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November 25 - December 1, 2010
A Thanksgiving Story
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Letters to the Editor Good Afternoon to each of you,
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ing meal with. As soon as he arrived at the park, he saw a ragged woman sitting hunched over on the bench of one of the heavy concrete picnic tables provided by the city. She wore an old battered red coat and a dark wool cap over her matted gray hair. Close beside her was a tattered bag that carried all her worldly possessions. He took the leftover meal from the front seat of his car and began walking toward the bag lady. When he stood in front of her, she jumped as if she had suddenly been awakened from dozing. She looked up at Jimmy. Suddenly her eyes brightened and she started to speak but, instead, she lowered her head and stared at the frozen ground. “God bless you, ma’am,” Jimmy said, smiling. “I have brought you some Thanksgiving dinner. Would you do me the honor of sharing it with me.” She nodded and Jimmy served the food to her. Although it was very cold in the park, he felt incredibly warm inside. The God of love was clearly at work within him. When the woman had finished, he reached into his wallet and pulled out a twenty-
dollar bill. He thrust the money into her gnarled hand. Then he reached over and kissed her lightly on the forehead. “May God richly bless you, ma’am,” he said softly. Tears welled up in her eyes. Unknowingly, Jimmy had just loved his biological mother and she had been blessed to see her son on Thanksgiving Day. She had stayed in the city purposely to see Jimmy grow as a youngster, but remained carefully in the background and out of sight so she would not embarrass him or cause him pain. Her life was a shambles as the result of spending time in state mental hospitals and from her continuous living on the street. But she had seen him grow into manhood and was very proud of his many accomplishments. She longed to tell him who she was, but could not bring herself to do so. Instead she thanked God that He had so richly blessed her that day, in spite of her trials. There is so much we have to be thankful for including God’s unending blessings. May God Bless you and your family richly on Thanksgiving Day 2010
Ryan Melander
City Council response to letter Sorry for your problem. Our “current” overnight parking ban has been in existence for at least 30 years. There is a sign posted at every entrance to the city informing people entering our city that overnight parking is prohibited. The purpose of the overnight parking ban is not to trick people, nor to generate revenue for the city. It is a crime fighting measure. Our police feel it plays a critical role in helping them to prevent burglaries in our city. Thus it is “for the people” in that it renders them more safe. Many, many other cities in this area have the same overnight parking restriction. I’m sorry your visit to our city had a negative aspect to it, but I strongly support Arcadia’s overnight parking restriction and wanted you to know the reason for it. Bob Harbicht Arcadia City Council
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giving that I hope will bless you as it did me, throughout your Thanksgiving Celebration time. Jimmy, a college student, was leaving his family Thanksgiving celebration, to return to his college campus. As the handshakes, hugs and kisses subsided his loving adoptive mother tucked a large bag of assorted turkey dinner leftovers under his arm and said, “I love you son, think of us when you are eating those treats when you get back to your school”. Jimmy was the son of an unwed teenaged mother who had given him up for adoption to a Christian family as an infant. He had never suffered a hungry day in his life with his new family but he never forgot his roots and how fortunate he was to be given such a loving home. While Jimmy was driving back to school, the thought of another turkey meal after stuffing himself during the family dinner, was a very uncomfortable feeling. Since it was a cold and damp evening, he decided to swing by the City Park, to see if some misfortunate person might be lingering around that he might share the Thanksgiv-
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Thanksgiving Day ... Nov 25, 2010 is a special day when family and friends all across this nation join together in a great day of feasting and celebration. It is a time to be Thankful for the blessings in our lives. I mean truly thankful to God for the abundant blessings that we have been given to enjoy each day? Of course there are those who want to remove any thought of God from our Thanksgiving celebrations and from our daily lives. They wish to secularize the holiday and rewrite history. But it is evident from historical sources that Thanksgiving in America was always about giving thanks to God and sharing your blessings with others less fortunate. To come before God with thanksgiving and praise is no different than coming before our earthly parents with an attitude of gratitude. In our busy work a day world sometimes it seems that ... The more people have ... The less thankful and sharing they become. But as a reminder it is said, that a thankful person is a happy person. Not long ago I read a touching story of Thanks-
As I’m sure each of you know and have heard other voices around your beautiful city, Arcadia’s current parking violation for overnight parking is a very poor decision on the part of the City. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, however when you are from a different part of the state and plan to do business in another city, understanding another Cities non posted Vehicle Codes is far from your mind. I pledge to you, that I will never visit or do business within your city limit again. Government is supposed to be for the people not against them or to try and trick them. A simple sign would of stopped me from parking in the street overnight.
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