This is an Independently published publication, NOT an Approved nor Official publication of the Fairfield Plantation POA Find us at www.fpnav.com or Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/fairfieldplantationnewsandviews?fref=ts MAY 24, 2014 PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID EDDM Retail ********ECRWSS*** RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER VILLA RICA, GA 30180 Tammy Priest — Women’s Club 5/10K PG. 5 Billy Priest — Fighting Fires & Building Relationships PG 6 Michelle Nyberg — Things are Growing in Fairfield Summer — PG. 9 Events & Dates — PG. 10 Phil O’Brien — Rec Committee & Cleanup; Jamie Davis — Women’s Club News and Spot- light PG. 11 Deryck Cook — Kiwanis; Marilon Coulon — Exercise Class PG. 8 Casa Sol; Don Rich Ford PG. 16 Dottie Hitzeman — Yard of the Month; Virginia Westland — Sold inf Fairfield PG 7 Michael Stone — Retirement Planning for 50 Somethings PG. 3 Andy Petty — Photo Exhibition— PG. 4 The Women’s Club would like to thank all the volunteers and the walkers/runners who participated in this year’s 5/10K. The weather was perfect and we ended up with 89 participants who either walked, jogged or ran the race. The winners were as follows: Man Overall (5K) – James Cooper Man Overall (10K) – Tyler Woodard Woman Overall (5K) – Melanie McDaniel Woman Overall (10K) – Cathi Monk Boy (13 & under) – Connor McDaniel Girl (13 & under) – Annabelle Nyberg Man (14 -29) 5K – Mathieu Goolsby Man (14 – 29) 10K – Brent Day Woman (14 – 29) 5K – Jennifer Mashburn Woman (14 – 29) 10K – Alison Butler Man (30 – 49) 5K – Chris Gammon Man (30 – 49) 10K – Wesley Blythe Woman (30 – 49) 5K – Angie Hurst Yt|Üy|xÄw cÄtÇàtà|ÉÇ NEWS AND VIEWS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FAIRFIELD 5/10K Residents of Fairfield Plantation, The Fairfield Plantation Board of Directors is pleased to announce that we now have a new tenant for the marina grill. Local restaurateur Federico Gimenez has signed the new lease agreement with Fairfield Plantation for the marina bar and grill. The new restaurant will be known as the Dockside Marina. For the past several weeks work has been ongoing to complete renovations from the damages caused this past winter from water lines freezing and breaking. Once those re- pairs are completed Mr. Gimenez and his crew will put the finishing touches on the kitchen and dining areas both inside and out. Mr. Gimenez is planning on the Dockside Marina opening the Friday of Memorial Day week- end. Please take this opportunity to join us in wel- coming Mr. Gimenez and his new establish- ment to our community. The Board of Directors would also like to offer their profound thanks to all of those members of the Food and Beverage Commit- tee who have worked so hard for so many hours to make this a reality. On behalf of the Board of Directors, David Durgin, Chief Operating Officer Jim Blair, POA Manager Fairfield Plantation POA, Inc. Continued on Page 5 VIBRANT MAY IN FAIRFIELD Michelle Nyberg — A Girl Has to Eat; Girl Scouts; Christina Henggeler — Awkward Conversations; PG. 12 Pat Rivera — Get Out & Have Some Fun; Tovey’s World PG. 13 Mandy Smith, Kevin Head Busi- ness Info; East of Austin PG. 14 Market Place — PG. 15 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Steve Barden — Commentary PG. 2 Fairfield ladies at UnCorked in Villa Rica celebrating Andy Petty’s Photo Exhibition. Left to Right: Angie Rasmussen, Christina Hengge- ler, Angie Hurst, Andy Smith, Cindy Kinsee, Rosanne Goolsby, Judy Williams, and Carol Goegeline. Please see article on page 2. FAIRFIELD WELCOMES THE DOCKSIDE MARINA
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Tammy Priest — Women’s Club 5/10K PG. 5
Billy Priest — Fighting Fires & Building Relationships PG 6
Michelle Nyberg — Things are Growing in Fairfield Summer —
PG. 9
Events & Dates — PG. 10
Phil O’Brien — Rec Committee & Cleanup; Jamie Davis — Women’s Club News and Spot-
light PG. 11
Deryck Cook — Kiwanis; Marilon
Coulon — Exercise Class PG. 8
Casa Sol; Don Rich Ford PG. 16
Dottie Hitzeman — Yard of the Month; Virginia Westland — Sold inf Fairfield PG 7
Michael Stone — Retirement Planning for 50 Somethings PG. 3
Andy Petty — Photo Exhibition— PG. 4
The Women’s Club would like to thank all the volunteers and the walkers/runners who participated in this year’s 5/10K.
The weather was perfect and we ended up with 89 participants who either walked, jogged or ran the race.
The winners were as follows:
Man Overall (5K) – James Cooper
Man Overall (10K) – Tyler Woodard
Woman Overall (5K) – Melanie McDaniel
Woman Overall (10K) – Cathi Monk
Boy (13 & under) – Connor McDaniel
Girl (13 & under) – Annabelle Nyberg
Man (14 -29) 5K – Mathieu Goolsby
Man (14 – 29) 10K – Brent Day
Woman (14 – 29) 5K – Jennifer Mashburn
Woman (14 – 29) 10K – Alison Butler
Man (30 – 49) 5K – Chris Gammon
Man (30 – 49) 10K – Wesley Blythe
Woman (30 – 49) 5K – Angie Hurst
Yt|Üy|xÄw cÄtÇàtà|ÉÇ N E W S A N D V I E W S
A N O T H E R S U C C E S S F U L F A I R F I E L D 5 / 1 0 K
Residents of Fairfield Plantation,
The Fairfield Plantation Board of Directors is
pleased to announce that we now have a new
tenant for the marina grill. Local restaurateur
Federico Gimenez has signed the new lease
agreement with Fairfield Plantation for the
marina bar and grill. The new restaurant will
be known as the Dockside Marina.
For the past several weeks work has been
ongoing to complete renovations from the
damages caused this past winter from water
lines freezing and breaking. Once those re-
pairs are completed Mr. Gimenez and his crew
will put the finishing touches on the kitchen
and dining areas both inside and out. Mr.
Gimenez is planning on the Dockside Marina
opening the Friday of Memorial Day week-
end.
Please take this opportunity to join us in wel-
coming Mr. Gimenez and his new establish-
ment to our community.
The Board of Directors would also like
to offer their profound thanks to all of those
members of the Food and Beverage Commit-
tee who have worked so hard for so many
hours to make this a reality.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
David Durgin, Chief Operating Officer
Jim Blair, POA Manager
Fairfield Plantation POA, Inc.
Continued on Page 5
V I B R A N T M A Y I N F A I R F I E L D
Michelle Nyberg — A Girl Has to
Eat; Girl Scouts;
Christina Henggeler — Awkward
Conversations; PG. 12
Pat Rivera — Get Out & Have
Some Fun;
Tovey’s World PG. 13
Mandy Smith, Kevin Head Busi-
ness Info; East of Austin PG. 14
Market Place — PG. 15
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Steve Barden — Commentary PG. 2
Fairfield ladies at UnCorked in Villa Rica celebrating Andy Petty’s Photo Exhibition. Left to Right: Angie Rasmussen, Christina Hengge-
ler, Angie Hurst, Andy Smith, Cindy Kinsee, Rosanne Goolsby, Judy Williams, and Carol Goegeline. Please see article on page 2.
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Andy’s photo exhibition of 11
prints was April 25th, at Un-
Corked in downtown Villa Rica.
It was amazing not only seeing
his work and talent on display,
but also the support of Fairfield
Plantation for one of its own. Of
course, this was a place to taste
wine and to party, and many in
Fairfield won’t pass up a good
time. But, it was more than just a
drinking social that evening. It was truly an oppor-
tunity to come out and support Andy and to cele-
brate his work.
For this brief piece, I’m not trying to be objective. I
was moved on this particular evening and proud of
this young man and his art, and proud of all the peo-
ple that came out to support him. I raise a toast to
not only Andy, but to the people of Fairfield for
their support of another.
Steve Barden
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Frank Goolsby, Ron and Michelle Nyberg
You’ve already met these ladies on page 1.
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We would like to extend a special Thank you to our Vol-unteer Fire Department and SPA officers who were on site during our event.
In Addition we would like to thank our sponsors:
Gold – Jouneys to Health
Silver – Winston Academy, The Boss Family (Ken, Brandy, Reese, Kennedy) and the Fairfield Kiwanis
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Tammy Priest
Special Thank You to Jeffrey Thomas
for taking these race pictures.
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F I G H T I N G F I R E S A N D B U I L D I N G R E L A T I O N S H I P S
In an effort to explain what
led up to this very nice
letter from the County Dep-
uty Fire Chief's Office in
addition to other important
information:
Starting with the letter from
the County Deputy Fire
Chief thanking our Fire
Chief, Tim Mikos; This all
started at a meeting with
fire instructors that are
teaching the ongoing
classes for all Carroll County’s newly
recruited volunteers. The class is a
firefighter 1/new recruit class. In the
meeting Fire Chief Tim Mikos found
out that Carroll County Fire Rescue
did not have the turnout gear they
needed for the newly recruited volun-
teers. They were not sure how they
would acquire them with their own
budget short falls.
The next morning Fire Chief Mikos
made a couple phone calls to some
Fire service friends and foundations
that have been very gracious to Fair-
field Fire Rescue before. They once
again stepped up to the plate for Fire
Chief Mikos to help Carroll County
Fire Rescue and Fairfield Fire Res-
cue. With this team work of your Fire
Chief and the Terry Farrell Founda-
tion we were able to outfit the county
volunteers with adequate used turnout
gear for all newly recruited volunteers
for this 4 month training program and
much longer use.
The Fairfield Fire Chief was also able
to have Fairfield Fire Rescue obtain 6
sets of black turnout gear that range
from one to two years of compliance
left. This gear was not the sizes our department needed
for our Fairfield Firefighters. The Fairfield Chief and the
rest of the department are hoping to have new members
join us and thus constantly searching for approved and
appropriate gear. Fairfield Fire Rescue/ Emergency Ser-
vices are always looking for help from hard working
dedicated men and women!
There have been more donations from the Terry Farrell
Foundation to Fairfield Fire Rescue. Here is a list of some
of the items that have been donated by this foundation:
A very nice intake for ladder 19 valued around $800.00.
feet of hydraulic hose made for the departments jaws of
life and cutters, this hose set cost over $600.00.
Akron fire hose nozzles good for backups or spares.
Value used price of $200.00 each. 5 pairs of structural
firefighter gloves that cost $50.00 each new.
In explaining all of this, we are hoping everyone can see
our Fire Chief is constantly working and making relation-
ships that will help Fairfield. These relationships are
made through his work with the County, during offsite
training and through his day to day work as our Fire Chief
and are of paramount importance when our fire depart-
ment has a need.
Going back to the be-
ginning of 2014 when
the snow storm hit,
Once again your Fair-
field Fire Rescue was
there, dedicated with
highly trained firefight-
ers handling all aspects
and looking out for the
safety of everyone in
Fairfield Plantation. The
Fire Chief used the
relationship that he has made with all the
County department heads to borrow a set of
snow chains so they could use them for ladder
19 if the need arose. They not only let us use
them but they gave them to the Fairfield depart-
ment.
Two months ago the County called Chief Mikos
and asked could Fairfield Fire use more snow
chains. Chief Mikos explained to the county
that they could use snow chains for Engine 19,
the County’s answer was come pick them up
soon as you can. When the Chief Mikos went to
pick up the snow chains (one set) they gave him
two sets, they told him now you have a spare set.
These chains are at least $ 375.00 a set.
On top of all that, the Fairfield Fire Department al-
ways saves time to help out the Women’s Club with
their various functions because, the Women’s Club
has also given so very generously to the department.
They gave a donation this year that was badly
needed, which made it possible to purchase the con-
crete and building materials needed for the addition
at Station 19. The department would also like to
thank Jared Shaw for helping with the plans to build
the addition to Station 19. Jared helped measure sev-
eral times until they had a good strong affordable
plan. Jerad also went the extra mile making sure eve-
rything went through Carroll County building codes
for the building permit. Thanks Jared!
Your Fire Chief has also worked with Charles Pope,
the head of Carroll County Public Works to grade
and form the area completely, pour the concrete and
finish the 6 inch concrete pad. The labor was done at
no charge to Fairfield Plantation Property Owners.
The Chief also worked it out with Charles Pope to
build the addition at no cost of labor to Fairfield
Plantation! This project will be starting very soon.
We will have more next month on our Fire depart-
ment and our Fire Chief. The Fire Department
wanted us to extend their sincerest thanks to every-
one for their support it is very much appreciated.
Each of you in Fairfield are the reason they continue
doing what they do and constantly train to insure they are
indeed as prepared as possible when the need arises.
Billy Priest
Tamara Deming
Laura Perry &
Fairfield Plantation Fire Dept. Left to Right: Chief Tim Mikos, Bob Endicott, Holly Haley, Holly
Eason, Dennis Brown, Josh Dunham, Johnny Buice, Burnie Twitty, Adam Pinella, Paul Ealey,
Jeff Minton, Jason Wilson
This month's yard belongs to Ron and Jeri Houpe. They've lived on Oak Point Court since 1998. The Houpes chose Fairfield because they had seen it during a company golf tournament in the early '90s, when they were both living and working in Anniston, Alabama. In '98 when they married, Ron still worked in Anniston and Jeri had been transferred to Atlanta. Besides being a great place to live, Fairfield was the best location to meet half way.
The house they chose had never been landscaped. Over the years the Houpes have worked together plan-ning and developing a beautiful yard. They purchased several surrounding lots and combined them. The lots were cleared and cleaned leaving them neat but natural. This resulted in a huge supply of mulch which they spread freely around the beds expanding the yard space, reclaiming it bit by bit from the woods. One unusual feature is the cut flower garden from which they display seasonal flowers through-out their home.
The gorgeous Amaryllis shown in one of the photos,
were a Christmas gift from their stock broker one
year. They put them into a dormant state under the
house during the winter months and force them to
bloom in the spring.
Dottie Hitzeman
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S O L D I N F A I R F I E L D
Y A R D O F T H E M O N T H — R O N A N D J E R I H O U P E
Homes sold in Fair-
field in March
2014:
9208 Woodlake Ct for
$117,000;
Tarnwood Circle, for $400,000;
Tara dr. for $159,900;
Ashton Dr. for $166,920;
Belcourt Dr. for $165,000;
E. Foster Ct. for $156,000.
Things are looking up!!
submitted by Virginia Westlake
at Better Homes and Gardens, Metro Brokers
Real Estate
The Plantation
Planters had their
annual plant swap at
the May 14th meet-
ing at the Recreation
Center. Our speaker
was
Carol
Kemp
(formerly of Bloomers) who is currently
employed at Southern Ranch and Home
Center in Carrollton (Ace Hardware).
Carol demonstrated how to create beauti-
ful and versatile container gardens. She showed us
how to add pizzazz to our pots by incorporating a
thriller (a tall plant), a filler (a medium plant), and a
spiller (a trailing plant)!
We will have our annual Tour of
Gardens on June 11. Four beautiful gar-
dens here in
Fairfield will be
spotlighted on
our tour. The
tour is open to
Plantation
Planters only.
Contact Wanda Olson (770-830-7711) if you would
like to join this fun group!
Marilyn Coulon
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P L A N T A T I O N P L A N T E R S G A R D E N C L U B
K I W A N I S C L U B C O N G R A T U L A T E S I T H I C A E L E M E N T A R Y F O R K - K I D S A C T I V I T I E S
E X E R C I S E C L A S S
Fairfiled Plantation Kiwanis Club President, Brad Robin-
son congratulates the students and staff from Ithica Ele-
mentary School on their K-Kids Club activities. The
Fairfield Kiwanis presented them with a check, in the
amount of $500.00, as a donation to help further the
school’s K-Club efforts.
Shown in the photo from L to
R are Sponsor, Eleanor Land-
man, School Counselor, Lydia
Smith, (3rd grade) K Club
Vice President, Gracie Cook,
(4th grade) K Club President,
Karen Wild, Ithica Principal
and Brad Robinson.
Gracie and Lydia provided an
excellent presentation and an
interesting question and an-
swer session which made for a
very enjoyable meeting.
Deryck Cook
While Willy is recuperating, our exercise class is still going
strong! Susan, Patty, Allison, and Marilyn have been teaching the
classes, and they just picked up where Willy left off! The classes con-
sist of cardio, weights, and gentle yoga stretch! Classes meet on Tues.,
Thurs., and Fridays at 9:00 am at the Rec Center. The cost is $25 a
week for 8 classes or $35 a week for 12 classes. Drop-in classes are $5.
Please make all checks payable to Willy Barry. Come join us and get
your body toned and in shape for summer while having a great time
with this fun group!
Marylyn Coulon
A group of residents have spearheaded an exciting new project right here in Fairfield Plantation- a community
garden. Tanner Health System and Keep Carroll Beauti-ful have a grant funded initiative going called Get
Healthy/Live Well. This is a wonderful program that promotes healthy living by teaching our community
proper eating, exercising and all around healthy lifestyle choices. One segment of this initiative is to help groups start community gardens. This year they have helped
start over 10 community gardens in our area, partnering with schools, churches, and communities just like us. The program has provided each of these groups with
knowledge, support throughout the process and necessary materials to get the garden up and going.
As a group, we decided to go with raised beds and they supplied our community with 4 raised beds and the 80 bags of soil to fill the beds. We also received an abun-dance of seeds to get us started. The Home Depot in
Villa Rica partnered with Tanner and Keep Carroll Beau-tiful by allowing all of these groups to come in and build
their raised beds on site. They had all of the tools, mate-rials, and helpers to make sure we built them correctly.
Here is the group that helped build our beds.
We had a garden dedication on Earth Day, April 22, 2014 to ‘break ground’. The following weekend we got to work, planting tomatoes, peppers, herbs, companion
flowers, cucumbers, lettuces, okra and several other tasty treats. For the first year the plan is to keep it relatively
small and see if we are capable gardeners. If so, there is talk of planting some berry bushes and fruit trees on the
perimeter of our raised beds, which we will increase from 4 to as many as we have hands to work. The garden is
being worked and funded by 20 Fairfield families at this
time. We welcome anyone who would like to join us. Please come check us out on Facebook by searching Fair-
field Plantation – Community Garden. You can also reach out to Michelle Nyberg at [email protected] or 636
-485-6457 if you are interested.
Here is the link for the full write up on the Get Healthy/Live Well site:
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Pictured left to right: Angie Hurst, Amie Tucker, Carollynn McMahan, Michelle Nyberg, Tammy
Priest, Charlene Waid, Jacqueline Dost (our Keep Carroll Beautiful master gardener support), Lori
London, Brandy Boss, Trisha Crawford, Ken Boss, William Sharp and Justin (our much needed Home
Depot helper).
May 23, 2014
The Recreation Com-mittee will be kicking off its summer season and our movie nights at the beach series on Friday May 23rd at dusk. We will be showing the new clas-sic, Walt Disney’s Planes! This will be a great way to celebrate the last day of the school year for many
Fairfield children. So bring your blankets and chairs and enjoy the show! Concessions will be available for purchase before and during the movie.
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M O V I E N I G H T A T T H E B E A C H S U M M E R E V E N T S A N D D A T E S
Club Pool
May 24th-August 10th
Monday-Friday 11am-8pm
Saturdays 10am-8pm
Sundays 12pm-8pm
Rec Center
May 24th-August 10th
Monday-Friday 11am-8pm
Saturdays 11am-8pm
Sundays 12pm-8pm
Beach Pavilion
May 24th-August 10th
Monday-Friday 10am-8pm
Saturdays 10am-8pm
Sundays 12pm-8pm
Memorial Day Weekend hours for all swim facilities
Saturday May24th 11am-8pm
Sunday May, 25th 12pm-8pm
Monday May, 26th 11am-8pm
M E M O R I A L D A Y W E E K E N D F A M I L Y B E A C H B A S H
Continuing the massive kickoff to our most ambitious summer season yet, the Recreation Committee would like to formally invite all residents and their guests to the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Family Beach Bash! The event will take place from 12:00 to 4:00 on Saturday, May 24th. There will be games with prizes, including corn-hole, volleyball, relays, dancing and hula hoop contests. Don’t forget about our famous sand castle building contest. There will be music provided by a DJ and our local Girl Scout troop will be selling tasty hotdogs and other summer treats. Hope to see everyone there and as always, if you would like to help out by judging a contest or helping to run the games, please contact Phil O’Brien at [email protected].
This past Sunday, May the 4th, marked the most recent annual gathering of dedicated Fairfield volunteers coming together to help ready the amenities for the upcoming summer season. Hard work and a sense of jovial sociali-zation were the themes for the day as some of Fairfield’s finest toiled away at the rec center and
beach pavilion. At the Recreation Center, volun-
teers picked up debris (including about a gazillion pinecones), painstakingly cleared pebbles, dirt, and dust from the miniature golf course, and reorgan-ized the library among countless other odds and ends tasks. At the Beach Pavilion, we all worked hard to clean the pavilion of sand and dirt, clean out and reorganize the concession and storage areas, and rake the lines of thick wash up debris into piles for our awesome maintenance staff to clear.
I was especially pleased to see one of our new Fair-field employees, Jim Blair, not only stop by with
snacks, water, and ice for the volunteers, but roll his sleeves up and work with the rest of us residents on his day off. Bravo Jim! There is still lots to be done, and while Fairfield’s paid employees do a great job with day to day operations, there is so much that would not get done without all of the coordinating members of the committees, Board of Directors, and resident volunteers. So if you are looking for a way to get involved or help out with the upcoming season please contact Phil O’Brien at [email protected].
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T H E R E C C O M M I T T E E A N D T H E A N N U A L C L E A N U P D A Y
The Plantation Women’s Club met on May 3rd for our
Kentucky derby hat tribute. The hats looked fabulous and
our hat of the day went to Jennifer Thomas. We also wel-
comed Meg McCrina and her mother as our guests, Meg
is a home school student who received a PWC scholar-
ship. As a home schooled student she didn’t receive the
proper presentation for her hard work. We decided to
change that and presented her with an award of excel-
lence from the PWC. She was proud to announce that she
will be attending Jacksonville State University. The Plan-
tation Women’s Club would like to wish Meg and all our
other scholarship recipients the best along their new jour-
ney.
You can now connect with the Plantation Women's Club
on Facebook: Plantation Women's Club, e-mail us at
Please join us if you would like to have fun, get to know
your neighbors, and raise some much needed money for
local families and charities.
Jamie Davis, Publicity
Need a plumber, roofer, your driveway resurfaced or concrete work done? What
about help with your lawn? You can find all these services and more on page 15 in
our Market Place Section.
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Your local Girl Scouts want to pass along a great big THANK YOU! This year they set out to sell 4,000 boxes of cookies, 1,000 more boxes than last year, and with all of your support they accomplished their goal. This is definitely a group of hard working gals. With their profits they have decided to save up for a big weekend trip and will
continue to support local animal shelters, military troops overseas, and a few other local charities.
So thank you again for helping make all of this possible.
Michelle Nyberg
Christina Henggeler
There is a special kind of awk-
wardness between two people
who don't know each other well
enough to interact effectively, but
are familiar enough that ignoring
each other's presence isn't really
an option. No matter how much
you like the person, an encounter with them is awk-
ward because you only know two things about each
other and once you've covered those two things, there
is nothing else and that is terrifying because you aren't
good at ending conversations and that makes the hor-
rible, strained silence all but inevitable. But eventu-
ally you do run into one of these acquaintances and
even though you both sense the impending awkward-
ness and desperately wish to avoid it, you have a social
obligation to say hello. So you do, and the conversation
derails even more quickly than you expected.
Socially awkward me: How is the job?
Socially awkward aquantance: The same.
Crickets chirping…
Socially awkward acquaintance: And your job?
Socially awkward me: The same.
Crickets chirping…
Socially awkward me: Your
broken finger?
Socially awkward ac-
quaintance: Healed.
More cricket chirping…
And then there you are,
standing clumsily in the
parking lot of Home Depot, frantically trying to keep the
conversation afloat until one of you can think of a de-
cently acceptable way to end the encounter. You stop
caring about whether you make sense or not. You'll
say anything to avoid silence.
Socially awkward me: The sun, it is yellow and pretty.
Socially awkward acquaintance: Yes, nice sun.
Crickets chirping…
Socially awkward me: It makes much warmness, too.
Socially awkward acquaintance: Warmness is good.
At some point, the rapidly deteriorating subject material forces you to give up on being polite and just settle for the first bumbling phrase that comes out of you.
Socially awkward me: Mine destiny awaits me.
Socially awkward acquaintance: Indeed; bye.
Luckily, your artless delivery doesn't matter. The other person is just thankful that they finally have an excuse to stop talking to you.
A W K W A R D C O N V E R S A T I O N S
A G I R L H A S T O E A T Dining out, cooking in,
and everything delish in be-
tween
Michelle Nyberg
Most mommas experience the
difficulty of getting their kiddos
to make healthy food choices. I know the little people
that live in my house will typically reach for an oatmeal
crème pie over an apple 9 times out of 10. There are
lots of suggestions to help correct this. Here are a few:
let the kids help plan balanced meals and involve them
with the shopping and cooking, try a variety of fruits
and veggies until you find a few that they really enjoy,
limit the amount of ‘junk food’ available in the house,
have healthy options that are ready to eat and do not
require any preparation, be a good role model by mak-
ing healthy choices yourself and my favorite suggestion
- sneak in healthy options without them knowing. One
of my favorite sites- the sneaky chef- has 5 different
purees that you can hide in standard entrees. For ex-
ample, the white puree has cauliflower and zucchini
and is masked perfectly in chili or mac and cheese or
the purple puree has spinach and blueberries and can
be hidden easily in brownies or hamburgers. Sweet
potatoes are pretty easy to sneak into things like pan-
cakes, muffins, and mac and cheese. Finely shred
carrots or spinach and put it in meatloaf or meatballs.
Probably the easiest way to get the kids to eat healthy
is by whipping up smoothies
regularly. You can cover up
greens like kale and spinach
with bananas and blueberries.
So next time you are fighting
with your little one to eat their
broccoli just remember some
of these techniques and if the
1st ones don’t work, grind that
stuff up and they’ll never
know they are eating health-
ier.
G I R L S C O U T S
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Tovey’s World
Spring-time is festival time. Whether you pre-
fer to stay local or are planning a get-away,
presented below is a sampling of diverse
offerings that are sure to please.
ATLANTA
MomoCon
Fans of Japanese Anime, American Animation,
and Video Games come together to celebrate
their passion by costuming / cosplay, browsing
the huge exhibitors hall, meeting celebrity voice
talent, designers, and writers behind their favor-
ite shows and games. May 23-25, Atlanta.
BELIZE
CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL OF BELIZE
Cacao is native to the Americas, and the Toledo
District of southern Belize is recognized for its
superior cacao. This event is the ultimate get-
away for the chocolate lover and foodie to savor
decadent (local) chocolate and cacao inspired
deserts and dishes of Belize. Share in the hom-
age of Belize’s Ancient Maya culture, while im-
mersing in this traditional and festive chocolate
extravaganza. May 23-25, Belize.
MASSACHUSETTS
PARADISE CITY ARTS FESTIVAL
One of New England’s most exciting shows of fine
and less-than-functional art. Northampton is a
cultural, dining and shopping destination for visi-
tors from all over the northeast. May 24-26,
Northampton, Massachusetts
ATLANTA
MEMORIAL DAY AT THE MOUNTAIN
Free concerts, the laser show, fireworks and pa-
triotic activities. Active and retired military per-
sonnel will receive one free Adventure Pass and
other discounts with valid military ID. May 24-26,
Stone Mountain.
ATLANTA FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL
Eat, drink and be merry at this gastronomic cele-
bration. Tastings, classes, meals from some of
the best chefs from Texas to the Chesapeake
Tidewater. May 29-June 1, Midtown.
PEACHTREE HILLS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Outdoor local arts and crafts market along a tree-
lined thoroughfare. Featuring craftsmen and art-
ists, demonstrations, food, music and more. Free.
May 31- June 1, Atlanta.
CANADA
This festival actively promotes mental and physi-
cal well-being through a number of unique com-
edy shows by some of the finest comedy minds of
the world. May 29 - June 8, Calgary, Canada.
LOUISIANA
NEW ORLEANS OYSTER
FEST
Over 24 restaurants will
be showcased, along with
an oyster eating and
shucking contests. May
31-June 1. New Orleans.
CREOLE TOMATO
FESTIVAL
Sample all kinds of tomato-
based foods and drinks as
well as fresh Creole toma-
toes. Listen to bands on two
different stages and cool off
under misting fans. June 7-8,
French Market, New Orleans.
LOUISIANA CAJUN ZYDECO FESTIVAL
An excellent way to
sample Cajun music at
its finest. June 14-15,
Louis Armstrong Park,
New Orleans.
SPAIN
PILGRIMAGE OF THE VIRGEN OF ROCIO
Take part in the largest religious pilgrimage in
Spain. June 6-8, El Rocio, Andalusia, Spain.
CALIFORNIA
GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL
This homage to the stinking rose has
something for everyone: great garlicky
food, live entertainment, cooking demonstrations and
competitions, arts & crafts vendors, fun activities for
kids and teens, and more. July 25-27, Gilroy, California.
Pat Rivera
G E T O U T & H A V E S O M E F U N !
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