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by JENNY MURR
his past week, I witnessed something very disturbing on the streets of Warner Robins: children, probably 10 & 7, selling lemonade on a desolate street corner. I passed by them several times over a two hour span and witnessed cars creeping up, people rolling down their windows to buy a glass, and these kids walking up to the car like it was perfectly fine. What were their parents thinking? Now, I’m not accusing these parents of being purposely negligent. I’m sure they love their kids and have taught them about STRANGER DANGER. So why is it not okay for a kid to take candy from a stranger, but it is okay to sell a stranger lemonade? As parents, we all want to encourage a spirit of capitalism in our children. We want them to learn about earning, saving, and spending money. We want them to feel the satisfaction of making their own way in the world. But there has to be another way to do this other than sitting our kids out on a corner accessible to any morally bankrupt pervert. Is the lesson the kids will learn from the lemonade stand worth the risk? Recently, some of our kids got 15 minutes of fame when someone robbed their lemonade stand…RIGHT HERE IN ONE OF THE BEST TOWNS IN THE NATION TO RAISE KIDS!
The world took note of and sympathized with these altruistic tots, some of them ultimately sending donations to make up for the loss. The kids were fine, the funds were raised and all was right in the world. But how would we as a community be feeling right now if there wasn’t such a happy ending? How would their parents handle the loss of those kids? WAKE UP HOUSTON COUNTY! This is not the 50s. No longer can we send our kids out into the neighborhood unattended, not even for 5 minutes. So you want to teach your kids good work ethic? Take them somewhere to volunteer: animal shelter, nursing home, or grandma’s house. I implore you, parents of Houston County, weigh the benefits against the risks before sending your babies out into the big bad world. That evening, I beat myself up for not taking some type of action to insure the safety of these kids. I saw the mother gather her kids at the end of the day and I should have stopped and talked to her about my concerns. For that, I apologize and implore those of you who are older and wiser, please watch out for the children in our community. If you see a child in danger, call the police. Don’t be afraid to get involved, it just might save someone’s life.
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COLUMNIST ANDREW JONES is a 24-year-old who wants to make a difference. From writing his congressman to volunteering for a local fire department, he has found ways to better his community. A nursing student at Macon State College, Andrew will graduate Spring, 2012. COLUMNIST BILL KNOWLES is a lifelong Conservative who has lived in the Middle GA area for over 20 years. He got his first taste of the political process when at age 9 he proudly handed out buttons for then President Richard Nixon and has been hooked ever since. Bill has held campaign positions for various local, state and national candidates, including
President Ronald Reagan, Steve Forbes, Senator Fred Thompson and most recently Senator John McCain. He is currently a member of the Georgia GOP’s State Committee. He and his wife Bridget have one son, Teddy. RACHEL HELIE is an offbeat wife and mother of two, a bibliophile and an avid walker. She loves reading, writing, the arts, antiques, research, food and researching food. She is currently working on three novels, but as she has the attention span of a gypsy moth, finds it difficult to finish them. Okay, maybe that last bit is an exaggeration. She moved from Atlanta to Warner Robins over five years ago and never looked back! NIGHTLIFE WRITER DAVID BROCKWAY fell in love with guitar and voice in his teens and, 30 years later, has played everything from Buffalo Springfield to Lady Gaga to a 65 piece orchestra. He’s learned chords galore, scales out the wazoo, and toured from Miami to Austin to Acapulco. His mission for this section? To promote OUR town, musically. Got a gig coming up? Let him know. Got a music theory question? Whatever it is, he wants to hear it! david11thhourhoco@gmail.
The things making our world just a little bit better | by brad evans
I saw the Hangover II this past week, and I don’t really know what I expected, but it sucked. I mean walk out of the theater bad. X-Men First Class turned out to be pretty good though. I had no idea that mutants helped avert the Cuban Missle Crisis. A movie I am pretty excited about is Blue Like Jazz. Keith Watson, from New City Church gave me the book a few years back, and I really enjoyed it. Paste magazine called it one of the 20 best books of the decade after all. And now thanks to a Kickstarter Campaign, and musician turned filmmaker Steve Taylor, it’s coming to a theatre probably not near us soon. I was getting pretty excited about the new season of True Blood hitting this month on HBO.
Unfortunately the coolest app I’ve downloaded in some time, HBO GO, ruined it for me. The app allows you to access every HBO program ever on your ipad, and I was able to watch the first six minutes of a not yet released True Blood series premier, which opens in Fairyland. I almost puked on the device and I’m not happy about it. This series makes a habit out of jumping the shark though, so I’m sure it will be well received. Premiers Sunday, June 12.
I’m not a huge Pearl Jam fan, I stopped listening to them almost before flannel got too hot for Georgia that summer, but Eddie Vedder’s new album, Ukulele Songs, is worth a listen. I also got My Morning Jacket’s new piece, Circuital, Middle Brother’s self titled joint, and Black Lips, Arabia Mountain, this week . You should also check out the new video of Mumford and Sons, The Bookshop Sessions, which is just magnificent. If your not a National Geographic subscriber, you might want to pick up the latest edition, which turns their lens on the birth of religion, which they say may have had as great an affect on civilization as agriculture. It’s as interesting a thing as I’ve read in months. MAY 27 - JUNE 10, 2011 3