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T»sh Mims
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peirv.dda@pcrry-ga.gov
I am so excited about all
the changes in downtown
Perry! We have new busi
nesses moving in, old busi
nesses moving to larger
locations and more on the
way!
Among those who have
recently moved and grown
are the Card Carousel,
Meme’s, Two Friends and
Carrie Lynn’s Antiques.
New businesses include The
Front Porch Tea Room and
Go Fish Clothing and
Jewelry Company.
The Front Porch Tea
Room is open and their
menu reads like a dream!
Stop in to see Sandra and
Betty and sample some of
their delightful items. Go
Fish Clothing & Jewelry
Company is opening its
eighth and BEST location in
beautiful downtown Perry.
Visit Kim and staff begin
ning Friday, July 22 at 10
a.m. You may have seen the
Go Fish stores in St.
Simon’s Island or in
Savannah as well as their
Florida locations. Check
them out for unique and
one of a kind items!
And if all the new busi
nesses aren’t enough, how
about all the work going on
at Big Indian Creek?
Thanks to a generously
donated couple of truck
loads of trees, the area
around the General
Courtney Hodges Boulevard
Bridge is looking like a mil
lion dollars! Kim Mullins
and Bill Davis were named
Rotarians of the Year for
their hard work and devo
tion to the Big Indian Creek
project, and all of the
Rotary Club members have
spent countless hours clean
ing up and beautifying the
creek.
What else is going on?
The Perry Farmer’s Market
is a phenomenal success.
Two weeks ago, I sent Greg
to the Market with a gener
al idea of some of the pro
duce that I wanted. He
came home with several
bags full of tomatoes, corn
and peas that we feasted on
over the weekend. Yum!
The Perry Arts Center
will present “Meet the
Masters” from 9 to 11:30
a.m., Monday through
Thursday on July 25-28,
2005 at the Perry Arts
Center (Old National Guard
Armory, U.S. 41).
This program presents
the life and work of selected
old masters and is designed
for adults and children
above age 8. Each child
below age 8 must be accom
panied by an adult. Two
presenters, an artist and a
storyteller, will bring the art
and story to life with a short
presentation followed by a
hands-on art activity. Art
supplies and snacks will be
provided. Old masters we
will explore include Mary
Cassatt, Da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Monet,
Georgia O’Keefe, Picasso,
Rembrandt and Van Gogh.
There is no cost to attend.
You may sign up for all four
sessions or as many as your
schedule permits. Session
size is limited to 40 partici
pants. This program is
made possible through a
Grassroots Art Grant from
the Georgia Council for the
Arts and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Register by calling Houston
Arts Alliance, 329-0299.
That’s what’s happening
in downtown this week!
SATURDAY,
JULY 23, 2005
Sunflower Daze
competition
for artists
Special to HHJ
Sunflower daze is a
judged art competition,
which is being held by the
Perry Arts League at the
Perry Arts Center, 1121
Macon Road. The theme for
this competition is sunflow
ers. Any work that is based
on the theme of sunflowers
can be submitted to this
competition.
All media, with the excep
tion of installations, will be
accepted.
The cost is $5 per work
submitted; artists may
enter up to four works.
There will be a grand
prize for best in show of
SSOO.
Entry forms may be
picked up at the Perry Arts
Center. To receive an entry
Peppy High School Class of TO plans reunion
The 40th anniversary of the Perry High School Class of
1965 will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, at the New
Perry Hotel.
The reception will be at 6 p.m., with dinner and a pro
gram to follow at 7:30 p.m.
Entertainment will include a nostalgic media presenta
tion Charles Irby Shelton, featuring such “blasts from the
past” as the bowling alley at Houston lake, sodas at the
drug store and Saturday matinees at the Muse Theatre.
For more information, contact Terre Moody Walker at
phsreunion2oos @ yahoo.com.
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Fun-loving Riley Hunt calls out an entertaining game of bingo for fun
loving seniors.
Wednesday bingo goes on...and 0n...
Story and photos
by Joan Dorsett
A serious illness ending in
his death on Monday, July
18, caused Brian Reed to
Joining the Goodwill Circle at Mama's church
The Goodwill Circle at
Mama’s church was having
a tea so Mama cajoled and
pleaded until I agreed to go.
“They want me to come
so bad and I hate to disap
point them,” she explained.
Well, of course, we would
n’t want them to be disap
pointed. So, we went.
My goodness, how beauti
ful it was with each table
decorated in a specific
theme and the kind of deli
cious food that Southern
women have perfected.
We played a couple of lit
tle games and though I’m
embarrassed to admit it, my
mama was caught cheating
at a Christian women’s tea.
She looked on someone
else’s paper for the
answers. It was not my fam
ily’s proudest moment.
It turns out that the tea
was a recruitment event to
bring in new members.
Now, I believe that Goodwill
Circles are one of the finest
Lifestyle
form in the mail, contact
the president of the Perry
Arts League, Rebecca Bell
(478) 213-1401.
All entries must be post
marked by Saturday, Oct. 1,
and can be mailed to the
Treasurer of the Perry Arts
League, Louis Tedders, at
1406 Canterbury Court,
Perry, GA 31069.
All work must be turned
in at the Perry Arts Center
on Friday, Oct. 21, between
5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The reception for
Sunflower daze will be held
on
Friday Oct. 28, at 7 p.m.
All awards and prizes will
be given out at the recep
tion. This show will stay up
for two weeks.
have to discontinue the
good works he has provided
for Perry Volunteer
Outreach for the past four
years.
In the true volunteer
spirit which is the backbone
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Hi
Ronda Rich
Columnist
accents of Southern cul
ture. When times are sad,
the love of good people
encircle you with goodwill.
Nothing feels better than
that. Not even perfect cash
mere.
During deaths in our fam
ily, one of our most difficult
tasks has been finding time
to schedule all the Goodwill
Circles who wanted to bring
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By Joan Dorsett
The Beltista Club contributed $2,000 to Hospice of Houston County. The gift
came from the proceeds of the club’s annual Spring Home and Garden Show. The
check was presented in memory of the late Earl “Chip” Washington by Charlotte
Washington, left, to Pauline Smith, who has served as interim administrator of
Serenity Gate in Perry.
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Katie Blount, Barbara Clark and Sandra Hunt prepare hot sand
wiches for bingo game players. Homemade peach ice cream was
also on the menu last Wednesday
of this organization in the
business of helping others,
volunteers have stepped up
to the plate to see that
Brian’s pet project,
“Wednesday Bingo for
Senior Citizens” continues.
food and then finding a
place to put all those
casseroles, hams and chick
en.
You know that a woman is
a true Southerner if she has
at least five recipes that call
for cream of mushroom
soup. Personally, I have a
couple of dozen such
recipes.
That afternoon, officers
took turns explaining all
that Circle members do
such as preparing the annu
al Poor Man’s Supper (soup
beans, cornbread and but
termilk), which proves to be
very rich with the revenue
it produces; taking food to
the ill and bereaved and the
ever powerful prayer chain.
“We put you on a list then
call you to alert you when
we need food or to start the
prayer chain,” the vice
president said.
I listened, thinking how
useless I would be to these
good women since my trav
A gift to Hospice
You, too, can enjoy PVO.
Bingo which is now called
by volunteer Riley Hunt.
Senior citizens gather at
10:30 a.m. in the communi
ty center at Rozar Park to
el schedule is so hectic. I
raised my hand.
“Yes?”
“If we join, do we have to
cook and pray?” I asked.
Laughter rippled across
the room while Mama gave
me one of those wait-until
we-get-home-young-lady
looks.
The vice president
laughed. “No, but we hope
you will. You can pray, if
nothing else.”
So, I paid my dues and
joined. And, to be honest, I
haven’t been of much use to
the good ladies of the
Goodwill Circle. In fact, no
one has bothered to call me
yet. Not even to pray. That,
I am sure, is nothing that I
should be bragging about.
But my heart is in the
right place and, if nothing
else, I have shown my sup
port for and appreciation of
good women who make
smiles - difficult task that
is - in times of grief and
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play Bingo for prizes which
are donated by local busi
ness. Lunch is served at
noon followed by devotional
and entertainment and
more bingo until 3 p.m.
sadness.
As we drove away that
day, Mama said, shaking
her head, “I can’t believe
that you joined. As much as
you’re gone, what good do
you think you’re gonna
be?”
“If you didn’t think I
would join, why did you
invite me?” I asked.
“Because I wanted to
come and I didn’t have no
other way to get here.”
So, there you have it.
I may not be of much use
to the Goodwill Circle in
general when it comes to
praying and cooking but I
am useful to one person
specifically.
She doesn’t care if I pray
or cook, as long I drive.
Ronda Rich is the best
selling author of ’’What
Southern Women Know
About Flirting “ and “The
Town That Came A-
Courtin’.”