CHRISTMAS TIME

WELL, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, CHRISTMAS. I MISS THE YEARS WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE SMALL AND BELIEVED IN SANTA. WE WOULD GO TO A LIVE MANGER SCENE. OH YES AND THE TRADITION'S WE HAD EACH YEAR. SETTING OUT SNACKS AND GOODY PLATES ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND INVITING OVER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SINGING CAROLS AND WATCHING CHRISTMAS SHOWS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. LETTING EACH CHILD OPEN ONE GIFT ON CHRISTMAS EVE. WHAT MEMORIES. MY CHILDREN ARE 29 AND 32 NOW. BUT THEY OFTEN SPEAK OF THOSE FOND MEMORIES AND ALWAYS WITH A SMILE. YET I ALSO REALIZE THAT THE REASON FOR THE SEASON IS NOT THE FAT -JOLLY MAN IN THE RED SUIT, SQUEEZING HIS LARGE FRAME DOWN CHIMNEY'S AND DELIVERING TOYS TO ALL THE GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. NO, CHRISTMAS HAS BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN A WALET BURNNER. DRAINING ON THE OLE POCKETBOOK. IT HAS BECOME SO COMMERCIALIZED THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE LAUGHING IS THE BIG CORPORATE GIANTS LIKE WALMART, KMART, JC PENNY, TOYS ARE US, SEARS, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT SEEM TO BE JOLLY. THE REST OF US HAVE EITHER WORKED ALL YEAR, SKIMPED AND SAVED OR WE HAVE DONE WITHOUT SO THAT OUR KID'S CAN HAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE SEEN ON TV AND IN THE TOY ILSE FOR THE PAST YEAR. OR WE HAVE GOTTEN OURSELVES SO DEEP INTO DEBT THAT IT WILL TAKE US ALL YEAR TO CATCH UP. IF NOT LONGER. PEOPLE LIKE WALMART STARTED PUTTING OUT THERE CHRISTMAS STUFF BEFORE THANKSGIVING. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS? SURE, WE ALL WANTED TO GIVE OUR KIDS EVERYTHING WE DIDN'T HAVE AND MORE. WE HAVE SPOILED THEM TO THE POINT THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE IMAGINATIONS. THEY ARE OVERWEIGHT- HYPER AND HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE A.D.H.D AND A.D.D. THEY NO LONGER WANT TO GO OUT SIDE AND SPEND HOURS RIDDING THEIR BIKES OR BUILDING FORTS OUT OF TIN AND STICKS. THEY DON'T WANT TO ADVENTURE OUTSIDE TO EXPLORE. INSTEAD, THEY WANT TO STAY GLUED TO THE TV SET WATCHING CARTOON WHERE EVERYONE IS FIGHTING WITH SOME KIND OF A WEAPON, OR THEY WANT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES FOR HOURS ON END. SURF THE NET, BARLEY NOTICING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORNING AND NIGHT. THEY HAVE BECOME THE "ME"
GENERATION. CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEY WANT INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY COULD GIVE TO OTHERS. AFTER ALL, ISN'T THAT WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT? FOR ALL THOSE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE, I WONDER HOW YOU THINK YOU CAME TO BE. THE MIRACLE OF LIFE. IT TOOK MORE THAT THE ACT TO CREATE LIFE. GETTING THE NOSE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE EYES PLACED JUST SO. AS I WATCH MY GRAND KIDS GROW UP I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE MY OWN CHILDREN WERE YOUNG. THE CHANGES ARE NOT GOOD. WE HAVE BECOME A GREEDY NATION. MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH MATERIAL ITEMS. LOOK AROUND. IN A NATION THAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE SUPER POWER, WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE. A LOT OF THE HOMELESS ARE THE VETERANS THAT FOUGHT TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY FREE. WE HAVE CHILDREN AND WHOLE FAMILIES GOING HUNGRY AT NIGHT. WE HAVE LOST THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS USE TO BE ABOUT HELPING OTHERS. I DON'T MEAN PUTTING SOME CHANGE IN THE POT WHILE THAT MAN OR WOMAN RINGS THE BELL FOR HOURS ON END. I MEAN REALLY HELPING PEOPLE. PUTTING A CHRISTMAS MEAL ON SOMEONES TABLE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ONE. FIXING SOMEONES CAR THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED, BUT DESPERATELY NEEDS THEIR CAR TO GO TO WORK. PUTTING HEAT IN SOMEONES HOME THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY TO KEEP THEM WARM. SITTING WITH AN ELDERLY PERSON THAT HAS NO ONE TO TALK WITH. OUR COUNTRY MUST GET BACK TO THE BASICS. WE MUST REMEMBER WHAT THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT. WE MUST START LOVING OUR FELLOW MAN. WHEN OUR FOREFATHERS STARTED THIS COUNTRY, I'M SURE THEY NEVER WISHED FOR THIS COUNTRY TO LOOSE THE TRUE MEANING AND SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. AFTER ALL, IT'S NOT THE AMOUNT OF TOYS YOU GIVE YOUR CHILD EACH CHRISTMAS THAT COUNTS. ITS THE MEMORIES YOU LEAVE WITH THAT CHILD THAT WILL LAST A LIFE TIME AND BE HANDED DOWN GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. THE GOOD AND KIND THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR A NEIGHBOR OR STRANGER, WHICH WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR YEARS TO COME. JESUS BIRTH, LOVE AND MERCY IS WHY WE CELEBRATE THE 25TH OF DECEMBER, NOT TO FORCE WALMART'S STOCK TO RISE. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET "THE REASON FOR THE SEASON"
MERRY CHRISTMAS......

Superintendent has gotten what he deserves

Yea, lets say yea for the superintendent of Luarel County. He finally got what he deserved. I can't believe that our school board would hire and employ a man that is so narrow minded as to tell our young men that they couldn't ware pink shirts because pink is for queers. First of all that is improper language. You don't go around calling gay people queers. Second of all, the color pink does not make young men gay. If he was as educated as he professes, he would know that you are either born gay or not. Durning the 8o's when the Miami Vise look was so popular, my son, now 6'6" and 300lbs, father of two and no where even close to being gay, use to ware a white pair of pants with a white jacket along with a pink shirt. You know the ones with the Izod emblem on them. I guess he was around 10. He's no worse for ware. He's not gay. Sounds like he needs to go back to the holler and re-educate him self. Second of all, since when does the color pink indicate the sexual preference of a male? And no earrings? I don't happen to think that earrings look good in a young mans ears, and yes it was a fad in the 8o's that is now so dead and gone, but young people have to have a way to express their selves. And yes having two earrings makes the young men look like they are trying to be girls, but again they have to be able to express them selves some way. So if dressing like girls helps them to identify with who they are, then I say more power to them. I just hope that they out grow this part of their lives and move on. Because it really looks stupid on a grown man. Any way, back to the superintendent. Its about time that they get rid of him. Send him back to the holler where he can push his hillrod ideas on people that might not hang him. Wearing pink shirts, having earrings in their ears has nothing to do with the person our young men are or will become. They are young and trying to find out who they are and where their going. Perhaps that's what wrong with our superintendent, perhaps he was never allowed to express him self and therefore became the prick he is to day.
Pick up your last pay check Francis and head that uhaul back to the holler....

Idiots among us

Why is it that 10 years ago our small town was a wonderful place to live. Having only two high schools and two middle schools we remained a fairly small town. But of course our wonderful city council wanted us to be more like Lexington KY. Well people you now have your wish. We have the gangs in our high schools and middle schools. We have had what I like to refer to as white trash move in to our town from all over the country. Mostly from the northern states, Michigan, Ohio and Indianana. We have gotten the trash and now our town is cluttered with the Debry. What use to be a wonderful place to live in has become a nightmare from hell. Smart ass kids that have brought their attitude with them, and decided that gang warfare is the way they want to live. Instead of using their brains they believe they have to use their mussel. Their parents can't be any better to allow their kids to act like this. What happened to the good ole spanking? Its just like the good bible says, spare the rod spoil the child. Now government has decided that we no longer have the right to raise our kids according to the bible but to their standards. And they wonder why we have kids that act the way they do. Not to mention the traffic problem. Why don't they all pick up their little trash pile (kids) and go back to where they came from. Maybe we could have our wonderful little town back. Dont get me wrong. There have been some wonderful people move into Laurel County. Just to many of them! Less is more.

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DO CHILDREN EVER GROW UP

I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT KIND OF KIDS WE RAISED. I COULDN'T WAIT TO GROW UP AND GET OUT ON MY OWN. I ASKED MY MOTHER FOR HELP MAYBE 3 TIMES IN MY LIFE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IF I WAS GROWN UP ENOUGH TO MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS AND DO WHAT I WANTED TO DO, THEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO LIVE ON MY OWN AND PAY MY OWN WAY. NOW ADAYS KIDS IN THE 20'S AND EARLY 30'S THINK MOM AND DAD ARE MADE OF MONEY. ALWAYS CALLING AND WANTING TO BE BAILED OUT OF THEIR MISTAKES. PEOPLE SAY, ITS TOUGHER NOW THEN WHEN WE WERE KIDS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. ITS THE SAME RODEO, JUST DIFFERENT RIDERS. NO ONE CAN PAY OUR WAY THROUGH LIFE. JUST LIFE NO ONE CAN MAKE CHOICES FOR US. THAT'S HOW WE MAKE MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM. HOW COULD WE HAVE RAISE KIDS SO INSECURE WITH THEM SELVES? NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET. SO WEAK THAT THEY HAVE TO DEPEND ON DRUGS AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES TO OCCUPY THEIR TIME AND HELP THEM TO COPE. TO HAVE A CHILD SAY.. I SMOKE POT SO I CAN GET A DON'T GIVE A CRAP ATTITUDE TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THEIR KIDS.... THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THIS. I WISH SOME OF MY KIDS WOULD TRY HARDER TO CARE FOR THEM SELVES AND FOR THEIR KIDS, AFTER ALL, I WASN'T THE ONE THAT HAD 8 KIDS AND REFUSE TO CARE FOR THEM. STEALING ISN'T THE ANSWER....

CAKES BY VIVIAN

JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW- I PRODUCE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WEDDING CAKES, ANNIVERSARY CAKES AND BIRTHDAY CAKES YOU COULD EVER LAY YOUR EYES ON. I HAVE USED A FOUNTAIN WITH SOME AND OTHERS NOT. THEY NOT ONLY LOOK BEAUTIFUL BUT THEY TASTE EVEN BETTER. YES, YOU COULD GO TO WALMART OR KROGER AND GET A CAKE THAT IS LESS EXPENSIVE BUT IT WOULD NOT COMPARE WITH MY CAKES. I HAVE SEVERAL CAKES TO CHOOSE FROM--WHITE-YELLOW-ITALIAN CREAM-LEMON SHERBERT-STRAWBERRY DELIGHT- RED VELVET-CHERRY VANILLA. THE GROOMS CAKE IS USUALLY CHOCOLATE WITH CHOCOLATE DIPPED STRAWBERRIES ENCIRCLING THE CAKE, DRIZZLED WITH TWO KINDS OF CHOCOLATE. I DO DELIVER WITHIN THE AREA, SET UP AND RETRIEVE MY SEPARATOR PLATES AFTER THE RECEPTION. YOU CAN EITHER BUY BEAUTIFUL SILK FLOWERS, (I BUY FROM MICHAELS IN LEXINGTON) OR USE FRESH FLOWERS THAT THE FLORIST PLACES ON THE CAKE. I WILL PLACE SILK BUT AS I SAID YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE FLOWERS. THERE IS A DEPOSIT ON THE SEPARATOR PLATES AND PILLARS WHICH YOU GET BACK WHEN I GET THEM BACK. YOU WON'T BE SORRY WHEN YOU CHOOSE CAKES BY VIVIAN..... YOUR GUEST WILL BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR CAKES FOR MONTHS TO COME....

THIEF'S AMOUNG US

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A NEIGHBOR THAT STEALS YOUR DOG FOR CHRISTMAS MONEY? ON RIVERSIDE LOOP IN LILY KY, ON DECEMBER 12, 2005 ONE OF MY WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS DECIDED THEY NEEDED CHRISTMAS MONEY AND STOLE MY 1 YEAR OLD JACK RUSSELL. I LET HIM OUT TO POTTY WITH HIS RESCUE SISTER AND ONLY SHE CAME BACK. HE WAS ONLY OUT FOR 15 MINUTES. HE HAD HIS GREEN COLLAR ON WITH HIS TAGS TELLING EVERYONE WHO HE BELONGED TO. IT WASN'T LIKE NO ONE ALREADY KNEW THIS. BUT FOR SOME REASON NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS SAW ANYTHING. I MEAN IT WAS AROUND 3:30 PM, AND NO ONE SAY ANYTHING? YEA, OK. I PUT UP REWARD SIGNS AND STILL THE THIEF NEVER BROUGHT HIM BACK. BUT YOU KNOW MONEY TALKS AND IT DID. I KNOW WHO TOOK HIM. I HAVE TURNED MY HEAD AND LOOKED THE OTHER WAY WHEN IT CAME TO ALL THE ILLEGAL GOINGS ON HERE ON THE LOOP. BUT NOW I AM GOING TO SPILL MY GUTS LIKE A LITTLE PIG IF THIS PERSON DOESN'T BUY MY DOG BACK AND RETURN HIM TO ME WITHIN THE WEEK. I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST THESE PEOPLE. I NEVER BOTHERED THEM AND KEPT TO MY SELF FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO JICK WITH ME? VENGENCE IS MINE SAITH THE LORD, EXCEPT WHEN HE'S ON VACATION. I THINK HE JUST LEFT FOR FLORIDA.