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FEBRUARY 27, 2004
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Joan Dorsett
Just Visitin’
jdorsett@evansnewspapers.com
Be there, first Wednesday
in March! Cancer Pad
Project to benefit Hospice of
Houston County. 9 to 11:30
a.m. March 3, First Baptist
Church fellowship hall.
There’ll be a whole lot of
cuttin’, pinnin’, bastin’,
talkin’ and tastin’ goin’ on!
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March 20, first day of
spring, just around the cor
ner, glory be.
The daffodils in the front
yard are doing their thing
and always remind me of
my classmate Pat Emmett
Mayo’s mom, Johnnie
Emmett. Her daffodils on
Charlse Drive once needed
thinning and I was a lucky
recipient. And the pale yel
low lacy daffs in the back
yard remind me of Gertie
Bloodworth who shared
with me. I’d better start
sharing mine.
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DEANN DENT
Congratulations to
DeAnn Dent, chairperson of
the Marketing Department
of Middle Georgia Technical
College for being recognized
by Central Georgia
Advertising Federation. She
was selected as this year’s
recipient of the MAX
(Marketing & Advertising
Excellence) Award for
Central Georgia’s “Best
Marketing/Advertising/Med
ia Professor.”
DeAnn was to receive her
award at the 2003-2004
ADDY & MAX Awards
Celebration on Saturday,
Feb. 21, at the historic
Douglass Theatre in Macon.
However, duty called and
the local advisor for Delta
Epsilon Chi Marketing
Fraternity had to accompa
ny her students to Atlanta
for competitions. She
arranged to have it accepted
by her friend Robin Smith
of Perry, president of
Admark Inc. in Macon who
won awards for her creative
strategies.
DeAnn and Kevin Dent
and their daughters Lauren
and Cassi live in Kings
Crest.
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Floyd Tabor considers
himself the personal pro
moter in Perry for his good
friend Louise Barfield and
the concert series at her
Little Carnegie of the South
in Macon. In 1999 she
restored the beloved house
at 1964 Forsyth Street with
a dream to bring back its
music and heritage.
“Torch Songs by
Candlelight” with Tonya
Edge, soprano, and
Guiseppe Lupis, piano, is
scheduled for Saturday, Feb.
28. Hors d’oeuvres at 7 p.m.
with concert at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $36, S3O and
$26. For information: (478)
741-6616.
Cherry Blossom Concerts
feature The Claude Hicks
Vocal Band, Friday, March
19 at 8 p.m. and Julie
Albertson, harp and Kelly
Via, flute, Sunday, March 21
at 3 p.m.
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Houston's past
palntod on canvas
Special to the HHJ
These paintings were
among the many on display
at the Museum of Aviation
last Thursday when the
Fine Art Society of Middle
Georgia held an art show in
coryunction with a perform
ance by the Afro-Jazztet.
The theme of the show of
Houston County’s historic
past.
The Fine Art Society has
the mission of promoting
the arts in Middle Georgia
both by showing the works
of members and of others
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This old mid-county home, painted by Margaret
Stephens, is believed to be the oldest in the county and
is still standing.
Disney World, here come the O'Neals!
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Ctoundland Canyon a Georgia sight to romember
I had never heard of
Cloudland Canyon, before
Gordon Patterson, a friend
and fellow member of the
Mid-Georgia Gem and
Mineral Society got up a
field trip some years back to
go rockhounding. The mem
bers that went opted to stay
at the Cloudland Canyon
State Park, some camping
and some sharing the large
cabins for rent there. It is
spectacular! In the north
west corner of the state
about 20 miles south of
Chattanooga, Tenn. at the
end of fabled Lookout
Mountain. You can drive
along the top of the ridge all
the way to down town
Chattanooga and the beauti
ful Aquarium. The design is
a work of art and a marvel
to view the many varieties of
fish. On the day we drove
Lifestyle
interested in art. The group
holds monthly meetings as
well as hosting workshops,
trips, shows and other fes
tivities. The sponsor both a
Budding Artists program
and a Late Bloomers pro
gram. They meet at 7 p.m.
on the third Thursday of
each month at the Guest
House Inn, 1440 Watson
Blvd.
For more information on
the Fine Arts Society, con
tact Cindy Jones at 971-
7053 or Nancy Steinberg at
328-9195
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along the ridge, there were
at least 50 people lined up to
jump off the cliff and hang
glide to the valley below. I
understand that Lookout
Mountain is a major hang
gliding launch point in the
United States but I really
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This impressionistic view is of Perry’s historic Washington Street. It was painted by
Kim Underwood.
don’t care because there is
no way I’m going to jump off
a cliff even with wings.
Cloudland Canyon is very
wooded with lots of wild
flowers, but the main attrac
tion is the beautiful canyon
that early of a morning is
covered with, what else?
clouds. Add a wisp of smoke
curling through the mist
from a wood fire somewhere
in the valley and you have a
picture to remember.
The canyon ranges from
760 to 1,100 feet deep and is
very steep sided. A couple of
us trekked to the bottom of
the canyon, looked at one of
the waterfalls, there are
two, marveled at the mas
sive rocks in the stream,
some so large you can liter
ally feel the weight of them.
There wasn’t much water at
By Joan Dorsett
HHJ Lifestyle Writer
Make a Wish Foundation
volunteers Danny Forsythe
and Julie Curbow came call
ing on Washington Street in
Perry last week to deliver a
Disney World vacation to
cancer patient Caroline
O’Neal. She and her family
will enjoy five days at “Give
Kids the World” village for
children with life threaten
ing medical conditions.
Caroline has been eligible
for the wish trip for three
years. In the beginning,
Robin O’Neal recalls think
Seated: Caroline O’Neal modeling her Make A Wish shirt,
Dan Forsythe and Julie Curbow; Standing: Robin, Lexi,
Bill and Wayne O’Neal
submitted
the time, but I think there
must be times when the
stream becomes a raging
torrent. The hike to the bot
tom of the canyon wasn’t
too bad but the climb back
up is a dilly!
We went looking for the
Summerville agate, so
named after the town it is
found in, and fossilized
ferns. We found the fern in
an abandoned coal mine.
The ferns were captured as
the decayed plant matter
solidified into coal leaving a
beautiful fossilized impres
sion of a fern frond. Seems
the best place for finding the
agate is a landfill that is
used only for chipping trees
and brush clippings into
mulch. After the crew that
went on the trip got done
picking up all the rocks they
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ing, “Isn’t that for children
who are dying?” During
Caroline’s illness there have
been various and sundry
setbacks for the family of
five, but at present all is
well.
Now every three months
Caroline experiences an
MRI and in January it
proved clear that her cancer
is still in remission. She is
now 7 and a pre-K student
at Westfield Schools.
Make A Wish Foundation
of Georgia and Alabama was
ready when Caroline was
ready.
could carry, we gathered in
the shade for a rest. As we
sat and talked, I asked if it
struck anyone else funny
that we traveled 150 + miles
to sit around a landfill on a
beautiful Saturday after
noon.
There are rental cottages,
(super well kept), camp
sites, a jillion cicadas yelling
at night, flying squirrels,
quiet and solitude, no radios
or TV unless you import
them, but it was wonderful
to go a long weekend with
out them. We had a weenie
and marshmallow roast and
sat in the rockers on the
porch and talked for hours,
a lost art any more. Between
the fresh air, the quiet night,
and a lot of good hard exer
cise we all slept like the
proverbial babes.