contact Joe Hutcheson at
(478) 988-8012 or Yvonne
Edwards at (478)987-1324.
place to another with ease.
Then I lowered the box place
and began dragging it 51ong
a dirt road to level out
where the rain had left gul
lies. Of course I couldn’t do
it the way he could (or would
have I should say)... but I
found out how this mam
moth machine worked!
More than just doing some
thing I didn’t know how to
do. I found myself admiring
those who do it every day -
yeah!
I am so much more aware
of the folks out there in our
world who use these
machines and know this
kind of stuff like the back of
their hand.
It’s their livelihood in
most cases and I really do
appreciate and am in awe of
them - and I sure am glad
it’s them and not me!