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HOGANSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019
Hogansville Community Calendar
American Legion Post karaoke and grill open 7 pm
Saturday, Mar. 30. For more information or reservations call
706-977-4822.,
Hogansville Pilot Club meeting, 6 pm Monday, Apr. 1, at
the Hogansville Recreation Department.
Hogansville City Council meeting, 7 pm Monday, Apr. 1,
in city hall. The public is encouraged to attend.
Lenten Luncheon, noon Wednesday, Apr. 3, Fellowship
Hall of First United Methodist Church. Rev. Randall Hodge to
Speak, with black eye peas and ham served. Donation of $5
per person requested. Public is invited to attend.
God’s Bread Basket food pantry, open 9 am to noon
Thursday, Apr. 4, behind Hogansville Senior Center. Sponsored
by Hogansville Ministerial Association.
Hummingbird Quilt Guild, noon Wednesday, Apr. 10, at
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church.
Lenten Luncheon, noon Wednesday, Apr. 10, Fellowship
Hall of First United Methodist Church. Rev. Terry Rainwater to
speak, with lasagna served. Donation of $5 per person request—
ed. Public is invited to attend.
Hogansville Municipal Court, 1 :30 pm and 8:30 pm, Friday,
Apr. 12, at the Hogansville Police Station.
Hogansville Pilot Club meeting, 6 pm Monday, Apr. 15, at
the Hogansville Recreation Department.
Hogansville City Council meeting, 7 pm Monday, Apr. 15,
in city hall. The public is encouraged to attend.
Easter Egg Hunt, 9 am Saturday, Apr. 20, at Hendrix Field
Hogansville Elementary School. Sponsored by the Hogansville
Police Department for ages 12 years old and younger.
Downtown Development Authority meeting, 6:30 pm
Tuesday, Apr. 23, in Hogansville City Hall. The public is wel-
come to attend.
To. have your non-commercial Hogansville area community
event listed in the Community Calendar, send the information
to andykober@hotmail.com The deadline is each Monday at
noon.
Hogansville, Meriwether
Newspapers to Merge
From Staff Reports
Owned by 'Il'ib Publications, the Hogansville Herald and
Meriwether Vindicator will soon be merging into a single
publication.
Though only a small area of Hogansville is located in
Meriwether County, the two areas have a long and storied
history of commonality.
Long-time residents of both areas will recall when foot-
ball, basketball and other high school sports programs had
teams from Greenville, Hogansville and Woodbury facing
each other in rivalries that were often intense.
Much haschanged since those years as the high schools.
in Hogansvillera'nd Woodbiiry closed. In Hogamiville, high
school students were enrolled! in the newACallawayr‘vHigh
School. Students that would have attended Woodbury, were
enrolled in either Greenville, Manchester, or Flint River
Academy.
Even after the loss of those two high schools, the areas
remained closely intertwined, made more so by the devel-
opment of the Meriwether Industrial Park, part of which is
in Hogansville. That resulted in a combined Hogansville-
Meriwether County Development Authority which benefits
both areas.
Hogansville currently supplies the Meriwether Industrial
Park with water and sewage service. Through another agree-
ment, Hogansville also supplies the industrial park with nat-
ural gas service.
Continuing growth at the I—85 and Ga. Hwys. 54/100 inter-
change is anticipated to create even more opportunities for
cooperative growth benefitting both areas.
Hogansville city officials are staring at, and making
preparations for, a potential housing boom over the next five
years. While some of the new residents will likely be employed
in fighboring LaGrange and Newnan, others could like be
wo‘ g the Meriwether Industrial Park.
Merging the Hogansville Herald and Meriwether
Vindicator recognizes how closely intertwined the two areas
have been and continue to be.
For subscribers, one larger publication will provide more
news and information to both areas. This will benefit adver-
tisers as well as they will reach more potential customers
for less money.
“Community newspapers are about their respective com-
munities,” said Andy Kober who has been reporting in the
Hogansville community for over 13 years. “The merger of
the two publications not only continues that effort but will
help bring the respective communities closer together in
facing the challenges of tomorrow.” '
. The merger of the two newspapers will become effec-
tive with the May 3 edition. The Herald will then be a Friday ,
newspaper.
Those who have subscribed to the Hogansville Herald
or Meriwether Vindicator will continue to receive the com-
bined newspaper. Those who have subscribed to both will
have their subscriptions extended to account for paying for
both publications.
Those with questions or for more information, call 706-
628—3188.
Lenten Luncheons Continue
By ANDY KOBER
The annual series of Lenten Luncheons continue being
held at noon each Wednesday in the Fellowship Hall of
First United Methodist Church.
The luncheonsare sponsored by United Methodist
Women and Hogansville Pilot Club.
A different speaker is featured each'week and a $5
donation is requested per luncheon. Any interested per-
son is welcome to attend.
The menu and list of guest speakers includes:
..-Apr. 3, Rev. Randall Hodge, with black eyed peas and
ham;
- Apr. 10, Rev. Terry Rainwater, With lasagna; and
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Hello, Everyone. Again
we have been blessed to
share another visit. Today I
am reminiscing, or should I
say — sharing a message we
have shared before. The rea-
son being things in my pres-
ent life, have taken me back
to these words.
Sometimes, as we go
down this road of life, we are
so busy planning, working,
living our plans, and some—
times getting so consumed
by the “everyday” that we
lose track of where we are
in life and how the things in
our lives are affecting us.
The recent events have
taken my life on a fast track
to a not so pleasant place. As
we age, we can’t, and in a lot
a cases, shouldn’t do, things
we’ve done in the past. We
have a need to realize our
limitations. Our physical,
mental, spiritual, and emo-
tional capacities do change.
I have found these forms
through which we function
requires our daily care to
remain as strongly function-
al as possible. When we fail
to care for any one proper-
ly, it will fail to thrive, remain
strongly functional, or stop
working altogether.
These thoughts have led
me to share the “Today’s
Thoughts” that we shared
two years ago this week.
3/27/2017 SHARING
THE LIGHT of LIFE
I know of a time in my
life when I did not have the
knowledge about a lot of
things that I have come to
know. I have learned along
this journey of life that if one
is not careful in obtaining
knowledge about things in
life that may have an effect
‘ upon‘you, there will'be eon-
‘ sequences that are not pleas-
ant. I haVe learned that
preparing oneself with
knowledge, pertinent to —or
not — at the time, can always
be used at some point on this
journey for one reason or
another.
Being prepared and
never having to use a
resource obtained is better
than having had the
access/opportunity to obtain
it and thought, “I will never
need to use tha ”—and having
a time come when it is need-
ed-and there your were!
Then thinking, “Wow! If only
I knew then what I know
now!” As it is sometimes said
“Hind sight is 20/20.”
Have you ever had that
moment about anything in
your life? If so, please share
it with us.
At this time I would like
to share something I read
many years ago, it is
called.....TI—IE DASH.
I am not trying to tease
you, but the first line of this
poem reads...
“I read of a man who
stood to speak at the funer-
al of a friend. He referred
to the dates on her tomb-
stone.”
The last words are “So
when your eulogy is being
read... with your life’s
actions to be rehashed, would
you be proud of the things
they say...about how you
lived your dash?”
It is only 239 words, but
the impact felt to me is
like a lightning bolt! What
its meaning is to me, what it
gives to one’s mind and heart
is AMAZING!
“The date you were born
and the date you died aren’t
what really matters. It’s ‘the
dash’ — those years in
between and what you do
with them — that does.”
“When Linda Ellis wrote
the poem in one afternoon in
1996, she had no idea that it
would change her life forev-
er. In 239 words, she cap-
tured the Simple Truths” of
why we were put on this
earth.”
Those words were shared
with you then. . .today I share
the poem in its entirety.
The Dash by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood
to speak at a funeral of a
friend. He referred to the
dates on the tombstone from
the beginning... to the end.
He noted that first came
the date of birth and spoke
of the following date with
tears, but he said what mat-
tered most of all was the dash
between those years.
For that dash represents
all the time they spent alive
on earth and now only those
who loved them know What
that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how
much we own, the cars... the
house... the cash. What mat-
ters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long
wand» hard; are there things
you’d like to change? For you
never know how much time
is left that still can be
rearranged.
To be less quick to anger
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our
lives like we’ve never loved
before.
If we treat each other
with respect and more often
wear a smile... remember-
ing that this special dash
might only last a little while.
So when your eulogy is
being read, with your life’s
actions to rehash, would you
be proud of the things they
say about how you lived your
dash?
As we all live, the time
we have left gets shorter.
Sometimes in the course of
each day’s living, we get lost
in the activities of the course
of each day. We forget to
make each day’s action spe-
cial. We forget the final
round is closer. We forget to
work the plan of our PUR-
POSE with better precision.
Let us not get so caught up
that we find ourselves in the
last lap with the FINISH
LINE staring at us — straight
ahead and we have not pre—
pared to reach it as our
DESIGNED PURPOSE was
made for each of us to do so.
To obtain this poem, do
so at
https-J/thedashpoemcom
May God continue to
guide and bless each of you
as we all continue on our
PURPOSE in this realm of
life. Don’t forget to share
your “Ray of Light” at tign-
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Note: Thank you for the
very positive feedback I have
received regarding this series:
The Stories of My Life. This is
the twelfth story in the series.
Marianne and I have four
children, two boys and two
girls. Heather Renee is the sec-
ond oldest child and the oldest
girl. I should have known that
things were going to be a little
different with her when it took
her three days to make her
grand entrance into this world.
Marianne and I went to the hos—
pital on a Monday for the doc-
tor to induce labor. We waited
all day. Nothing! They tried
again 'Iliesday. Nothing. They
tried again Wednesday and the
birth process started.
However, Miss Heather Renee
was so interestedin seeing what
was going on (Nosey) that she
kept turning to the wrong posi-
tion to be born. The doctor
would reposition her, only for
Marianne to have a contraction,
and she would turn right back,
trying to see what was happen-
ing! In the process she got hung
onMarianne’s pelvic bone. This
necessitated a Cesarean
Section. Consequently, she was
' born with a big ole bruise right
between her eyes and the
bridge of her nose.
This nosiness continued
into her early childhood. I tell
her she was absolutely the nos—
iest child I’ve ever seen.
Marianne and I had a rule that
when adults were visiting, the ,
children had to leave the room
and go play elsewhere. On
many occasions, I witnessed
her walk straight into a wall
while leaving a room. Why?
Because she was looking back—
ward trying to hear what the
adults were saying!
As I stated earlier,
Marianne and I have four chil-
dren. And all four personali-
ties are distinctly different.
When it came to her siblings,
(Her momma and me too!)
Heather was always the
touchy-feely motherly type.
She thought it was her lot in life
to tell them what they could and
couldn’t do, how to do it, when
to do it, and what to do if they
got it wrong. She was their psy-
chiatrist, doctor, nurse, fixer,
and love advisory Yep, as far as
she was concerned, she was
momma! However, that didn’t
fly to well with them. But that’s
another story for another day!
I suppose it’s no wonder
that she became a Registered
Nurse. However, she took the
hard way getting there. When
our children were about to
graduate high school,
Marianne and I told them that
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as long as they went straight to
college we paid their tuition.
However, if they started, decid-
ed to quit, then decided to go
back tuition was on them. This
is exactly what she did. She
wasted a year at West Georgia
University in Carrollton,
Georgia. She dropped out to
take some time to find herself.
She turned around twice and
found herself with a husband
and two babies. Suddenly, col-
lege became important. She
enrolled in the RN Program at. , .
Southern Union. With a husé
band and two babies, I watched
as she worked the night shift
at the hospital and attended
classes during the day. She’s
always been the biggest
“daddy’s girl” as possible. But
this was something she had to’ ‘:
figure out on her own. I could— “‘
n’t do it for her. 'And when I
watched her graduate as an RN,
I’m sure I was the proudest ,
daddy in the room!
One day she was stressing
over a “c” average she had in "
one of her courses. I asked her
if she knew what a RN student
who passed a course with a “c”
was called. She said, “No.
What?” I said, “An RN!” ‘
The Spiritual takeaways
from the column today are
numerous: First, sometimes
we all have trouble getting
started. Secondly, we all have
distinct personality character-
istics and traits that God uses
to form us into who we are.
Thirdly, sometimes we learn I "
that careless choices have
consequences.
Fourthly, we learn that in real-
ity, we alone control of our des-
tiny. And finally, we learn that:
with dedication, hard work, and
the support of a loving husband
and family, our hopes, dreams,
and aspirations can be
achieved. However, some-
times, this means you just have
to suck it up and go! And she
did!
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everything else,'I—Iéathéi‘is'rio‘w
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Baptist Association which
serves Harris, Meriwether and
Troup counties. He is a resident “
of Hogansville.
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