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The Office Cat
Scott Lewis, Wilkes County’s champion weight-loser, was in The News-Reporter office this week and I’m not sure that I would have recognized him if I had not known that he was coming in. In the past six months, Scott has lost 130 pounds and hopes to lose 15 more to obtain his desired weight. He says that it has been a pleasure and if he’s still losing after he sheds the 15 pounds, he just might keep on with his diet. He says that he has had clients come into the State Farm office (he’s the head man), hand him something, and say, “Please give this to Scott.” One person thought he might be a brother and said, “Please give this to your brother Scott.”
Joe Barnett, Wilkes County’s National Cook-off winner with his Shrimp and Grits recipe, has received a call from Nikki Elkins with the Martha Stewart television show asking him to appear on the show with his recipe and with Martha Stewart. He will know more details a little later and we’ll keep you informed because I know none of us wants to miss it. . . . Do you suppose Martha Stewart read The News-Reporter and found out Joe’s recipe and his benefit for Georgia TASC during the Tour of Homes?
I’ve seen leaves falling for 74 years, but I don’t think I can recall a year when we have had as many as we do this year. They’re ankle deep all around. Some folks are smart and have already raked theirs up, so there are piles of them all over town waiting for the leaf truck to pick them up.
Wilkes Publishing Co. has just printed a beautiful history of the Penfield Christian Home in nearby Greene County. The book was researched and written by the late Waldo P. Harris and family members helped in getting the volume to press. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy can call Lem Clark at the home or James Bland¸ Director of Missions for the Georgia Baptist Association at 706- 678-3879. We will have more details after the first of the year.
Susan Combs Aldrich of Milledgeville called to ask if there is a possibility of getting a small piece of the tree as a memento. She says that she would be willing to give a donation to a worthy cause in exchange for a piece. Maybe there are others who would like to do the same. Call us at The News- Reporter (706-678-2636) and we’ll pass the information on to the right person.
Do you remember reading about seven-year-old Matthew Shedd swallowing two magnets sometimes last year and having to have surgery? Tom Corwin, staff writer for The Augusta Chronicle, did a follow-up article on Matt this month, telling about his ordeal and about other children who have swallowed similar magnets. You can read this article in this week’s issue of The News-Reporter. Matt is the son of Betsy and Rodney Shedd of Rayle. On a recent visit with Santa Claus, Matt made sure that he gave the jolly old man explicit directions to his new home. Matt had been a little concerned that Santa might not know that his family had moved since last Christmas.
John and Deanie Adams Busch and their daughter Jessie live in Charlottesville, Va. John officiates football games for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This year he has received a big honor. He will be one of the officials for the January 1, 2007, Rose Bowl Game in California. Deanie, who is the daughter of Dorla and Arnold Adams of Washington, and Jessie – their granddaughter – will be there in the reviewing stand for the parade and game and will be treated to lunch and other things. Needless to say, they are all very excited.
Please call me first thing Tuesday morning, January 2, with any information I can use in this column. We have been closed since Friday, December 22, so I have not been able to see people and collect anything. You can call me at home, if you want to.
Have you seen all the renovation and change at the former home (pink house) of the late Mildred Anderson on South Alexander Avenue? It changes every day and is going to be beautiful. Jane and Tom Owen, formerly of Fayetteville, are the new owners and renovators. They also own the building at the rear of the old Washington Loan and Banking Company building at the corner of South Jefferson St. and East Robert Toombs Avenue, and it has been renovated for future plans. . . . John Singleton’s building on Spring Street (next to the Washington Police Station) has been sold to Dana and Richard Kibbey.
Somebody sent me e-mail which included these three questions: Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard? . . . Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when a revolver is thrown at him/ . . . Why do Kamikazi pilots wear helmets?
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