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Being Available For Our Little OnesOn May 17, my wife and I welcomed our first granddaughter. Baby R weighed in at barely five pounds and had several health challenges since she was born at just 37 weeks. Despite these early issues, we are grateful she is growing stronger and beginning to thrive. ...
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News From HandyAs I bring the Handy School Memories series to a close, I realize there is much more than fits this column and I am pleased to refer you to a book that contains a full reprint of Bonny’s articles. When I compiled them into the aforementioned book I provided a copy to my friend, Mrs. ...
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News From NaylorPhyllis and Jerry Adair from Colorado and Jimmy Keel from Pearl, Miss. were here visiting with Freat Stout. They are the children of Freat’s sister, Myrtle and Jim Keel. I got to keep my ex-dog, Mitzy, overnight. My sister Pam and Weldon Cos went to Mississippi to pick up their grandson, Ashton, who had been down there visiting. While there they also celebrated their granddaughter, Morgan Bailey’s early 12th birthday. She lives there...
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News From Out WestI enjoyed a special birthday with my granddaughter Harley Hudson as she celebrated her 5th birthday on Saturday the 13th. She will officially turned 5 on July 18. Her dad, Matt Hudson had a special day for her. With a barbecue and of course birthday cake. ...
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A Good WordWe were excited last weekend as our son and family were coming to visit. DID I TELL YOU OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS WERE COMING? We decided to have a big family wing ding at the cabin and ended up having a family bunch numbering thirteen. You may or may not remember that this gal is from the flatlands of Kansas, and as such, did not include the birthright of southern women. ...
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Close To Home“The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.” That was written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh in her book “Gifts from the Sea” published in 1955. She penned her inspirational meditations and musings during a solo getaway to Captiva Island off the coast of Florida. She contemplated modernization, bemoaning time-saving gadgets that complicated life rather than simplifying it and pondered the escalating busy-ness that diminished family dynamics...
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Modern Hill WomanCousin Week This week has been absolute chaos. The whole house is sticky. I can’t find the source of several weird smells, especially in the bathrooms. I’ve done at least two loads of towels every day. The basement television remote is missing. Food and drinks have been devoured as if by hungry wolves. There have been six kids staying at Pop and Gram’s for Cousin Week...
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TrustLast Friday, my wife and I took our grandson, J, to the St. Louis Aquarium. Since he is not yet two, we knew he would not get as much out of it as he will when he is a bit older, but we were convinced he would enjoy the day. We planned only to stay a couple of hours because he is so young, and his attention span is understandably short. ...
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Circuit ThoughtsMark 6 is a pretty dark chapter in the ministry of Jesus. John is in prison. (Keep in mind John is the cousin of Jesus. He also baptized the Christ). John is in prison for upsetting the wife of Herod. Well, it was a little more than that. You see, Herodias was married to Philip, the brother of Herod. ...
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Reflections of Grace - Revelation 20:2-3“And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.” — Revelation 20:2-3...
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A Good WordShe thought she could do it. Yet, in the back of her mind, there was a hint of doubt. She was older now, and not as spry as in the days of her youth. Still, the new and untried tempted and beckoned her, beyond, what she was to find she could endure. ...
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Reflections of Grace: Genesis 12:2“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing.” — Genesis 12:2 The subject of this promise in Genesis 12:2 was the patriarch Abraham, from whom the people of Israel are descended and through whom God promised to bring blessing to all the world (v. 3). It would be no overstatement to say that Genesis 12:1-3 establishes the trajectory of the entire rest of the Bible from that point forward...
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Circuit Thoughts: Practice What You Preach“Practice what you preach”, is a statement many believers don’t want to hear. The reason being is that it is often an accusation. When someone says it to us, there is a pretty good chance we have acted less than ideal in their eyes. But, I often wonder how the accusers think followers of Christ are supposed to act...
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News From Out WestFirst, I would like to apologize for several mistakes in my birthdays and anniversaries report. I am going to repost birthdays and anniversaries from the 15th forward: (17th) Veronica Taylor, Hali Adams, (18th) Braxtyn Donaldson, Harley Hudson, (20th) Tim Honeycutt, (21st) Trent Ray, (25th) Cooper Jackson, Drake Blair, (26th) Joshea Barnett, (27th) Johnathan Murdock, (28th) Rosey Pinney, (29th) Alan Pinney, (31st) Melissa Eddens, Lindell Freeman, Pam Bridges, Robert Brown, Phillip Smith, and (25th) Etna and Ken Shearon. ...
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Close To Home“I’ll never get anything done if that phone keeps ringing!” “Look at the line!” “Wanna go shopping with me?” Expressions from another lifetime, one with periods of exasperation and burnout due to overwhelming responsibilities, ill-timed interruptions and despair for circumstances beyond my control...
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News From HandyAs we resume Bonny’s Handy School memoir, let’s review the situation in the summer of 1942. The school board had been striving to meet the conditions set forth to regain state funding: A minimum of 15 students with transportation and a certified teacher that the parents could collectively pay for the entire school year. ...
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News From NaylorOur senior citizen’s center has a political meet and greet for local people running for office on July 20 at 2 p.m. Come meet the candidates to hear what they have to say. There was an article in last week’s paper if you need more information. Recently Dahlia Tharp Garrison from Colorado was in the area visiting. ...
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Some Like It HotThis week I bought a half bushel of peppers from my friend LeAnne. I was choking and crying and burning as I was processing them, and I started wondering why some people love hot, spicy food. I can tolerate the occasional jalapeńo, but we don’t do a lot of blazing inferno, tear-inducing, gasping-for-air foods in our house, at least not on purpose...
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July 13, 1994 — Ducks Are Ready To Race In ACS Event
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Circuit ThoughtsMatthew 25:31-46 has an interesting parable. I hope you read it. It is the parable of the sheep and the goats. Verses 31-40 are powerful. When the sheep are praised for all their good works, they ask “When did we do this?” That is a telling statement of the life these folks lead...
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Reflections Of Grace - John 4:21“Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.” — John 4:21. This week’s article takes up where we left off last week, engaging the prevailing dispensational approach to Biblical interpretation. My assertion is that, contrary to the “two-peoples of God” thesis of dispensationalism, the Holy Scriptures teach that there is but one people of God, first expressed and initiated as Israel under the Old Covenant, and continuing as the Church under the New Covenant. In this way Jew and Gentile are united together in the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ.. ...
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America Has Been BlessedDuring the deadly September attack, casualties mounted, with both the capital and the White House being targeted. What few know is how the President secretly sent a Georgetown attorney to meet with our enemies in an attempt to secure the release of a prominent hostage. However, he was detained before his mission could be completed and had to watch the attack. During the battle, he could only pray as he sat helplessly aboard an enemy ship...
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Modern Hill WomanLong Lost Cousins People complain about how bad Facebook is. But for me, it has been a blessing. Years ago, during some health issues, I was homebound. Facebook let me stay connected to the world outside my house. I’ve found former classmates, kept up with community events, and stayed in touch with family. ...
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Handy NewsHandy turned out en force to help with the music at Van Buren nursing home Tuesday: the three ‘Sisco kids’ Cathy, Ervin and Ivan, Ivan’s wife Billie and ‘Aunt Margie’ who was drafted to play piano since Johnny Davis was unable to go. Regulars, Diane Oesch and Jay the banjo man along with Jeanette Heavin and Carol Stevens had the program well in hand, taking song requests from residents and moving it right along...
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News From Out WestWhat is the old saying and old song; “Another day older and deeper in debt?” Well, on July 3, I celebrated my 73rd birthday. So this old saying kind of makes me feel this way. I have been spending time with my great-nieces Kenzie and Kara Hall. Kara decided she was going to plan me a birthday party. ...
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