As the Prime

Timer pages roll over into a new year, I thought I would take a trip through

the Prime Timer pages past.

I've profiled

many of your neighbors and friends in these pages through the years. Hopefully

you've gotten to know many new Fayette Countians, too.

I've tried

to share important and not so important events that are of interest to

those 50 and older.

Back in the

early years of the Prime Timer pages I was introduced to the Southland

Chorus at the Southside Senior Expo. I took my grandmother, Louise Adams,

to the Expo, where she was serenaded by Chorus members while they practiced

before going on stage.

I was impressed

talent. This great group of Barbershop singers has been featured numerous

times through the years. In 2000 the Chorus honored me by making me an

honorary member.

Another Southland

has been regularly featured in the pages the Southland Nursing Home in

Peachtree City. I've been a guest for Ms. Nettie Knight's 100th, 101st,

102nd and 103rd birthdays. This neat lady always has a smile for visitors

and friends.

For a number

of years I've enjoyed participating in many other events at Southland

the annual July 4th Wheelchair Parade, picnics with the Peachtree City

Kiwanis and the annual Ms. Southland contest are just a few of the fun

activities.

We've won a

number of awards for pictures and articles about Southland Nursing Home

also.

As a long-time

supporter of many local charities, I've tried to showcase charity events

whenever possible. The annual Heart of Gold Golf Tournament sponsored

Committee for the Cultural Arts benefit, hosted by Designer Furniture

Showrooms in Peachtree City, was featured in 1999.

Fayette Senior

Services, a non-profit agency in Fayetteville, has claimed a lot of space

in the Prime Timer pages. Fayette Senior Services, Fayette County Bank

(now Regions Bank) and I were the impetus behind the Prime Timer pages.

The Citizen, a strong community supporter, soon made the section a regular

feature one that is still going strong.

I've made many

friends and learned quite a lot about the community we live in as I've

written these pages. I wrote about former POW Joe Maloy, a longtime friend,

in 1998.

I had known

Joe while a member of the Peachtree City Running Club. However, I did

not know just how special he was until I learned his history.

Joe carried

the Olympic Torch through part of Peachtree City in 1996. In the hand

holding the torch, he carried a piece of paper with then name of fellow

POWs.

In 1995 I became

involved with the effort to raise money to build Wesley-Woods of Newnan-Peachtree

City. Those efforts, the subsequent ground-breaking and other events have

been noted in these pages.

We opened the

doors of Ashley Glen Assisted Living in Peachtree City, Azalea Estates

in Fayetteville and Dogwood Forest in the Prime Timer Pages. We've shared

many trips with members of the Heritage Club, formerly the Prime Timer

Club, of Regions Bank.

I've written

about numerous other senior groups and their activities. The Gathering

Place in Peachtree City and events hosted by the Kiwanis Club and the

Rotary Club have been featured.

We all got

to know Red Holmes and his business, Custom Glass Etching, as well as

his many miniature donkeys in these pages. Red has gained a few llamas

and sold a few donkeys since we wrote the story in 1998.

We also learned

about Hollis Harris and his family, Jan and Catrina Krakeel, J. D. and

Varner Holmes, Jim and Ellen Steinbach and many others. We met the Nigro

family four generations of golfers through the Prime Timer Pages.

Some of those

I've written about are no longer with us. Lillie Trice, winner of the

1998 Ms. Southland contest, Colonel Hugh Quarles and Charlie Harper are

three I met through the Prime Timer pages who we've lost in the past few

years.

There is no

way to possibly mention all of the special people I've met and written

about in this section. Glen and M.T. Allen, Jim Price, Mac and Annie McMenamin

and Don Hogg with the American Legion, are just a few of the people I've

enjoyed getting to know better partially as a result of the stories in

the Prime Timer pages.

Maybe in the

year 2001 you'll see a profile about one of your friends or neighbors

or possibly, you'll be the focus of a story!