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♦ SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2006
Tips fop having a successful yard sale
Location, location, location
applies to yard sales as well
as real estate. If you have a
friend or a group of friends,
the more the merrier! You
need to tiy to have it at the
friend’s house with the more
visible or busier location. If
you do not have the mast
desirable location to have
one, then you really need to
makes sure that you adver
tise it well and put up good
signs.
I can’t believe the peo
ple that put up signs they
type on their computer on
an 8.5. X 11 sheet of paper
and then stick it to a pole
and expect people to see it.
When driving buy, the aver
age person will not notice it
and if they do, may think it
is a “lost dog” sign or some
other home business adver-
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Georgia Lynn Harrell
Casey and Ashley
Raymond Harrell of Warner
Robins announce the birth
of a daughter, Georgia
Lynn Harrell, at Houston
Medical Center on May
31. Grandparents of the
baby are Cindy Raymond
of Kennesaw; John A.
Raymond, 111 of Franklin,
Tenn. and Randall and
Darlene Harrell of Gallatin,
Tenn.
Aliena Jewel Burch
Anthony and Amy Walker
Burch of Montezuma
announce the birth of a
daughter, Aliena Jewel
Burch, at Houston
Medical Center on May 10.
Grandparents of the baby
are Larry Walker and Gerry
Walker of Milan and Marilyn
D. Burch and Wilbur Burch
of Eastman.
Jacob Benjamin
Clarington
Maria Vazquez and
Jarvis Clarington of Macon
announce the birth of a son,
Jacob Benjamin Clarington,
at Houston Medical Center
on June 3. Grandparents
of the baby are Maria and
Carlos Vazquez of Warner
Robins; James Milford of
Macon and Gloria Clarington
of Atlanta.
Drake Zachary
Clendennin Jones
Ken and Cozette Ogletree
Jones of Warner Robins
announce the birth of a son,
Drake Zachary Clendennin
Jones, at Houston
Medical Center on June 6.
Grandparents of the baby are
Robert and Betty Ann Jones
of Warner Robins; Barbara
Ogletree of Conyers; George
and Mary Clendennin of
Westland, MI; Donald and
Andrea Peebles of Rockmart;
Deborah Soles of Dublin and
Mike and Nancy Buckman
of Kissimmee, FL.
Malakhi Rayshaun
Edwards
Myrtice Howard and Billy
Edwards of Warner Robins
announce the birth of a son,
Malakhi Rayshaun Edwards,
at Houston Medical Center
on June 6. Grandparents
of the baby are Sandra
Hendrick of Warner Robins
and Jimmy Edwards of
Albany.
Bethany Elisse Powerll
Jason and Sarah Hatfield
Powell of Warner Robins
announce the birth of
a daughter, Bethany
Elisse Powell, at Houston
Medical Center on June 6.
Grandparents of the baby
are Larry Hatfield of Baton
Rouge, La.; Brenda Goudeau
of Baton Rouge, La.; Terry
and Sharon Powell of North
Augusta, S.C. and Elizabeth
Gaskill of Columbus.
Jaiyden Hill James
Godfrey
Jeffrey and Barbara Little
Godfrey of Belle Vernon,
Pennsylvania announce the
fcirth of a son, Jaiyden Hill
James Godfrey, at Houston
Medical Center on June 7.
Grandparents of the baby are
<james and Deborah Little of
JJelle Vernon, Pa. and Jeffrey
jind Donna Godfrey of Belle
Vernon, Pa.
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Jillinda Falen
Antiques
carilynns@alltel.net
tisement. Always use large
signs in white or flourescent
colors with large print. Have
the address and the dates on
your sign and arrows point
ing the direction of the turns
if your home is back in a sub
division. Most importantly,
take your signs down after
the sale is over.
Micah Antwan
Fleming
Danielle Vinson and
Sterling Fleming of Warner
Robins announce the birth
of a son, Micah Antwan
Fleming, at Houston
Medical Center on June 7.
Grandparents of the baby
are John and Patricia Wilson
of Warner Robins and John
Fleming and Marclyn Fudge
of Perry.
Kaylin Ramon Porter
Shumakita Brooks and
Montravis Porter of Warner
Robins announce the
birth of a daughter, Kaylin
Ramon Porter, at Houston
Medical Center on June 7.
Grandparents of the baby
are Randy Brooks and
Teresa Brooks of Warner
Robins and Ollie Jackson of
Memphis, Tenn.
Azion Malachi
Annette Alexander of
Warner Robins announces
the birth of a son, Azion
Malachi Alexander, at
Houston Medical Center on
June 7.
Christopher Blake
Young
Chris and April Newsom
Young of Perry announce the
birth of a son, Christopher
Blake Young, at Houston
Medical Center on June 7.
Grandparents of the baby are
Gary and Janet Pennington
of Perry and Shelton and
Clara Young of Perry.
Kaiyion Jamier Smith
Tenisha Braswell and
Isaiah Smith of Warner
Robins announce the birth of
a son, Kaivion Jamier Smith,
at Houston Medical Center
on June 8. Grandparents of
the baby are Anthony and
Tess Braswell of Warner
Robins and Kelvin and
Cynthia Smith.
David Christopher
Pish
Todd and Janna Matthys
Pish of Byron announce
the birth of a son, David
Christopher Pish, at
Houston Medical Center
on June 8. Grandparents
of the baby are Allen and
Anne Matthys of Dale City,
Va.; Marylin Pish of Dale
City, Va. and Robert Pish of
Manassas, Va.
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Use as much hometown
advertising as you can.
Advertise in the local paper,
the bulletin boards at the
grocery stores and beauty
parlors and such. Have your
ads in the papers at least
2 days before the sale and
more if you can afford it.
Put your signs out a day or
Just in case Hollywood calls
So, this is how my first on
screen kiss came to be.
I was painting my kitch
en cabinets, a task thrust
upon on me because I could
not adequately explain my
vision of Country French
distressed to others nor was
I willing to pay the exorbi
tant price for their vision of
what I knew” was not what I
wanted.
There I was, completely
content to listen to satel
lite radio while painting and
pondering those inconse
quential things of which you
never think until you have
nothing to do but piddle and
paint.
Dixie Dew, my dachshund,
occasionally wandered in
from her comfortable perch
on the back porch to super
vise my progress, brush her
tail against the paint then
saunter lazily back to her
place of disinterested rest.
That is to say that it was
all basically routine when
the phone rang and quickly
I segued from mundane to
out-of-the-ordinary. Funny
how things like that can
happen. How one moment
you can be tucked away in
an oh-so-typical-day then
plucked away and plopped
down into a nothing-about
this-resembles-any-other-
day-I’ve-ever-known-day.
One of my several agents
called. This specifically is
the one assigned with the
responsibility of finding
movie roles for me. Not that
she has found any movie
roles for me and not that I
think I’m destined to be a
movie star. But just in the
event that one day there is
one role that no one else was
born to play except for me.
I guess you could call her
my just-in-case-agent.
“I have a client who wants
you to test for a television
commercial,” said my just
in-case-agent. “She saw your
head shot and thinks you’d
be perfect. It’s tomorrow
morning.”
I laid aside my paint brush
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two before the sale as well
so people driving by can plan
to go. Just make sure the
morning of your sale that
all the signs are still up and
are still stiff and readable.
Posterboard can fold up in
heat and humidity.
Make sure your merchan
dised is priced to sell. If you
make it too high, it will still
be there at the end of the
day. Leave a little room in
your pricing for negotiation.
Make sure everything is well
marked and displayed on
tables. Everything should be
clean and clothes hug up.
Not everyone likes to rum
mage through heaps espe
cially in the hot Georgia sun.
Try to have your sale in a
covered area in case of rain
and to provide shade. If you
are worried about putting a
Ronda Rich
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and sat down on the step
leading down to my living
room. I wasn’t one bit inter
ested. I didn’t want to quit
my painting to drive in to
Atlanta for 10 minutes of
unwanted scrutiny.
Studying the green paint
under fingernails, I replied.
“I don’t think so. I’m in the
midst of a demanding cre
ative project right now.”
“Please?” asked my just
in-case-agent. “It won’t take
much time.”
When she told me the
shooting schedule, I said,
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the most elaborate and the most creative tables. No food or beverage is included
in the ticket price. No alcohol may be brought into the Miller-Murphy-Howard
Building.
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Board Member. For more information contact the Houston Arts Alliance office.
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nice antique out and selling
it too cheap, get an appraisal
or do some research before
hand.
After the sale, don’t be
tempted to put stuff back in
your house. Donate it to a
charity and get a tax receipt.
Once you have cleaned out
your home, don’t instantly
clutter it back up! It is best
to have a spring and fall yard
sale. Sell seasonally appropri
ate items at each one. Don’t
try to sell summer items
in the fall and Halloween
or Christmas items in the
spring. Have an outlet near
by so shoppers can check
electrical appliances. If some
thing is broken or has miss
ing pieces, please throw that
out and don’t have some
one buy it thinking it works.
Have plenty of change and
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“I’m unavailable one of
those days. I have a speak
ing engagement.” I thought
that would get me off the
hook. It didn’t.
“Tell her that you can only
shoot one day.”
I relented. I thought that
just in case that movie role
comes along that I was born
to play, I didn’t want my
just-in-case-agent to be mad
at me and not call.
So, I decided to waste half
a day of my time. Just in
case.
ife.i. was not prepared for
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
a calculator on hand. Keep
an eye on your shoppers and
keep your money belt on you.
Not everyone is honest. Have
some helpers with you at the
sale to help with the crown
and keep an eye on things.
This year the World’s
Longest Yard Sale on high
way 127 that runs from
Kentucky to Alabama will be
held August 3-6. Get out your
maps and bust open the piggy
bank! Happy Collecting!
Jillinda Falen is the owner
of Carrie Lynn's Antiques in
Perry. She has been collect
ing and selling antiques for
22 years and is an estate
liquidation specialist. You
may contact her via the
Houston Home Journal,
www.antiquesingeorgia.com
or carrielynns@alltel.net.
what happened. When I
got there, the casting agent
paired me off with a guy I
had never seen then led us
to the studio.
“You’re in love so be very
romantic,” she instructed.
“Walk across, holding hands
then stop, embrace and
kiss.”
I blinked hard.
But just in case, my big
movie break includes a kiss,
I plunged in.
Apparently, I’m not a good
on-screen kisser because I
didn’t get part. But should
a Hollywood casting agent
call my just-in-case-agent
and ask for a red-headed
Southern woman with on
screen kissing experience,
I’ll be ready.
Just in case.
Ronda Rich is the best
selling author of What
Southern Women Know
(That Every Woman Should)
and The Town That Came
A-Courtin’. n-s