The Messenger THE MESSENGER OF JUNEAU COUNTY
June 20, 2013
All about George Gore
Bill’s Corner
George Gore has been a favorite for readers of The Messenger newspaper for many years. He is a very important part of the weekly issue put out by the staff of The Messenger. Patti Gore, George’s daughter, obviously has a flare for the written word also. Patti sent this word scramble in to honor her father for Father’s Day.
BY BILL SMITH With brand new blacktop in downtown Elroy, and freshly painted crosswalks on it, I am again reminded that I am not too enamored with Wisconsin's current pedestrian laws. The problem I see is that none of us fully understand or continually follow them. For instance, I have had drivers stop to let me across when I was simply standing on the sidewalk, with no actual intention to cross. More likely there are drivers that assume because the vehicle they operate is heavier and sturdier than any pedestrian they have the right-of-way. And then there are drivers who dutifully stop for me and wave me across their lane into the path of another vehicle that is not prepared to yield to me. As I understand it, drivers are not obligated to allow pedestrians the right-of-way unless that pedestrian has already started to cross. Then they should do whatever is necessary to see that they make it to the other side. Here is how a release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation summarizes the law: Drivers must: • Yield to pedestrians when crossing a sidewalk or entering an alley or driveway
Lets see how much you really know about George, how much have you picked up on in the past 14 years since George’s debut in The Messenger? Happy Father’s Day to George and Happy Anniversary to Mr. George and Mrs. Mary Ann Gore on 60 years of marriage.
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BY NANCY J SCHNEIDER Ray has been home three weeks now and we are doing our best to adjust. A lot of people ask how things are going and I really don’t have much of an answer except to say, “We take it one day at a time.” I’m not being evasive, there just isn’t much to tell. I really want things to go back to normal but I’m thinking that isn’t gonna happen. In fact, I sorta forgot what normal was. Now we are establishing a new normal. Like it or not you take what you get. But then I reconsidered things. Why do I want things to go back to the way they were? They certainly weren’t perfect, so why do I want that? Maybe it’s because it’s comfortable, it’s familiar, it’s what we were used to or something like that. There’s no two ways about it that we are two separate people with two different ways of doing things and two different sets of priorities, so why go back to doing things only one way? After all these years of “putting up with things” maybe we should stand our ground on what we want to do and how to do them. That causes problems though. That seems selfish. It’s so much easier to just go along with the flow and not try to upset things by doing them the way I would like to do them. I had those four months of pretty much doing things my way and it became kinda nice. That’s not the way things should work though, and I do want things to work. Yet maybe going back to doing what we always did isn’t the answer at this point. We are both getting a bit “long in tooth” and we’ve had a wakeup call letting us know we aren’t going to be here forever. So maybe we need to start our “bucket list” and try to do something different. Problem with that is I don’t have a bucket list. I truly don’t have much I want to do before I check out of this old world. I just want to live comfortably, have my family close by, have my precious dogs (although I always have room for more than two dogs but I know that’s out) and simply enjoy life. My Dad used to say, “Let’s just be happy”
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and he was right I guess. Doing what? Well, about the same as I always did I guess. I got to thinking about the song by Tim McGraw about living like you were dying and what would you do. I have absolutely no desire to go skydiving or ride on a mechanical bull. I already climbed part of the Rocky Mountains so I don’t have to do that again. I guess I could love deeper and speak sweeter and I always try to be a friend that a friend would like to have. Of course we can always better ourselves, but other than that there really isn’t much I’d like to do that I haven’t already done. I want to continue to do a lot of them, so maybe that counts. But new things? There aren’t many that I can think of. No desire to do any world traveling, but possibly another trip to Canada would be nice. I truly enjoyed it when we went on those trips. I’ve been out west, I’ve been out east, we certainly went north but I really haven’t traveled south. Maybe that could be something to put on a bucket list. Then again, it’s a rather short bucket list if that’s all I can come up with. So I’m right back where I started this column. I think going back to “normal” and the way it was is probably what I desire most. It wasn’t the greatest existence but it was familiar and I knew my way around things. I’m not real crazy about change of any kind, so making a bucket list and trying out new things probably isn’t the best idea for me. Granted there are times when it’s hard to tell whether I’m carving a niche for myself or digging a hole, but as long as I keep trying I guess it will work out. I do keep trying even when it doesn’t seem like it’s worth it. Until next week when I’ve sorted out things in my mind I’ll leave you with this true NO-nonsense thought: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. n Nancy J Schneider is a member of The Wisconsin Regional Writers Association and writes freelance. Nancy can be reached at njswritingnook@yahoo.com.
GRANDPA HAPPY HONEST INTEGRITY INTELLIGENT LEADER LOYAL OUTGOING
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JUNEAU COUNTY CROSSWORD
ANSWER KEY FOR GEORGE GORE WORD SCRAMBLE AMBITION CHARACTER ETHICAL FAMILY MAN FRIENDLY
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• Yield to pedestrians who have started crossing at an intersection or crosswalk on a "walk" signal or a green light, if there is no walk signal • Yield to pedestrians who are crossing the highway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection where there are no traffic lights or control signals • Not overtake and pass any vehicle that stops at an intersection or crosswalk to permit a pedestrian or bicyclist to cross the roadway safely Pedestrians must: • Yield to drivers when crossing a road where there is no intersection or crosswalk or where the pedestrian does not have a green or "walk" signal and where vehicles have a green signal • Not suddenly move into the path of a closely approaching vehicle that does not have sufficient time to yield for a pedestrian • Walk on and along the left side of a highway when not walking on a sidewalk. Note: This law does not apply to bicycles. Bicycles operate under the same laws as other legal vehicles on the road and should always stay on the right side of the road.
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