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Friday, July 30, 2010 |
By SAM HATCHER
I was reminded by someone this week about the “good ole days.”
You know, I’m sure, about what I mean when I say the “good ole days.”
Gas was 35 cents at the pump. It cost 50 cents to get in a movie. You could buy a top of the line automobile for way less than $8,000. |
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Friday, July 30, 2010 |
By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.
Is there anything tastier than a nice red vine ripened tomato, especially if it’s from your own tenderly managed spot?
On June 15 we had our first red, ripe tomato and in spite of all of the preparation for the event, I was truly surprised. Usually tomatoes don’t ripen here before the 4th of July, so this early picking seemed fortuitous. I’d been watching the clump of tomatoes in the middle of the vine for several weeks, but lately the enlarging leaves and branches of the plant had obscured the fruit and the green color was perfectly camouflaged by the overgrowth. In spite of the enlarging size and early growth of the tomato, I halfway expected some evil animal to pick it or damage it before it ripened. So, when the leaves covered it I was hopeful that the squirrel that sometimes steals it and takes it up to the nearby tree to eat wouldn’t be able to find it this year. |
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Friday, July 30, 2010 |
Editor’s Note: This letter is being published in response to a letter by District 19 Wilson County Commissioner L.T. Jenkins which appeared on this page in the July 9 edition.
To the Editor:
I have heard from many voters in my district wanting me to respond to my opponent’s letter to the editor. I have chosen after much consideration and prayer to respond to the comments of my opponent’s letter to the editor. My opponent keeps trying to cloud the truth concerning his resolution where he wanted to give us an annual tax increase. Resolution 08-9-7, calls for an annual property tax increase with his signature as the sponsor--thankfully this resolution failed. But as he has told everyone, in commission meetings, newspapers, the political forum, and other places that he did vote for the 20-cent property tax increase, but that he didn’t raise our taxes by himself. |
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 |
By SAM HATCHER
Seeing that Paul McCartney was in Nashville Monday night brought back a number of memories about the introduction of the Beatles to America.
Although I may be dating myself, I remember watching the group’s appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.
And I also remember my father declaring something like . . . “if I ever see you with hair that long, I’ll have your head shaved.” |
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 |
By ANNE DONNELL
When do you say (or write) “farther,” and when is it “further”? Believe it or not, this came up at our church service last Sunday.
-Tuned In (Mostly)
I liked the refreshing modesty of noting (Mostly) after the Tuned In signature. Paying attention is such a big demand! We can ramble on (and on) about attention deficit (which we usually identify in other people’s children or in their older relatives when it’s not just slapping us in the face in our own in-laws), but we see the only remedy as medication. There’s something called behavior modification, too. OK, I have no idea who needs Ritalin©, but I know a nation of wandering minds when I see it. |
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Friday, July 23, 2010 |
By SAM HATCHER
For more than three hours last Friday night fire fighters from Wilson County Emergency Management Agency fought a hopeless situation.
They were dispatched to the residence of Frank and Carolyn Dudley on Coles Ferry Pike about 5 miles outside of Lebanon to battle a blaze at a metal storage barn believed started by a lightening strike.
Ironically for some of those at the scene it was not the first fire they had fought at the same address. Some 15 years ago the Dudleys, my wife's parents, lost their home and all of its contents as the result of fire.
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