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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 2, Is. 30 Feb.
8, 2013
From the
Editor
I’m writing this a week
early (on 01/31/13) for next week’s paper as we plan to have cousins from Texas
with us the first of next week and are attempting to get most of the work out
of the way for next week’s paper. Well,
it appears that winter is again on its way to
Yesterday was another
milestone for the “old man”--66 years on this earth. I must admit that over the years there have
only been three birthdays that had a significant impact on me. The first, of course, was “sweet sixteen”
when I could get my driver’s license.
What a huge milestone. The next
was 35. You ask what about 21? Well, since I don’t currently and have never
been a drinker, it was most certainly not a “show stopper” for me. If I remember correctly that was the age that
I was able to get an
Moving on, I’m considering a
project that as Carolyn would say should help keep my mind and body young. I’ll reserve divulging the details of that
project for a later time. Let’s just
say, I think it may make me feel like a much younger man if I follow
through. Younger would be better. By the way, I’ll be the first to admit that
what I should be doing is exercising more and eating less. In reference to that I “turned over a new
leaf” last night by not eating anything after 6:00 pm. I read something the other day that implied
that was an excellent way to start cutting back. We’ll see if that helps. I’ll keep you posted.
Interesting as it may sound,
I think I’m starting to feel those negative thoughts of growing old pass. Wait, maybe not. I fear that was just gas.
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Content
Contributors for the Week
Keith
Aldridge
Geary
McDowell
Wayne
Rickerd, Class of 1945
Jim
Whitson, Class of 1957
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
The Model T Ford
This is a great video
showing the first assembly lines at the original Ford auto plant. Neat to
see those guys making the old wooden wheels, mostly by hand. Watch near the end
and you'll see where the model T could go . . . let's see any regular auto of
today do that.
Wonder how many of these are
still in running condition?
Turn on the sound, run in
full screen (left click the little box at the lower right of the You Tube
screen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
The APPLES & JESUS
A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in
In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently
kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all
managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly-missed boarding... ALL BUT
ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath,
got in touch with his feelings and experienced a twinge of compassion for the
girl whose apple stand had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to
call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his
taking a later flight. Then he returned
to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16-year-old girl was totally blind!
She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and
at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd
swirled about her; no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back
on the table and helped organize her display.
As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and
bruised; these he set aside in another basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl,
"Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?"
She nodded through her tears. He
continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to
him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind
eyes.
She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride ... and he wondered.
He gently went back and said, "No, I am nothing like Jesus - He is
good, kind, caring, loving, and would never have bumped into your display in
the first place."
The girl gently nodded: "I only asked because I prayed for Jesus to help
me gather the apples. He sent you to
help me, so you are like Him - only He knows who will do His will. Thank you for hearing His call, Mister."
Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question
burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"
Do people mistake you for Jesus?
That's our destiny, is it not?
To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and
interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting
Scripture and going to church. It's
actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
You are the apple of His eye even though you, too, have been bruised by a
fall. He stopped what He was doing and
picked up you and me on a hill called
Please share this, {IF you feel led to do so}.
Sometimes we just take things for granted, when we really need to be sharing
what we know....Thanks.
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
How Old Are You?
This is a fun little
exercise. Enjoy, assuming you don’t mind
what it tells you!
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/age/calculator.html
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Handbook 2013
If you only act upon three
or four of these things in the New Year, so be it. I’m sure you’ll be better for it.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a
prince, and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants
and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s—Energy, Enthusiasm, and
Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books that you did in 2012.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each
day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10 to 30 minute
walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life
to others. You have no idea what their
journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative
thoughts or things you cannot control.
Instead invest your energy in the positive, present moment.
13. Don’t overdo. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so
seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your
precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are
awake.
17. Envy is a waste of
time. You already have all your need.
18. Forget issues of the
past. Don’t remind your partner with
his/her mistakes of the past. That will
ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to
waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate
others.
20. Make peace with your past
so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of
your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a
school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away
like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win
every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something
good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for
everything.
28. Spend time with people
over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least
three people smile each day.
30. What other people think
of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care
of you when you are sick. Your friends
will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!!
33. Get rid of anything that
isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a
situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel,
get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come…
38. When you awake alive in
the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your inner most is
always happy. So, be happy.
Last but not the least:
40. I just sent this to
someone I care about and I hope you do to, if you just delete.
News
The
Kiowa County Historical Museum is in the process of holding a fund raiser with
tickets on sale for a chance to win 1 of 2 prizes—a quarter of a beef or a 5.1
cubic foot Sears chest freezer. The
Kiowa County Historical Society would like to thank C.R. Freeman, Kirk Duff,
and Todd Duff of Premium Beef Feeders and Power Plus Genetics for their
donation of the quarter beef, processed.
They also thank the anonymous donors of the 5.1 cubic foot Sears chest
freezer.
Tickets
are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5 and are on sale at the Museum at
The
drawing will be held Monday, April 1, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the
Go
by the Museum and buy your tickets! The
proceeds will help a great cause—the wonderful Museum—and you could benefit by
winning one of the prizes.
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The
Roosevelt Senior Citizen Center serves lunch on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The cost is $4 for
those 60 and over and $5 for the younger generation. Stop in and enjoy a good meal while visiting with
your friends.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
February 12: BBQ on a Bun, Baked Beans,
Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
February 14: Meat Loaf, Stewed Potatoes,
Green Beans, Salad Bar, Rolls, Dessert
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The Kiowa County Genealogical
Society will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 12 in the Jake Slaner Room at
the Jane Phelan Library in
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The
Kiowa County Democrat is now being published by new owner, Dee Richardson.
Subscriptions are $30 per year and it is sent out each Wednesday evening.
Email or call for more information.
kiowacountydemocrat@gmail.com
Editor’s note: If you subscribe for the online edition of
the “
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Editors Visit
We
spent the past weekend in
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
February 8 – Polly Kate Tacker
February 9 – Elizabeth
Ferris, 90 years young
February 11 – Sammy Jackson
Happy
Anniversary To:
February 8 – Sharon
& Jim Wood
February 10 – Charles
(Junior) & Dee Curtis, Class of 1965
Humor
The Power of Scripture
A woman had just returned to
her home from an evening of church services, when she was startled by an
intruder. She caught the man in the act
of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled: “Stop!
Acts 2:38!” (Repent and be
baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven.)
The burglar stopped in his
tracks. The woman calmly called the
police and explained what she had done.
As the officer cuffed the
man to take him in, he asked the burglar:
“Why did you just stand there?
All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you.”
“Scripture?” replied the
burglar. “She said she had an ax and two
38s!”
Send this to someone who
needs a laugh today and remember:
Knowing scripture can save your life—in more ways than one!
From the Email
“Bag”
January
31, 2013
Mike,
Good for you!! Oh, hope I
didn’t hurt your ears shouting so loud!
Marilyn
(Morgan) Lester, Class of 1964
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January
31, 2013
Mike and Carolyn,
Another great newsletter. Thanks!
I would like to email the story about American hunters to our children; but,
the end wouldn't include the link on the email. Where can I find the
entire story to send them?
BTW! Someday--soon, I hope--I'm going to write about my mom, Mareta
Morgan. I think she was quite a remarkable lady. She was certainly
a wonderful mom!
Thanks again, you two!
Marilyn Lester (class of '64)
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January
31, 2013
Mike & Carolyn,
I checked the name of the
doctor on my birth certificate and it is Prentiss; (?? H.B. Prentiss -- the
copy I have is not good and it is hard to be certain of the initials).
Linda Orr Hash, Class of
1961
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February
1, 2013
Mike I think you may have
lost it. I have a lot more guns than you
and I would gladly give them all up just to slow down the killing that has been
going on in my country that I love and support no matter who is our commander
in chief. The second amendment was
passed for musket type firearms not assault weapons. I thought the article by Linda Elix was a lot
more factual than yours. Sorry.
Larry Phillips, Class of 1964
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February
1, 2013
Dear Mike:
I'm not really a
"political" person but, I am also concerned about all the
gun control issues being discussed. Have
you been to the doctor recently? When
you do go, he will have a laptop in front of him. He will ask you if you are depressed, have you
been feeling anxious and do you own a gun. This happened to me before all
the recent push for more gun controI, so I did not expect the gun question and
was taken by surprise. I told my doctor
that it was none of his business and considering that this is
Sincerely,
Linda Melton
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February 1, 2013
Hey, Michael,
Good writing on your thoughts of gun control. Many, many of us are with
you even if we don't have an array of weapons ourselves. I do have a
rifle for hunting moles.
It's also great to see so many responses from our other
Regards,
Jerry Curtis, Class of 1961
Food for
Thought
Welfare Vacations
A must see video. This is only
http://videos2view.net/welfare-vacations.htm
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Gun Fight Rules
We received two different
versions of Gun Fight Rules—one on a lighter side than the other. Enjoy both!
In a gunfight the most
important rule is…have a gun! Shooting
advice from various Concealed Carry Instructors. If you own a gun, you will appreciate these
rules. If not, you should get one and
learn how to use it and learn the rules:
A. Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians.
B. It’s always better to be judged by 12 than
carried by 6.
C. Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not
you.
D. Never let someone or something that threatens
you get inside arm’s length.
E. Never say, “I’ve got a gun.” If you need to use deadly force, the first
sound they should hear is the safety clicking to OFF.
F. The average response time of a 911 call is 23
minutes and a police car doing 50 mph, the response time of a 9mm is 1200 feet
per second.
G. The most important rule in a gunfight
is: Always win—There is no such thing as
a fair fight. Always win—cheat if
necessary.
H. Make your attacker advance through a wall of
bullets. You may get killed with your
own gun, but he’ll have to beat you to death with it, “cause it will be empty.”
I. If you’re in a gun fight: If you’re not shooting, you should be
loading. If you’re not loading, you
should be moving. If you’re not moving,
loading, or shooting, you’re probably dead.
J. In a life and death situation, do
something. It may be wrong, but do
something!
K. If you carry a gun, people may call you
paranoid. Nonsense! If you have a gun, what do you have to be
paranoid about?
L. You can say ‘stop’ or any other word, but a
muzzle pointed at someone’s head is pretty much a universal language.
M. You cannot save the world, but you may be
able to save yourself and your family.
“Peace is that brief
glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading” – Thomas
Jefferson
The following 22 rules were
handed out by an ATF agent to participants in an informal gun training session
he was holding.
1. Bring a gun.
Preferably, bring two guns. Bring
all your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting
twice. Ammo is cheap; your life is not.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow
miss.
4. If your shooting stance is correct, you’re
not moving fast enough or using cover effectively.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. Lateral or diagonal movement is best.
6. If you can choose what to bring to a
gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In the future no one will remember details
about caliber, stance or tactics. They
will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting you should be running
or reloading.
9. Use a gun that works every time.
10. Someday someone may kill
you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it
because it is empty.
11. Always cheat. The only unfair gunfight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan. Have a backup plan because the first one
won’t work.
13. Use cover and
concealment whenever possible.
14. Speed is fine but
accuracy is final.
15. Never drop your guard.
16. Watch their hands. Hands kill.
In God we trust, everyone else keep your hands where we can see them.
17. Decide to win before the
fight begins.
18. Be aggressive ENOUGH,
quickly ENOUGH.
19. The faster you finish
the fight, the less shot you will get.
20. Be polite. Be professional. But always have a plan to kill everyone and
everything you see.
21. Be courteous to everyone
and friendly to no one.
22. Your number one option
for personal security is awareness, avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
Obituaries
Curtis
Gerald Wallis, 82, former Kiowa County resident and husband of Peggy (Watson)
Wallis, Class of 1950
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