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c o n t e n t s Strongbow.................................. 7 Antebellum Oaks. ............................ 9 Black Cat Studios........................... 13 Noah’s Ark................................. 16 Entrepreneur Focus......................... 19 A Day in the Life. .......................... 23 Artist’s Profile: LaMont Suddith. ........... 24 Paparazzi.................................. 26 Hope Health Clinic. ........................ 27 Tornado!................................... 28 Calendar................................... 30 Griffin Farmers’ Market/June Jam............ 32 Fashion.................................... 33 Sports..................................... 34 Children’s Art............................. 36 Crossword.................................. 37 Fishing.................................... 39 Hound & Puss................................ 41 Meet Your Neighbor.......................... 43 Doula: Keepin’ it Real...................... 44 Bunn’s Cleaners............................ 46 The Vent................................... 47 Kitchen Table.............................. 48 Sorting Laundry............................ 50 Photography: Hollie Jeffcoat. ............... 55 Derby Parties.............................. 57 Staff Picks. ............................... 58 Freedman’s Finds........................... 59

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ichael Ingram (nickname “Howdy Doody”), who sat next to me in highschool psychology class back in 1982, had to be the biggest World Wrestling Foundation fan – ever. He’d sneak copies of WWF Magazine in his Trapper Keeper and regale me and the other two members of our roundtable group with gripping tales of the latest “neck-breaking” or vendetta match. Two of his favorite figures at that time were Chief Jay Strongbow and Mr. Fuji – matching their signature finishing moves – the “Tomahawk Chop against the “Fuji Chop.” Chief Strongbow, along with his “nephew” Jules Strongbow, dominated the Japanese team of Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito to win the WWF Tag Team Championship in June of that year, losing it again in July, but decisively beating the Japanese tandem again in October 1982, much to Michael’s delight. Actually of Italian, not Native American, descent, Joe Scarpa was born in Brooklyn in 1928. Trained by Don Eagle, Scarpa wrestled under his real name for several years. But success in the WWF demands a Persona. When it comes to WWF figures, even the least-informed person can likely conjure up an image of, say, Hulk Hogan or “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Out of this tradition was born the iconic Chief Jay Strongbow.

The Persona

At 6 feet and 260 pounds, Chief Jay Strongbow commanded respect as he strode into the ring in full ceremonial headdress. Chief Jay Strongbow’s trademark became the Ancient Tribal War Dance, which was inspiration for Hulk Hogan’s “hulking-up.” When Chief Strongbow got fired-up enough to start circling his opponent with his war www.kitchendrawer.net

dance, it signaled that he was through “playing,” and his finishing move, often the devastating Tomahawk Chop, was soon to be delivered. The Chief was also famous for the Indian Deathlock, a paralyzing leg-crossing submission move. Although an ever-popular figure on the singles circuit, Strongbow was especially noted for his work in tagteam wrestling, winning his first of four World Tag Team Championships with partner Sonny King in May 1972. He also teamed up with Billy White Wolf and “nephew” Jules Strongbow. As the WWF plot goes, opponent Ken Patera broke Billy White Wolf ’s neck with his “Swinging Neckbreaker.” Patera’s finisher ended White Wolf ’s wrestling career and began a legendary feud between Patera and Strongbow. Even after finally losing the tag-team title to the Wild Samoans in 1983, the Strongbows remained a top WWF team until Jules left the promotion and the Chief went back to singles wrestling, where he remained a top draw. But with the rise of Titan Sports and its shift in WWF oversight from Vince McMahon Sr. to his son, Vince Jr., the tone and target demographics of professional wrestling shifted dramatically (enter WrestleMania!!), and Chief Jay Strongbow gradually gave way to Joe Scarpa the agent, or WWF “Suit.”

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Joe Scarpa took his professionalism with him from the ring and brought it to his new role as WWF road agent. He was already widely regarded as a seasoned “statesman” and mentor and a wonderful role model of athleticism and character. During this time, Scarpa also distinguished himself as a fair and respected agent to the wrestlers he represented. As Strongbow and as Scarpa, he managed to

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keep his ego in check and was willing to do whatever it took to further the sport that he truly loved. With all of its flying folding chairs and chest-pounding posturing, “sportsmanship” may not be the first word that comes to mind when thinking of professional wrestling. However, this is precisely the word that comes up repeatedly whenever Joe Scarpa is mentioned. Aside from the casual compliments of all who know him or have watched him in the ring, there have also been several formal acknowledgements of Scarpa’s sportsmanship, as well as his overall excellence in wrestling. Chief Jay Strongbow won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Most Popular Wrestler of the Year” award in 1973, and he was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1994, professional wrestling’s highest honor. A major figure in the World Wrestling Foundation for over 30 years, Joe Scarpa, a.k.a. Chief Jay Strongbow, finished with the flash and glam of the world of professional wrestling and settled down to a quiet life of retirement in Griffin, Ga., where local residents enjoy Joe’s legendary generosity and gentle nature. If you know of someone legendary in Lamar, Pike, or Spalding County, please introduce us! Call us at 770.412.0441 or email us at stuff@kitchendrawer.net.

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ittle did she know it, but life was about to throw Dolie McCarthy one wicked curve ball on February 11, 2007. Dolie (pronounced Doh’-lee), widowed in 2002, had sold her Atlanta personnel agency of 38 years and was living in a condo in Smyrna, Georgia. She thought it might be fun to join some friends on a weekend trip to Barnesville, Ga., to attend a Gone with the Windthemed send-off party at Tarleton House. Due to poor health, Tarleton House’s owner Fred Crane, the last surviving cast member of David O. Selznick’s Gone with the Wind,

was putting the house and its contents up for auction the following day. That day, Dolie cast the winning bid on the 1849 5,000-square-foot house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes. “I wasn’t planning to bid on the house,” Dolie exclaims. “I didn’t know I was going to do it. Then I won and thought, ‘What did I just do?’ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked me, ‘What are you going to do with it?’ I said, ‘I have no idea.’” Dolie enlisted the help of craftsman Gyme (pronounced “Jim”) Warbrick to do some much-needed repair and restoration on the house before she moved in on June 1, 2007. One highlight of the restoration was when Dolie heard Gyme call out and ran into the dining room to find him up to his waist in the floor. At times, when Dolie was tempted to give up on some feature of the house, like the sagging bookcases in the parlor, Gyme would ask for the opportunity to “really work on them”… and really worked wonders. Amid her initial sense of panic, Dolie set out to embrace the city of Barnesville and make her new home, renamed Antebellum Oaks Inn, part of the community. “I felt it was so important that this house belong to Barnesville.” Dolie fell in love with the city and especially Lamar Arts, where she is an active member and a personal art collector. Dolie’s vast and eclectic art collection adorns the walls of all the rooms at Antebellum Oaks. “The arts community in Lamar County is just amazing. There is so much talent here that Lamar County could even stand up against Atlanta.” Dolie is proud of the City’s support. Barnesville was once one of the wealthiest towns in Georgia, thanks to the buggy factory (think horse carriages, not shopping carts), and it’s apparent that preserving the town’s charm and historicity is a top priority for Barnesville businesses and residents.

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Antebellum Oaks is the quintessential, four-on-four, Greek Revival plantation house. Originally, the kitchen was housed in a separate building, the foundation of which is still visible between the house and garage. In the dining room there is a door that leads to a (now closed-off) secret passageway that was once used to take wounded Confederate soldiers out of house at any sign of trouble. Dolie uses the adjoining butler’s pantry as a “pretend office.” The doors of the four bedrooms continued on page 10

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upstairs, which Dolie rents out to her B&B guests, still bear the Gone with the Wind character names on brass plaques: “Melanie,” “Ashley,” “Rhett,” and “Scarlett” and are decorated accordingly. The exquisite décor and furniture belies Dolie’s claim to have decorated the house “on a shoestring.” The dining room features an exotic mahogany table and chairs that came out of Jackie Gleason’s Florida estate. Gleason had them handmade in Honduras. “The chairs were a bargain at $800 apiece, but I managed to get all six of them for that price,” Dolie says triumphantly. She delights in showing us the beautifully upholstered art nouveau chaise with matching chairs (pictured below) that she “stole” from a Buckhead estate for $285 – all three pieces. Rhett’s room features a carved highboy where the right-hand trim piece folds on a hinge over the drawers and can be locked. Dolie excuses herself from the parlor and carries in a set of three little nesting wing-leaf tables, ingeniously designed, that she bought as a set for $25. Dolie laughs, “People are always offering to buy them from me, and I say ‘No way!’” Dolie’s eye for exquisitely crafted pieces makes for a beautiful and tastefully decorated home that manages to not look “fussy.” “I don’t care about my little knick-knacks getting broken,” Dolie smiles. As part of the restoration, Dolie opened up the parlor onto the veranda that overlooks her lovely gardens and lawn. “The condo life wasn’t for me. I need a yard. I work out there ten to twelve hours every week. I don’t cut the grass, though!” Dolie

does all her own cleaning, yard work, and cooking of full breakfasts for her guests. People often ask Dolie to sit with them over breakfast and tell them about the house. The house was built by cotton planter Josiah Holmes and was bought in the late 1850s by Charles E. Lambdin, founder of Barnesville’s first newspaper and of Gordon Military Institute, now Gordon College. During the War Between the States, Mr. Lambdin was a member of a Confederate militia group, The Barnesville Blues, for which the house served as headquarters. John Bell Hood’s men camped on the grounds after the fateful Battle of Atlanta. Some of those soldiers are buried in the cemetery at the rear of the property. The house passed through the hands of several owners, notably the prosperous Pitts family who owned the local grocery and dry goods store during the early 1900s. It was likely during this time that the house was remodeled to its current appearance. At the outset of the Great Depression, the Pitts’ heirs fell on hard times and had to unload the house for $2,000. The upstairs bedrooms (each with its own bathroom) were used as individual apartments during the late 1940s and 1950s before once again becoming a single-family home. Now primarily an events center, Antebellum Oaks is also a sought-after bed-and-breakfast destination with Dolie presiding as its most engaging hostess. Dolie is one of those magnetic people who is comfortable enough in her own skin to be perfectly content to live alone in this big old house

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playing “Mousie” and “Bing Ball” with her two cats (somewhat like “fetch” – ask Dolie), yet she bestows a warmhearted welcome to guests or even the occasional drop-in visitor who knocks on her front door and asks to see the house. For her regular visitors, Dolie says, “Just come on in when you get here; you know where your room is!” Dolie’s “regulars” include a couple of cardinals that are currently raising their second family in the ornate chandelier hanging over the front door. One of Dolie’s black cats, Baby, eagerly perching on the hall table, watched through the glass as the first set of babies fledged with the encouragement of both mom and dad. These savvy birds, like Dolie and anyone else who has the pleasure of spending time at Antebellum Oaks Inn, know a fine home when they see one.

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ucked away in a nondescript section of the old Pawn Shop, with black drapes covering the windows like a sleek black coat, hides Griffin’s premier recording studio, opened earlier this year by Jason Hoard and Mike Fulop. The rough-hewn timbers that frame the uncovered brick walls bestow a sense of historic authenticity and heaviness that make an immediate impression, as if one were walking into a studio back in the early 1960s. Kitchen Drawer recently had the opportunity to sit down and get the skinny on these cool cats. While both are native to Griffin, Jason and Mike arrived at Black Cat by very different musical paths. Jason came from a family where both parents and grandparents were musicians, though never professionals, and at the age of six, Jason www.kitchendrawer.net

began playing a mandolin that his dad brought home. He learned his first four chords and was soon performing at the Music Barn in Williamson. After placing individually in many mandolin competitions, Jason’s “boy band” also went on to win several competitions. Quickly switching to the electric guitar, by age 16 Jason was a professional musician and traveled around with a band called “According to John” for five years and into his 20s. During this time Jason performed live with members of Third Day and produced countless albums for artists big and small. Though his roots are in Bluegrass, he now focuses on Christian/Pop/Rock. Jason is exuberant and animated, while Mike plays the counterpoint of being quiet and reserved. Mike’s mom was a piano teacher, and he started playing the piano at around six or seven years continued on page 14

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old. Mike was a founding member of the Beatles tribute band, The Roaches, which is now known as The Return (Mike was George). When we asked Mike why they changed the name, he remarked, “It’s kinda hard getting gigs where they serve food when your name is The Roaches.” Gaining national recognition on Good Morning America, The Return has played all over the country and has shared the stage with such musical legends as Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Monkees, Chubby Checker, Tommy James, and The Association. Even while he was making records with According to John, Jason was always interested in recording and being hands-on with his projects, so when the band finally broke up, he decided to begin recording in his house. Named after a “30-pound,” jet-black cat of Jason’s, Black Cat Studios was born. This worked for several years. But even though Kacie, Jason’s wife, is a very patient and supportive woman, about six years ago Jason knew that to take his business to the next level he would have to find a more permanent spot to practice his art. Mike and Jason had known of each other for quite a while, but their paths had never really crossed. About a year ago, while accompanying their children on a hayride at The Rock Ranch the Black Cat finally crossed Mike’s path as the conversation turned to their favorite subject – audio gear. Jason had a plethora of newer gear and Mike had tons of classic stuff. Shortly thereafter, Jason and Mike decided to pool their extensive collections of gear at Black Cat Studios. We asked Jason what it’s like to transition from being a musician to producing. “When you are on the road, it’s not on you – you just show up and play. Being a producer, it’s all on you.” Being on the road is tiring though, and after touring for years, both Jason and Mike found themselves ready to settle down and do the family thing. Mike has enjoyed the chance to get up to speed with the way technology is changing production – namely, the computers. Macs are the de facto standard for production, but it’s really the software that has driven innovation. One of Jason’s favorite tools is Melodyne, a software tool used for vocal tuning. “If their tone’s good you can make them sound good,” Jason claims.

What advice would you give to the bands starting around here? “Plug away relentlessly, and when you are getting tired, keep it up because something is about to break. And do your own marketing,” Jason advises. Both Jason and Mike expressed interest in giving back to the community, and with only minimal arm wrangling Kitchen Drawer was able to enlist Jason, Mike, and another Griffin producer, Trey Roth, to put on a three-part Logic Pro class, free to all interested would-be producers, at Liberty Technology. For those interested, call or email stuff@ kitchendrawer.net, Schedule is TBD.

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Working on movie scores when we visited

Favorite Artists:

Jason: Tom Petty and Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers because “Melodies rule. It’s simple and only eight notes, but its the *best* eight notes.” Mike: The Beatles, of course, but also a big Brian Setzer fan

What They’re Jammin’ To:

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ringing children and animals together for the purpose of providing unconditional love, unconditional service, and a future full of hope” is the motto at Noah’s Ark, and these ideals permeate the atmosphere of Noah’s Ark, with its contented animals, beautifully maintained grounds, and dedicated, friendly staff. Nestled on the outskirts of Locust Grove and close to the Spalding County line, Noah’s Ark abounds with green space and houses habitats for over 1,000 animals. It was all built for the community to enjoy and love and was a dream turned reality for Jema Hedgecoth, founder and director of Noah’s Ark. Jema was a child of missionaries. At age four, she loved animals, and anytime she came across an animal in need she would bring it home to whichever hotel her family resided at the time. After realizing her “Hotel for Dogs” approach was not practical for a family always on the move, Jema made the decision that one day when she was older, she would make a home for all the hurt and abandoned animals in the world. At age eight, while on a visit to Mexico with her father, Jema met children from an orphanage. When she met and saw these children living without their parents and suffering the same lack of stability as the animals, her vision quickly expanded. Never letting go of the dream to one day foster both children and animals, Jema now sees her vision turn into a living reality and invites the community to

experience the unconditional love she has found with the animals and children at Noah’s Ark. Having children and animals heal and rehabilitate one another is a unique concept, and one that is proving to be successful. On 250 acres, the facility is home to both Noah’s Ark

Animal Rehabilitation Center and The Care Home that houses foster children. The children and animals are given stability and are shown the love and care that so many of them lacked. The mission of Noah’s Ark is for the children and animals to nurture each other. Many of the children who come to Noah’s Ark have a past that makes trusting difficult, but nurturing an animal that needs the child’s love and help allows the child to give trust and love while also receiving it from the animal. Noah’s Ark is home to over 1,000 animals that have

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been either abandoned or wounded and are unfit to release back into the wild. Working with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other nonprofit rescue agencies, Noah’s Ark houses the likes of tigers, lions, and baboons as well as emus and ostriches. There is also an alligator pond, a tortoise habitat, and a snake exhibit. While it may sound like a normal zoo, Noah’s Ark is everything that a zoo is not. Most noticeably is the fact that the animals have plenty of room to roam. Once inside the gated area, you can view many of the animals, such as the resident celebrity zebra, Evidence, through their fenced in-habitats, but you may also find your path crossed by Abigail, one of several resident pigs, or by Casey the fawn. There is an abundance of llamas and peacocks that also roam the area. In summer 2009, Noah’s Ark will open another unique habitat that is likely to be a popular spot. In a recent case that was assisted by the Georgia DNR, the center received three babies together – a lion, a tiger, and a bear! These three animals have grown together as a family, being bottle fed together as babies and are now hand fed by the staff and children at the center. The new habitat will allow visitors to witness the friendship of three animals living together that, in any other situation, likely would not be friends.

Ark does not receive any state or federal funding for the Animal Rehabilitation Center, and receives only a state per diem for The Children’s Care Home. Taking this into account, one might expect to give a mandatory donation upon entering, but admission is completely free. There are simply boxes where people can place voluntary donations. The Center has no endowments or guaranty except for the people who feel a connection to the center and who want to contribute to the Noah’s Ark family. Everything you will see at Noah’s Ark has grown from a dream and the many hearts that continue to give graciously. Noah’s Ark is located at 712 Locust Grove-Griffin Road, Locust Grove, Ga. 30248. If you would like to learn more about Noah’s Ark, you may visit their website at www.noahs-ark.org or contact them at (770) 957–0888. If you would like to donate to Noah’s Ark, donation boxes are set up around the area, or you may link to the donation page on their website at www.noahs-ark.org.

All services at Noah’s Ark are free of charge. Noah’s Ark offers free educational programs through school groups, senior centers, and special-needs groups. A tour guide will tell each animal’s story of survival. It is suggested that groups be planned with advance notice. Noah’s Ark has up to three tours each day and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12-3 p.m., weather permitting. Unlike a zoo, Noah’s www.kitchendrawer.net

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Although Tara’s career began almost 20 years ago in Atlanta, she knew a small-town atmosphere would be more favorable for creating the salon she had envisioned. In 2000, with help from her husband Buddy, Tara opened Deja Vue Salon in Griffin and quickly gained a strong reputation. Deja Vue became exactly what Tara had originally intended, a bright and peaceful salon with a passionate emphasis on personal relationships and unequaled customer service. Tara’s philosophy of focusing on relationships has resulted in Deja Vue Salon’s attracting some of the best-educated and most experienced stylists in the area. Tara and Buddy feel Deja Vue has been a blessing from God, and Tara hopes the positive energy of Deja Vue will create a lasting memory in Griffin as a salon known not only for creative ambiance, talented stylists, and excellent service, but also as a place of light and kindness. Deja Vue’s Master Designers are Judy Purser, Jenni Scott, Lindsey Crane, Tiffani Walker, Alison Talbot, Tanya Clark, Erin Helton, Katie Smith, Shelly Kendrick, and receptionist Ivy Cleveland. Deja Vue realizes quality products are the finishing touches to a great style. That’s why the salon carries top salon products such as Pureology, Alterna, and Kenra, along with makeup, bath and body, candles, jewelry, and purses. You’ll be happy to know there is always a monthly promotion on products and gifts! Deja Vue Salon 632 W. Solomon St. | Griffin, Ga. 30223 | (770) 227-2855

Suzanne Carden started grooming her own schnauzers in 1987, just for fun. But then people who admired her smart-looking pooches started asking her to groom their pets. Suzanne was soon grooming several friends’ pets from her home. Finally, the City of Griffin informed her that she couldn’t run a business from her home in a residential neighborhood, so she began to explore the idea of opening a grooming shop in town. Doggie Do’s By Suzanne began when Suzanne rented a building from Dr. Mullis, next door to Griffin Animal Care. She was the only groomer in her shop at that time, but as people started hearing about the professional services she offered, business began to boom. Suzanne hired one groomer at a time as needed and is now up to three groomers and a new larger building. Doggie Do’s now also offers boarding and doggie daycare. Suzanne always wanted to do full-service grooming, boarding, and daycare, but only if she could do it right. She wanted the Doggie Do’s experience to be good for the pet as well as the owner. The dogs get potty walks on a regular basis, whether they are there for grooming or boarding. Doggie Do’s offers pick up and delivery for clients when needed. Doggie Do’s is a place where all pets know they are loved and cared for. Many of the pets get so excited that they drag their owners to their appointments. They love the special care, attention, and affection they receive on every visit. Pet owners feel special too, knowing the people at “the Do’s” will care for their pets as if they were their very own. Suzanne’s groomers have been with her for years, so the pets know their groomers personally and are more comfortable having the same groomer each time they come in. Whether there for a short visit or an extended stay, Doggie Do’s four-legged friends will always have a place to hang their collars! Doggie Do’s has had a long-time relationship with the local Humane Society and allows the volunteers to hold Adopt-A-Pet events there on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month, so someone who doesn’t yet have a pet to share their love with may find one there! The people who work at Doggie Do’s love what they do, and you can tell! They enjoy the friendships they have made over the many years they have been in business. They hope to be here for many years to come, making new friends, both two-legged and four-legged!

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Dan is proud to call Griffin home. He has enjoyed 30 years of business ownership; the latest being the Petro in front of Home Depot. Through the years he has found that the secret to a happy life is making the most of every day and helping others believe in themselves. He says that the friendships he has made throughout his life are what he cherishes most. He wants to thank all the wonderful people he has had the privilege to serve, both at Griffin Express and Southern Audio, for their support and encouragement. Dan has currently retired into the International Nutrition Business with Juice Plus. Juice Plus is the most researched nutritional product in a capsule in the world and distributes to over 25 countries. Thousands of doctors recommend Juice Plus because it provides a simple and affordable means to get consistent concentrated fruit and vegetable powders, as well as fiber, into capsule, chewable, and gummy forms. The company even offers a program by which a sponsoring adult can give free Juice Plus products to children ages 4-18 years as well as full-time college students. “We must do something about the typical American junk food and ‘traffic jam’ eating habits of those we love,” says Dan. Most of us know what we should eat, but the reality is that it is very challenging to adhere to what we know because of our busy lifestyles. When Dan learned that this is the first generation in history where children may not outlive their parents, he jumped on board to make a difference and is able to also spend more time with his family. He is looking for like-minded business partners to help him in his mission to reach more families. Dan provides education and simple solutions to help families understand the power of whole food and begin making changes to secure their families’ health.

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Cellular Shoppe was formed in 2007 by Buster and Amanda Franklin. Buster has over 14 years’ experience as an industry leader and former manager with Verizon Wireless. The corporate office is located in Griffin, Georgia, and currently has retail locations in Griffin, Thomaston, and Locust Grove to serve the middle-Georgia market. As an exclusive Authorized Retailer for Verizon Wireless, we are able to provide the highest quality with reasonable prices and the most personable service to our customers. We offer the same rate plans and the same new phones, as well as the same discounts, as any other Verizon Wireless retail store. In each of our retail facilities we offer cellular services and wireless products, including the latest cell phones, PDAs, wireless broadband access cards, and a complete line of accessories. Our current employees have an average of 5+ years’ experience in the wireless industry. In addition, all of our new employees go through an intensive one-onone training program that emphasizes proactive customer service and in-depth product knowledge. Cellular Shoppe continues to grow and be an industry leader for Verizon Wireless. It is our desire and strategy to not only maintain and nurture our existing growth, but also to set an example for the wireless industry. We are committed to the long-term mission of assisting our customers by bringing together the latest technology and hometown service. Service that is just not available at huge, impersonal, big-box corporate stores. Cellular Shoppe is small business; we understand small business. We are also local families who have a passion for taking care of individuals and families just like us.

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ondering where to pick up the freshest produce, along with a slab of mountain butter, a restorative jar of Wild Bill’s World Famous Yellow Root Tea, or a sack of boiled peanuts that is second to none? Pull over to Reece’s Farmers’ Market at 905 Experiment Street in Griffin where the produce is brought in fresh from their own farm and supplemented three to four times per week from the Jonesboro Farmers’ Market. Darlene Bostwick, her son Michael, and his girlfriend Ashley run the whole operation – bringing in wheels of premium cheddar from Wisconsin and top-notch preserves from Hillside Orchard in Lakemont, Ga. They also feature old-fashioned candy, beautiful plants and flowers, and handmade fruit gift baskets. Then get ready for another old-school treat – they’ll even count back your change! Reece’s Farmers’ Market’s summer hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aside from cash, they accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and EBT cards. www.kitchendrawer.net

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was born in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1956 and started touring professionally in music industry at the age of 12 with my older brother and local musicians. I got to open concerts for Exile, Gloria Gaynor, and Jorge Santana during a long stint with the band Cinch, which moved to Atlanta in 1978 under Dan Shea’s management. I played the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta in the 70s while touring the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast as a rock guitarist. While touring I met my wife, Lisa, which prompted me to move in 1987 to her hometown of Griffin, now my home too with our two children, Hannah and Phillip. It complemented the change I was seeking after so many years of being on the road. My passion also changed from music to horticulture. I joined the University of Georgia Experiment Station in 1987 and operated a small business, Georgia Everlasting Company (field-grown specialty cut flower production). In the early 90s, this developed into an interest in doing rock garden design in the local community as well as for the Research and Education Garden throughout the 90s. My passion for the fine arts emerged shortly thereafter. I joined the Fayetteville Society of Fine Arts (SOFA) in 2006 and participated in numerous exhibits with the FSOFA group, as well as solo exhibits at Barnes & Noble in Fayetteville, the Arts Clayton Gallery in 2007-2008, and at the Griffin Gallery on April 24 of this year. Numerous works of mine have made their way into collections as far away as Poland and South Korea.

I continue my involvement with various music projects outside of being a guitarist for The Church of Joy in Williamson, one being my art/ music group Enigma Machine, which is a spontaneous experimental music project that regularly plays the Safehouse Coffee venue. In regard to the direction of my works, I feel a change coming on but haven’t quite designated the carrier as of yet. I currently have chosen the feminine subject as a carrier of my artistic thoughts. I love drawing feminine forms; there’s always a beauty that’s ready to be revealed, whether an arm or the nape of a neck. But again the form is just a carrier, and one could always question its significance, or I may suddenly change the format to accommodate newer ideas. My earlier works may demonstrate the influences of Miro, or Constable and Picasso. But further influences extend to current artists such as Gunter Ludwig, Jose Luis, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and a handful of unspoken others. Diversity is the spice of life, and whether in art or music, the creativity spilling out of me will continue to challenge and feed the passion that begs to keep me young.

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At 2 a.m. on April 25, 1908, a devastating tornado descended on Griffin, Georgia. The storm killed four people and wounded dozens more. Those who were awakened by the lightning preceding the tornado said it was as bright as a ball of fire and made a noise too fearful to describe as the tornado winds caused everything in their path to explode into splinters of lumber, brick, and glass.

The tornado touched down and cut a path through the heavily wooded area to the Rushton Mill, demolishing the boiler room and taking with it half of the entire second floor of the mill. The photo above is of the east end of the plant next to the railroad coal shoot, with its two large coal-fired furnaces.

By 10 a.m., much of Griffin had hitched up their horses to buggies and surries and rode out to survey the damage. This house on the right belonged to Zack Jackson who lost most of his roof, along with this horse stables, hay barn, and two horses. Mrs. Abbott, a nearby neighbor, heard the storm coming. She got out of bed and started to the kitchen to get the lantern that was hanging behind the stove. By the time she reached the kitchen, it had already blown away.

After the tornado demolished the Mill, it leveled the Oak Hill Baptist Church and many homes before it blew away the original DeVotie Baptist Church and continued on to North Hill Street to destroy another house. There was nothing left of DeVotie Baptist but splintered wood and broken stained glass. The church was not rebuilt here, but moved to the lot above the Experiment Post Office.

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It ’s Time for June Jam 2009 Takin’ it to the Street! In its fourth year, June Jam 2009 is a highly anticipated community event that brings 500+ Griffin-Spalding County residents and their guests to Historic Downtown Griffin for a fun-filled evening of music and entertainment! On Saturday, June 13th, come enjoy a community street dance extravaganza! The event is FREE and open to the public from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Bring your lawn chair and picnic basket or reserve a table (seats eight) for $100 in the premium viewing area. Seating starts at 6:30 p.m. This year’s theme, Takin’ it to the Street, will feature sultry singer Heather Lutrell and club music provided by Guilty Pleasure. These crowd-pleasing musicians will keep everyone dancing in the street for an evening that no one will want to miss! The June Jam Sound Stage will be located at the Imperial Theater site on Solomon Street, between 6th and Hill Streets (across the street from the City Hall Parking Deck).

New This Year! Gallery Under the Stars

All are invited to come visit the Gallery Under the Stars, June Jam’s newest attraction, from 6:30 to 11:00 p.m. The Gallery will showcase the talents of local artists in an open-air setting. Come see a variety of artistic mediums, including jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture, and others – all created with a regional flair! For more information about June Jam 2009 sponsorship opportunities, to register as a featured artist in Gallery Under the Stars, or to reserve a table, please contact the Griffin Main Street Program Office, 770-228-5356, or email kharris-braggs@cityofgriffin.com.

It’s Time for the Griffin Great & Growing Farmers’ M arket!

Beginning on Saturday, May 16th through Saturday, September 26th the Griffin Downtown Council, in cooperation with the City of Griffin and the Griffin Main Street Program, will host Griffin’s Great & Growing Farmers’ Market. The Market is FREE and will operate every Saturday (except on Holiday Weekends) from 9:00 a.m. to Noon in the City Hall Parking Deck, located on Solomon between Hill and 6th Streets.*

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In addition to local growers, the Market will be open to artisans and craftspeople who utilize natural materials to create their works. The Market provides a sheltered, central location in the Historic Downtown area that serves as a shopping venue for Griffin residents to have quick access to fresh, wholesome produce and locally crafted goods without leaving their own community.

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In cooperation with University of Georgia – Griffin Campus, Griffin Technical College, the Spalding County Extension Office, and others, there will be special demonstrations held at 10:30 a.m. on selected market days.* Market visitors will have opportunity to see food demonstrations utilizing local produce, learn eco-friendly techniques and best gardening practices, all while exploring The Market.

For more information about the Market, please contact the Griffin Main Street Program Office at: 143 N. Hill Street Griffin, GA 30223 kharris-braggs@cityofgriffin.com Phone: 770-228-5356 Fax: 770-233-2907 We look forward to your support of Griffin’s Great & Growing Farmers’ Market! * It is within the Market Committee’s discretion to decrease or extend the Market’s operating hours and dates.

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itizens To Promote Pike (CTPP) held their fourth annual fishing tournament on April 1819, 2009 with a fish-off on April 25. This event is held to generate funds for scholarships that are sponsored by CTPP. This year, almost $2,400 was collected, and $1,800, after expenses, was placed into the coffers for future scholarships. The fishing tournament was held on 45-acre Beaver Lake on the Sell Farm property, located in the corner of Lamar, Spalding, and Pike counties. The lake was completed in 1967 as part of flood control planning for Potato Creek. John Sell and Tony Watkins were the organizers of this event and have seen the tournament grow each year since its inception. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participants came from Fayette, Coweta, Dodge, Henry, Upson, Spalding, Lamar, Fulton, and Pike counties. The tournament allows up to 12 boats, each with a team of two anglers. The teams with the top three weight totals of the ten biggest fish caught on April 18 and 19 then had a fish-off on April 25 to determine the tournament winners. This year, the team members that advanced to the fish-off on April 18 were Ron Tipton and Terry Holland from Coweta County, Dean Gore and Jeff Key from Lamar County, and Ray Rholeder and Jeff Lovejoy from Upson County. The top catches for April 19 went to Bailey Stewart and Seth Davidson from Lamar County, along with Drew Smith and Nick Neel from Spalding County. Brandon and Jeff Stone, brothers from Lamar County, completed the teams that moved on to the final day of fishing.

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for biggest single fish with all proceeds going to the largest fish). The tournament requires that all fish over four pounds be weighed in and placed in a live well or immediately released. The size of the lake allows catch and release to be done quickly, with little disturbance to the fishing. The first large-mouth weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz., caught by the team of Rholeder and Lovejoy. Shortly after that fish was weighed, a fish was brought in by Tipton and Holland that weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. Immediately following this catch, a third fish was brought in by Gore and Key. This fish weighed in at 7 lbs. 14 oz., the largest fish caught and winner of the Calcutta tournament on April 18. The fishing tournament was developed to promote camaraderie among local residents and to share the beauty of Beaver Lake. Not only is this a fishing

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event, but also it is truly a social and philanthropic event. For the third year, the Live Wire Cooking Team from Vienna provided lunch on April 18 and 19. Mike Singletary, Fayetteville resident, and Mike Roper from Vienna manned the grills and provided a great BBQ meal for all. Bill Farr from Sell Farms LLC contributed his own hormone-free, grass- and grain-fed beef for the delicious hamburger BBQ on April 25. The tournament was put on hold for one hour each day so the participants could enjoy lunch while trading fish stories about “the one that got away.” The final of fishing was held on April 25. The top three boats from each day were brought back for the final event where only the top five fish for each team are weighed. This year’s third-place award went to Dean Gore and Jeff Key. Second place went to Jeff Lovejoy and Ray Rholeder. The brothers Jeff and Brandon Stone won the fourth annual CTPP fishing tournament.

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veryone should take the time to leaf through, and perhaps read, the book Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power by Mark Schapiro. You might be shocked to learn the World Health Organization estimates that the deaths of at least five million people a year can be attributed at least partly to their exposure to toxic chemicals. The European Union has presented an unprecedented challenge to American industry…Get rid of the toxic chemicals, or we won’t import American products! Shocking? Well let’s talk about pet products. Logically, you would not assume that pet food/products are “cleaner” or “safer” than human products. And, your assumption would be correct. Until just now you may not have been aware of the toxic chemicals and ingredients in pet foods. Nor may you realize that feeding your pet the inexpensive foods found in grocery stores, (most) pet stores, and “Superstores” has the potential to make pets very sick, and very often does so. Vomiting, excessive itching/scratching, diarrhea, skin problems, hair loss, cancer, pancreatic diseases, renal failure, thyroid and adrenal disorders, and the list continues have all been linked to the toxic chemicals, poor quality protein, and by-products found in cheap pet foods. Conversely, a change to holistic, human-grade, and chemicalfree foods can correct many of these issues. Don’t be fooled by the advertising on the bags. Labeling laws in the U.S. have more loopholes than most major cities have potholes. “Natural” means only that it can be grown from a seed planted in the ground. Don’t look at the pictures and believe that is what the bag contains, nor should you believe that, just because the food is green or orange, you are purchasing peas and carrots. These are all gimmicks designed to coax you into just grabbing the best-looking bag without really thinking about its contents. “They” want you to make your purchase on “autopilot.” Read the label and beware of the chemicals. In addition to those, cheap foods contain mostly corn and other carbohydrate ingredients that make pets fat. Carbohydrate-based

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foods are not highly digestible by carnivores, and dogs and cats are carnivores! Holistic veterinary medicine is on the rise nationally and is finally catching on to what the holistic dog food industry has been saying for some 40-50 years. Google “toxic pet foods,” “chemicals in pet foods,” “truth about pet foods,” or check out Amazon.com for Ann Martin’s book Foods Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food; Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats; Andi Brown’s The Whole Pet Diet, and Shock to the System: The Facts About Animal Vaccination; and Pet Food And How To Keep Your Pet Healthy by Catherine M. O’Driscoll. Our veterinarians are doing all they can to help resolve the illnesses they treat. However, until a poor nutrition and feeding program is addressed, many sick pets will not recover. Switching to a holistic food you can yield amazing results. Healthier skin, almost no scratching/itching, and major health problems can many times resolve themselves as the immune system rebounds and starts to heal the body again. Do some research for yourself, talk to your friends currently using holistic foods, or visit a holistic pet food store where you will find very knowledgeable people who are there just for you! There are many choices when it comes to holistic foods. Pick a brand and visit the manufacturer’s website. On each website there is a store locator that can tell you where the closest retail store is located. Suggested websites:

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Best thing about being a barber: The people Worst thing about being a barber: The standing Pet peeve: People who stand in the doorway and let the air out. Quote: “We consider this more than a barber shop – it’s a ministry. When these boys come in here, I try to put something in their ear that’ll make them go out and make a wiser decision.” Rashon Williams, proprietor of Griffin barbershop Extravagant Cuts, started cutting hair on his mother’s porch when he was 16 years old. Self-taught, Ray showed talent, and he soon began drawing a clientele from the neighborhood. Later, Ray gave up cutting hair to work the 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift at Arrow Plastics. He soon began to miss the flexibility and freedom of working for himself, the control over his earnings, and the relationships he enjoyed with his customers. So Ray started working both jobs, going to work at the Men of Vision barber shop at 104 W. Broad Street (later Boys 2 Men, then Extravagant Cuts) until he built up enough of a following to quit his job at Arrow. Ray has worked in the building for eight years and owned the shop for six years. There he met a customer, Rodrick Henley (they call him “Bo”) and taught him to cut hair alongside him. Ray says that Rodrick is the best employee he’s ever had. Ray enjoys the relationships he builds with his customers. “I have some characters come in here.” His current customer, M., chuckles from under his black cape, revealing not just one, but two rows of gold teeth. We asked Ray, “What do you do when you get little boys in here who cry and don’t want to get their hair cut?” “I let Bo cut ‘em,” Ray laughs. Actually, Ray’s youngest client was his own son. Ray cut his hair at nine months and says that he didn’t cry at all. Rashon is father to five children – three boys and two girls. “And I love them all.” His oldest, Rashon Junior, wants to be barber like his daddy and already, at ten years old, knows how to cut hair. Ray’s next-oldest son Tyrease wants to be in the NFL. Ray proudly pulls out a picture of seven-year-old Ty in his Seahawks uniform – well on his way. Ray’s youngest son Jabori loves hanging with daddy while going fishing. His baby girl Trinity is a mommy’s girl. Jameia, the oldest of them all, loves spending daddy’s money. But to Ray, cutting hair is just part of what he does. “We consider this more than a barber shop – it’s a ministry. When these young men come in here, I try to put something in their ear that’ll make them go out and make a wiser decision.” Many of the young men who come in for one of Ray’s precision cuts are flirting with trouble. Others have married it. With the connections and friend-

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ships Ray has forged during his years standing by the chair, he has had the opportunity to touch many people’s lives. Ray has worked with people from the Virgin Center, the Chance house, and other halfway houses. He took in a drug-addicted girl from New York, cleaned her up and fed her – gave her another chance. He has given many young men jobs as barbers to give them a way to make money that won’t land them in trouble. Ray and Rodrick also partner with school social worker Keisha McGill who gives free haircut certificates to young boys who need them. They’ve given away bikes and hosted Customer Appreciation Days, the next of which is Sunday June 7 at Griffin City Park Pavilion at 3 p.m. – until. Food. Fun. Games. And Ray plans to give away more of his super-sharp haircuts! When asked what’s the hardest thing about being a barber, Ray says, “standing up all the time.” Rodrick adds, “And it takes all your time. All you do is cut hair.” And we asked Ray, “Do you ever get people who come in and want you to do something to their hair that their hair won’t do?” “All the time! Right now!” M. laughs as Ray carefully outlines his chinstrap beard. “Crazy people come in here and say stuff like, ‘Leave the sideburns,’ and I look and think ‘What sideburns?’ Or they say, ‘Trim down the sides, but leave it thick on top,’ and there’s nothing up there!” The balding man from the second chair laughs as he walks out. Ray laughs, too. “Now you know I’m just messing with you!” Besides the occasional impossible requests, when Rashon is away from the shop, he’s like the doctor whom everyone wants to get free advice out of. People often ask Ray to drop over with his clippers after hours or just trim them up a bit. “I don’t do it, though.” Rashon is happy with the part his barber shop plays in the community, but he says he plans to take some time off soon because he’s ‘met the love of his life.’ Sporting a NY Yankees cap, sunglasses, and a green Sneetches t-shirt, the love of Rashon’s life grins from a nearby vinyl chair in the row against the wall and doesn’t deny it when Ray claims that she feels the same. Extravagant Cuts is open Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can reach Ray at 678.353.4649. Kids’ cuts are $8; Regular cuts are $10.

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he word in the original Greek means “woman-servant” or “slave” and has come to mean a childbirth professional, usually a woman, who assists a woman and supports her family throughout the birthing process. In a time when many women leave the birthing knowhow entirely to the medical profession, a doula is dedicated to inviting mothers back into the process of their own births. Griffin resident and doula Christina Pruitt has passionately embraced this cause in hopes that her services will have a positive impact on our community’s approach to childbirth.

The Problem With Intervention Christina began to question the tendency for births to be overmanaged during her own first childbirth experience. She was scheduled to be induced but went into labor before that could happen. Upon arrival at the hospital, she was given Pitocin, even though she was having contractions, and an epidural even though she had experienced no pain. “I thought that was just normal.” She began to wonder how much, if any, medical intervention had been necessary. Upon doing her own research, Christina found it very surprising that for an industrialized country, the U.S. falls far behind other countries when it comes to infant mortality and birth management, particularly as compared to European countries where a midwife attends almost 80% of births as primary caregiver. Among the 16 wealthiest countries worldwide that also have 100,000 or more births per year, the United States ranks last in infant mortality, third from last in perinatal mortality (deaths in the first seven days and fetal deaths), and last in maternal mortality. The Boston Globe reported on the response of the U.S. healthcare system to this astoundingly high infant mortality rate – a 50% rise in the cesarean rate since 1996 to 31.1% (third-highest among the 16 countries) in 2006 and called it a “testimony to the US belief that more medical intervention, regardless of cost, is better – even when the evidence doesn’t support such a claim.”

Childbirth became the business of hospitals for the primary purpose of better managing labor pain. While medical intervention absolutely saves lives in high-risk pregnancies, intervention has become the rule rather than the exception and can cause more problems than it solves. Childbirth in the U.S. is now often treated as a potentially life-threatening crisis rather than a completely natural process. “We have come to distrust our own body’s ability to bring a healthy baby into the world,” says Christina. 44

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There are several conditions, such as placenta previa, placenta accreta, and placental abruption, that decisively indicate a caesarean section and require the special care of a physician. To a somewhat lesser degree, breach positions, preeclampsia, and cord prolapse can sometimes indicate c-section. It is therefore essential to recognize that surgery is necessary in some cases in order to find the necessary healthy balance for optimal maternity care. These conditions, however, are not the main reason c-sections are being performed today. The overwhelming reason given is “failure to progress.” Mothers are told, after laboring for some hours, that their baby is too big to fit through the pelvis. Most of the time, the mother simply needs a little more time to labor, but hospitals, by necessity, are working on a timetable. If the baby does need some assistance in coming down into the birth canal, a doula or midwife can do a simple maneuver like the “double hip squeeze” where she will gently push the tips of mother’s hip bones toward each other, opening the pelvis like a clothespin and letting the baby drop naturally into position. One of the problems with unnecessary c-sections is that it puts a mother on track to have all subsequent births by c-section, even though ACOG acknowledges that VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean) are statistically safer because the benefits of trial labor still outweigh the risk of cesareans. VBACs are commonly discouraged as extremely risky or even impossible because of the possibility of uterine rupture. Some hospitals actually have a policy against performing VBACs, even though there is a less than 1% chance of uterine rupture. A woman should know to ask her healthcare provider if she is a candidate for a successful VBAC. After careful research and consideration, some mothers opt for home births where they know they will be allowed to labor naturally, according to their individual timetable. But, of course, one of the most common questions of women who are considering home birth is, “What if something goes wrong?” First of all, most potentially life-threatening problems are detected well before labor begins. Recent studies show home birth is statistically as safe and in certain areas safer than hospital birth, largely because of the high cesarean rate. What Do Doulas Do? The short answer: Educate and Support. Doulas begin with the recognition that childbirth is a key life experience that a mother will always remember. (Have you ever been around a bunch of moms when childbirth comes up in the conversation? They can recount every detail!) A doula partners with the mother to develop a birth plan that will help make childbirth a positive and empowering experience that will better prepare the woman for motherhood and give her baby the healthiest start possible.

and outcome of pregnancy and childbirth. Studies show the presence of a doula during labor reduces the risk of c-section by up to 50%, epidurals by 60%, pitocin and analgesia use by 40%, and forceps assist by 40%. The mother’s partner is usually extremely grateful for a doula’s reassuring, wellinformed, and experienced presence during birth, whether in the hospital or at home. A doula provides continuous support and care during labor and beyond. She generally begins her relationship with the mother at about 7 months gestation, but her services can be introduced as early on as the mother desires. A doula will see the mother through the physical and emotional preparation for birth, the labor, breastfeeding, and other postnatal issues. Christina says that one of her main objectives is “to encourage mothers and partners to research and educate themselves on the labor and birth process and have a plan that best suits their circumstances for labor.” She has become involved in local and national support groups with the purpose of educating and informing mothers and their partners on these topics. She recently attended a rally at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, hosted by The Georgia Birth Network and ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network). In an effort to help reduce the number of cesareans, Christina is currently volunteering her services in some local hospitals where cesarean rates are approaching 45%. A prospective mother can do a great deal to make childbirth the overwhelmingly positive experience that she hopes for. Education, fitness, and good nutrition during pregnancy can make all the difference in preparing and empowering her for the important transition into childbirth and motherhood. Want to learn more? The statistics and information cited in this article, and far more, can be found at the websites listed below. Happy birth! Ricki Lake documentary at http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com. American College of Nurse Midwives. http://www.midwife.org/index.cfm. Declercq, E. & Norsigian, J. Troubling data on infant deaths. The Boston Globe. November 17, 2008. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/17/troubling_data_on_infant_deaths/ What you should know: Risks of labor induction. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/109908/what_you_should_know_risks_of_labor.html Complications of labor induction among muliparous women in a community-based hospital. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(06)02469-0/abstract World Health Organization. Appropriate technology for birth. http:// www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp154.cfm Mothering the mother: How a doula can help you have a shorter, easier, and healthier birth. http://www.cdc.gov.com

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Act i: Sarah Edward never once had an idea of his own. I’ve always had to tell him where he was going – what he was doing. What good is a man like that, I wonder? Not much good at all if you ask me. All Ed ever does is sit in his easy chair. And as far as I’m concerned, any chair is easy as long as you’re the one who’s sitting in it. I mean, how hard can it be to sit in a chair even if it’s not called an easy chair. But anyway, he just sits in his chair and watches whatever show I have on the television. “Edward,” I say after a bit. “It’s been a long time since you went to the bathroom. Edward. Get up now and go,” I say. He pushes up from his easy chair, grunting and carrying on, then slips his feet into his worn-out leather slippers that I’ve tried to throw away about a thousand times.

ten years. And you know, I think he does it just to drive me crazy. Up a wall, I say. He likes to embarrass me. Just a few weeks ago, I dragged him out of the house to go to church like good Christians do, and he excused himself to go to the bathroom before we left the house. I didn’t think anything of it when he came back out to the car and climbed into the passenger’s seat. I don’t let Ed drive. He’s never had an idea of his own, so how can I trust him behind the wheel of an automobile? I can’t and that’s that. When we got to church, I helped myself out of the car, gathered my white leather-bound bible, (it has my initials “SJW” in gold lettering across the front cover) and my sensible white purse, which matched my sensible white shoes that I wore that Sunday. I juggled my stuff around in my arms until it was comfortable, with no help from Ed, mind you, and then I held out my elbow for Edward to hold on to, but he never grabbed it. I looked back, and he was still sitting in the car, pretty as you please, smiling up at the sun, eyes squinted against the light. “Do I have to tell you everything, Ed,” I called back at him. “Come on, Edward.”

I saw him once digging through the trash in the middle of the night to find those old pieces of cowhide. Just out there in the middle of the night, digging through old newspapers, two-day-old coffee grounds, leftovers from supper, with his head shoved down in the can like a mongrel dog. That Edward! He’s not got a brain in his head.

“Okay, Sarah James,” he sighed back at me. “Do we have to do this?” he asked. Why does he always have to make a big deal out of nothing? Always a big, hairy deal out of nothing. Sometimes I think I wasted my potential with him. Why I could have been something great. A doctor or maybe a painter. I took classes, you know, in painting with that Bob Ross fellow. I’m not very good at it though, never was.

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in his pj’s, sitting all day in his easy chair, telling him when to go to the bathroom. He doesn’t have the sense God gave a polecat. Why, if something happened to me, what would Ed do? Just what in the world would he do, I wonder?

I started to cry.

Most old women like me would worry about her old man finding another woman to take her place should she die off first, but not me. No, Edward never had an idea of his own, much less a desire to find another woman. Why if I weren’t here to tell him to eat, he’d starve to death. Of course now if another woman told Edward he should be interested and I wasn’t around to say no, he might be lead astray. I wouldn’t mind too awful much. My Edward would need someone to take care of him. That he would.

“Why do you do this to me? Why, Ed?” I noticed his cheeks were wet as well, but how could I feel sorry for him? He had brought all of this on himself. I just wanted to crawl under the car and have him drive over me. That would have been easier. So much easier, but I couldn’t even trust him to do that right. “We’re going home,” I told him. “We are home,” he had the nerve to say, trying to act like I’m crazy or something. He got back in the passenger’s seat then, which was tan leather just like his easy chair, without me having to tell him. I thought it was a little odd that the blue cloth seats were now tan leather, but the mind does slip once in a while, don’t you know? He didn’t speak all the way home, only stared out the window. “I picked out your clothes for you, Edward,” I scolded once I’d gotten myself under control, which wasn’t easy since he’d humiliated me in front of the entire Christian world. Having your husband show up to church in his pajamas, that’s just about the most embarrassing thing of all, I say. I think he might be losing his mind. I do. “Yes,” he answered, nodding and staring down at his pinstriped flannel pants. “I laid them on the bed, pretty as you please, with socks and underwear. Even tucked your shoes under the edge of the dust ruffle.” Edward nodded. Anyway, that’s what I have to put up with—Ed going to church

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Have I told you Ed never had an idea of his own? Never had any idea, except this once. Just tonight, it was. “Sarah, let’s go for a drive,” he says. He just says it clear out of the blue. He says, “Just me and you, Sarah.” And I think that’s odd because it’s always just been him and me, never anyone else since Eddie Junior grew up,

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except maybe our dog, Geordie, but he never went on drives with us because he would get carsick so bad, you know. When our son, Eddie Junior was little, he’d ride with us. He’s grown now, my Eddie. Anyway, I am so shocked to hear Edward have an idea. I cough and clear my throat, then go to the bathroom and clean out my ears with a Q-Tip, even though I know Q-Tips aren’t good for cleaning your ears because they push the wax further down into your ear canal, but I’ve always done it and most of the time when I pull it out and look at it, there’s orange wax on there, so I guess maybe the doctors don’t know it all. So I clean my ears and go back into the living room and sit down on my end of the couch closest to the television so I won’t have to walk too far to change the channel. Edward is still sitting there in his easy chair. I always say any chair can be called an easy chair as long as you’re the one sitting in it. “Sarah, you ready?” he whispers as if he is embarrassed that he’s had this thought after all the time he made me think for us both. He gets up from his chair and walks toward me, holding his hand out for me to take, just like he did when we were young, first married. I feel my face blush, and isn’t that the silliest thing you’ve ever heard, an 84-year-old woman blushing like a young bride as if I even care to think about such things at my age. I grab his hand and grunt up off the sofa and let him lead me through the kitchen, past the table, which still has breakfast dishes that should have been cleaned up hours ago, but I never can count on Eddie Junior to do his chores before he runs off to school. “I don’t have my purse,” I tell Edward as he opens the door into the garage for me. “Ladies first,” he says, helping me down the two steps and into the darkness. “Flip on the light, Edward, so we can see,” I tell him. But he just steadies himself with a hand against the flat white wall of the garage and helps me around the car to the passenger’s side. When he opens the door, I climb in and fasten my safety belt because more people die in car crashes every year than die in plane crashes, you know.

“Eddie Junior, if we’re going to get your driver’s license, don’t you think your father should take you” I ask my son, but he doesn’t answer. He isn’t in the car yet. I hear him fumbling with something at the back of the car. That Eddie, my boy, he always worries about his car. The blinds in the garage are closed, but I can tell it is still night. My Eddie – always likes to get an early start. Just like his mother, my Eddie. “Sarah, are you ready,” Edward asks me, and my thoughts feel cloudy, all jumbled together like laundry that needs sorting. My mind plays tricks on me every now and then these days. My facts get mixed up, and Edward has to help me remember. He might never have had many ideas, but my Edward has a memory as sharp as a tack, he does. And it is still sharp even though he’s 82. He likes older women, my Edward. And I’m glad. “Where are we going Edward?” I ask my husband, thinking I should probably go check on baby Eddie before we leave. No. He’s fine with the sitter. We are going on our second honeymoon. Now I remember. “Yes, Edward, I’m ready,” I whisper, leaning toward his wrinkled cheek to plant a kiss there in the curves at his eye. He cranks the car and closes his door. I undo my seatbelt and snuggle close to him, feel his arm around my shoulder, squeezing me to him. And I remember we are going on our second honeymoon. Edward after all these years has had the perfect idea. I remember him telling me about it, how we will climb into the car and snuggle close until we go to sleep. Edward planned it all, every detail. He never once in all our years wanted to be away from me. That’s why we are leaving, going away on our honeymoon, so Eddie Junior can’t come and take me away tomorrow, take me to a place away from my home. My Edward, he is always so thoughtful when he needs to be. I grab his hand, and we lace our fingers together. I lean my head onto his shoulder, and he rests his head against mine. “Ready?” he whispers. “Ready,” I answer, yawning, ready for our journey to begin.

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