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SEPTEMBER 2013

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Growing up in Harriman ........ 22

By Pete Semanick

Precious Memories ................. 2

By Kay Christopher

Round Racin' .................... 10 & 11 Racing news or views

Bible Beat .............................. 8 & 9 Quizzes, puzzles, facts

Seen and Heard .......................... 2 By our readers

Entertainment ............................ 3 Trivia, facts, movie mistakes

Writer's Page .................... 18 & 19 Our readers submitted writings

Aunt Hattie ............................... 12 Hurry-up recipes

According to the Almanac ......... 4 When to do what

Mother, Interrupted ................. 25

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Obituaries ................................... 7 Monthly

Fun & Facts for Kids only ....... 14 And Adults

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Can You Find Me多 ................... 20

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SEEN & HEARD IN ROANE COUNTY By O.I. Seenya • A woman at Food City, performing her “warm-up” exercise outside in the parking lot, before going inside to load up her shopping cart.

• A lady at a public meeting saying her friend said her property was so steep, she needed a bulldozer just to grade out a spot for her dog to sit and bark.

• An excitement in the air as Roane County gets ready for some Football!

• People had complained about the Old Bills Market on Ruritan/Hassler Mill in Harriman being an “Eye Sore”, after tearing it down, now several are saying its become a mosquito breeding ground.

When I die

The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped. When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don't call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.

Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.

Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain. Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play. Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.

Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk. Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, and let them grow so that someday, a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the rain against her window.

Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow. If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man. Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God. If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever. By Robert N. Test The Roane Reader is a monthly publication and a privately owned partnership.

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Precious Memories By: Kay Christopher

Mama As alot of you know, my Mama passed away on July 30th. Mama had a happy. but rough life. She had 6 kids in 8 years. We didn’t have much, but I remember Mama cooking pinto beans every Monday of her life (until she couldn’t walk on her own). She also washed clothes on that wringer washer every Monday, too. She hung the clothes out in the winter and sometimes they would freeze before she got them on the line. Then she ironed each piece that we wore. I was the youngest of the 6, so I got the old hand-me-downs, but Mama always made them look good.

She handmade our dresses and made sure we were dressed for church as good as anyone was.

We always had a hot meal for supper everyday. Most of the time it was beans, potatoes and cornbread, but we ate good. We ate breakfast before school, then we ate the packed dinner she made us for lunch (no money for lunchroom meals).

Thanks to Mama, we all had a happy and memorial childhood.

Daddy was good to us, but Mama was the one who took care of us.

I remember the family trips we took to either Chihowee Park or Lake Winnie every summer, and the Sundays we’d all load up and go swimming, or just go riding.

Boy, Mama left us with some good memories, and personally, I think that’s the best thing you can leave someone.

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3. Cut the toe and cuff off of two socks, then cut the ‘tube’ that is formed down one side. Place both flat layers together, sew around edges and place under your cooking oil to prevent oily residue on your shelves.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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Voted Top 9 Best Movies of the 40s

Boys & Girls Clubs of Roane County will open with a pilot club at Harriman Middle School mid-December. The initial fundraising campaign will be a key to success in Roane County.

My husband and I are on the Resource and Development Team.

What that really means is that we are responsible for helping raise money.

Our Kickoff will be a 5k at Hooray for Harriman on Labor Day, which means we don't have much time. The cost is $25.00 and includes a t-shirt if you register before Thursday Aug. 29th. You can run, walk or just donate. I am waiting for the updated flyer to be emailed to me with registration information that I can give to you or I could go ahead and register you myself. Please let me know if you are interested.

We will also have a booth and several activities for the kids at Hooray for Harriman. Spread the word !!!

As Educators, we understand better than most the need and the excitement for this program. We also understand about investing in the future of our children. So, please prayerfully consider participating in the 5K or just giving a donation to the cause.

The Bowers staff is working on forming a group for the 5K and everyone will wear our Bowers shirts. I would like to challenge each school to do the same. Please join us and show your school Spirit and commitment to making Roane County a safe place for our children to learn and grow while they are not in our care at school.

Thank you for all you do, Tammy Stockton, Bowers Elementary School Resource and Dev. Team Boys & Girls Clubs of Roane Co.

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(Beginning with #1) Casablanca In WWII Morocco, a world-weary nightclub owner (Humphrey Bogart) is reunited with a former flame (Ingrid Bergman).

It’s a Wonderful Life An indebted banker (James Stewart), considering suicide, is given a sobering glimpse at what the world would be like without him.

The Maltese Falcon In John Huston's debut, a San Francisco private eye (Humphrey Bogart) tails jewelry thieves intent on stealing a gem-encrusted falcon statue.

Miracle on 34th Street A Macy's Santa Claus (Edmund Gwenn) helps a co-worker's daughter (Natalie Wood) rediscover the Christmas spirit.

Citizen Kane A reporter (William Alland) is charged with uncovering the facts of the life of an enigmatic newspaper magnate (Orson Welles).

The Philadelphia Story Philadelphia socialite C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) is determined to undermine the marriage ceremony of his ex-wife (Katharine Hepburn).

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Ragtag duo Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt) team up for an ill-fated prospecting mission in California.

Sergeant York Howard Hawks's biopic of WWI hero Alvin York (Gary Cooper) includes a bolt from the blue that sets the ne'er-do-well on the path to greatness.

The Grapes of Wrath Ex-con Oklahoman Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) and his mother (Jane Darwell) set out for California in search of a better life, via John Steinbeck.

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Garlic...a bug repellent

Can you imagine a really good spaghetti sauce that wasn’t made with garlic? Or how about the garlic toast that is served with it?

If you live in a tropical area there are dozens of biting insects then you might try this...Take a garlic capsule everyday and it keeps those little devils from biting. No, it does not leave you smelling like garlic either, so don’t worry.

So you see, garlic is very versatile and used for many things besides keeping vampires away. People used to wear a necklace of garlic for that purpose. Can’t say I would go that far.

Garlic for Health For those who think raw garlic "bites", briefly cook in microwave, water, a small amount of oil, or mix in many foods.

Garlic oil from crushed cloves or garlic capsules can heal surface infections, cuts, herpes blisters, and other ailments.

Before you get carried away with pills, capsules, and other sources of concentrated garlic goodness, be aware that the Mayo Clinic says, "Unfortunately, garlic is most effective when you eat it raw and in large amounts.

I remember reading that Eleanor Roosevelt ate several cloves of raw garlic every day, which she covered with honey, because she hated the taste. She did live a long active life.

Garlic: A Quick Guide Garlic, there’s nothing like the smell of it. Its great in soups and sauces, roasted with meats or on its own, and it’s wonderful mixed with butter and slathered on bread and then baked.

Although related to the onion, and having a flavor that very slightly resembles that of an onion, garlic does not bring tears to the eyes when chopped.

The strong flavor and odor of garlic come from sulfur compounds within the cells. The more cells that are broken, the stronger the flavor of the garlic will be.

For the mildest flavor, just use a whole or slightly crushed clove of garlic. For a bit stronger flavor, slice or chop the garlic, and for the strongest flavor, mash the garlic into a paste.

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Matt Walsh who runs blog, wrote this letter to Barack Hussein Obama in response mainly to the rodeo clown in Missouri and how he is very sorry that it must have hurt his feelings. Hope you find it as amusing as we did here at The Free Patriot: Dear President Obama, I’m reaching out to you as a friend. I know you must be deeply hurting after what happened at the Missouri State Fair. Sure, you probably try to avoid watching the news while you’re on vacation, but I’m sure the pilot who airlifted your dog to your rental mansion in Martha’s Vineyard probably caught you up to speed (that guy is such a chatterbox). Your jaw must have hit the floor when you heard the news: A rodeo clown in Missouri poked fun at you. Yeah, I know, almost impossible to believe.

The gall! The gumption! The racism! Don’t worry, the entire country erupted in outrage, Democrats and Republicans issued statements of condemnation, and now the offending clown has been banned for life from the Missouri State Fair. There will likely be “action taken” against the Missouri Rodeo Clown Association, and I do hope justice is visited upon them. I think we’re all a little sick of the Missouri Rodeo Clown Association causing trouble. It’s something new every week with those guys.

But all of this is of no consolation. The fact is, a rodeo clown in Missouri made fun of you. Nothing can ever ease the pain he has caused. This sort of crass lampooning of public officials has never happened at a rodeo until now, and I know that because a bunch of people who have never been within 150 miles of a rodeo said so. And then — worse still — the crowd erupted in applause at the spectacle of a guy in an Obama mask being chased by a rampaging bull. Racists, the lot of ‘em! I mean, Bush never got this sort of treatment. Nobody ever mocked or satirized him. No crude jokes were told about him. Nobody ever wished violence or death upon him. Ever. You know why? Because he’s white.

White presidents always get treated nicely, especially white Republicans. Just ask Lincoln. The whole country agreed for over two centuries that we don’t ever insult presidents, then you get into office and all of a sudden every day is Pick on the President Day. Outrageous!

Besides, you are due some respect. You’ve earned it. You’ve done nothing but serve these people and make their lives better, and this is how they treat you? Ungrateful brats. You should drone bomb these haters. Just kidding. But seriously, you should. You’re the first president in history to actually order the assassination of American citizens, and I say why stop with some Muslim propagandist and his completely innocent son who never committed any crime at all?

I’m especially sick of these punks in the middle class who won’t stop complaining about you. What’s their issue? OK, you haven’t done anything about the unemployment rate your whole time in office, median household incomes have dropped, less businesses are opening, the number of people in poverty has increased while the number of high paying jobs has decreased, all of this while taxes go up and Obamacare looms, threatening to strangle small business owners and put thousands more out of work, but so what? I’ve got two words: Food stamps. Or is it foodstamps? I don’t know, I can’t spell it, I can just use it to get my Lucky Charms and Dr. Pepper. You’ve made all of this “work” crap obsolete by increasing the entitlement state more than any president ever in history! You’re adding more than 11 thousand Americans a day to SNAP. You’ve got millions relying on the government for rent, cable, phone, even birth control. I guess this horrible economy stuff would be kind of a bummer if not for all the delicious welfare. Who needs an economy anymore? We’ve got you, baby.

So how could anyone be upset at you? How could they delight at the degradation and mockery of Barack Obama? What’s wrong with these right wing rednecks? Are they still sore about the whole thing where you sent the IRS after your political opponents to harass and hinder them during an election cycle? Or the stuff about spying on the phone records of every American? What about all this business about you arming and funding Islamic Militants overseas and then orchestrating a cover up when a bunch of them murdered your ambassador? Are folks STILL mad that you funneled weapons to drug cartels and then threatened whistle blowers into silence? Or is it all this fuss over your Justice Department spying on and attempting to prosecute journalists? Is it the wildly unpopular two thousand page health care law? The regulation mandating that religious employers provide abortifacients to their employees? The millions of tax dollars you’ve given to the abortion industry and the blessings you wished upon a group of wealthy abortionists? The bailouts? The green energy scams? The massive expansion of government? The out of control deficit spending? The lies? The broken promises? The betrayals? The corruption? The attacks on our fundamental liberties?

I can’t imagine why anyone would get too worked about any of that. Like you said, that stuff didn’t happen. Or it did, but it’s not a big deal. Or it’s not a big deal because it didn’t. I can’t remember, I just know that you treat anyone who raises any of these concerns with utter contempt and disregard, which clearly proves that they are wrong.

Mr. Obama, if you were actually guilty of being a deceitful despot who murders, conspires, and steals, then obviously all true Americans would have no choice but to giggle with glee at the sight of your likeness being gouged by an angry bull. Fortunately, that isn’t the case, which is why I’d like to apologize on for the entire state of Missouri, for everyone who has ever attended a state fair, and for everyone in the rodeo clown community. You are still special, and I still love you.

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Tribute: Submit your Memorials, Dedications or just lift up those you love - FREE Our Grand-Daughter Our Grand Baby Girl I’m With You To: Christian E. Gibson To: Cristina Gibson

From: Katie Randolph When we looked into those blue-green eyes and saw that beautiful smile.

We knew we would forever be in love with this our first grandchild.

We watched you grow from a precious baby to a happy and sweet little girl.

You wound Nana and PaPa around your finger you knew how to “rock our world”.

So soon you’ve now become a young woman you’ll have choices to make everyday.

And when in doubt of what is right or wrong, just turn to Jesus and pray.

He only wants what is best for you He’ll never lead you astray.

And always remember PaPa and I love you and pray for you everyday.

HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY

In Memory of Cole Heide

From: Katie Randolph God took the “sparkle” from diamonds.

He took the “precious” from pearls.

The “beauty” He took from roses and with them He made little girls.

He took the “sweetness” from honey.

He took the “softness” form dew.

He took the “bright rays” from sunshine and used all of these to make “you”.

Pa Pa and I will always be thankful for God’s “gracious gift” from above for He whispered, “I give you Cristina, Remember to handle with love.”

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY, Baby Girl!

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In each snowflake that lands on your cheek, I’m with you When the wind blows through your hair, I’m with you.

When the sun warms your skin, I’m with you.

When you hear your favorite song, I’m with you.

In the laughter of every child, I’m with you.

When you are happy and even sad, I’m with you.

Each photo you pick up and touch my face, I’m with you.

In the stories you share about my life, I’m with you.

At night when you wake up and think of me, I’m with you.

In each prayer when you ask God to ease your pain, I’m with you.

With each passing holiday and my birthday, I’m with you.

So don’t be so sad, just know that I’m everywhere, watching, listening, comforting and waiting. I’m with you!

For Cole as you celebrate your 10th year in Heaven. We know you’re with us. Love, Mom (Jill), Nin and Gran (Darla & Johnny Cole), Uncle Mike, Aunt Joni and cousin Barrett.

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Obituaries

July 26rh James J. Wesolowski, 35, Kingston July 29th Dave Gunter, 72, Spring City July 30th Vonda Juwon Black, 65, Oakdale Jacqueline Lemons, 90, Harriman July 31st George Carlisle Sparks, 93, Ten Mile Ella June Stanley, 89, Kingston Aug. 1st Glenn “Wayne” Oakes, 59, Harriman Aug. 2nd Carla Nye-Martinez, 27, Ten Mile Aug. 4th Ms. Claudia Norman, Kingston Patsy "Pat" Morford, 80, Rockwood Teola “Abe” Patterson, 80, Kingston Wallace Pelham, 71, Harriman Aug. 5th Randall “Randy” Hall, 56, Harriman Aug. 7th Wanda J. Lane, 79, Rockwood, Edwin R. Eastwood, Jr. 78, Kingston Aug. 8th Daws Bridges, 88, of Harriman Aug. 9th Thomas Monroe Barnes, Harriman Aug. 10th Thomas L. Sheldon, 66, Rockwood Aug. 11th (C.T.) McLoughlin, 72, Harriman Charles W. Gallaher, 44, Harriman Daisy W. Jackson, 92, Harriman Evelyn Rogers, 88, Oakdale Aug. 12th Frances Moore Everett, 94, Kingston Aug. 13th Evelyn Flower Corrie, Rockwood, Aug. 15th John (Jack) Maguire, Sr. 77, Kingston Aug. 18th Lenice Stinnett Watts, 96, Rockwood Aug. 19th Teri Lynn Stephenson, 54, Rockwood Eloise B. Phillips, 101, Kingston Aug. 22nd Robert O. Young, 87, Kingston Aug. 23rd Thomas H. Crabtree, 66, Westel

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Valley of Sorrow

Lillian Jacqueline Lemons

Cleve (Pete) Randolph Went to be with the Lord August 25th, 2010 Pete, I miss you so much since you went away.

I grieve in my heart and my soul every day I look at your picture and feel so alone I just can't help but wish you were home.

God surrounds me with family and friends who care And they lift me up to Him in prayer.

They do so much to ease my pain and encourage me over and over again, I truly appreciate all they do, but my heart and thoughts are always on you.

For fifty-two years I've been your wife And I prayed you'd be with me the rest of my life.

But God in His wisdom had a different plan, And I'm trying so hard to understand.

But in this dark valley I know He leads For I feel His presence as he walks with me.

He surely has a work for me down here still, And each day I pray to know His will.

So wait for me at Heaven's gate, for God's always on time, He's never late.

He will unite us again on Heaven's shore Where we'll walk with our Savior forever more.

Until then, good night my love.

In deep sadness, but thankful for the memories Katie B. Randolph November 9, 2010 Isaiah 41:13

Mama was ninety when she passed. She had six children: Linda (deceased), Larry, Jerry, Sandra (deceased), Rita, and Carolyn Kay; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren.

Mama had a very hard life. She was an orphan, she had six kids in eight years, and was a TB survivor.

Mama never raised her voice or had a bad word to say about anyone. There wasn't a mean bone in her body. I cannot list the myriad of things she did for us, but she never asked for anything for herself. She was the most unselfish, generous, and forgiving person I've ever known. She was a giver, not a taker. Her life was one of giving and sacrifice.

The last years of her life were spent in near-constant pain, but she never really complained. She was the truest and realist Christian I've ever known. She was love and compassion personified. When I think of her, she puts me to shame. - Jerry Lemons

Happy Birthday Phil Longhurst Sept. 14th

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning.

You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could. – Louise Erdrich

April 14, 1923 - July 30, 2013

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Bible Trivia 1. Which king asked for the foreskins of 100 Philistines?

2. Who rolled away the tomb stone?

3. What did Samson find in the carcass of the animal he had killed at a later time?

4. What is “friendship with the world”, according to James?

5. Who said “glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to men”?

6. In which book of the Bible does Noah’s ark appear?

7. When Samuel was called by the Lord as a child, who did he think was calling?

8. To whom did Jesus say “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God”?

9. Who does Paul say is head of the woman?

10. Who sang a song celebrating the downfall of Sisera?

Trivia Answers: 1.Saul 2.An Angel 3.Bees and honey 4.Enmity with God 5.Angels 6.Genesis 7.Eli, the priest 8.Nicodemus 9.Man 10.Deborah & Barak

Things God won't ask on THAT day 1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove.

He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.

2. God won't ask the square footage of your house.

He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

3. God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet.

He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

4. God won't ask what your highest salary was.

He'll ask if you compromised character to obtain it.

5. God won't ask what your job title was.

He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.

6. God won't ask how many friends you had.

He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

7. God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived.

He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

Bible Beat

Forgive Your Brother, Matthew 5:17-37 When you are angry with your brother, Jesus says go and make things right between you. Forgive your brother before presenting yourself at God’s altar. Forgive your brother first and ask for his forgiveness, too. Forgiveness is a gift that God treasures. It may require that you give back something you have taken. It may mean that you are not correct. No one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. No one knows everything. Even when you try your best, you are human and you will make mistakes in action and thinking. God forgives you. Forgive your brother and yourself. You will feel great afterwards.

Across 1. not me or them 3. meet a need 6. home of God and Angels 7. blab 8. is better than 13. do something wrong 14. prayer ending 16. physical part of a person 18. opposite of in 19. promise 20. skin covering to keep warm 21. bad 23. rule 24. let go 27. following God's laws 31. after all others 34. detected sounds 37. allow 38. part of body that sees 39. six minus five 40. earth 41. is not able to 42. God's laws Down 1. okay

2. up to a certain time 4. except 5. master 6. owns 9. not home 10. promise 11. those who obeyed Jewish laws

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12. so 15. get rid of 17. get unmarried 22. too 25. fail to win 26. entire 28. hell

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Forgive Your Brother, Matthew 5:17-37

God has forgiven you. He wants you to forgive your brother. Your brother is not perfect. You are not perfect. Forgive your brother. Ask your brother to forgive you, too. Then forgive yourself. This is the gift that God wants you to give him when you go to church. When you go up to his altar, he wants you to be at peace with all of your brothers and sisters. Forgiving others and forgiving yourself is the best gift you can give God. You will feel good. God will give you many blessings because you have forgiven.

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Children of Israel Benjamin listened closely as the pastor read from the Bible.

'May I ask a question?' Ben asked.

Of course, go ahead, ask your question,' replied the pastor.

'Well, the Bible says that the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea,' continued Ben, 'also that the children of Israel built the temple, the children of Israel did this and the children of Israel did that.

Didn't the grown-ups ever do anything?'

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Bible Quest

1. What happens to “treasure laid up on earth”?

It was Palm Sunday but 2. Whose mother was instructed to drink no wine or strong drink because of a sore throat, 5 year during her pregnancy? old Craig stayed home from 3. Who was the successor to Moses? church with a babysitter. When 4. What should you not “throw before swine”? the family returned home, they 5. What was the name of the woman who hid the spies at were carrying several palm Jericho? fronds.

6. In the letter to the Corinthians, who does Paul say is a “new Craig inquired as to what they creature”? were for.

7. Which prophet is recorded as having an earnest prayer for no 'People held them over Jesus' rain answered? head as he walked by,' his father 8. According to Thessalonians, what will happen to the believresponded. ers alive at the return of Christ?

'Wouldn't you just know it?'

9. How did the Philistines discover the answer to Samson’s Craig complained, 'the one riddle?

Sunday I don't go and he shows 10. When he was approached by Jesus, who said, “What have you up.' to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you

by God, do not torment me.”?

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NASCAR Facts How Do Nascar Drivers Know How Fast They Are Going down Pit Road?

The NASCAR drivers use a tachometer. A tachometer measures the RPMs and knowing that helps the driver to know how fast they are driving down pit road, and also how fast they are driving during the race.

What does NASCAR stand for?

NASCAR stands for National Association Stock Car Auto Racing. It is a sporting association for stock car racing which was founded in 1948 by a mechanic called Bill France Sr. How Are Points Allocated for NASCAR Standings?

NASCAR points are awarded based on finishing position in a race. 43 for 1st place, descending until you get 1 point for finishing 43rd. One bonus point is awarded for leading a lap, leading the most laps, and 3 bonus points are awarded to the winner of the race.

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Household Hints  If you don’t have a scouring pad, ball up a piece of aluminum foil and us it to scrub your pots and pans.  Need to fill some nail holes when you rehang or relocate a picture? Use white toothpaste, it will harden and also pick up the pigment from the paint color of your walls.  Can’t find a Phillips head screwdriver? Try using a large nail and grip the nail with pliers to give it some leverage.  Cut a rubber bath mat in half (lengthwise) and keep the pieces in your truck. The next time you are stuck in ice, snow or sand, place a piece under each rear wheel to give it traction.  Stuff plastic grocery bags into an empty tube (toilet paper or paper towel) and keep under the car seat. They will stay neat and out of sight, but will be there when you need them.  Old Tin Pie Plate - Hammer a nail through the center of the pie plate, then place a couple of washers under and hammer the nail through your cupboard shelf. You now have a lazy- Susan for your spices.  Protect the teeth of a circular saw by storing the blade in an old record album cover.  Small glass jars are great for storing nails and screws. If you want to be extra organized, drill a hole in the lid and mount to the underside of a shelf. Makes what you are looking for easier to find.  Throw a few pieces of chalk into your tool box, it will help absorb moisture and keep you tools from rusting. Use the broken pieces you children are no longer drawing with.  Have some old perfumes or colognes in the cupboard that you no longer use? Place a drop or two onto a cool light bulb. When you turn it on it will give a lovely fragrance to your room.

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Aunt Hattie's "Hurry-Up" Recipes

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Polish Sausage and Veggies 4 cups cubed peeled potatoes 1/2 cup sweet yellow pepper (about 2-1/2 pounds) 1/2 cup sweet red pepper 1 pound smoked Polish sausage, 1-1/2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning cut into 1/4-inch slices 1 tablespoon canola oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 tablespoon butter In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the potatoes, sausage, onion, peppers and Cajun seasoning in oil and butter for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Makes 6 servings.

Grilled Carrots with Lemon and Dill

1 pound carrots, scrubbed and patted dry 2 teaspoons high-heat oil 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided

1 tablespoon dill, minced 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Trim tops the carrots and cut crosswise into pieces 3 inches long. Cut any thick ends in half lengthwise, so all pieces are about 1/2- to 3/4-inch thick. (If you are using an outdoor grill, see note below.)

In a bowl, toss with the oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Preheat grill pan or grill over medium-high heat.

Place carrots cut-side down on the grill and cover. (Use a big pot lid or a metal sheet pan as a grill pan lid.) Grill for 4-5 minutes, until the carrots develop sear marks and are beginning to soften. Flip, cover, and grill for another 4-5 minutes. Carrots will be softened with a bit of crunch in the middle.

Transfer the carrots to a bowl. Mix in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, dill, lemon juice and pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Creamy pasta salad

1 package corkscrew-shaped pasta (rotini) 1/2 of a 14-oz. bag frozen broccoli florets 1 small green pepper, cut into 2-inch strips 1 small onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup) 1 medium tomato, chopped (about 1 cup)

Dried parsley, dried basil and dried oregano leaves Grated Parmesan cheese Shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1 can (10 3/4 oz) Cream of Mushroom Soup 1/2 soup can milk

Prepare the pasta according to the package directions in a 6-quart saucepot. Add the broccoli, green pepper and onion during the last 4 minutes of the cooking time. Drain the pasta mixture well in a colander. Return the pasta mixture to the saucepot. Stir the tomato in the saucepot. Season with the parsley, basil and oregano. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and Monterey Jack cheese, if desired.

Heat the soup and milk in a 1-quart saucepan over low heat just until the mixture is warm, stirring occasionally. Add the soup mixture to the pasta mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Useful Uses

1. Toothpaste: Buff a CD/DVD. Apply toothpaste to a cotton ball and wipe the disc. Wash with water afterwards. You’ve got a brand new disc!

2. Cornstarch: Untangle Knots. Sprinkling corn-starch into tough knots, such as shoe laces helps loosen them.

3. Walnut: Buff Dings out of Wood Furniture. Get rid of unsightly scratches and dings on wood furniture by rubbing a walnut on the areas. The blemishes will vanish quickly and your furniture and pocket book will be saved.

4. Club Soda: Make Your Breads Fluffier. When baking, where recipes call for water, add club soda instead to make pancakes, waffles and any other breads fluffier.

5. Salt: Keep Windows Frost Free. Pour a cup of salt into a liter of water. Sponge the liquid onto the inside of window to pre- vent frost from forming during the winter months.

6. Rubbing Alcohol: Re- move Permanent Marker. Dab the surface that has the permanent marker on it with a cloth or cotton ball covered in alcohol to make it disappear quickly.

7. Chap stick: Stops Bleeding When Nicked Shaving Cut yourself shaving? Just swipe some chap stick over the cut to stop that constant bleeding.

Apple Juice: Removes Dandruff. Don’t ask how it works, but it does! Instead of buying a special shampoo, just wash your hair in apple juice to rid your scalp of pesky dandruff.

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Homemade Coffee Creamer For whatever flavor of creamer you want, you start off with the same basic ‘base’ recipe.

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1/8 Cup fabric softener 14oz sweetened condensed milk 2 tablespoons Baking Soda 1 3/4 cup milk or cream (whole, low fat, skim, almond, soy, heavy Hot tap water cream, half & half etc. -whatever you prefer, however the more fat, Spray bottle the more creaminess) Using a funnel, pour fabric Mix the ingredients together well. Add them to a mason jar and softener and baking soda into shake it like crazy or you could opt to use an creamer container. your spray bottle. Fill spray bottle with hot tap water and Directions & Tips: In all these recipes, anything that has a dry or thick ingredient (like shake well. Now go spray every cinnamon, honey, etc..) should be heated up with a small amount fabric surface in your house! of your milk/cream from the base recipe so it can dissolve Middle age properly. You don’t want grainy creamer! Then, add the rest of the is having a choice milk/cream along with the sweetened condensed milk.

If you want really creamy creamer, use heavy cream instead of between two tempmilk in your base recipe.

French Vanilla Creamer 2 teaspoons vanilla extract OR vanilla coffee syrup Vanilla Bean Coffee Creamer 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste Chocolate 2-3 tablespoons chocolate syrup (1 tsp vanilla extract, optional) Chocolate Almond 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 1 teaspoon almond extract Vanilla Caramel 2 tablespoons caramel ice cream topping 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Chocolate Raspberry 2 teaspoons cocoa powder 2 tablespoons raspberry syrup Irish Cream 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup 1 teaspoon instant coffee 1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract Coconut 2 teaspoons coconut extract Peppermint Patty 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup 1 teaspoon peppermint extract Cinnamon Vanilla 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Pumpkin Spice 3 tablespoons pureed pumpkin 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 4 tablespoons maple syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Honey Vanilla 1/4 cup honey 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Almond Joy 1-2 teaspoons coconut extract (or sub coconut milk or cream of coconut if you heat it first, strained, in place of the milk & extract) 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup Hazelnut 2 teaspoons hazelnut extract Chocolate Hazelnut 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup 2 teaspoons hazelnut extract Cinnamon Cake 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Eggnog replace milk in base recipe with equal amount of heavy cream 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 teaspoons rum extract 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg Toasted Almond 2 teaspoons almond extract

tations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier.

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Penny Pinchers

Empty plastic liners from cereal boxes make good freezer bags or wax paper. Can be reused for lunch bags also. Save plastic mesh bags to hold small items you want to run through the dishwasher, reuse to scrub dishes, or place items in to drip dry. Save the packaging from convenience food and make your own.

Fill TV dinner trays with your own leftovers; jello and pudding cups with similar food, etc. Reuse old TV dinner trays to reheat food in the microwave. Cut off the tops of empty plastic milk cartons to reuse as funnels. Pour old baking soda from the refrigerator down your drain to freshen. Cut off the unworn part of old sheets to make pillowcases. Reuse the tabs on aluminum cans to hang pictures. Just tack them to the back of the frame, or glue on with a hot glue gun. Use colorful toy building blocks as handles on children's dressers. Reuse old shower curtains as drop cloths when you paint. Mustard Squeeze Bottles – Clean thoroughly and fill with frosting to decorate cakes. Or fill with melted chocolate to decorate cookies. Just bought a new shampoo and it isn’t as good as you thought it would be? Pour into an empty pump dispenser and add water. It is a mild hand cleaner and also a great degreaser. Take a zip lock bag and fill it with potpourri, poke a few holes in the bag and it will freshen up your car.

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Fun & Facts for kids only

Grow Your Own Salt Crystals What you'll need:

Kid’s Trivia

• 2 toothpicks

• In the Children's song, 'Old Mother Leary', who kicks over the lantern?

1. Fill the jar with water.

2. Add about half a cup of salt to the water.

3. Mix the solution together with a spoon.

4. Cut string with scissors and tie each end to a toothpick.

5. Place the string over the top of the jar so that it dangles into the middle of the solution and the toothpicks hang over the edge.

6. Don’t forget to clean up when you’ve finished.

What next?

Leave the experiment and wait for salt crystals to form along the string. They are an excellent example of cubic crystals and you can do further research with them by examining them under a microscope. When you look at various crystals under a microscope you can examine the differences between them: Are they perfectly formed? What shape are they? What color? Can you see any microorganisms on the crystals?

Crystals can be found grouped together as lots of small crystals or as huge individual crystals. They vary in size from those at the microscopic level all they way up to crystals that are meters in length! Try collecting a range of crystals for your project, label the different types and make a rock collection box to keep them in.

• In the song, 'My Favorite Things', what color are the dresses that are worn by little girls?

• A jar • A spoon for stirring • Water • String • About half a cup of salt • Scissors

Kid’s Trivia answers The cow White Early in the Morning The cheese A dolly Morning They float away It stops On a mountain Miss Mouse

Happy Birthday

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• In the song, 'Mulberry Bush', what time do the singers go round the bush?

• According to the song, 'The Farmer in the Dell', who stands alone?

• According to the song, 'Miss Molly', whom does the Doctor come to see?

• In the song, 'Frere Jacques', what time were the bells ringing?

• In the 'Unicorn Song', what happens to the unicorns?

10 Interesting Facts 1. The average person laughs thirteen times a day. Are you average?

2. Men are more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

3. Amateur boxer Joe Flanagan named his two sons Bob and Weave.

4. Drivers kill more deer than hunters.

5. William Semple, a dentist, invented chewing gum to exercise the jaw.

6. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

7. More people use blue toothbrushes than red.

8. Everybody's tongue print is as unique as their finger print.

9. A hardworking adult will sweat up to four gallons of water per day.

10. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.

HOMEMADE BOUNCY BALLS (NO KIDDING! Just like out of the gumball machine!

2 cups Measuring spoons A stir stick 2 tbsp hot water

1/2 tsp borax 1 tbsp glue 1 tbsp corn starch Food coloring (optional)

Pour the water and borax into the first cup and stir the mixture until • In the song, 'My Grandfather's it is dissolved.

Clock', what does the clock do Pour the glue, cornstarch and food coloring into the second cup and when the grandfather dies? mix. Then add the mixture from the first cup into the second cup.

• In the children's song, 'One Tin Let the ingredients sit for 15 seconds then stir.

Soldier' where is the kingdom Once the mixture becomes difficult to stir, scoop it out of the cup, and roll into a ball. Enjoy! with the treasure?

• In the 'Winnie the Pooh Theme Song' where does Winnie live?

Renew/Reuse

Do you have a favorite item of clothing that you’re not quite ready • Whom is the frog courting in to part with? The good news is: you may not have to. Old clothes the song, 'Frog went can easily be revamped in just one sitting. For example: Sept. 6th A-courting'?

• Revive a frayed collar by carefully cutting it off, flipping it over, and reattaching it for a look that’s good as new.

• Cut tattered or torn jeans to make a great pair of shorts, or patch them with colorful or patterned fabric.

Roane and Loudon Counties • Disguise stains by embroidering or appliquéing a design over the Early Head Start/Head Start/PreK top. Get creative!

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Jello in a can!

Pour out liquid from a can of sliced pineapple and discard.

Dissolve a 3oz. box of lime Jello in 1 cup boiling water (you could also use the pineapple juice and water to equal 1 cup liquid) Pour hot Jello water over pineapple rings in the can.

Chill until set. Run hot water on the sides and bottom of can to loosen. Then cut the bottom of the can and push the mold out. Cut between pineapple slices and serve.

You can use any flavor of Jello that you wish! *Optional: top with cottage cheese or a dollop of whipped cream. *You could also do this with other canned fruit and flavors of Jello, but you would lose the nifty pineapple ring effect.

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Things not taught in school Rule #1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase, “It’s not fair� 8.6 times a day.

Rule #2: The real world won’t care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does. It’ll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock.

Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain it’s not fair.

Rule #3: Sorry, you won’t make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won’t be a vice president. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn’t have a label.

Rule #4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he’s not going to ask you how you feel about it.

Rule #5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grand-parents had a different word of burger flipping. They called it “opportunity�. They weren’t embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend.

Rule #6: It’s not your parents’ fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of “It’s my life,� and “You’re not the boss of me,� and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it’s on your dime. Don’t whine about it, or you’ll sound like a baby boomer.

Rule #7: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn’t. In some schools, they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyone’s feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.

Rule #8: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don’t get summers off. Not even Easter break.

They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don’t get a new life every 10 weeks.

It just goes on and on. While we’re at it, very few jobs are interesting in fostering your self-expression or helping you find yourself. Fewer still lead to self-realization.

Rule #9: Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston.

Rule #10: Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.

Rule #11: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic. Next time you’re out cruising, watch an 11-year-old with a butt in his mouth. That’s what you look like to anyone over 20.

Ditto for “expressing yourself� with purple hair and/or pierced body parts.

Rule #12: You are not immortal. If you are under the impression that living fast, dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse is romantic, you obviously haven’t seen one of your peers at room temperature lately.

Rule #13: Enjoy your youth time while you can. Sure parents are a pain, school is a bother and life is depressing but someday you’ll realize how wonderful it was to be a kid. Maybe you should start now.

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Science experience

- Mixing oil and water -

Some things just don't get along well with each other. Take oil and water as an example, you can mix them together and shake as hard as you like but they'll never become friends.....or will they? Take this fun experiment a step further and find out how bringing oil and water together can help you do your dishes.

What you'll need: • Small soft drink bottle • Water • Food coloring

• 2 tablespoons of cooking oil • Dish washing liquid or detergent

Instructions: 1. Add a few drops of food coloring to the water.

2. Pour about 2 tablespoons of the colored water along with the 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into the small soft drink bottle.

3. Screw the lid on tight and shake the bottle as hard as you can.

4. Put the bottle back down and have a look, it may have seemed as though the liquids were mixing together but the oil will float back to the top.

What's happening?

While water often mixes with other liquids to form solutions, oil and water does not. Water molecules are strongly attracted to each other, this is the same for oil, because they are more attracted to their own molecules they just don't mix together. They separate and the oil floats above the water because it has a lower density.

If you really think oil and water belong together then try adding some dish washing liquid or detergent. Detergent is attracted to both water and oil helping them all join together and form something called an emulsion. This is extra handy when washing those greasy dishes, the detergent takes the oil and grime off the plates and into the water, yay!

Public Stargazing August 3rd & 17th - 7 pm Tamke-Allan Observatory, Harriman

Every 1st & 3rd Saturday all year long.

Public is welcome!

The Tamke-Allan Observatory is located on Caney Creek Road - turn left onto Keller Road (near the TWRA boat launch area) and the road to the observatory is on the left.

Amateur astronomers come to Tamke-Allan Observatory the 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month all year long, inviting the public to join them to observe the stars.

Gates open at 7 pm

For more info: www.roanestate.edu/obs or contact David Fields at 865-927-5155 or fieldsde@roanestate.edu for details.

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To celebrate growing older, a lady she wrote the 45 lessons life taught her.

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short – enjoy it.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye, but don't worry, God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.

Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need 42. The best is yet to come...

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

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September 2013

The Roane Reader proudly presents 9 -11 Remembered What happened that September Day? We all struggle to understand.

With grief and anguish in our hearts, Our country must take a stand.

Soon the Stars and Stripes appear on every home and car, A symbol of strength and hope, As we prepare in war.

As the flags grow scare, We search far and wide, The need for "Old Glory" To reflect our pride ...

Times goes on, months have passed, The families of September 11th Seek normalcy, if any.

But wait ... what's this ... the Stars and Stripes, That once flew far and wide, Many ripped and torn and faded, Have we forgotten our pride?

I wonder what the families think, Old Glory now worn and tattered, As they pass those familiar homes and cars, The flag, once all that mattered It makes me think about our nation, when I see our flag so frayed.

How soon we all forget the pain of that tragic September day.

So let's think about those special heroes, Who lost their lives that day, And honor them with fitting flags, and for the families ... Pray!

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THE WRITER'S PAGE A Journey Home By: Elsie Wyrick

Dear friends, As we start on a journey, we usually know how to get where we want to go, but sometimes we need some directions; for instance, someone may tell us, “go on down this highway till you see a sign that says, sin city”. If your turn is there, please don’t tarry long but get back on the road. Soon you will see a sign that says “Conviction Center” it's okay to stay there awhile but start back on your journey until you see a sign that says “repentance plaza”. You might want to stay there a while that’s okay, but you need to get back on the road again until you see a sign that says, “forgiveness place” you really need to stop here and have a sweet visit. But it's time to drive on until you see a sign that says “Heaven enter in”.

Oh how wonderful for you it will be! Oh, what's that you say? “I thank you my friend, this is where I have wanted to go for a long time!” I thank you again my friend! Would you please tell others the directions to get here!

Reality Check

By: Bubba Pressley It's time we put ourselves in check Lots of lives out there are a wreck Many people out there faking their walk Only showing it through their talk Struggling from daily mistakes And surrounding themselves with lots of fakes Something is wrong when your Bible sits at home collecting dust Would rather sit at home going through all forms of lust Going out and party on Saturday night Come sit in church on Sunday like everything is alright Something is wrong whenever you're sinning without guilt Don't even consider all of the blood Jesus spilt Things like these just go right over your head Thinking about all of the worldly things instead You think that Christianity is a two day a week thing But when you're truly walking your whole life is based on the king By no means am I saying that I'm perfect But I realize these things because my God said I was worth it God is going to judge us by our private lives The things that we think only cross our eyes Gotta quit letting Satan fill the lives with sin Because God promises that's a battle that he will never win Once you put your faith in him Quit living a worldly life, quit listening to them We're all a part of God's plan And on judgement day, it'll only be you and the man Give it all to him, he'll take it away There's never too far that you could ever stray

- Bubba Pressley

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Pain & Grace By: Brandon Grant

www.nowtimeministries.com The defense we have is knowledge that he is the father of lies.

There is a certain amount of pain that one will experience in this life.

He is the prince of darkness but heaven will never be his kingdom.

We will make choices that will mentally stretch our minds so far that laffy taffy would surely sue you for stealing their idea.

He once held position but God knew his heart and came through and relieved him.

Decisions will be made that will cause so much physical pain, The only way he has position in your life now is if you opened the door to greet him. like the time my brother tied a rope to a horse shoe and decided it was a good idea to It's comes in many forms, throw it into a tree. first you may have just glanced at him like a dude at the club.

It was stupid funny.

Who looked good and seemed to have it going on so you wanted to hook up.

It got stuck, he pulled, came down and hit him in the head.

But you are a lady and their is no way you was going to chase no man.

As his little brother of course I had to laugh.

But when he came over to you, you allowed him to kiss your hand.

The thing I remember most is that he didn't even cry.

A kiss that was gentle and sent chills down your spine.

Blood gushing from just above the eye.

Now you find yourself casting your pearls to a swine.

Still no tears fell.

That suit he is wearing looks so fly.

Like so many times in my life when I thought that is was over because the options I He dove right into the deep danger zone of your sparkly blue eyes left your heart chose left me in a living hell. beating to the rhythm of his drum.

Example.

Numb to the fact that he was everything you was NOT looking for but you got A sad story I have seen a hundred times in the last decade. trapped and you dug too deep.

High school was his castle, where he was king, football player, life of the party.

Only to find out that Mr. perfect was a wolf dressed as a sheep.

Slacked in his home work and was technically ineligible.

It's so easy to believe that love could come so cheap.

Teachers passed him along because state championships are a must even if the You see your grandparents and you want that kind of life. student is incomprehensible.

60 years of marriage and you can't remember seeing them fight.

Walk the platform and shake the hand.

But you was not even born when they almost divorced Grab the diploma, take the pictures then head out to party. over the curve balls that life threw them.

Monday morning rises and real life comes running.

You was not deceived, you was just not conceived Friends go off to college and he is left on his own.

When they decided that they may take some punches and being angry was allowed Fighting the feeling of the glory days of just 3 years ago. but, under no circumstances would they throw in the towel.

The prime of our lives, The best that we was.

Now that's life and marriage is all about.

These statements are only true when you’ve given up.

Nothing to look forward to, no goals to aim at, this has you always looking back If you made bad choices then it may be affecting you now but it's never to late to change the way you think and how many times you fall down.

Make a plan and organize your life, your to young to be knocked out its only the second round of the fight.

Life, it will make the rumble in the jungle look like a joke.

Pound after pound, punch after punch with no rope-a-dope.

A better comparison would be Rocky Balboa.

Now that dude could take a hit.

So what if he was just a movie character created by Stallone.

He spoke truth when he showed that sometimes you may have help but, you always fight alone.

Your life is like a compass that only goes north and south, because if you are not moving forward your bound to go down.

It's time for change.

Time for redirection.

Time to fight, and start a revolution.

Rise up into your place of greatness, stop fronting like it’s all good.

Because in the end, its only yourself you are cheating.

You must understand that lucifer lies.

He will tell you that you can't.

He will make it seem believable.

He will make a sandwich out the truth and put the lie in the middle.

It's the meat of the problem.

Because if you see some truth and you hear the lie enough you start to believe em.

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THINGS I LEARNED LIVING IN THE SOUTH

803rd Civil Eng. Squadron 12 Strategic Aerospace Div. Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 8 May 1967 - 31 July 1968

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Entrees that fail to provide all this information will not qualify! sleeps in the middle of the road.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.

Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do that.

Winner of August

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.

No one guessed the correct answer

Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.

HINT: Less than 0.25 mile from the Princess Theatre

The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'

We will run this for another month in hope of a winner Do you know what would have happened if it had been Three Wise Women, instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole and brought practical gifts.

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You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.

You only own 5 spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, the motor sports, and gossip.

Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss(first name) or Mr.(first name) You know what a hissy fit is..

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by: PETE SEMANICK Prior to my discharge I started my search for employment opportunities once I left the service. I had a several contacts and upon completion of my resume’, copies were mailed to three national and well-known fire insurance companies. Replies were received in a timely manner and interviews were scheduled. Due to my extensive fire prevention experience each company offered me a position.

My main concern was location and I made it quite clear that I intended to settle around the Dayton, Ohio area. One offer was for the Chicago area and I turned that position down immediately.

Another offer was in the vicinity of Columbus and I arranged to have an interview for that position. The interview was scheduled and off I went to Salem, Massachusetts. I was also interviewed for the third position from a company with headquarters in White Plains, New York. This company had a branch office in Phoenix and an interview was scheduled in my home.

Both interviews were successful and I had a real good feeling about job security once I was discharged from the air force. So at the end of July 1968 I bid farewell to folks at Davis-Monthan and off I went to Piqua, Ohio. I accepted a position with the company from White Plains and completed six weeks training at their home office. Once the training was completed I found that I could work out of my home. My territory was Kentucky and southern Ohio.

The job lasted a little over four years. In late November 1971 I was offered a job as Fire Chief at Davis-Monthan. The Fire Chief had decided to retire and suggested to the Base Civil Engineer that I be contacted and to see if I was interested in his job. I was contacted and gladly submitted necessary paperwork with the base civilian personnel office. To my surprise I was selected to fill the vacant position. It seemed that the Deputy Base Civil Engineer at DavisMonthan remembered me from my service career and was familiar with my experience. After discussing the offer with my wife and daughters, we agreed that it was too good to turn down.

I later found out that Brigadier General Archie Mayes, Assistant Chief of Staff, Civil Engineering, for SAC Headquarters had put out the word for base civil engineers in SAC to consider hiring retired senior noncommissioned officers with fire firefighting experience to fill vacant Fire Chief positions. Thanks General Mayes !!

I served with great pride at DM for 8 years and was selected for the Fire Chief position at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM in 1980, where I served for 12 years.

My 40 years in fire protection thus ended and my ambition as a youth was fulfilled. Serving my country was indeed an honor and I have had no regrets in choosing fire protection as a career.

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The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying By: Joe Martino

A palliative nurse recorded the most common regrets of the dying and put her findings into a book called ‘The Top Five Regrets of The Dying.’ It’s not surprising to see what made the list as they are all things that touch each of our lives as we struggle to pay attention to and make time for things that we truly love. Below is the list of each regret along with an excerpt from the book. At the bottom is also a link to the book for anyone interested in checking it out.

One thing on regret before we get to the list. It’s important to remember that whatever stage we are at in life, there is no need for regret. The process of regret is one that provides nothing but suffering for ourselves as we begin to allow the past to dictate how we should feel now. Instead, we can use the past as a reference point to understand what adjustments we would like to make moving forward. The adjustments do not have to come out of pain, sorrow, regret or judgment, but simply a choice to do things in a different way. We are learning all the time, we can very quickly slow that learning process down by getting stuck in the idea of regret. When it comes to making changes, be at peace with the past and remember that each moment is a new choice.

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

“This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. Health brings a freedom very few realize, until they no longer have it.�

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.

“This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret, but as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.�

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. “Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.�

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

“Often they would not truly realize the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.�

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

�This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content, when deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.�

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September 14th

Growing old gracefully?

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabbylooking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.

I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?"

"No, I had to stop drinking years ago", the homeless woman told me.

"Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" I asked.

"No, I don't waste time shopping," the homeless woman said. "I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive."

"Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?" I asked.

"Are you NUTS !" replied the homeless woman. " I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!"

"Well," I said, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight."

The homeless woman was shocked. "Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting."

I said, "That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine."

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Amazing truths

• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. • A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. • A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. • A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. • A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. • A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. • A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. • A snail can sleep for three years. • Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. • Almonds are a member of the peach family. • An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. • Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. • Butterflies taste with their feet. • Cats have over 100 vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10. • 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'. • February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. • In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. • If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

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Growing Up In Harriman

A little rain in your life A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence.

It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout.. We all stood there, under the awning, just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day.

I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world.

Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

Her little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, 'Mom let's run through the rain,' She said.

'What?' Mom asked.

'Let's run through the rain!' She repeated.

'No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit,' Mom replied.

This young child waited a minute and repeated: 'Mom, let's run through the rain..'

'We'll get soaked if we do,' Mom said.

'No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning,' the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.

'This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?'

'Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ' If God can get us through this, He can get us through anything! ' ' The entire crowd stopped dead silent.. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain.. We all stood silently. No one left. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith.

'Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just need washing,' Mom said.

Then off they ran. We all stood watching, laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They got soaked.

They were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

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September 2013

(1930-1945) Part IX

A Time Gone By By: Pete Semanick

In these early years of my life, just in back of the Temperance Building, was a small park where Fourth of July celebrations were held here each year. During other times older men would sit on park benches and have whittling contests. With their sharp knives it was amazing to watch how fast they could cut up a large stick. Some of the men would have applepeeling contests to see how many apples could be peeled without breaking the peeling apart. Afterwards each had a good eat with the peeled apples.

Once or twice a year a circus would come to town. Tents would go up with all sorts of shows, contests and eats-cotton candy was the favorite for the youngsters. The large tent was the feature show with all sorts of animal acts as well as trapeze artists, but the caged animals were the highlight of each circus.

Each Saturday, the matinee was on the agenda at the Princess or Webbo theaters. This was an all-afternoon affair: there was always a newsreel, a serial, commercials (such as Morton salt showing their logo with the little girl under her umbrella losing salt) and a western movie, starring either Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix, Tim Mccoy, Buck Jones, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Bob Steel or Roy Rogers, to name just a few. My favorite seat was right up front so I could get a full view of the pictures. After the movie a couple of my friends and I headed for the Acme drug store for a vanilla milk shake, or ice cream soda at the whopping price of twenty five cents. Funds for movies and refreshments were from my paper route money.

During my childhood, things which seemed normal and everyday have long been forgotten by most older folks: the neighborhoods being visited by the ice man, the milk man, the coal man, and the traveling photographer with his pony and cowboy clothes for the kids to dress up in for their picture.

Doctor Bowman even made house calls.

I remember Grandma Mattie Thornburg and myself riding a Trailway bus to Spring City where a relative met us with a horse drawn wagon and to take us to Milo which was a long way from Spring City. At my young age I thought we would never get to the farm where grandma was raised. Once we arrived and settled in I explored the barn and the large two-story farmhouse. Grandma Mattie’s family name was Holloway with kin named John, Sam, Thomas and Uncle Billie. I later learned that grandma’s father had hanged himself in the barn and that he was blind.

A common slogan during the time was “a Moon Pie and an RC Cola”, known as the workingman’s lunch. Moon pies were much bigger then (8 ounces!) and an RC cola much larger than a coke. It made for a cheap meal for many workers, especially hard labor workers such as those with the WPA (Work Progress Administration). The Moon Pie originated in Chattanooga in 1917 and R.C. Cola arrived in 1934. At that time Dr. Pepper was also popular with its 10-2-4 logo. During the 1920’s research was discovered proving that sugar provided energy and that the average person experiences a letdown during the normal day at 10:30, 2:30 and 4:30 which resulted in the ad campaign “Drink a bite to eat at 10, 2 and 4”. All Coca Cola bottles at the time had the name of city where it was bottled stamped on the bottom. These are now all vintage items selling on ebay.

The ‘40’s brought an unparalleled time of patriotism when everyone purchased bonds to support the war effort, even children. At the First National Bank us kids would save enough quarters to purchase war bonds and stamps from the head teller, Mr. Littleton. You could buy War Stamps for 10 or 25 cents to paste into a War Bond booklet until it reached $18.75, enough to purchase a $25 bond. During the course of the war Americans purchased bonds totaling $185 billion.

A stack of Claxton fruitcake was a special treat sold at the Post Office stamp window during Thanksgiving and Christmas. An Italian immigrant settled at Claxton, Georgia in 1910 and started the Claxton Fruit Cake Bakery. He later hired a young apprentice and in 1948 the now trained apprentice decided to open his own bakery and started the Georgia Cake Bakery. I have tried the “Georgia” one and there is no comparison to the scrumptious “Claxton” fruitcake. I still purchase several each year during the holidays.

Pete Semanick was born in Harriman on September 19th, 1930. This is the eighth entry of a series of articles recounting his youth in Harriman, TN. For questions or comments contact: psemanic@swcp.com

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September 2013

Rockwood Memories Dr. John Neal (Continued) By: Ray Collet Hello Readers, I thought I would write a little more about Dr. John R. Neal, whom I wrote about a couple of months ago. I have received a number of emails and telephone calls about the article so I thought I would address it a little further.

Here are a few of the emails...

One reader sent an email remembering Dr. Neal and heard that he kept his bathtub in a Knoxville hotel full of law books. Thanks to Jim Cate who sent a nice email about Dr. Neal that I would like to share...Here is the text of Jim's email..."Dr. Neal lived in Spring City and always "hitchhiked". I remember talking with him in the early 1950s while hitchhiking from Rockwood to Knoxville and UT. On another occasion while a student at UT, the Agriculture campus in the auditorium on the second floor to honor Dr. Morgan, who served at one time as the president of UT. The auditorium was rather packed. Near the end of the program, an elderly shabby dressed man rose near the back and expressed some comments on Dr. Morgan. Most people, unaware, were somewhat taken back by the shabby dress of the old man. I recognized him immediately as Dr. John R. Neal. Neal had little concentration on money. Two incidents come to mind on this. One, he rarely ever cashed his UT paychecks, and secondly, he held checks from TVA for acquisition of land for land later covered by water from the construction of Watts Bar Dam. Supposedly, the checks were in excess of $200,000. Another thing not widely known about Neal is that he reportedly prepared much of the "New Deal" legislation of President Roosevelt in the 1930s. Although Dr. Neal was dismissed from the UT law school in the 1920s or thereabouts, he again became a part of the UT law school during the WWII years." Thanks for the email Jim...

Bill McCuistion sent me a "snail mail" the other day about Dr. Neal. It reads," During my high school days, class of 1950, I remember seeing Mr. Neal many times. My dad operated Rockwood Builders Supply Co. which was next door to Walkers Home and Auto Store on Front St. I worked there on Saturdays and before and after school. We would go to the B&J Cafe, (later Juniors) and many times Mr. Neal would be there. He almost always sat on a stool at the counter, as did I. I have sat next to him and talked with him. He did wrap uneaten food in a napkin, and place it in his coat pocket.

Although he always went dressed in a suit or sport coat with a tie and hat, they could have used a trip to the cleaners. He was a delight to talk to. I was only a sophomore about that time, but was taken by his intellect. He did run for Governor a time or two. Once a National News reporter interviewed Mr. Neal about his part in the Scope's Trial. They set up on the street in front of what was Bowman Evans Hardware Co. He was cleaned up and dressed as sharp as could be," "Dr. Neal owned a lot of land along the mountain near Rockwood, and down in Rhea County. A baseball league was formed, with teams in Roane, Rhea, and Cumberland Counties. Glen Alice, where I lived organized a team and built a ball field near Whites Creek, where a drive in movie later was located. Also Roddy had a team, and we all went down to help build their field. Mr. Neal allowed us to use property that he owned, free of charge. It was on Roddy Road across the railroad at the foot of the mountain. Some other teams were Crab Orchard, Clax Gap, Dyllis Clymersville, (with Carl Gardner, Speedy Cofer, and more ). Erse Adcox was the commissioner."

Dr. Neal owned land along Whites Creek, as it flows through the county. He would ride a bus from Rockwood to Glen Alice and get someone to walk with him to a creek crossing, about 3 miles along Black Creek Road. I have gone with him on this trip. Usually there would be 3 or 4 boys going along.

He would stop at springs along the way, pull out something to eat from his pocket, offer us some, we'd refuse, and he'd eat it. There was a farmhouse across the creek from the road we were on where the White family lived. Along with Mrs. White was Charley, a son who lived there. I think Mr. Neal owned the property, which covered many wooded acres. Charley's brothers were Earl, who lived in Glen Alice , and Russell, who lived in Rockwood and operated a Gulf service station there.

"On the same property, Mr. Neal entered into a business arrangement with the Sartin brothers. Of course I don't know definitely, but I always heard that Jim, Roy, and George went into partnership with Mr. Neal for the purpose of mining coal. I do know there was a mine started, but there was never a bridge placed across the creek so coal could be hauled out. During that time, the Sartins were in law enforcement. George was Chief Of Police in Rockwood, one was Sheriff and one was chief deputy."

Oh well, that's another story... Enough of my ramblings for this month. This was taken from my book, Rockwood Memories Vol. 11.

This is an excerpt from Ray's book, Rockwood Memories Vol. II which can be purchased by calling Ray at 865-354-7680 or his email at RCOL110479@aol.com

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Reunion - McCormick - Maddox - Copeland - Finley All relatives and friends are invited to attend the annual homecoming at the Cumberland Mountain State Park, Shelter #1 (by the upper tennis courts), Crossville, TN.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7th 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Bring food & drinks, utensils will be furnished Happy Birthday

Tommy Christopher Sept. 15th

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September 2013

Funny Funeral Happenings I asked my Facebook friends to send me funny things that’s happened to them at a funeral home or a gravesite. Here’s some of their replies: My mother was getting on up in the years and a neighbor's mother passed away. Mom asked the lady's grandchildren about the funeral arrangements and was told 2 pm. Wed....Well, Mom got all dressed up Wed and walked down Rockwood St. where we lived to Booth Funeral Home which was the only one in town.

When she went in, around ten minutes 'till 2 she noticed that she didn't know anyone , the funeral had started, so she sat down.

After the funeral was over, she walked outside and a couple asked her if she would like to ride to the cemetery with them, she said , "Yes" and got into the car with the couple. A few minutes later Mom said to them, "Wasn't it a shame how Ms. SO and SO passed away so quickly." The man driving said, " Quickly,? She had been sick for a LONG LONG time...It was then that Mom realized something was wrong. She went to the wrong funeral. The funeral for the lady she knew was held at the First Baptist Church in Rockwood...NOT at Booth’s Funeral Home... - Ray Collett My grandfather was buried in Memphis about 30 yrs ago. After we buried him we went to granny's house and naturally we ate. Then we decided to go back to cemetery to see the grave. We stayed too long and when we got back to the gate it was locked. Well my aunt and I had to crawl across a stone fence and then walk thru 4 lanes of traffic. The only place open was a dive bomb bar. We went in and called the police to please get us out. (by this time it was pitch black dark) The police didn't believe us and we ask why not please come get us. The laughed and said that was a good story on Halloween. yes we forgot it was Halloween and that all the police could hear in the back ground was honky tonk music. well we finally got out but took many hours. - Debbie Suttles Woody My granny from the valley in Spring City-- The hurst couldn’t make it through the hills to the old cemetery so my ex husband had to haul her coffin in the bed of his Chevy 4x4-- My other two exes was pallbearers. - Amanda Hillary Suddath Me and my husband went to Sharp's Funeral Home is O.S. to pay our respects to my sister's father-in-law. We waited in line for a while--then when we got up to the coffin--it didn't look anything like the man--then we realized we were at the wrong funeral home! We just stood there, not saying anything to each other. We lowered our heads and then our shoulders shook where we were trying not to laugh.... the family didn't think it was too funny.. - Kay Christopher I have one...Remember those curl hairpieces that were popular in the 60's? Well, my Grandmother Presswood had passed away and the receiving of friends was at Booth's Funeral home that used to be in Harriman. I felt so grown up and elegant with my hairpiece on top of my head. Mind you, this was in January, and it was colder than whiz. As I was walking up the sidewalk to the door, a big gust of wind blew that thing right off my head, and there it was, tumbling down the sidewalk, with me running after it! Talk about letting the wind out of my sails! - Janice Presswood Mullins My husband and I went to the funeral home to pay our respects to my sister’s father-in-law. When we walked in, we walked up to the coffin. We looked at each other and said, “It’s not him.” We had went to the wrong funeral home! We got tickled and then it turned into laughter...We were so ashamed, but couldn’t quit laughing. We bent over the coffin and laughed until our shoulders shook...After a moment, we composed ourselves and turned around and left. The family didn’t appreciate it at all. - (Name withheld due to my embarrassment).

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September 2013

Debra Carpenter's

Mother, Interrupted: Mom-inology: The real baby talk

Three years ago, my vocabulary was entirely different than it is today. I’m not just talking about “bad words,” which are definitely a no-no with a parroting young lady following me around, but also the words I use in everyday life. I mean, I just used “no-no” in a serious sense. Did you even catch it? If not, you must be a mom (or dad!) too. I never thought I’d be one of those moms, and yet, here I am. Mom terminology (mom-inology) has taken hold of me full-force—and if I’m totally honest, I think it’s kind of cute.

At some point between giving birth and taking our daughter home from the hospital, word substitutions started to occur. At first, they were on purpose. No one wants to talk to their newborn in a coherent manner, right? That’s boring. It also lacks that special “Mom” feeling that I looked forward to for nine semi-miserable months. So instead, I subbed potty for toilet, “dipey” for diaper, and bunny for rabbit. My sleepy newborn didn’t seem to mind, or even know what was going on, for that matter. I took this as encouragement to continue building my mom-inology.

I’m only a little embarrassed to admit that no-no and dipey weren’t the worst of it. I started developing an entire language to share with my daughter. Snacks became “snicky-snacks” or “snicketysnacketies” if I felt like adding a few extra syllables, which I often did, and occasionally still do. The new word for kittens was fuzzbumpkins (it rolls off your tongue, right?) and “wunchy” for lunch.

I know, even for my standards, those two are a little weird.

If I’m totally honest about the mom-inology phenomenon, I guess I got roped in because of the feeling of closeness and exclusiveness it brings. It’s a secret code that you share with your child. Others don’t always understand it, and that makes it special. It’s something you’ve done since their weight could be measured with a single digit (jealous, much?) and it helps you pretend they’re still littlebitty-tiny (another favorite made-up term). It’s more for us parents than it is for the child. And come on, if we’re dedicating most of our waking lives to our children, waking up in the wee-morning hours, making their food, teaching them letters and numbers, and doctoring their boo-boos, can’t we at least have this? This one, small thing?

All joking aside, I understand the importance of teaching your children real words, and not made-up mommy-dreamland ones. It’s fun while they’re little, but little minds are the most impressionable.

They take all their cues from us. No pressure, though, right? Sometimes, we make up words because we don’t want to use the actual ones. They seem rude, somehow. If you’ve ever made up a name for your child’s body parts, you know what I mean.

Somehow, even with all the so-called language misguidance on my part, my daughter ended up talking like a normal person.

Actually, more like a person with an advanced English degree.

There were times when, as a tiny toddler, she would give me a serious look and correct my usage. “It’s called a cat, or a kitten, not a fuzz-bumpkin, Mama.” This is the part where I cry a little. Not only because I’m sad she’s growing up so fast, but also because fuzz-bumpkin is my preferred term for kitties. And maybe because I’m a little worried she’s already smarter than me. Love, Mom Debra Carpenter is a novice mother, wife, and college student.

She is a Lebanon, TN native. She writes about the bits of parenthood you didn’t expect when you were expecting. Email her at: interruptedmom@gmail.com and visit the website at motherinterrupted.com.

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My Beretta Jetfire .25 caliber pistol While out walking along the edge of a bayou just below Houma, Louisiana with my soon to be ex-husband discussing property settlement and other divorce issues, we were surprised by a 12-ft. alligator suddenly emerging from the murky water and charging us with its large jaws wide open.

She must have been protecting her nest because she was extremely aggressive. Had I not had my little Beretta Jetfire .25 caliber pistol I would not be here today! Just one shot to my estranged husband's knee was all it took. The gator got him and I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace.

It's one of the best pistols in my collection! Plus, what I saved in lawyer's fees was worth more than the purchase price of this gun.

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Author Travis Bowman to speak at local event Susan Wann and the members of the Southwest Point Chapter of the DAR will present Travis Bowman in his role as Peter Francisco, complete with replica of broadsword commissioned by General George Washington on September 21st, 2013. He will be performing at 11:00 am in the family center of the Lawnville Road Church of Christ, Kingston. This event is free to the public with donations to the Southwest Point Chapter DAR being accepted. Light refreshments will be served.

What treasure will you find when you begin your travel back in time? Membership packets will be available for those interested in discovering ancestors who fought in the American Revolution.

DAR members will be on hand, some in colonial attire, to share their stories, answer questions, and explain the documentation process of becoming a Daughter (or Son) of the American Revolution. For additional information, contact Chapter Regent Barbara Wasilko at (865)310-4560).

- Something Missing - Missing Something? Going over the church finances, the treasurer found a receipt from a local paint store signed by someone named Christian. She wasn't aware of anyone buying paint, so she called the store to point out its mistake.

'I'm sorry,' she told the manager, 'but there are no Christians here at 1st Baptist Church.'

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September 2013

Common sense Debt Elimination Program Freedom Equity Group (FEG) is on a mission! Some may call it a crusade! FEG’s mission is simply: To show people how to eliminate the amount of consumer debt that they are presently paying on every month.

SEG’s goal is to change lives and protect families. Today people are in need of education about what they should to do to reduce their debt load and eventually retire with dignity.

In the last few years people have been depressed by the stock market. Then the banking crisis hit, followed by the real estate collapse. Because of these actions, people are not feeling as good as they use to and are not as aggressive as they were prior to these events. SEC’s goal is to help people reduce debt…

In America today we have over $11 Trillion dollars in consumer debt, $840 Billion of that is in credit card debt, $7.9 billion in home mortgages and another $1.6 Trillion in student loans.

We live in a “Buy now, Pay Later society” where debt has become a major problem for the average American household with the average credit card debt per household over $15,000, the average mortgage debt is about $150,000, the average student loan is around $33,000, and the average auto loan is just over $15,000.

Some people would look at the above and say,” Wow, I wish that was all the debt I have! I have a whole lot more! A real important question to ask oneself is…What point in the future will I be out of debt?

SEG has a program called “The Common Sense Debt Elimination Program”…

This program shows people how to pay their bills off instead of just paying on them. SEG says, “It is possible to pay off a person’s debt in about one third the time without paying one dime more on a monthly basis” … If you look at the typical persons plan … you would have to call it…No Plan!

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Total interest cost based on the new plan would be $158,000 vs. the “no plan” of $393,000. This is an interest savings of over $234,000. It is monumental when people understand what they can do without paying one penny more than they are paying now!

SEG says, “It is math not magic”… What we do is create an individual plan for people so they know how to turn adversity into opportunity!!

All a person has to do is take a few simple steps and this new program will provide an absolute road map for an individual to be out of debt in one third the time… SEG will show an individual two simple entries to modify the debt item on a form SEG provides. You name the debt and your balance, the interest rate … the payment date… the minimum payment and what your normal payment is. Then click and save changes on your computer. You do this for all of the debt you have … the second item is the mortgage information… You list whatever it is you have in the way of mortgages on your investment property or just your primary home. You simply enter the information and SEG’s system will calculate the amortization information for you. All you have to do is save changes. And your information will provide you with a simple road map. You might call it your GPS for the date you will be out of debt…. Number one should be your Retirement payment… However: It could be a college fund…

It could be an emergency fund… While showing you a road map or the GPS for getting out of debt…

SEG also shows you how to pay yourself first. Which is the first obligation we should all make to ourselves …Let’s make sure we are putting money aside while we are conquering debt by paying it off.

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Manhattan Project Talk: On September 19th at 6 pm at the Kingston Public Library, Dr. Timothy Joseph will give a presentation on the legendary “Manhattan Project.” You will be amazed at what you will learn, for few understand the true complexity or realize the incredible circumstances under which the project took place.

The talk is based on his coffee table book with nearly 200 photos, published by Turner Publishing in Nashville. He will sign books for anyone wishing to take this incredible story home with them.

September 2013

Southern Style Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."

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Tennessee garners numerous accolades on low indebtedness, job creation and government management By: Senator Ken Yager

What do Detroit, San Bernadino and Jefferson County, AL have in common? They are among numerous government entities in the United States which have filed bankruptcy. At the same time, many states across the nation like California, Illinois and New York continue to struggle with tremendous financial Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: pressures because they are floating in debt. This high level of indebtedness may not look unusual at a "Going to town, be back directly." time in this nation’s history when the federal government has mounted a $16.7 trillion debt, but it is a Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a very financially destructive path.

Thank goodness in this time of fiscal insanity, Tennessee has worked very hard to keep our state on request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty sound financial footing. The results of this work are paying off. Last month we were recognized as little bowl in the middle of the table. having the lowest debt per capita in the U.S. The ranking was part of a special report prepared by All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not Fitch Ratings, which is one of the three leading global rating agencies. Fitch provides the world’s use the term, but they know the concept well. credit markets with independent credit opinions and their ranking is considered a very important Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of financial marker.

The special report, published on July 16, 2013, revealed that the median level for states’ combined solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried net tax-supported debt plus unfunded pension liabilities measures 7.0 percent of 2012 personal income. chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's Tennessee’s was lowest at 1.8 percent. The nation’s highest percentage was Illinois at 24.8 percent. The trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'! calculation is measured by combining each state’s total debt and unfunded liabilities and measuring Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right them against the state’s average individual income level.

Fitch plans to use the debt ratios as a factor in evaluating states’ credit ratings. Favorable ratings from near" and "a right far piece."

Fitch and the other rating agencies means lower interest rates when Tennessee and its counties and cities They also know that" just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20. issue bonds or borrow money. This means lower rates for taxpayers.

No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing The award from Fitch comes on the heels of other recent accolades given to the state which honor turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

Tennessee's top-rated fiscal environment, including Barron’s Magazine’s ranking the state as the 3rd A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an best-managed state in the country.

But, these are not the only recognitions that Tennessee has garnered lately. Tennessee’s sound financial adverb. footing and reputation for being a well-managed state has gotten the attention of the business world.

Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, and when This fact, along with Governor Haslam’s and the legislature’s concerted effort to make Tennessee the we're "in line," we talk to everybody! best location in the Southeast to locate new and expanding businesses, has also yielded fruit on the job Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're creation front. The state has been named: • #1 in the Southeast for GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2012 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis related, even if only by marriage.

• #1 for Infrastructure and Global Access by Area Development Magazine • #1 in Auto Manufacturing Strength by Business Facilities Magazine In the South, y'all is singular, and all y'all is plural.

• #4 in the U.S. for Manufacturing Jobs Growth in 2012 by the U.S. Department of Commerce Every Southerner knows that tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and • #4 in the country in net new jobs since 2011 (138,000 new jobs) by the U.S. Department of Labor coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast • #4 in the U.S. for Best State for Business by Chief Executive Magazine food; that scrambled eggs just ain't right without Tabasco, and fried This is in addition to being named first in the nation for retirement by Bankrate.com and rated the green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. third lowest state in the U.S. for state and local tax burdens by the Tax Foundation.

These accolades do not happen by accident. We must continue to keep our state on sound financial When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you footing, provide the best opportunities to our students to give them world class work skills, provide know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner! the kind of business climate that makes Tennessee attractive to locate new and better paying jobs, and Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea keep Tennessee a low tax state where our businesses and citizens can thrive. These recognitions show indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea we are on the right track! unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.

Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her sweet little heart" and go your own way.

To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southernness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your little heart!

And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, bless your hearts, I hear they're fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!

Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fah-evah!

There ain't no magazine named "Northern Living" for good reason.

There ain't nobody interested in livin' up north, nobody would buy the magazine!

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. - Sam Ewing

Happy Birthday

Tori Grant Sept. 17th

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ITS FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!!

September 2013

2013 Schedule Date Opponent / Event 08/31/13 vs. Austin Peay 09/07/13 vs. Western Kentucky 09/14/13 vs. Oregon 09/21/13 vs. Florida* 09/28/13 at South Alabama 10/05/13 at Georgia* 10/19/13 vs. South Carolina* 10/26/13 at Alabama* 11/02/13 vs. Missouri* 11/09/13 vs. Auburn* 11/23/13 at Vanderbilt * 11/30/13 vs. Kentucky * *Conference Event

Roane County High School Aug. 16 Aug. 30 Sep. 06 Sep. 13 Sep. 20 Sep. 26 Oct. 04 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 01

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Location Knoxville, Tenn.

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Eugene, Ore. Gainesville, Fla. Knoxville, Tenn.

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Knoxville, Tenn.

Tuscaloosa, Ala. Columbia, Mo. Knoxville, Tenn.

Knoxville, Tenn.

Lexington, Ky.

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GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS!

GOD BLESS...

HAVE A SAFE SEASON

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September 2013

From the Spurrier/Gator-Hater crew Why did the Gator cross the road?

Because it's easier than crossing the goal line.

How do you keep a Gator out of your front yard?

Put a goal post up!

How many Gators does it take to change a flat tire?

Just one...unless it's a blowout, then they all show up!

If you have a car containing a Gator wide receiver, Gator linebacker, and a defensive back, who is driving the car?

The cop.

What is the difference between Spurrier and a litter of puppies?

Eventually, the puppies will grow up and stop whining.

What's the difference between a Gator and a bucket of manure?

The bucket.

What's the best thing to come out of Gainesville?

I-75 Why is the Univ. of Florida changing their mascot to the possum?

Because they play dead at home and get killed on the road.

What is the difference between a Gator and Rice Krispies?

Rice Krispies know what to do in a bowl.

What is the difference between Steve Spurrier and God? God doesn't think he is Steve Spurrier.

The Firing Squad

A FSU grad, a Miami grad, and a Florida grad are waiting to be executed by firing squad.

The FSU grad is first, and as he is waiting to be executed, he yells, "Earthquake!"

The firing squad panics and runs away, allowing the FSU grad to jump over the wall and escape.

The Miami grad is next, and as he is waiting to be executed, he yells, "Flood!"

The firing squad again panics and runs away, so the Miami grad also jumps over the wall and escapes.

The Florida grad is last. As he is waiting to be executed, he remembers what the FSU and Miami grads had done, so he yells, "Fire!"

How Are American Footballs Made?

Official National Football League (NFL) footballs are made by hand at a company called Wilson Sporting Goods Co. They're oblong spheres, 11 to 11.5 inches (27.9 to 29.2 centimeters) long and weighing between 14 and 15 ounces (397 to 425 grams). Inside each football is an inflated polyurethane bladder covered with cowhide and laced with gridcord, or vinyl-covered cotton thread.

Wilson adds a thick synthetic lining to protect the bladder, which gives the football its distinct, elongated shape. A valve is on the outside of the ball so you can pump air more easily into the ball's bladder.

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Southerners know their vacation spots: The beach The rivuh The crick Southerners know everybody's first name: Honey Darlin' Shugah Southerners know the movies that speak to their hearts: Fried Green Tomatoes Driving Miss Daisy Steel Magnolias Gone With The Wind Southerners know their religions: Bapdiss Methdiss Football Southerners know their cities dripping with Southern charm: Chawl'stn S'vanah N'awlins Addlanna Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.

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Go Vols! (Down with all the others)

How do you get a Georgia cheerleader into your dorm room?

Grease her hips and push.

A LSU player said he doesn’t know the meaning of the word fear.

In fact, he just saw his grades and he doesn’t know the meaning of a lot of words.

An Alabama football player was complaining about how hard it was to get any sleep the night before the big game. "I was awakened at one, two and four in the morning by a drunk cheerleader banging on the door and screaming," he recalled.

"That's terrible," said his friend. "How'd you ever get any sleep?"

"At five o'clock I finally unlocked the door and let her out."

One Ole Miss Rebels family is really keeping up with the times.

They let their 14-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids!

"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death.

I'm very disappointed with that attitude.

I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

The great Bill Shankly

Happy Birthday

Courtney Keaton Sept. 12th

Make a football with duct tape

1. Take any color duct tape. You should use brown duct tape but you can really use any color of your choice.

2. Rip a long piece of duct tape off of the roll.

3. Start at the bottom and roll it until you reach the size you want 4. Cover it with tape on the outside for a better look.

5. Shape it the size you want by adding more duct tape or pushing it in hard.

6. Add white strips (make it look like the white part on a real football) and add them on.

7. Hit someone in the face with it........(just kidding) 8. Now your done, and you can hit him with it until it explodes.

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MAN: "Yes." WOMAN: "I'm at the shop and found a beautiful leather coat. It's only $2,000; is it OK if I buy it?"

MAN: "Sure, go ahead if you like it that much."

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