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Eye Q
What’s her hometown on
TV?
Top of the World
The answer to last week’s
Eye Q quiz was Karen and
Richard Carpenter. Getting
it right were Kaye Evans,
Terry Everett, Kathleen
Chasteen, Phil Chasteen,
Betsy Bazemore, Laurie
Jones, Jolene Pierson,
William Harrison and Jim
Worrall.
HoCoQufz
What’s the last day you can
vote in the Houston County
Public Schools SPLOST ref
erendum ?
Guff Coast answers
The answers were (1)
New Orleans, (2) Biloxi
was named for the Biloxi
Indian tribe; and The Red
Cross donation site is www.
redcross.org/donate Getting
all three right were Terry
Everett, Betsy Bazemore,
Laurie Jones, William
Harrison and Jim Worrall.
Charlotte's Literary Quiz
Here’s a list of 10 American
writers. How many of them
didn’t win a Pulitzer Prize?
John Kennedy Toole, Alice
Walker, Marilynne Robinson,
Booth Tarkington, James
A. Michener, Toni Morison,
Margaret Mitchell, Edna
Ferber, MacKinlay Kantor,
Bernard Malamud.
Last week's cognoscenti
The word “pandemo
nium” first appeared in
John Milton’s “Paradise
Lost” as “Pandaemonium,”
the gathering place of the
fallen angels led by Lucifer.
Getting it right were Terry
Everett, Jane Winston,Betsy
Bazemore, Laurie Jones,
William Harrison and Jim
Worrall.
Bible Quiz
Give chapter and verse for
this line of scripture, and
give the location of Babylon:
By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat down, yea, we
wept, when we remembered
Zion.
The Scripturally Savvy
The fourth book in the
Pentateuch (which refers to
the first five books of the
Old Testament) is Numbers,
which is also, of course, the
fourth book in the Bible.
Getting it right were Terry
Everett, Betsy Bazemore,
Laurie Jones, William
Harrison and Jim Worrall.
Georgia Quiz
What runs “Out of the hills
of Habersham, down through
the valleys of Hall?”
See QUIZ, page 9A
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The entire cast of WRLT’s “Seven Year Itch” enjoying a piano tune. Standing are (from left) Marlei Martinez, Cheryl Punch, Steve Randall, Dot
Carr, Terri Hatton, Katie Randall; (front row) Evan Kemp, Ryan McCarty, Shanna McMahon and Bob Smith.
'Seven Year Itch' opening this weekend
BY JANE WINSTON
HHJ Correspondent
The cast and crew
have been rehearsing for
the Warner Robins Little
Theatre’s upcoming pro
duction of “The Seven Year
Itch” the past few weeks at
their theatre on Pleasant
Hill Road.
This farce, written
by George Axelrod, was
released as a movie in 1955
Auditions at WRLT
Warner Robins Little
Theatre is holding auditions
for “Speaking of Murder,” a
melodrama by Audrey and
William Roos directed by
Cathy Collins. The script
calls for four women, two
men, one boy age 9-13 and
one girl age 8-11, as well as
one small well-trained dog.
The play will be presented
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ALAN JACKSON
Scripps Howard News Service
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country
music stars will appear on a televi
sion special this month to benefit
the American Red Cross’s hurri
cane-relief efforts.
The “Country Reaches Out” con
cert will be broadcast live from the
Grand Ole Opry House beginning
at 9 p.m. on Sept. 27 by the Great
American Country television net
work as well as on the DIY and Fine
Living networks, the Opry said.
The three networks are owned by
the E.W. Scripps Co.
The show will also be heard in
its entirety on the Nashville radio
with Billy Wilder directing.
Marilyn Monroe was The
Girl, and Tom Ewell was
Richard, the leading man.
In the WRLT production,
opening Friday, Shanna
McMahon appears as The
Girl and Ryan McCarty as
Richard, the leading man.
Other members of the cast
include Bob Smith, Mariel
Martinez, Steve Randall, Dot
Carr, Evan Kemp, Cheryl
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
in November.
The auditions will be
held at the theatre, 502 S.
Pleasant Hill Road, Warner
Robins, at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday and Tuesday. For
more information call (478)
929-4579.
Good work, Charlie Brown!
Perry Players will hold a
station WSM and on Sirius Satellite
Radio, and on the Web site www.
Opry.com.
Among the artists scheduled to
appear on the commercial-free TV
event are Alan Jackson, Alison
Krauss, Craig Morgan and Billy
Currington.
“Without fail, country music
and its fans show compassion and
support for those in need,” said
Colin Reed, chairman and CEO of
Gaylord Entertainment, the Opry’s
parent company. “The Opry is the
heart and home of country music,
and the Opry family, its employees
and artists alike, wants to do every
Punch, Katie Randall and
Terri Hatton.
Riverside Ford is spon
soring “The Seven Year
Itch” and Warner Robins’
Jerry Reppert is directing.
Assisting Jerry are Anna
Randall the producer of the
play and Randy Evans the
stage manager.
There are ten opportuni
ties to see “The Seven Year
Itch.” Evening performanc
hurricane relief benefit per
formance of “You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown,” on
Saturday, Sept. 17 at 2:30
p.m.
The musical opens Friday
at 8, with evening shows on
Friday, and on Sept. 14-17.
Matinees, in addition to the
benefit performance will be
on Sunday and on Sept. 18.
Tickets are sl4 for adults;
Country
music
stars to
join
hurricane
relief effort
es are at 8 p.m., with two
Sunday matinees at 2:30.
Adult tickets are sl2; stu
dent tickets are SB. Sunday
tickets for seniors are SB.
Reservations may be made
by calling 929-4579.
If you’ve never been to
the WRLT or if you’re a
regular play attendee, this
is your chance to see a ter
rific play revolving around
Richard and his “seven year
$7 for ages 6 and under.
To make reservations, call
(478) 987-5354.
Portrait of Larry Walker to
be unveiled at library
The Houston County
Public Libraries will honor
Larry Walker for his con
tinued service and support
to the county’s libraries at
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thing it can to make sure country’s
heart is extended to our neighbors
who have suffered such unspeak
able losses this week.”
The entertainers will urge view
ers to give to American Red Cross
efforts to help victims of Hurricane
Katrina, and money from concert
ticket sales also will go toward relief
efforts, officials said.
“Country music, in particular, is
a powerful and unifying force that
inspires individuals to action and
initiates the process of healing in
times of personal tragedy, or nation
al crisis,” said Ed Hardy, president
itch.” Consider attending
the opening night produc
tion and meeting the cast
and crew after the play dur
ing the traditional Green
Room reception.
If you go
Evening performances
8 p.m., Sept. 9-10, 15-
17,22-24
Sunday performances
2:30 p.m., Sept. 11 and
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2 p.m. Sunday at the Perry
Library.
Walker’s portrait, pre
sented by his friends, will be
unveiled at this time. In his
three decades in the Georgia
House of Representatives,
Walker consistently worked
to provide funds to the local
libraries. Refreshments will
be served. The public is wel
come to attend.
ALISON KRAUSS
of Great American Country. “It is
our hope that the national televi
sion audience tuning in for the
simulcast of this special Opry event
on GAC, DIY and Fine Living will
be moved to action in support of
hurricane relief.”
The Great American Country
network is also helping the relief
effort by producing public-service
announcements featuring the net
work’s hosts and country artists. In
addition, both the Opry and GAC
will host an online auction of one
of-a-kind country-music memora
bilia at Opry.com and GACtv.com.
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