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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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Irene Hamer
Columnist
irenehamer@juno.com
Yosemite memories
Editor’s note: Irene
Harner’s weekly column will
appear now appear regular
ly on Thursdays.
Myrel and I were married
in a very small ceremony at
the Castle AF.B. Chapel at
Merced, California. My folks
and my brother and his wife
were there as was Myrel’s
mother along with a few of
our friends. Myrel had
taken a 30 day leave for our
honeymoon. Sounds good,
doesn’t it? Well, things
aren’t always what they
seem.
After a little dinner, we
drove off and spent our wed
ding night in a small motel
on the way to Yosemite
National Park that would
only be a couple of hours
driving the next day. Myrel
had arranged for a cabin in
the park and while the
nights were cold, the days
were warm enough even at
altitude to forego even a
sweater. We drove around
the park the next day, mar
veling at the pristine beauty
of the place, breathing the
clear mountain air and
enjoying our first full day of
marriage.
That evening when the
sun and the temperature
went down we retired to our
little cabin. I went to take
my shower and when I came
out I was greeted with the
aroma of vanilla and choco
late. Myrel was grinning
like the Cheshire cat as he
pointed to the little covered
gas space heater that was
warming the room. On top
of it were S’more’s and cups
of hot chocolate to celebrate
our marriage. Who could
resist a guy like that?
We left the park just after
noon on Sunday to get back
to town as I had to go to
work Monday morning. I
know, Myrel had 30 days
off—he and his mother real
ly enjoyed my honeymoon.
He showed Mom Harner
everything he could
between the time he
dropped me off at work and
when he picked me up in the
evening. I think over the
years a bit of guilt has set in
and that’s why he lets me
travel more than most hus
bands would.
We would often drive to
Yosemite on a Sunday or
take kin that came through
for a day or so and even
spent time camping until
everybody discovered it and
we went on to less popular
places. But one time, a cou
ple of his cousins who gave
every indication that we
were not their idea of proper
kinfolks came through and
we accompanied them to
Yosemite for the day and
proved to their complete
satisfaction that they would
never consider visiting us
again.
Our daughter Martha was
about ten months old and
she loved to ride on her
daddy’s shoulders hanging
on to his hair. (He had a lot
more then.) Fifty-two years
ago there were no dispos
able diapers so she was
wearing a cloth diaper and a
little dress. Apparently,
some veggie she’d had the
evening before did not agree
with her innards and sud
denly there was baby poop
running down daddy’s neck
and shoulder. When the kin
folks gasped, (they never
had any kids and this
episode may have con
tributed to it) I did what I
have always done—laughed.
Myrel was so cool; he lift
ed Martha off his shoulders,
went to the river, took the
diaper off and swished her
little bottom in the icy water
as she giggled, then handed
her to me to dry and re-dia
per while he rinsed every
thing else. The kinfolks sud
denly remembered they had
to be somewhere several
hundred miles away by
dark.
It's not a good idead to open 'Nick's Wbk
Most of the times, the
overriding theme of this col
umn is either “Nick has a
messy dorm room” or
“Don’t take freshman
Chemistry at UGA.”
However, every now and
then I like to write some
thing that will sincerely
improve the quality of life
in the Middle Georgia area.
Come to think of it, I’m
not sure that I have ever
actually written such a col
umn, but you can rest
assured that the thought
has crossed my minds at
least a few times.
I have a chance to do it
now. This past weekend, I
was hungry and called a few
friends to see if they wanted
to get something to eat. One
of them suggested a restau
rant called Inoko Express.
This place has a sister
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MONTY COLE
Monty Cole Trio tonight
WARNER ROBINS -
The Monty Cole Trio will
perform at the Museum of
Aviation tonight, starting at
6 p.m. as the opening per
formance in the Jazz at Six
series. Professor of
Woodwinds and Director of
Scenes from Miss HCHS Pageant
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The Houston County High School Jazz band kept the audience entertained during
breaks in the Miss Houston County High School 2005 pageant on Feb. 26 at the
Home J. Walker Civic Center in Warner Robins. Assistant band director Ted Wilson,
pictured, led the band through several selections as did Band Director Wally Shaw.
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The Participants performed two numbers in the Georgia on My Mind them in includ
ing that Ray Charles song and James Brown’s “I Feel Good,” with Miss Houston
County High School 2004 Channing Wood.
(To submit your event for
the Night Life listings, fax
the details to 988-1181, e
mail to hhj@evansnewspa
pers.com or mail to Houston
Home Journal, P.O. Box
1910, Perry, GA 31069.)
Thursday, March 10
ENTERTAINMENT
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Nick Campbell
In the nick of time
nickscampbell@hotmail.com
restaurant called Inoko that
is a regular Japanese steak
house. Since I had eaten at
Inoko previously and
enjoyed it, I decided to go
along.
This eating establishment
offers Japanese food such as
Jazz Studies at Mercer
University, Monty Cole
teams up with bassist Bob
Barnett and local guitar leg
end Boudleaux Allen.
Performing at special
events throughout Central
Georgia, they were the
warm up act for jazz legend
Freddie Cole as part of last
year’s Macon’s Summer
Jazz Series. Members have
toured the country with big
bands such as Guy
Lombardo and Glen Miller.
'1776' opens tonight
Perry Players will open
their spring musical,
“1776” Thursday night.
Play dates are March 10 -
12, 16-19 at 8 pm., with
Saturday matinees on
March 12 and 19, and
Sunday, March 13 and 20.
Matinees begin at 2:30 p.m.
and you can make reserva
tions by calling (478) 987-
NIGHTLIFE
• karaoke, Our Place,
2132 U.S. 41 North, Perry,
(478) 218-2299
Friday, March 11
• 2Lucky, Shenanigan’s
Case, 1291 S. Houston Lake
Road, Warner Robins, (478)
988-8252
hibachi chicken, teriyaki
steak, and shrimp served
with fried rice and vegeta
bles. The food is prepared
quickly and the prices are
fairly low.
As soon as I started eat
ing, I realized that this was
exactly what I was missing
back home. I am only used
to the traditional Japanese
steakhouse where a chef
comes out, prepares every
thing in front of you, and
does some trick (which usu
ally involves an egg getting
cracked over my head).
For certain reasons
though (and by this I specif
ically mean financial), I can
not eat at these places on a
regular basis.
That is where the wonder
of the express restaurant
comes in. The food is as
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
5354.
The director is Suzanne
Webb, a Perry resident who
previously was musical
director/choreographer for
“Annie” and “Oklahoma.”
She also choreographed
“Nunsense” and “Meet Me
in St. Louis,” and directed
“The Wizard of Oz” for
Perry Players.
The musical director for
“1776” is Katy Thompson
who was last seen on the
Perry Players stage in
“Beau Jest.”
Martha Alexander is the
producer.
In the cast are Phil
Ballard, Jim Roberge,
Kevin Murchison, Bill
O’Neal, Jonathan Willis,
Russell Evans, Stephanie
Littleton, Katy Thompson,
Bill Andrews, Randy Pinto,
Christopher Graddick,
Chris Ross, Greg Groves,
Jeff Lintz, Chuck
Mollenkomph, Steve
Saturday, March 12
• Scott Pallot,
Shenanigan’s Case, 1291 S.
Houston Lake Road,
Warner Robins, (478) 988-
8252
cheap as most sandwich
shops and higher-end fast
food chains, and is prepared
and served almost as quick
ly as well.
After eating, I had almost
decided that I would
attempt to open one this
summer when I come back
from Athens. Of course I
immediately shot this idea
down.
If you have ever been
around me while I’m cook
ing, you would know why.
My talents are limited basi
cally to microwaving pop
corn and heating up Pop
tarts, and I don’t always
succeed at that.
If I was in charge of mak
ing sure that a food opera
tion that involved a large
grill with high flames and a
lot of chopping up stuff with
Corkery, George Steele,
Nick Sostillio, Joe Steele,
David Lintz, Shane Best,
Andres Salazar, Jared
Bixler, Cody Salis, James
Hulett and Thomas Groves.
PHS presents
Beauty and the Beast 1
PERRY - The Perry High
School Theatre for the
Performing Arts will pres
ent “Beauty and the Beast,
Thursday through
Saturday, March 17, 18 nd
19 at 8 p.m., with a matinee
on Sunday, March 20 at 2
p.m. Tickets are $8 for
adults and $5 for children.
Based on the Walt Disney
animated film, this musical
will star Andrew Parker as
the Beast, and Meagan
Kusz as Bell. Other stu
dents in lead roles will be
Joshua Ramirez, Rick
Busby, Casey Hillstrom,
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spatulas, you can rest
assured that one of two
things would happened.
First and most likely, the
metro-Houston County area
would probably be up in
flames as a result of my not
being able to keep the fire
under the control. Second,
if I did happen to get it up
and running, the majority
of my clientele would have
to duck out of the way of the
spatulas that would proba
bly be flying across the
rooms from my trying to
chop up the chicken.
So, I don’t think that I’ll
be opening up this restau
rant any time soon. But like
I said to start off with, I
always enjoy sharing my
opinions on how to make
Middle Georgia a better
place to live.
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KEVIN LANE
Kevin Lane, Dorothy
Dannenberg, Krisi Laster
and Dusty Horton. Annie
Bacon created the costumes
for the show.
Call (478) 988-6320 for
reservations. Seating for all
shows is assigned.
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