A6 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019
Pets of the Week
Annie is a 5 to 6 months old. She
has long hair and is a beautiful
orange tabby. She’s a talker and
loves attention.
Beauty enjoys being snuggled and
getting her head scratched. She’s
around 5 to 6 months old and has
longer hair.
Catniss is the cat room queen. She
would love to be the center of
attention in your home.
Orange tabby twins, Heath and Twix,
are growing up in the shelter. These
boys have come a long way and now
enjoy your company, as well as
playing with their toys.
The Tri-County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center is on Icaria Road in Tyner and can be reached at 221-8514.
Chowan Senior Center
Chowan Senior Center is at
204 E. Church St., in the
basement of E.A. Swain.
Activities
Sign up for Medicaid at the
Center on Aug. 21.
Grocery Shopping Assis
tance will be held Aug. 1,15
and 29.
Monthly Medical Notes will
be at 11:30 p.m. Aug. 13.
Crossword Puzzles will be
at 11:30 p.m. Aug. 22.
Birthday Quiz will be at 11
a.m. Aug. 8.
Trivia Plus will be at 11:30
a.m. Aug. 27.
Word Search will be at
11:30 a.m. Aug. 20.
The monthly luncheon will
be held at noon Aug. 23. The
center will serve, fried chicken
breast, baked beans, potato
salad, lemonade and dessert.
Cost is $3 and the deadline is
Aug. 9.
Bingo will be played from 1-
2 p.m. every Tuesday at the
center. This is free.
Computers will be available
to use from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
August birthdays will be cel
ebrated at 12:15 p.m. Aug. 2.
Classes
Come join our crochet
group from 9 a.m. to noon on
Aug. 7, 21 and 28. Share
your ideas with others. Learn
to crochet different patterns.
On all Fridays, the wood-
carving group will meet at the
center from 9 a.m. to noon.
Join the group or just come
see the projects they are
working on. We are looking for
someone to lead this class if
you or if you know of anyone
who would like to volunteer.
Katrina will teach paint
class from 10:30 to noon
Aug. 14. All materials are sup
plied and the cost is $12. The
deadline to pay is Aug. 2.
The center is starting a be
ginner line dance class at
10:15 a.m. Monday and Fri
day. Following this class, at
10:45 a.m., the center will
have its regular line dance
class.
Trips
We will leave the center at 8
a.m. Aug. 16 and go to Patrick
Henry Mall for shopping and
lunch on your own and return
by 5 p.m. The cost is $8, and
the deadline to pay is Aug. 2.
We will leave the center at
5 p.m. Aug. 19 and attend the
7:05 p.m. game between the
Norfolk (Va.) Tides and the
Gwinnett Stripers. It is turn
back the clock night with 50
cent hot dogs, popcorn and
soda. Cost is $25 and the
deadline is Aug. 5.
Fitness
The fitness room is open
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Weight
equipment will be here in
about 8 weeks.
Arthritis exercise will be
held from 10:15-121 a.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Mondays, we will leave
the Center at 12:15 p.m. for
Senior Bowling at Albemarle
Lanes. Return by 3:30 p.m.
Transportation is $2.
Every Wednesday, we will
leave the Center at 11:15
a.m. for a Fun Swim at the
YMCA swimming from noon to
1 p.m., and return by 2 p.m.
Cost is $6 and deadline is
two days before.
The Walking Club will meet
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon
day-Friday at the old D.F.
Walker gym.
Fitness classes are $4/
class or $3O/month:
* Monday: 9 a.m., Total
Body, Esssentrics or Yoga;
5:30 p.m., Pilates
* Tuesday: 9 a.m., Step In
terval; 5:30 p.m., Zumba Fit
ness & Tone
* Wednesday: 9 a.m., Chi-
lates; 5:30 p.m., Pilates
* Thursday: 9 a.m., Your
Choice Class; 5:30 p.m.,
Zumba Fitness & Tone
* Friday: 9 a.m., Yoga
TOBIAS
Continued from A5
is one that we are willing to
accept, one we are unwill
ing to postpone, and one
which we intend to win.
The nation was different
back then. I'm not sure if a
new space-race goal would
serve anymore to “organize
and measure the best of our
energies and skills.”
I am certain that the idea
of giving humanity “another
home planet” (because, you
know, “global warming” or
“asteroid collision” or “nu
clear apocalypse”) is just a
moonbat fantasy, or more
likely a cynical shell game.
Like it or not, the planet
Earth is humanity’s only
home forever. We might, on
occasion, float around in
space stations or rocket to
Mars (though riddled all the
way with cosmic rays). But
there will be no place that
can nurture human life (and
any other kind of life) like
home.
The earth just might to
out to be the only location
of intelligent life in the cos
mos. And what if... what if
the earth is the only place in
the entire universe that
hosts any life at all?
Which brings me to this
question: Just what was the
most important goal for the
Apollo missions (and all
spaceflight)?
The finest achievement
turned out to be, after all,
not the exploration of the
moon. To be sure, lunar
exploration was impor
tant, and so was winning
the space race in the Cold
War. But frankly, the
moon is a harsh mistress
(as scifi master Robert
Heinlein once said). It is
desolate, a “lonely kind of
existence,” as Frank Bor
man opined while Apollo
8 circled the moon at the
close of 1968 — a year
where there was very lit
tle “peace on earth, good
will toward men.”
But as he, and crew-
mates James Lovell and
William Anders, came
around from the dark side
of the moon, they encoun
tered for the first time in hu
man history a sight most
glorious and beautiful,
breathtaking in its poignant
sapphire and emerald
brilliance.
It was Earthrise. It was
the ascension of our home
planet from the bleak lunar
horizon. It was this earth
seen for the first time from
the stars.
In his narration about the
Apollo 8 voyage (in the
splendid documentary
“First to the Moon”), Lovell
said that in our Christian
faith, we say that we go to
heaven when we die.
“That’s true,” he agreed,
“but it’s also true that when
we are born we go to
heaven. Because look at it
—a blue and white glisten
ing glowing orb floating in
the blackness of space. A
welcoming place of life, so
fragile, so miraculous.“
For my part, I do not
want vast sums of money
spent on manned space-
flight. This nerd doesn’t
need astronauts anymore.
I don’t want a single dol
lar spent on finding an
other “home” for human
ity: the one we have
needs fixed, not dis
carded. There are more
important needs calling
for national treasure.
Diseases need cured. The
poor need taken care of.
Too many young Ameri
cans are languishing in
student debt. Democracy,
decency, and human free
dom and kindness need
support. The earth itself
is hurting and needs re
pair: Nature seems bro
ken, and needs much
more care.
Too many people are
looking only at their
iPhones and not looking at
the stars.
Or at the Moon.
Or at the beauty of this
holy Earth.
Thank you, Apollo 11
(and 8 and 12 through 17)
for showing us the whole
Earth for the first time.
.., as lovely and miracu
lous that it truly is.
... just as God saw it at
the beginning, when He
hung it first like an orna
ment in the sable velvet of
the night sky. And said that
it was good.
Jonathan Tobias 0anolec77@gmaiLcom)
resides in Edenton, andisatecturerin
systematic and pastoral theology at Christ
the Savior Seminary near Pittsburgh. A
semi-retired Eastern Orthodox priest, hets
also an occasional gardener at the
Cupola House and sings with the Albe-.
marie Chorale, and the Mighty Termigh
tees.
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