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Thursday, July 20,2017 The Baldwin Bulletin I Your local newspaper Page A5 Looking forward to the future here Obituaries A. Mark Smith Sr. Publisher Thank you for reading The Baldwin Bulletin. We look forward to hearing how we can make The Bulletin more a part of your life. I am pleased we have experienced editor Wil Petty to head up our news coverage for The Bulletin. Wil is moving from our Lake Oconee News office in Greene County. He and his family are looking for a home in Baldwin County. Please stop by and meet Wil and the rest of our staff. I grew up in a news paper family and began working with my dad and grandfather at 10 years old at The Cochran Journal. We moved into this area when my parents purchased The Eatonton Messenger in 1956. My father was the fourth generation of newspaper people in my family. My youngest son, Matt, will be one of the sixth as he serves as general manager of The Baldwin Bulletin. I have long realized The Bulletin has a strong local following of readers. I appreciate the efforts of previous owners in preserving and growing The Bulletin through the years. Please let us hear from you on how we can further improve your newspapers. Ruby and Louise On the drive home from a speaking engagement in Savannah, I answered a call from Tink, who sounded fairly frantic. Whenever possible, he travels with me. But for that trip, he was on deadline with a movie script so he had stayed home and stayed up all night, working against the hours that were ticking down. In a some what high-pitched voice, he sputtered out the problem. Rodney had called. My brother-in-law. He asked Tink if he would come and help him load hay. Rodney never asks for help. He always gives it. “I had to tell him ‘no’ because I have to get this script in.” Tink felt awful. Especially because he always tells Rodney, “Call me anytime.” “Okay, let me see if I can find someone.” I pulled off the highway and into the parking lot of a Taco Bell where I sat and tried to think who I could call to help. Ten minutes went by and I couldn’t think of anyone. What happened to the days when there were neighbors to call or teenage boys looking to make a few Ronda Rich Dixie Divas dollars? I snapped my fingers and called a friend who lives nearby, who gladly and immediately said, “I’ll go right now.” Rodney, though, had already found someone who would help him for pay so it was all handled. On the remainder of the drive, I thought long and hard. In a moment of need, I had difficulty thinking of someone to help. Even for money. Then, I thought about Ruby Gooch and my sister, Louise. Whenever they see a need, they don’t wait to be asked. They do whatever it takes. Particularly when it comes to cooking. Miss Ruby is one of the people I most adore. I sit beside her in the church choir and she usually sits with me and Tink for preaching. She’s over 80, let’s just say, with the twinkling blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair of the Scotch- Irish Jarrards, her people. Daddy’s grandmother was one of those Jarrards. On the other side of the family, Miss Ruby’s mother-in-law was the sister to my grandmother and Aunt Fairy, of whom I’ve told you so much. My high school friend, Karen, is married to Miss Ruby’s son, Rickey. This is, remember, the South where there is no more than three degrees of separation and where double first cousins are not uncommon. Louise, of course, has some of the same blood as Miss Ruby. They’re both to be counted on to push up their sleeves and do whatever is needed. At the end of a long work day - Miss Ruby has been doing hair for many a-year and Louise is a postmaster - they think nothing of putting in a few more hours to help a neighbor. A death or illness? Miss Ruby will bake up one of her famous cakes and Louise will likely make a pork loin or a huge pan of her special chicken pot pie. They wear me out. Every time I talk to one of them, she is telling me all the food she’s cooking for a funeral, a church event, or someone ailing. And, to be honest, they’ve helped to make me a better person than I’d been withouttheir influences. Oh, I’ll never come close to doing all they do, but because of women like Miss Ruby and Louise, I think outside of myself a bit more and I bake a few more cakes than I would, otherwise. When I’m tempted not to get dressed up to go for a brief visit to the funeral home or make a call to see how I can help, I think of the unselfishness of those two and how a lot of work is never too much for either of them. Now, if we could just teach them how to get up hay, we’d have it made. Ronda Rich is the best selling author of What Southern Women Know. Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for herfree weekly newsletter. Marriage is bliss, ignorance is bliss Good evening, my name is Bill Dudley, and I am your host for this evening’s seminar: “Making Your Marriage Work,” which reminds me of a cartoon I read in Barron’s. It shows a scholarly-looking man sitting behind his desk, looking quizzically at the frumpy, tousled-haired woman seated in one of the two client’s chairs to his left. The other client’s chair is empty. On the wall above the man is his framed diploma of certification: “Marriage Counselor.” The caption under the cartoon reads, “He’s in the car, fin ishing off a six-pack.” Heeeeyowza, Ha Ha Ha, didja hear that, “.. .finish ing a six-pack!!” YowWee, that’s rich! Can’t you just see that donkey stumbling into this counseling session with his nose aglow - Yuk, Yuk - and sporting the plastic six-pack carrier as a necklace? Howwweeey... guffaw. Okay we gotta stop this before I get the hiccups. Hey! Jere! Knock it off with the noogies back there.. .Bebe’s head must be throbbin’ by now. And Bucky, lose the whoopie cushion.. .Barbara didn’t think it was funny the first time. Look, managing a marital relationship can seem as daunting as Sisyphus pushing his boulder to the top of the hill, and success requires steadfast atten tion to the needs of your partner while maintaining the appearance of “having a pair.” No easy task. But, there IS hope! Apple Computer reported that it has developed a computer chip that can store and play music inside women’s chest implants. “So what,” you Bill Dudley Guest Columnist ask? Well, for years, women have been complaining about men staring at their chests and not listening to them. Problem solved!! Guffaw, choke, snort- snort. . .Ohhhh golly my root beer just shot outta my nose. Come on, ladies, no need for the evil eye. It’s just a little light-hearted humor. Besides, I wouldn’t be cracking wise like this if I didn’t already know everything there is to know about patchin’ up marital relationships. Hey, no need for the tar and feathers because I’m gonna make it up to you by admitting that the problem lies with us men and our inability to manage a woman’s expec tations. We need look no further than two of history’s greatest love stories to see where good men went wrong: King Louis XVI treated Marie Antoinette like a queen; look what it got him. And Romeo expressed his “perfect love” for Juliet in a sonnet; a love poem so “perfect” that both lovers killed themselves. On the other hand, there’s Superman. Does he write Lois Lane the perfect love poem? No! Does he use his X-ray vision on her? Duh. Does he show her: faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a loco motive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? No! He shows her Clark Kent, a mild-mannered reporter who wears glasses, has zero sex drive and hangs out with Jimmy Olsen! Superman knows how to manage Lois’ expectations. And only then - after a bottle of bubbly and a nice dinner - does he show her “the man of steel.” Yowza! The “treat her like a queen” strategy has never worked. It doesn’t build a relationship - it builds “expectations.” Men just don’t have the stamina or memory to pull it off. We are self-centered, self-ab sorbed and self-ish. There, I said it out loud. Now can we move on? Fortunately, women intuitively know that men are basically three-toed sloths with the nesting habits of an armadillo, asking nothing more from life than a full stomach and a warm sty The good news is that they’re okay with this!! Women love a worth while project, and they are convinced that beneath our covetous disposition and Shrek-like appearance lies Prince Charming (yuk, yuk). P.T. Barnum was right. God gave women enormous resources of optimism and forgiveness to balance man’s limitless reserve of selfishness (Genesis 2:18.. .small print). But her resources will wither and die unless we, we selfish men, exercise them regularly. A woman gets frustrated when her man becomes “too perfect,” because the demolition and reconstruction of the man she loves into something actually worth loving is, believe it or not, a project she deems worthwhile!..? Go figure. So keep her on the journey and away from the destination. So what can we men do to improve our relationship with.. .them women? Well, that’s the REALLY good news: Just be you! Leave the toilet seat any way you want it, drink directly from the carton, blow your nose with one thumb, and when you leave your abode, leave it looking as if some burrowing animal has been rooting for truffles. Yes, you will have to endure her seemingly endless “our home’s appearance is a reflection of us” lecture, which will end quicker if you DO NOT interrupt. Just nod every time she pauses to catch a breath - which won’t be often. Hey, hey, get your eyes above her neck. Look Knucklehead, it’s import- SEE DUDLEY »A6 Obituaries should be submitted by the funeral home. Obituary notices run at no cost and may include pictures. Send to wil@bbnews.today by 1 p.m. Monday. David English July 19,2017 Mr. Jack "David" English, Jr., 58, passed away on Wednesday,Julyi9,2017. AMemorialServicewillbeheld at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 23,2017. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 PM until the service hour. Mr.EnglishwasanativeofMilledgevillebeforemaking his home in Oconee, Ga. He was the son of the late Jack David English, Sr. and Helen Brantley and was preceded in death by his companion, Linda Nolan Eubanks. He loved helping others, yard sales, racing, sports, Georgia Bulldogs, and enjoyed cats. He is survived by his daughter, Angelica Bowen Thomas on Nichols; stepdaughter, Jessica (Eric) Bonner; grandchildren, Shane Bonner and Breanna Bonner, all of Ivey; sisters, Charlotte (George) Powell of Covington, Jackie Etheridge of Hartwell, Stephanie (Dinky) Knowles of Milledgeville; nieces and nephews, Cynthia Hinojosa of Monroe, Kaddie Etheridge, Chase Etheridge, James Derek Knowles, and Kristin Brantley (Ryan Scott Brown), all of Milledgeville. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Animal Rescue Foundation or Cafe Central of Milledgeville. Express online condolences at www.williamsfu- neral.net. Williams Funeral Home and Crematory of Milledgeville. Julian Continued from A1 location, however the option to relocate to Athens was still on the table. According to documents provided by Poyner, the firm is looking at a location at 127 W. Hancock St. The Board of Commissioners was told the office space is not tradi tional, and renovations would have to be made to the property. “Their main focus is the Internet of things, so they’re trying to build cybersecurity to stop apps and phones from being hacked,” he said. “This is the new wave of the IT world.” The term Internet of things, in laymen terms, is the connection of a network, with other networks to physical devices such as smart cars, smart phones, smart houses, etc. The goal is then to collect and exchange data. The security firm would work to prevent that information from being compromised. Georgia has become more influential in the cybersecurity market, due to the investment from the federal government in Augusta, with Fort Gordon being the home to the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence. “They’re choosing between Milledgeville and Athens, and that’s basically because of the talent from Georgia College or the University of Georgia,” he said to the board of educa tion at their work session on Monday, July 17. The firm would save $7,638.36 a year for the first fiveyears,whiletaxeswould start to be implemented slowly foryears sixthrough 10. Of the $7,638.36, the board of education would lose $3,616.72 in tax, BaldwinCountywouldlose $2,088.20 and the City of Milledgeville would lose $1,933-44. Overall, the company will save $55,996.19 in incentive tax savings. “This is not a large ask in our history of doing this,” Poyner said to the BOE. Poyner said the recent tax reassessment caused an increase to over $7,500 on the property, while in previous years the taxes were at around $2,500. Project Julian would create approximately 50 jobs in the first three to five years. The salaries for majority of those jobs would be between $80,000 and $100,000. Commissioner Emily Davis asked about the type of jobs coming into the community. Poyner said they were mostly engineering and IT/coding jobs, with some adminis tration and “runner” jobs as well. In the BOE meeting, chairman Josh Jackson asked if there would be any penalties to the company if they didn’t fulfill their end of the agreement. Poyner said yes. “There are fallbacks that if they fall back in year 2 or year 3, they will pay back a percentage of the tax,” Poyner said. “That’s taken care of.” The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the motion for the tax abatements. The Board of Education will make no formal vote until Aug. 8, but expressed approval for the motion. The Milledgeville City Council also approved the motion.
