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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
PAGE 11A
Nimblewill
Letter to the Editor
As the road twisted
and turned while rising
up through the
elevation of the
tree-smothered
mountain, I slowed
the car and looked
at the place so
dear to my fami
ly. A place where
faith and calloused
hands fought pov
erty and pover
ty gave birth to
dreams and even
tual escape. My
ancestors sowed
there so we could reap
abundantly elsewhere.
It is a simple two lane
back road that joins
today’s world to one I
knew in yester years, the
one place in my history I
sometimes wish I could
crawl back into and
savor the gentleness and
the time when everyone
I loved was still alive. I
was too young to realize
that life could be cruel
and lessons could be
hard learned.
Not much has changed.
Of that I am glad. The
road is still patched with
ribbons of tar poured
into cracks reminding
me how it would melt in
the hot July sun until it
was soft and spongy. As
my cousins and I walked
barefooted toward the
country store, I would
sometimes stop and stick
a toe into its softness
and watch the indention
it made. Those
were the times
when kids still
pondered on
the life around
them and found
adventure in
mud pies and
play games of
pretend and
dress up.
The trees are
bigger but still
full and leafy.
The water
hole where we laughed
and splashed remains
untouched so I slowed
the car to think of the six
foot tall drain pipe that
runs underneath the road
where we would plop
down in our inner tubes
on one end and ride the
shallow, streaming water
over the ridged surface
then shoot out the other
side into the deeper end
of the water.
There are no develop
ments, no subdivisions
in this place called Nim
blewill where families
own farms and land
stays mostly in the fam
ilies from one genera
tion to the next. The war
had ended in Europe in
1945 and was soon to
end in the Pacific before
Amicalola EMC could
get power lines into the
community and the tiny,
tin-roofed house of my
grandparents. I am still
amazed that America had
been fighting a world
war with two enemies in
two regions of the world
yet there were still many
people without access
to electricity. Once it
arrived to my kinfolk in
the mountains, it would
mostly be a naked light
bulb that hung down
from the center of the
room and was turned
on and off by jerking a
string.
The little four-room
humble abode of my
grandparents, the one
with a front porch that
seemed to sigh with
despair, was torn down
long ago and replaced
with a house trailer.
Gone, too, is the bam
and the snowball plant
that sprouted up majes
tically every spring in
the completely dirt front
yard that was swept, not
mowed.
It was just far enough
away from the tall, stur
dy pine trees to absorb
sun and make my grand
mother very proud. She
had few things of real
beauty so she always
beamed with joy over
the huge blossoms and
offered a cutting to
anyone who stopped to
admire it.
See Ronda on Page 14A
Items available from Food Pantry are free
Dear Editor:
Thanks for the article Scott Thompson
wrote on the “Food to Kids” program and
fund-raiser. We’re all excited about the
fundraiser to provide funds for this pro
gram — it’s a great idea!
The Barrow County Food Pantry is one
of our ministries and has a number of
food distribution programs throughout our
county.
As mentioned in the article, one of these
is a voucher program in conjunction with
the school system that helps families in
need of extra food.
Our kids’ nutrition is extremely vital to
their optimum performance in their school
work and other activities and we want to
do what we can to help them succeed.
The article stated that these vouchers
allowing families to purchase food at our
Food Pantry.
Just for the record, I want all your
readers to know there is no cost to these
families to get this food.
We never charge anyone for the food
which comes from any of our programs; it
is all free to all the recipients.
All our food is either donated very gen
erously by the community or we buy it.
We are so blessed to be a part of a very
compassionate community here in Bar-
row County and appreciate everyone who
helps us obtain food for our neighbors
through monetary or food donations.
Thanks again for highlighting this event.
Sincerely.
Gwen Hill, President
Barrow Co. Cooperative
Benevolence Ministries, Inc.
Winder
Young letter continued from 6A
Apparently, the Democrats have no rule,
because their chairman is running for
office in November. Very convenient. I
could not do it, even if our rules allowed it.
On a personal note, I miss my Democrat
friend. Mr. Bill Healan, Jr. He was a great
help to me in the 1994 and 1996 elections
(vote resolution boards), and he was valu
able to understanding the local Barrow
political scene and ways to do politics
right. Though we were in different parties,
he had my deep respect.
For more information on the Barrow
County Republican Party, check www.
barrowgop.org.
Campaign headquarters information is
found on the “Events” page. Signs and
stickers are available.
Sincerely,
Ken Young
Chairman
Barrow County Republican Party
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provide supoort and guidance and encourage students in achieving academic, personal
and occupational success.
If you have from 30 minutes to one hour each week, contact Barrow County School
System mentor program coordinator Paige MaGahey a 770-867-4527.
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