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 By Lillian Norris


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 By Starr Runyon


 I heard through the
 grapevine that there
 were several birth-
 days during the
month of January. First I
had a birthday Friday, Jan.
20, and started celebrating
it on Thursday, Jan. 19. I
was taken out to lunch at
Golden Corral in Live
Oak. There, the waitresses
sang happy birthday to
me and brought me a piece
of red velvet cake topped
with ice cream. Next my
nephew, Brent, came over
and we went to our new
restaurant The Free Spirit
Cafe, and had Ms. Linda's
special chips and salsa.
Then they turned on their
music and everyone sang
happy birthday to me. It
was great..
 Our next birthday was a


young man named
Cameron Prine. His. day
was the same as mine on
Friday, Jan. 20. His Mom,
Karen, gave him a party
on Saturday; Jan. 21.
Cameron had several of
his friends attend. Those
present were Jestin and
Macey Roberts, Mom
MaryBeth Roberts and
Weston Roberts. Karen
served hot dogs and all the
fixin's. After they ate they
had Cameron's favorite
cake, a Mickey Mouse
cake. Also present were
Cameron's Aunt Terry,
cousin Brittaney and Jerry
from Georgia. Then the
boys went outside to play.
A good time was had by
all.
 As you all know our
own Art Smith, son of


Palmer Gene and Addie
Mae Smith from Jasper, is
a famous author. He has
already written two books.
One entitled Back to the
Table, and I believe the
second one had something
to do with Kitchen Tools.
Well, this third book will
be entitled Back to the
Family. Also remember
that Art works for Oprah
Winfrey as her personal
chef. I'm sure Art's new
book will be as great as his
first two. I also heard that
Art was going to appear
on the show Iron Chef as a
judge sometime during
February. Keep your eyes
open for that information.
Looking and listening
for news. Call me at 938-
5516 or e-mail me at starrl-
runyon@gmail.com.


 someone asked me
 this past week
 how I managed
 to come up with a
column each week. And
there was a hesitation, re-
ally I do not know. Some
weeks it is hard to get my
thoughts together (age
has something to do with
it), some weeks it just
seems to flow. This week
is a question, so here
goes.
 Last week as thoughts
were beginning to go
through my mind, notes
were pulled together,
word was received of the
death of friend Harvey
Oehlert, and it all fell
apart. Next week we will
be paying tribute to -Iar-
vey's life. It is hard to
write anything but "Har-
vey." It seems he was al-
ways "Harvey" to so
many of us (he and Pat
came to Jasper at the same
time Wade, Benjy and I
did). We hope to bring in
thoughts of some who are
younger, and knew him
as "Mr. Oehlert," band di-
rector and friend.
 Sometimes the tele-
phone brings all kinds of
news. A telephone call
Sunday evening from son,
Dr. Ben, told me to get
everything locked and
turn the outside lights on.
There had been a rob-
bery/shooting a couple of
blocks from my house.
Needless to say it was not
a very restful night. Al-
though I felt secure, I had
the scanner on and could
tell that our law enforce-
ment were on the job. We
just learned that
Pareshkumar L. Trivedi,
who was shot, is in the
hospital in Gainesville


and is expected to recov-
er. We will keep him and
his family in our thoughts
and hope for complete re-
covery.
 We received-correspon-
dence, via email, this
week from Terry Bennett,
who is now living and
teaching in Calhoun, Ga.
We do enjoy hearing from
young people who are
away and still interested
in "hometown folks."
This is one of those things
that keep me wanting to
be involved in writing for
The Jasper News, a chance
to keep in touch.
 Terry said, "Life here in
Calhoun has been busy
and lots of fun. Reading
your column every week
in the post office (cannot
even wait until I get
home)!." There is more
that will be of interest to
many of you, some of you
may have heard from
him, but. more will be
shared next week in this
column.(that should keep
you coming back).
 We also have news of
Donald Weatherington,
who wrote regarding the
influence Harvey had on
his life. We have heard
many of these comments
in the past week and will
share more next time.
Also, news of Donald's
mother, Audrey.
 News today of the
death of Ralph Hender-
son, whose twin brother,
Raymon Henderson pre-
ceded him in death in De-
cember of last year. Our
sympathy and prayers are
extended to the family.
1 had a good conversa-
tion Tuesday morning
with Harry Davis Jr., re-
garding early events in


the City of Jasper. With
the gas situation as it is,
we remember that natural
gas was initiated in Jasper
shortly before we built our
home in 1967. We were go-
ing back to that time and
the improvements made in
our city and county dur-
ing those years. Harry was
still a very young man
during that time and in
asking some questions I
was told that Harry Davis
could answer the ques-
tions. When I said Harry
was too young to remem-
ber too much about that,
he called me. I knew he
was not working with the
City then because he was
still in school at that time
but, we did talk about
some of the happenings
and events of that time.
 Mr. Ernest Courtoy was
Mayor and then City Man-
ager, and Mr. D.B. Avriett
was in the position Harry
now has. We remember a
new water treatment
plant, many streets in
town were paved that had
never been paved, Bob
Fish was City Manager,
Lillian Bembry was City
Clerk (Grace Polk at one
time), Peyton Bembry was
Chief of Police and Red-
din Dail was Fire Chief.
Some of you will recall
these times. If you want to
remind us of some, call
me. It is all right to remi-
nisce as we get older, and
our young people need to
know some of these
things. Charlie Rhoden
was the first Sheriff I can
remember. Harry T. Reid
was School Superinten-
dent. I could go on and
on.
 Call me 792-2151 or
email: norrislw@alltel.net


Feb. 2 Chamber of Commerce Feb. 6 Spaghetti dinner fundraiser at


meeting at the Shamrock Restaurant in

Jasper at 6 p.m.



Feb. 2 FCAT Parent Night at CHE for

third through sixth grade from 5:30 p.m.

until 7:30 p.m. For more information

call Jennifer Goddard at 792-6530.



Feb. 4 Saturday Coffeehouse at the

Stephen Foster from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.

For more information call 397-4331.









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 To advertise your event in the Community Events,

please contact Kathy Sasser at 4EJ SJasper News

 (386) 792-2487 1-800-525-4182


SHE for $5 a plate from 4:30 p.m. until 7

p.m. To order in advance call 397-4400.



Feb. 6 FCAT Parent Night at SHE for

third through sixth grade from 6 p.m.

until 7 p.m.



Feb. 11 Miss North Hamilton Pageant

at 6 p.m. at North Hamilton Elementary

School in Jennings. Cost is $5.


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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006


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