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Todays Gazette is being brought to you, in part, by the letter "B".
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The current temperature is 32 degrees.
Yesterdays H/L temperature was 38/30
Normal H/L temp for this date is 51/30
It sounds like the weather this weekend will be wonderful for Jillian's
Benefit. Please plan to attend this Sunday.
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"Profanity makes ignorance audible."
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L O C A L news & stuff,.. mostly stuff.
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It's beginning to look like the "rumor" about the Tollack's Furniture
Store building taking on a new life has credence. Some folks are already
using a name for the new proprietor.
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The latest "rumor", has another down town Grafton business
establishment changing hands. Rumor's are funny little critter's that,
often, grow up into full blown facts. Then again sometimes there just
used to add value to a story without a plot. Or so it seems to me.
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Thanks for the neat little poem about winter Lowell. I too have it
memorized.
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For reasons no-one can explain. Grafton is suffering from a rash of
broken windows in the down town area the past few days. The area of
"attack" appears to be within the down town business district. The
weaselly window wackers even busted the glass in the front door of the
mayor's office. It would make sense to concentrate every available
resource in that area until the low down scoundrels are captured and
hung up by their thumbs,... or something.
It seems funny that a hunter can get a picture of every critter that
walks thru the woods, yet we can't photograph the buffoon breaking all
the windows.
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I am pleased to see "some" have taken the time to let us know there
still well and taking on oxygen. Actually several have. Many have simply
said, "yup" I'm still hear, or yes, we're still reading it,...
sometimes, or several variations thereof.
The Reverends Yeager, however, sent along this note with their
response. >>>
Subject: A Reply, As You Like It
Dear Gary:
In accord with your desire, here is a "we're still here" from the
Pastors Yeager family of Salisbury, North Carolina.
The big news in NC is Carol becoming pastor of, get this, Luther's
Lutheran Church (!) in rural Richfield, NC. Old Luther's (gravestones in
the churchyard go back to 1800) sits on a pleasant country crossroads
out in the sticks, not unlike, say, Zion of Hoople, with about as many
folks. After all that urban ministry in Grafton, Carol is now officially
a country pastor. Greg continues in the bustling metropolis of China
Grove (ca.4000 souls). For more information, give us a shout:
cyeager2@carolina.rr.com
We are always grateful to hear from the Gazette, Gary, so if you, every
once in a while, consider it a thankless job, well, thanks!
Greg and Carol Yeager
Salisbury NC <<< Thanks a million for caring and sharing. It might
interest you to know, the parsonage you once resided in just down the
street from us, is still empty.
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Over the past several months "our" humble little community has
entertained several new business ideas and business ventures. The
following "story" shared by Dawn Keeley should gives us all food for
thought. She wrote: >>> Gary -
Thought that there may be some value in sharing this latest blurb from
Boomtown USA...hope you don't mind me sharing...
Throwing Cold Water?
posted by BoomtownUSA
What could a group of monkeys have to do with your town? And, cold
water? I hope you read this blog and see if it applies to you.
In a famous experiment, five monkeys were placed in a room with a
bunch of bananas hanging from the ceiling. Beneath the bananas was a
ladder. It didn't take one of the monkeys long to figure out how to
climb the ladder to get a banana. However, every time a second monkey
tried to go up the ladder, all of the others were hosed down with cold
water.
Eventually, whenever a monkey made a move for the ladder, the other
four monkeys would physically prevent him from reaching his prize.
Eventually none of the monkeys ever made a move for the bananas.
One by one the original monkeys were removed from the room and a new
monkey was introduced. Each time that the new monkey in the room made a
move for the ladder and bananas, the other monkeys would beat him up.
After several beatings each monkey decided not to go near the ladder.
Eventually all of the five original monkeys were replaced by new
monkeys. None of these new monkeys were ever sprayed with water, but
none of the five new monkeys would go near the ladder or bananas.
Does this lesson apply to our town? Do we "beat up" anyone with a new
idea that could assist our community to reach a higher level, until
eventually no one is willing to try anything new because they know how
they will be treated?
Isn't it time to stop throwing cold water on any new idea? What have we
got to lose? Dawn Keeley <<< Thanks a million for caring and sharing
Dawn. Without question, several of the monkeys in this story live right
here in Shivercity.
Jealousy coupled with a mountain of facetiousness may well be part of
the reason Ekatta's has been converted back into a sailboat fuel storage
facility.
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The other night, as I was passing a small research project in the
Gazette library. I got to thinking about the folks that make up American
Crystal Sugar Company. Gosh I sure miss them, and, I miss all the things
they do. YUP, I guess it's true. I'm still a sugar tramp, thru and thru
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~~~~~~ REMEMBER ~~~~~~
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend
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If anyone is willing to provide items to Jillian's Benefit Bake Sale.
Please let us know. You can call AK at 352-2241 or 360-2241. If
possible, you can bring your items to Market place on 8 anytime Sunday
morning. The same holds true for any items for the silent auction.
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GOTTA GO WORK ON MY DASH
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The Gazette works best, when the folks that read it, write it. Or so it
seems to me.
Write if you can, call if you can't, and, tell your loved ones they are,
before it's too late.
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