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4A WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2006 If Houston Home f CLLi| t OPINION Daniel F. Evans Editor and Publisher Julie B. Evans Vice President Don Moncrief Foy S. Evans Managing Editor Editor Emeritus Green - less is more Could it be that organizations/ businesses believe the state’s water restrictions apply to “individuals” only and not to them? If Friday, the ONE day, accord ing to state guidelines ALL watering is banned, is any indication it would. For starters, on that day/night, one large and well-known company (one that wastes no time telling us all about how they’re doing good things for the community) in the Warner Robins area had theirs set to come on at about 9 p.m. It was witnessed by approximately 100 people who were parked in their lot and waiting for the fireworks show to start at the stadium. Granted, many of their children didn’t mind, nor waste any time cooling themselves off in the dozen or more heavy duty sprinklers that were still going strong by the time the show ended at about 10 p.m. Not to be outdone, less than 100 yards away, another business had theirs in full force and less than two miles away from there, there was another. These were obviously just happenstance observances, so it makes you wonder just how many companies would be found in violation should state officials/law enforce ment decide to investigate officially. The point is something we all know: No one is above the law. It’s certainly not fair to those following the water restric tions to have those who believe they have the power and/or the money ignore them. We think it would only be fair to see less green on their lawn and far less in their pockets. LETTER TO THE EDITOR A big thank you from the City of Centerville The mayor and council of the City of Centerville would like to express our sincere appreciation to Houston County and the cities of Warner Robins and Perry for their generous contributions of por tions of their 2001 SPLOST proceeds. Their contributions made it possible for the citi zens of Centerville to have a beautiful City Hall building as a new centerpiece of the community. The City Hall building is a great combination of form and function and was built by SOA Construction (a Houston County general contractor located in Perry), in conjunction with project architect, David Selby. The new City Hall building was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 30, 2003. Since that time, many groups, including a senior citizens’ organization with more than 100 mem bers, have taken advantage of the meeting facilities located in the building’s community room. The City Council proudly holds its regular bi monthly meetings in the spacious, formal Council Chambers iust inside the front door. The Utilities Department, Code Enforcement offices and City Clerk’s office are also all located in the same building, making it a convenient, central location for citizens to handle most any type of city business. Centervilles’ City Hall is located at 300 E. Church Street in Centerville and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. The mayor and council would like to invite anyone who hasn’t seen the building to stop by and see area SPLOST dollars at work. The mayor and council of the City of Centerville would also like to note that the 2001 SPLOST pro ceeds provided the funding for the equally successful renovation of the City of Centerville Police Station. The community should also be proud of the police station and the City of Centerville Fire Station, both buildings which were also constructed by SOA Construction. Centerville Mayor Harold Edwards Jr. The point is something we all know: No one is above the law. It's cer tainly not fair to those following the water restrictions to have those who believe they have the power and/or the money ignore them. The practical side of palatables' Every “gourmet guru” from here to Gibraltar has sounded off on their take of food’s volume and value, and while my insight of such matters is purely from the practical side, it’s now time I had my say on the dieting business. With America, on a “sick and saggy” roll it just might pay for a host of them to lis ten to my commentary. First of all, let me inform you that I am years passed 70 and have been continu ously active for most of my life. Commitments to labor are still in the “hoppers” and I can count on one hand my absence from such (for illness) over the past 30 years. I count myself to be extremely blessed and at the same time realize that my p “Of course I'm voting absentee... I don't want anyone to see my drivers license photo!" 'What's that?' It's a new way of learning Two-year-old boys will fall for anything. My youngest son’s latest utterance, repeated about, oh, every nanosecond, is “What’s that?” The game goes as follows: He points at an object and says “What’s that?” When I explain what “that” is, he moves on to the next object in rapid-fire succession until everything in his peripheral range is covered. At first, I could keep up. He pointed at the televi sion. “What’s that?” “That’s a television. It will be your friend throughout life. Embrace it. Love it. Watch it,” was my reply. He pointed at the couch. “What’s that?” “That’s a couch. If your daddy is napping there, you are not to bother him for any reason with the excep tions being: You are choking on something really big; or there’s a fire that’s directly threatening your daddy’s person.” He pointed at the fireplace. “What’s that?” “That’s a fireplace. It’s hot. You never need to play in there. And if daddy catch es on fire while playing in there, please call the fire Dared Gattyn actions have had a great deal to do with it. No, I don’t spend time at the gym, nor do I do a 100 jumping jacks daily, but I do spend my “table time” with sensibility. It is not difficult to see why millions are up to their ears in pain doctor visits, diminished wallets and are candidates for early demise. Len Robbins * | airpub@planttel.nel '' department by using the phone.” “What’s that?” You get the picture. But after receiving numer ous explanations about the mqjor items in our house hold, outdoors, and in every children’s book in our home, he moved up and on. He pointed to the small box at the bottom of the wall where a bunch of tele phone wires were coming out. “What’s that?” “Uh, that’s a box with a bunch of telephone wires coming out of it that does, uh, something, and the wires, go to phones so we can, hmm, call people on the phones. Yeah, that’s right.” He gave me that perplexed look usually reserved for when a stuffed toy talks to him. I witness scores who “live to eat, rather than eating to live.” Believe it or not, but our systems are not capable of coping with “extra portions,” and especially as it pertains to “junk” foods, raw meats and heavy pastry. Let me leave you with a few tips that many will place in the “circular file” without He pointed to the piece of fabric looped around the back of my tennis shoes. “What’s that?” “That’s, well, that’s a thing on the back of my shoe,” I said as confidently as I would when discussing how electricity works. Again, the talking stuffed toy look. Finally, after being stumped a couple of hundred times, and sounding like a Florida graduate attempt ing to explain subtraction, I had an epiphany. He doesn’t know anything. That’s why he’s been asking me all these questions. Aha! I was properly prepared for our next session in curi osity. He pointed at the child proof device that covers the empty electric socket so THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL consideration. First of all, the idea that we must have three meals a day, is out of touch with a healthy body. People can live comfortable even thrive, on two meals, and often even one. The alternative for “the hungry” is to consume small portions throughout the day. Note the eating habits and physique of the Orientals, who practice that system. Secondly, last meals should be consumed before 9 p.m. or earlier. Thirdly, saturate yourself in liquids - primarily water. Lastly, and vitally impor tant, get away from that television and computer ... walking daily. All this will save you money and add years to your life. I guarantee it. that he doesn’t end up with hair like Don King. “What’s that?” “That, my man, is a muck lelack.” He didn’t seem convinced. I decided I needed to fully explain my explanations. There’s no use in wasting my massive intellect when I need to learn the child. “It was discovered by the ancient Inca Indians in 1979. It’s made of 100 per cent pure peanut butter.” Satisfied, he pointed at the bouncy door-stop thingy with the white top on the end of it. “What’s that?” “That’s a Tammy. Invented by Sir Isaac Newton in 1962, and named in honor of his sister, Tammy.” He then ran into the bath room, where he pointed at ( the empty cardboard toilet paper tube. “What’s that?” “That’s a perplunk. Astronaut Phyllis Diller dis covered the perplunk on her 1909 mission to Alabama in search of intelligent life. The perplunk is all she found.” Now learned, he wandered off into the kitchen to play in the trash. I guess it’s okay to fall for anything when you’re two years old. It’s 20 years old that causes problems.