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VOL 16, NO 1 [email protected] • www.troupcountybanner.net Thursday, January 9, 2014

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LaGrange

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Just For LaughsA mother took her little boy to

church.

While in church the little boy

said, “Mommy, I have to pee.”

The mother said to the little

boy, “It’s not appropriate to say

the word ‘pee’ in church. So,

from now on whenever you

have to ‘pee’ just tell me that

you have to ‘whisper’.”

The following Sunday, the lit-

tle boy went to church with his

father and during the service

said to his father, “Daddy, I

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The father looked at him and

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5/20

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the

LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own

understanding.

This week’s focus is on

faith. When we trust with

all our heart we have faith

in that person to do what he

said. Our Bible says God

loves us. I believe that. It

says God gave His only

begotten Son. I believe that.Jesus said if I go away I

will come again. I’m wait-

ing for that! I don’t under

stand with my simple mind

How God could love some

undeserving sinner; adopt

him into God’s family and

then give that sinner eternallife. I believe that!

There are a lot of things

about this world and people

I don’t understand. I do

believe God has it all under

control. God did not create

this and go off and leave it

to its own resources. God’s

guiding hand is in every-

thing whether we under-

stand it or not.

I know, many have losttheir jobs. Many are going

thru very hard times. Many

are about ready to give up. I

believe God allows trials

and hard times to come our

way to test us. Not to break

us! Its one thing to say we

have faith and another to

live that faith on a daily

basis. It’s our reaction that

proves who we are. How

are you reacting to your

life’s hardship?

God Bless,

Walter D. Hill D. Min.

P.O. Box 235

LaGrange, Ga. 30241

E-mail:

[email protected]


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The HELP Spay/Neuter Clinic will meet pet

parents on Wednesday, January 15, in the park-

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Plantation Way, LaGrange, GA. Pets will be

transported to the surgical hospital in Newnan

for surgery, where they will spend one night of

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made by calling 770-304-7911 or 770-897-

4231. Mention “Happy New’ter Year” to

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($75-105); Male Dog ($70-100); Female Cat

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Additional services available, please visit

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8/20

In case you needed further

proof that the human race is

doomed through stupidity, here

are some actual label instruc-

tions on consumer goods.

On a Sears hairdryer -- Do not

use while sleeping. (That's the

only time I have to work on my

hair.)

On a bag of Fritos -- You could

be a winner! No purchase nec-

essary. Details inside. (the

shoplifter special?)

On some Swanson frozen din-

ners -- "Serving suggestion:

Defrost." (but, it's just a sug-

gestion.)

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert

(printed on bottom) -- "Do not

turn upside down." (well...duh,

a bit late, huh!)

On Marks & Spencer Bread

Pudding -- "Product will be hot

after heating." (...and you

thought????...)

On packaging for a Rowenta

iron -- "Do not iron clothes on

body." (but wouldn't this save

me time?)

On Boot's Children Cough

Medicine -- "Do not drive a car

or operate machinery after

taking this medication." (We

could do a lot to reduce the rate

of construction accidents if we

could just get those 5 year-olds

with head-colds off those bull-

dozers.)

On Nytol Sleep Aid --

"Warning: May cause drowsi-

ness." (...I'm taking this

because???....)

On most brands of Christmas

lights -- "For indoor or outdoor

use only." (as opposed to

what?)


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9/20

Questions about Obama

Care? Join Republican

Women at their Luncheon on

Tue., Jan. 14th. Wendell

Strickland, a health insur-

ance consultant will bespeaking. The meeting place

is the Highland Country

Club. The time is 11:45 a.m.

to 1:00 p.m. Lunch is

$12.00, and reservations are

required before or on Fri.,

Jan. 10th. To place your

reservation call 706-884-

3039.

MLK “Can We Dream

Together” Parade (January11, 1 pm, downtown

LaGrange). Annual Rev. Dr.

Martin Luther King prayer

breakfast and parade. The

theme for the parade is “Can

We Dream Together.”

Contact Yvonne Pittman at

[email protected] or

706.616.2484 for more infor-

mation.

Callaway Gardens School

of Needle Arts (January 12,

9 am to 5 pm, CallawayGardens). The Callaway

Gardens School of Needle

Arts has been one of

America’s premier needle

arts events for more than

four decades. The school

includes a well-stocked bou-

tique, a bookstore offering

new and rare out-of-print

titles, a juried needle arts

exhibit, and two merchan-

dise nights featuring the lat-est in needlework tools,

beads, wearable art and

more. For more information,

email Pat Callihan, Callaway

Gardens School of Needle

Arts Coordinator, at pccal-

[email protected] or

call 1.800.7.NEEDLE

(763.3353).

The HELP Spay/Neuter

Clinic will meet pet parents

on Wednesday, January 15,

in the parking lot of Tractor Supply Company, 100

Plantation Way, LaGrange,

GA 30241. Pets will be

transported to the surgical

hospital in Newnan for sur-

gery, where they will spend

one night of recovery at the

hospital before returning at

Noon on Thursday, January

16. Appointments are

required, and may be made

by calling 770-304-7911 or

770-897-4231. Mention“Happy New’ter Year” to

receive a $14.00 discount.

Please visit www.helps-

payneuter.org for more infor-

mation. Also see our ad on

Pg. 6.


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Positive Thinking

When all the stores

were still located in

town and it was very

hard to get a parking place. Every time I

went to town I always

got a place to park with

positive thinking. My

cousin Louise, told me

to always think positive

and I would be better

off because of it.

Once around Christmas

time Gary, my brother

and sister-in-law, Etta

and I decided to go to

J.C.Penney’s. We had

some Christmas gifts to

buy. Gary said he

would go but there was

no way we would find

a parking place any-where near J.C.

Penney’s. It was noon-

time on a Saturday it

would be impossible.

He just did not know

the power I had. I start-

ed my positive thinking

before we left the drive

way. We pulled up infront of Penney’s and

there was no parking

place. He said I told

you so. I told him to go

around the block onemore time. He said it

would not do any good

but he would do it just

to prove me wrong.

As we rounded the cor-

ner at Broome St. and

Main St. we saw peo-

ple running. Something

had to be wrong. This

was a block from

Penney’s and all these

people were running to

their cars. Some of

them waved at us to

wait until they moved

their car. We just sat

there waiting and

watching. It was amaz-ing. When all was said

and done every car in

front of Penney’s was

gone. We had our pick

of about ten or twelve

parking places.

Gary pulled in a place

directly in front of

Penney’s and sat therelike he was in shock.

He said that was the

weirdest thing he had

ever seen. He said all

of those people werehurrying to get in their

cars so that we could

park. Than he turned

and looked at me like I

was magic and said

that was scary. He said

he didn’t think he

wanted to go anywhere

else with me. I really

don’t know why. I

thought I did a good

thing.

Thanks to Louise I do

that today. I think God

was the one that

deserved the credit but

I like to think Louise

and I had a little to dowith it. That goes to

show if we used a little

more positive thinking

and a little less nega-

tive thinking we would

all be better off.

By: Emily Morgan

Allen


11/20

Mardi Gras once again

comes to LaGrange as

Twin Cedars Youth and

Family Services kicks off

the season with the

Second Annual “Behind

the Mask” Mardi Gras

Ball and fundraiser at

Del’avant in downtown

LaGrange on Saturday,

February 1st.

Modeled after the New

Orleans Carnival season,

Twelfth Night began on

Epiphany, January 6th,

and lasts through Mardi

Gras Day. Contemporary

American Mardi Gras

traditions begin as

Twelfth Night ushers in a

season of parades, balls,

and king cake parties.

On January 6, communi-

ty and press met at the

Brickhouse Grille for an

opportunity to learn more

about the Second Annual

“Behind the Mask” Ball,

meet the candidates for

the Royal Court—a new

addition to this year’s

event--and highlight thelocal LaGrange programs

sponsored by Twin

Cedars Youth and Family

Services.

Twin Cedars Youth and

Family Services promis

es to positively impact

the lives of children,

their families and support

systems through the pro-

vision of multiple servic-

es of the highest quality.

Twin Cedars abides by a

mission to empower chil-

dren, youth, and families

to achieve optimum

potential. Twin Cedars

aims to become the lead-

ing provider of quality

services for children,

youth, families, and com-

munities.

Please refer to our website,

http://www.twincedars.org

for more information.

Additional information

regarding the “Behind the

Mask” Ball can be found

http://www.twincedars.org/e

vents/behind-the-mask.php

or contact Samantha Link at

(706) 594-0188 or by email

at [email protected].


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-15 You can cut your breath and

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-20 Cat insists on sleeping in paja-mas with you.

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14/20

Once upon a time a little

candle stood in a room

filled with other candles,

most of them much larg-

er and much more beau-tiful than she was. Some

were ornate and some

were rather simple, like

herself. Some were

white, some were blue,

some were pink, some

were green. She had no

idea

why she was there, and

the other candles madeher feel rather small and

insignificant.

When the sun went down

and the room began to

get dark, she noticed a

large man walking

toward her with a ball of

fire on a stick. She sud-

denly realized that theman was going to set her

on fire. "No, no!!" she

cried, "Aaaaagghhh!

Don't burn me, please!"

But she knew that she

could not be heard and

prepared for the pain that

would surely follow.

To her surprise, the room

filled with light. Shewondered where it came

from since the man had

extinguished his fire

stick. To her delight, she

realized that the light

came from herself.

Then the man struck

another fire stick and,

one by one, lit the other

candles in the room.

Each one gave out the

same light that she did.

During the next few

hours, she noticed that,slowly, her wax began to

flow. She became aware

that she would soon die.

With this realization

came a sense of why she

had been created.

"Perhaps my purpose on

earth is to give out light

until I die," she mused.

And that's exactly what

she did.

God created you and I to

produce light in a dark

world. Like that little

candle, we all can pro-

duce the same amount of light, no matter how

small we are or what

color we might be. But

we can't produce light

until we receive it from

an outside source. That

source is Jesus Christ,

the light of the world.

Addendum -- Matthew

5:16 (NIV) "'In the

same way, let your light

shine before men, that

they may see your good

deeds and praise your

Father in Heaven'."


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16/20

John was the toughest guy in the

9th grade – which wasn’t a bad

thing if he liked you.

Thankfully, he liked me, and I

was smart enough to figure out

how to keep it that way. Whenhe blasted me from behind dur-

ing football practice, I jumped

up and told him, “Good hit!”

When he found out I was inter-

ested in a girl he liked, he said I

should stay away from her, and I

agreed. And when we were

matched in a gym class

wrestling tournament, we

worked out a mutually beneficial

strategy: I would go down

quickly, and he wouldn’t hurt

me.

Cowardice? That’s such an ugly

word. I prefer to think of it as

Adolescent Darwinism. Just as

turtles didn’t outlive the

dinosaurs by being tougher than

a T-Rex, I figured that the safest

way to survive junior high was

to stay on John’s good side –

which was sometimes hard to

find.

Like during gym class basketball

games. John was a fiercerebounder and defender, but he

had no offensive game at all.

Lay-ups caromed off the rim

wildly. Backboards began to

quiver even before his jump

shots crashed into them. And his

free throws weren’t free throws;

they were adventures. All of

which was upsetting to John.And since it was unwise to play

against him when he was upset,

I offered a little constructive

criticism.

“The problem with your free

throws is your follow-through,”

I said.

“My what?” he replied, omi-

nously.

“Follow-through,” I continued.

“As you shoot, you’re supposed

to follow-through by flicking

your wrist. Like this.” I demon-

strated, forming a graceful

goose-neck with my wrist.

“That looks goofy,” John said.

“Maybe so. But it’s better than

shooting shots that look goofy.”

That was a tactical error on my

part. Within a few minutes I was

on my back, the result of awell-placed elbow from John

while going after a rebound. As I

hustled out of the gym, blood

spurting from my nose, I heard

him call after me: “How was

that follow-through?”

So I’m a little reluctant to dis-

cuss follow-through with any-one, especially since I’m clearly

no expert on the subject – and

no, I’m not talking about the fol-

low-through on my jump shot,

which still goose-necks nicely.

I’m talking about the follow-

through that makes it possible

for us to accomplish the goals

we set as each New Year

approaches.

Take, for example, my 2012

goal: lose 20 pounds. In order to

do so, I swore off Diet Dr

Pepper. I cut out late night junk

food binges. I started eating

healthier and exercising a half-

hour a day. In fact, I swore off,

cut out and started those things

three or four times during the

year. You see, I’m great at set-

ting goals, but like my junior

high buddy John, I’m not much

at following through. I’ve

jumped on and off the Diet Dr

Pepper wagon so many times

I’ve increased my vertical leap

by three inches. I’ve started so

many diets that Kirstie Alley,

Valerie Bertinelli and Marie

Osmond want to do an interven-

tion for me. And I’ve launched

enough exercise regimens to

depress Richard Simmons.

But this year, I’m taking my

own advice: I’m going to

accomplish my New Year’s

goals by following through. For

each resolution I make, I’m also

going to make a plan for how

I’m going to accomplish it.

While it’s important to keep our

eyes on our ultimate, long-range

goals, it is sometimes discourag-

ing to think about losing 20

pounds when the weight comes

off an ounce at a time. That’s

where focusing on the plan – the

follow-through – can help. If

working the plan becomes the

resolution, then accomplishment

of the ultimate goal naturally

follows.

I can’t lose 20 pounds today, but

I can exercise for 30 minutes

today. I can say “no” to late

night snacks tonight. I can drink

more water and less Diet Dr

Pepper today. And if I follow-

through on the plan every day,every week for 52 weeks, the 20

pounds will naturally fall off.

And come New Year’s Day

2014, my goose-neck will look

more graceful than ever.


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Paying The BillA scraggly looking guy goes into a

restaurant and orders some food.

The waiter, looks at the man’s

appearance, and says: "No way. I

don't think you can pay for it."

The guy says, "You're right. I don't

have any money, but if I show yousomething you haven't seen before,

will you give me the food?"

"It's a Deal!" replies the waiter.

The guy reaches into his coat pock-

et and pulls out a hamster. Then he

places the hamster down and it

immediately runs to the end of the

counter, jumps down on the floor

and runs across the room. Then it

hops-up on the piano stool, and

then up on the keyboard, and starts

playing Gershwin songs. To every-

one’s surprise, the hamster is reallygood.

The waiter says, WOW, "You're

right. I've never seen anything like

that before. That hamster is truly a

good piano player." The guy downs

the hamburger he ordered and asks

the waiter for another.

"Money or another unique sur-

prise," says the waiter.

The guy then reaches into his coat

pocket again and pulls out a frog.

He puts the frog on the counter,and the frog starts singing. Again,

much to the surprise of everyone,

the frog has a marvelous voice.

Truly a very good singer.

Suddenly, a stranger from the

other end of the counter runs over

to the guy and offers him $300 for

the frog.

Without hesitation, the guy says,

"It's a deal!" He takes the three

hundred cash and gives the

stranger the frog. The stranger

runs out of the restaurant, shout-

ing with joy.

The waiter says to the guy, "Are

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"Not really," says the guy, "the

hamster is also a ventriloquist."


18/20

Cellphones are ubiquitous and

research shows that although

most users think they have

good mobile manners, many

people report being irritated or

annoyed by the use of the phones in public places.

Clearly there's a lack of under-

standing of what is and isn't

acceptable in terms of cell-

phone etiquette. Following is a

list of do's and don'ts:

- Do respect those who are with

you. When you're engaged

face-to-face with others, either

in a meeting or a conversation,

give them your complete and

undivided attention. Avoid tex-

ting or taking calls. If a call is

important, apologize and ask permission before accepting it.

- Don't yell. The average per-

son talks three times louder on

a cellphone than they do in a

face-to-face conversation.

Always be mindful of your vol-

ume.

- Do be a good dining compan-

ion. No one wants to be a cap-

tive audience to a third-party

cellphone conversation, or to sit

in silence while their dining

companion texts with someone.

Always silence and store your phone before being seated.

Never put your cellphone on

the table.

- Don't ignore universal quiet

zones such as the theater,

church, the library, your daugh-

ter's dance recital and funerals.

- Do let voicemail do its job.

When you're in the company of

others, let voicemail handle

non-urgent calls.

- Don't make wait staff wait.

Whether it's your turn in line or

time to order at the table,

always make yourself available

to the server. Making servers

and other patrons wait for you

to finish a personal phone call

is never acceptable. If the call

is important, step away from

the table or get out of line.

- Don't text and drive. There is

no message that is so impor-

tant.

- Do keep arguments under

wraps. Nobody can hear the

person on the other end. All

they are aware of is a one-sided

screaming match a few feet

away.

- Don't forget to filter your lan-

guage. A rule of thumb: If you

wouldn't walk through a busy

public place with a particular

word or comment printed on

your T-shirt, don't use it in cell-

phone conversations.

- Do respect the personal space

of others. When you must use

your phone in public, try to

keep at least 10 feet (three

meters) between you and oth-

ers.

- Do exercise good internation-

al calling behavior. The rules of

cellphone etiquette vary from

country to country.

Good cellphone etiquette is

similar to common courtesy.

Cellphone users should be

thoughtful, courteous and

respect the people around them.


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Sorry, Officer, I didn't

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detector wasn't

plugged in.

Aren't you the guy

from the Village

People?

Hey, you must've been

doin' about 125 mph

to keep up with me.

Good job!

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I thought you had to

be in good physical

condition to be a

police officer.

You're not gonna

check the trunk, are

you?

I pay your salary!

Gee, Officer! That's

terrific. The last offi-

cer only gave me a

warning, too!

Do you know why

you pulled me over?

Okay, just so one of

us does.

I was trying to keep

up with traffic. I know

there are no other cars

around. That's how far

ahead of me they are.

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Officer your eyes look

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