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Millard B. Grimes, President
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Be Careful and Don't
Put Your Eyes Out...
The other day I had to stop
by a local auto parts store to
pick up a tail light for my
truck. While there, a woman
was speaking with the man
at the counter about pur-
chasing oil. It seems her hus-
band had asked her to buy it
and she wasn't sure what
kind• Her young son, about
five or six, was being a typi-
cal child and picking up
things, moving things, etc.
"Put that down," the woman
told her son. "You don't know
what's in that bottle. It could
be chemical and you'll get it
on your hands, rub your eyes
and put them out."
It has to be a mother thing.
I don't understand why moth-
ers think everything you do
or touch is going to harm you
in some way or put you eye
out.
My morn was the same
way. I don't know how many
times I was reminded in my
youth that I would put my
eyes out.
If I was watching televi-
sion and she thought I was
sitting too close, she'd always
say, "Don't sit so close to the
television. That thing will put
your eyes outY .......
Of course, I don't think I
know of a single person that
has gone blind for watching
television. Now, if she had
said, "Quit watching that
thing, it'll warp your mind,"
that would have been an
entirely different matter.
Come to think of it, too much
television as a child might be
what's wrong with me today.
Anyway, as I was saying,
I don't know how many things
in my life my mother thought
would put my eyes out, but
there were a number of them.
Like all young boys, I
loved to shoot my BB gun.
Everytime I got the thing out,
I knew what was coming...
"Be careful with that thing.
You could shoot someone's
eye out or even your own."
My cousins and I liked to
play fight: sometimeswe'd
battle with sticks for swords,
"'Don't play with those sticks,
you'll put someone's eye out."
Of course, if I wasn't put-
ring my eye out, I was going
to hurt myself or someone
else.
"Quit that tussling, you're
gonna hurt yourself or some-
one else."
"Get out of that tree,
you're gonna fall and hurt
yourself."
"Don't play tackle foot.
ball, someone's gonna get
hurt."
The list could go on and
on. It's a simple fact: moth-
ers are just overly protective.
Now, I'm not saying there is
not some validity in their con-
cerns, but boys will be boys.
Right?
WELL, IT'S FUNNY, but
I can understand that young
mother's concerns better
today than I did that day in
the store.
My darling daughter, that
I love so much, brought her
rabbit to visit recently. When
she cleaned the cage, she
used my kRchen sink and
some of the wood chips from
the cage must have gotten
into the sink and stopped it
up. So, I got out the drain
opener, determined to unclog
the drain.
The bottle plainly said,
avoid splashing, wear pro-
tection on hands, avoid con-
tact with skin. I heeded that
advice about as well as I used
to heed my mother's. I picked
up the bottle and began to
pour.
Some of the chemical got
on my hand, but I didn't real-
ly think about it much. While
waiting for the drain opener
to work, I went about my
other duties around the
house. Unfortunately, at
some point I went to wipe a
little sweat from my forehead
and I guess the chemical on
my hand got into it and it
rolled down into my eye.
I can't begin to tell you
how bad that hurt. The bot-
tle said to rinse your skin
water, in case of contact with
eyes.., flush immediately. I
raced to the shower, held my
eye open and let the cool
water run into it for several
minutes. Finally, the f)ain
stopped. My eye was soar and
the vision was a little distort-
ed for a few hours, but ! man-
aged to survive the incident
without putting my eye out.
I guess morns really do
know what they're talking
about and I guess their con-
cerns are valid. So from now
on, when I hear a morn tell a
child, "Don't do that, you'll
put your eye out," I know
those are not just words they
are saying.., you really can
put your eye out if you're
careless.
So, stop reading this col-
umn without your glasses,
because I don't want you to
put your eyes out.
Have a great week.
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PAGE 4 - HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - FEB. 27, 2003
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Written in 1978
WASHINGTON-- People
wearing bags over their
heads and carrying signs that
screamed about "massacres"
in their native Iran paraded
in front of the White House
Wednesday evening.
To the north of the city at
Camp David, three powerful
leaders of three powerful
nations struggled to find a
way to bring peace to anoth-
er troubled land.
The papers were filled
with stories of death and
destruction in Nicaragua, and
half the world is on strike.
But the night was clear
and cool and the moon was
full and bright in Washington
on Wednesday. And out on the
south lawn of the White
House, a million miles from
everything else, a bearded
man wearing a red bandana
took a long pull from a wine
bottle and commenced to
sing.
He sang 'Whiskey River"
first; then he sang "Crazy" and
"Amazing Grace" and
"Georgia" and something
called" Blue Eyes Crying in
the Rain." As he sang "Blue
Eyes Crying in the Rain" I had
geous one, but at least worth
a moment of consideration.
Jimmy Carter didn't
make his own party
Wednesday night, the one he
threw to honor stockcar driv-
ers. His wife announced to
the crowd "only something
the magnitude of the summit
talks would have kept him
away."
HE MADE a mistake by
not coming. And he made a
mistake by not bringing
Egypt's Sadat and Israel's
Begin with him.
Sit the two of them down
together in front of Willie
Nelson, I thought. Bring the
people with bags over their
heads inside, too. Give them
all a cold beer and let them
listen to Willie Nelson. After
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,"
who would still want to fight?
Wednesday night was
Jimmy Carter fulfilling a
promise. When he was gov-
ernor of Georgia, he made it
an annual practice to host
stockcar drivers and even
sportswriters to the mansion
on West Paces Ferry.
You know about stockcar
racing. Stockcar racing isn't
Watkins Glen or spiffy gen-
Ferraris. It is Talladega and
Daytona and Atlanta
International Raceway and
beer and fried chicken and a
punch in the nose because you
said a Chevrolet can whip a
Dodge or, worse, you insult-
ed the glorious memory of
Fireball Roberts.
"Jimmy told us if he ever
got to be President,"
explained driver David
Pearson, "we would share in
some of the glory. Here we
are ."
And there they were..
Pearson, Petty, Waldrip,
Yarborough and Bill France,
the head kabolla of stockcar
racing. And even some
sportswriters and evenBilly
Carter and especially llie
Nelson.
THE WASHINGTON
papers the next day didn't
quite know what to make of
prove we are under th En
of a populist presidea-ch
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Oftentimes we hear abut opinion and let a Muslim and apparently some born this motto because CP hta!
the good old days, days when
life was slower and simpler.
I for one will vote for slow-
er and simpler days, but.to go
back to the horse and buggy,
buildings without indoor
plumbing, or air conditioning
may be a bit too simple.
Nevertheless, we live in a
wonderful world.
Although re may be
an abundance of problems,
God has still blessed us.
We live in an age of tech-
nology where things were
only idealized many years
ago.
As I sit here and tYpe this
on my computer, I am thank-
ful for all that God has let us
accomplish.
Today in our technologi-
cal age, we have e-mail, mail
that comes to us electronical-
ly via computers.
woman have her picture on
her driver's license with her
face covered this is an edito-
rial written by an American
citizen, published in a Tampa
newspaper.
He did quite a job, didn't
he? Read on, please!
IMMIGRANTS, NOT
AMERICANS .... MUST
ADAPT. I am tired of this
nation worryingabout
whether we are offending
some individual or their cul-
ture. Since the terrorist
attacks on Sept. 11, we have
experienced a surge in patri-
otism by the majority of
Americans.
However, the dust from
the attacks had barely settled
when the "politically correct"
crowd began complaining
about the possibility that our
patriotism was offending oth-
ers.
I am not against immi-
gration, nor do I hold a grudge
against anyone who is seek-
ing a better life by coming to
America. Our population is
almost entirely made up of
descendants of immigrants.
However, there are a few
things that those who have
recently come to our country,
THE OTHER DAY I
received an e-mail from one
of my church members, who
is a teacher here in town. I
would like to once again pass
along to you something that
was sent to me.
Read it slow, and let it
sink in. Here it is:
After hearing that the
state of Florida changed its
here, need to understand.
This idea of America being a
multicultural community has
served only to dilute our sov-
ereignty and our national
identity• As Americans, we
have our own culture, our own
society, our own language and
our own lifestyle. This cul-
ture has been developed over
centuries of struggle, trials,
and victories by millions of
men and women who have
sought freedom•
WE SPEAK English, not
Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic,
Chinese, Japanese, Russian,
or any other language.
Therefore, if you wish to
become part of our society,
learn the language!
" "In God We Trust" is our
national motto. This is not
some Christian, right wing,
political slogan. We adopted
gt,, {figaatt00uilie 00fi, eralll
ansville Wins T ourna
50, Years
Ago...
men and women, on C If,
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principles, rounu =_-
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nation, and thin m cle n
umented. It is c
appropriate to disp]
the walls of our scl
God offends you,
gest you consider
part of the world as
home, because
our culture. }
If Stars and
offend you, or you d
Uncle Sam, then yo
seriously consider a
another part of this I
I1
We are happy with 11
ture and have no d
change, and we real
care how you did
where you came fro(i_
This is OUR COU{
our land, and our li{
eOvUr First Amendm
cry citizen the
express his opinion
will allow you everyi:
tunity to do so. But o
are done complainin
ing, and griping abO
flag, our pledge, our! -----
al motto, or our way 0
highly encourage y0
advantage of one otM
American freedo
RIGHT TO LEAVE.
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In the
Hogansville Hert
Predecessor to the Hogansville Nor#
• TOURNAMENT WINNERS:
Hogansville Green Wave basketeers of
Reese Slaughter controlled the rebound
the game almost all night against a highl
ed Manchester quintet to win the.W,
Division championship 60-38, and the r
meet the Eastern Division winners at Jal
Friday night."
• BIGGEST WHISKEY HAUL IN
"A load of contraband whiskey with a
$19,112 carried in a trailer truck valued
than $20,000 was stopped by Sheriff L.W. I
and his men at West Point, Ga. headi!
LaGrange and points north on the ni,
5, 1953._"
• TURKEY DINNERS: "Although Ch
and Thanksgiving come only once a
Hogansville school children are enjoying
dinners nearly every week this year."
• NEW CHIEF: "The new manager
Farmer's Supply Store in Hogansville
Fincher. He took over the managership lasfl
and is now doing business at the new
Supply Iocatior on Commerce Street."
• CAPITALISM AT WORK: 'You will I
bly be able to get any kind of automobil
want this year, maybe at a reduced price,[
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