BURNING ALIVE: With the current influx of morbidly smothering weather temperatures close to 110 Fahrenheit, persons are asked to stay indoors during this stifling event. Please remember your pets and keep them indoors = and basically, keep yourself indoors – especially, young children and persons over age 65. That would be me! The latter – not the former.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES:
Thursday, July 3: Former local hairstylist, Vivian Foutch. Vickers.
Friday, July 4: My mentor, Rosie Little (Terry); Jill Baker Jennings (Randy) and my UTK friend, Kathy Swint Brandon of Brentwood, Tennessee.
Saturday, July 5: Cuz Jackie Robinson Stockling.
Monday, July 7: Mac’s mother-in-law, Sandy Fowler Barrera of Florence, Alabama.
Tuesday, July 8: Ma Sue, Vicki Haggard’s mother – Katie’s grandmother – and Thea and Piper’s great-grandmother.
Wednesday, July 9: Kyra Ferguson Walker, Renee’s young’un; Savannah Murphy; and, friend Bomi Zarolia of Dallas, Texas.
A MANNER OF FACT: Being punctual. Teach your children the value of being on time. Punctuality contributes to confidence in both children and in adults.
WORD OF THE WEEK: PHANTASMAGORIA means a sequence of real or imaginary images as seen in a dream. Also, it is a video game.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Thursday, July 3: Following three days of intense fighting – casualties numbering more than 50,000 – the Battle of Gettysburg ended in 1863 with a Union victory. It was the turning point in the American Civil War,
Friday, July 4: On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. It is referred to as Independence Day when the 13 original colonies succeeded from Great Britain.
Saturday, July 5: In 2009, Swedish tennis player, Roger Federer, won his 15th Wimbledon Grand Slam.
Sunday, July 6: In 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam. Her diary became a classic of war literature. The Franks were captured on August 4, 1944.
Monday, July 7: The Hawaiian Islands were annexed and later became a United States territory in 1959.
Tuesday, July 8: In 1950, Douglas McArthur was appointed commander of United Nations forces in the Korean War.; Vasco de Gama sailed to India in 1497.
Wednesday, July 9: Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, died only 16 months after taking office. His cause of death was a “stomach virus.”
ANGIE’S PRAYER OF THE WEEK: “Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but friends, and tell them how great this hath had compassion on thee.” (Mark 5:19)
A SPECIAL APPRECIATION for the recent complimentary telephone call from a new friend and column follower, Wanda Braswell. She especially enjoyed last week’s list of grammatical errors and remembered that her school teacher, upon hearing someone say, “Where’s it at?” would say, “It’s behind the A and T!” Reminiscent of my mom saying, “Behind the at!” What’s your excuse?
WEEKLY LUCY UPDATE: LuAllen Parker Foutch is her birth and given name. When we were children, I began calling her LUCY. It stuck. She started calling me LECI. It didn’t. It all began with the television show, “I Love Lucy.” Creative, wasn’t I?
THE BRADY BARK: My little buddy has learned how to communicate using his paws and little brown pug nose. When he wants to be rubbed, he noses my hands into the air. This is his inbred signal for PETTING time and PET time.
NOT GOING: In a recent DeKalb County poll of 421 residents and visitors, the overwhelming answer to whether they were going to the upcoming Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival was only 33%. The number of those persons not attending the Jamboree this year tallied 67%.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK – BE NICE!
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