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OPINION/CONTENTS
SOMETHING OLD AND NEW
MURPHY’S LAW
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A Homewood business is giving new life to abandoned mills. Evolutia deconstructs the old buildings and creates anything from flooring and wall covers to cabinets and furniture with the reclaimed wood and other materials. See page 22
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Publisher: Maury Wald Editor: Laura McAlister Features Writer: Donna Cornelius Office Manager: Christy Wald Editorial Assistant: Stacie Galbraith Sports: Lee Davis Contributors: Susan Murphy, Bones Long, Cary Estes, June Mathews, Emil Wald, Marvin Gentry Advertising Sales: Suzanne Wald, Julie Trammell Edwards, Tommy Wald Vol. 22, No. 15
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But Wait ...
However, and you can tell they feel t’s two o’clock in the morning. I’m embarrassed to even mention it, they up because ... seriously, there’s no must first tell you the price. They ease telling. Hormones? Haranguing into this tawdry subject by asking how “what if” scenarios? Too many scoops much you’d be willing to pay for such a of Rocky Road? Whatever the cause, life-altering product. Since they cannot while my body is desperately seeking actually hear your response, they supply sleep, my mind is having none of that, a possible answer, a number that makes thank you very much. me wonder who these people have been At times like these, I turn on the TV. talking to or when they were last in a While my 8,000 cable channels do offer retail store. a host of thought-provoking programs, Ah, but this first number is not the I can also count on finding something real price. Oh no. Neither are the next so mind-numbing that my brain will two. The real price is (another ta-da) shut down in self-defense. Made-for-TV $19.95, the magic number of TV gadmovies, cheesy rerun sitcoms, docuget-dom. While you are still tearfully mentaries about the spectacular homes Sue Murphy struggling to believe their generosity, (yawn) of mid-list celebrities? There the announcer shouts, “But wait!” are lots of soporific choices if you can At times like Wait! For a limited time only, you make your way through the minefield of can get two of the wonder chopper/ infomercials. these, I turn on super stirrer/cleavage camouflagers for Are the pre-dawn hours the best time to capture the chopper/slicer consumer? Is the TV. While my the same low, low price ... and ... AND they show you a marginally related there something about the quiet tick-tick8,000 cable chan- ...gadget, something small but still seemticking of the clock that triggers the shopping neurons? I don’t know, but you have nels do offer a ingly helpful, that they will throw into box absolutely free ... IF ... and to give these pitch-people an A for effort. host of thought- your again, they hate to mention it ... you Their voices are passionate, their graphics spot-on and their ideas are ... OK, some provoking pro- agree to pay separate shipping and hancharges. They don’t mention what ideas are better than others, but we can’t grams, I can also dling that cost is, but I’m sure it’s another all be the Popeil Pocket Fisherman. These guys are just here to help, to count on finding low, low number, certainly not linked to some back roads pack mule operation eliminate a problem that’s been plagusomething so belonging to the announcer’s brother-ining us for years. Well, some of us. Right now, I’m lucky enough not to suffer from mind-numbing law. After all of their previous largesse? I can’t imagine. unsightly egg boiling or uneven tomato that my brain Of course, a stellar deal like this slices. I’ve been spared the horrors of routine freezer burn or fingernails that cry out will shut down in can’t last forever. This once-in-alifetime deal may only be offered to the for an appliquéd daisy or two. And call self-defense. first 50 callers. me crazy, but if I think a shirt might show This is where they lose me. The too much cleavage in the workplace, I commercial is recorded, right? There’s don’t buy it to begin with. probably some television time-space continuum thing Apparently other people do, so the announcer moves I don’t understand, but won’t this same number still be on to showcase (ta-da) how your life can be easier, more ticking across the bottom if I stay up and watch the infofulfilling and less revealing with his product in hand. mercial again at 4 a.m.? How to get it in your hand? I’m glad you asked. The Probably, but who would want to risk it? I’m not company will be happy to whisk this wonder-solution sleeping anyway. Let me run and get my credit card .... to you immediately. You can almost see delivery trucks But wait ... ❖ idling at the curb.
OVER THE MOUNTAIN VIEWS
VHHS Sophomores give advice to incoming freshmen
“Keep your planner with you and try to stay organized. It’s not lame to write things down.” Sophia Warner Vestavia Hills
“Get involved. The more you do, the more fun you’ll have.”
“Do take your classes seriously because once you get behind it’s hard to catch up.”
Joe Delozier Vestavia Hills
Haley Gentry Vestavia Hills
“Stay ahead and don’t fall behind in your classes.” Harry Nance Vestavia Hills