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Page 4 - The Wiregrass Farmer, December 16,2015
Editorial & Opinion
The WIREGRASS FARMER - Established 1902
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The “Jesus” Film Project saves lives
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Fact check
A quick check is usually all to takes to verify
something is true or prove it is false, especially on
line.
So why won’t people do this? Shakespeare put it
very well centuries ago. “The evil that men do lives
after them; the good is oft interred with their
bones.” In other words, people want to believe the
bad stuff and are eager to share it.
Thursday and Friday, Turner County got an excel
lent example of what happens when people don’t
bother trying to get the truth. We get panic.
There was no threat.
There was no shooter.
No crime was committed.
Two kids got into an argument.
After that, all that happened is some kids over-re
acted and their parents stepped it up again. As Sher
iff Andy Hester put it, “Facebook lit up.”
Stop.
Stop spreading stupid, baseless, fact-less rumors.
You get mad when people talk about you. You get
upset when people start spreading rumors about
you.
So don’t be part of the problem.
Do a fact check. Find out what is going on, actu
ally going on and not what someone who heard
from someone who may have heard something
thinks is going on.
Stop spreading stupid rumors. Fact check.
If there was truly something to be worried about,
our public safety folks would put out an alert. No
alert was issued. No need to panic.
Yes, law enforcement showed up as a Just In Case
matter. Thanks for that.
That made it ever more certain there was nothing
to worry about.
For the record, your children are safer in school
than running around town when school is supposed
to be in. When school is officially out, people may
be more inclined to watch for children. When school
is supposed to be in, it’s guaranteed drivers won’t be
watching for kids running around playing.
Stepping Back In Time
1925- LETTERS TO
SANTA.
Dear Santa Claus: Please
bring me a pair of bedroom
slippers, a sewing machine, big
sleepy doll and a jack in the
box. Don't forget my little
brother. With best wishes, Ver-
melle Akin.
Dear Santa: I am a little boy
3 years old. I am not going to
ask for much this time, but I
want a watch, a harp, and a tri
cycle. Please bring me fruits,
nuts, and candy. Your good lit
tle boy, Thomas Cravey, Jr.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a lit
tle boy away out here in the
country, but please don't forget
me. I want a wagon with solid
wheels and rubber tires. Please
Santa, bring me a knife and a
rubber ball and lots of apples
and oranges. Your little friend,
Raymond Hasty.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a lit
tle girl 6 years old and have
been very good this year, so I
would like you to bring me a
The movie “Jesus” is one
of the most biblically faithful
motion pictures ever produced
about the life of Christ. Every
word that the actor who por
trays Jesus speaks is a direct
quote from the Word of God.
Therein lies the power of
“Jesus.” It is his word, the
gospel brought to life on the
video screen, empowered by
the Holy Spirit.
There is a region in Iraq
that has been battling ISIS.
There is a Christian medical
clinic there that has been min
istering to people for many
years. One day a taxi driver
drove to the clinic needing
some dental work done. When
he saw Bibles on the table he
became very upset. Even
though he felt repulsed by
being worked on by an “infi
del” he waited to see the den
tist. After the procedure he
stormed out the door.
A clinic worker followed
him out the door and offered
the driver a DVD of “Jesus,”
saying that he may need it.
Still upset the driver accepted
it “Okay, give it to me,” he said
as he grabbed the DVD and
threw it on his dashboard and
drove away.
About an hour later he was
back at the dental clinic pale,
shaking and terrified. He told
the clinic workers that the
DVD saved his life. They
asked him how he had time to
watch the DVD. He replied
that he did not have time to
watch it but after he left the
clinic he was stopped at a false
check point by armed radicals
From Where
I Sit
checking people’s ID. If the
person stopped is not from
their religious sect you can be
killed on the spot.
“I thought I was a dead
man. One of the guards was
about to look at my papers and
I knew they would shoot me
but when he saw the DVD on
my dashboard he told the oth
ers that I was a dirty Christian
and to let me go.” The driver
promised the clinic workers
that he would watch “Jesus”
that night. The next morning
he was back in the clinic joyful
and raving about what had
happened to him when he
watched the movie. He asked
for more DVDs of “Jesus” that
he could give to taxi drivers
that he worked with.
In another example a travel
team was showing “Jesus” in a
hazardous and remote area
where they knew there were
radicals that would kill any
Christian they found. They be
came lost and stopped their car
hoping to determine where
they were. Suddenly a man
came out of a cluster of trees
waving his arms over his head
and heading directly at their
car.
The team knew he could be
a radical but then they heard
his voice. “You are they! You
are the men of my dream! Can
you tell me the truth?” Then
the man told the team about a
dream he had several nights
earlier. In the dream he saw
these very men coming to him
and a voice told him they
would bring him the Truth.
The dream was so real that he
left his home on foot a few
days earlier and had been
searching for them since.
The “Jesus” film workers
invited him into their car and
the man gladly directed them
to his village. It turned out that
he owned the local tea house,
the place where the men of the
community wanted to gather.
That evening the team showed
them, “Jesus” in their language
and again at the man’s home.
He and his whole household
became followers of Jesus be
cause their hearts and lives
were transformed. And this
happened in a radical filled
country.
Thousands of workers are
ready to give young men and
women DVDs of “Jesus” be
fore they are drawn to lives of
violence. Giving people the
gospel is the only solution to
terrorism. The DVD “Jesus” is
a ministry of Campus Crusade
for Christ International, 100
Lake Hart Drive 3100, Or
lando, Fla. 32832-0100.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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little piano, doll and doll bed
and little set of dishes and a lit
tle stove. A lot of fruits, nuts,
and candy. Please do not forget
mama and daddy. I am sick
now but hope to be well
Christmas. Your little girl, Ver-
nelle Cravey. P.S. Do not forget
my teacher, Miss Byrd.
1935- On December 11,
1935, Miss Charlotte Ray, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Ray, and Mr. Henry
Royal, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Royal, married.
Both graduated from
Sycamore High School in
1933.
Letters to Santa Claus:
I am a good little boy three
years old and my daddy don't
have to whip me anymore.
Please bring me a little car you
can sit on and one you can
drive, like John Benton’s car. It
must have a seat, one for a man
and one for a woman. I want to
take my mother and daddy to
ride. I want a door on one side
Thursday,
krrrrrrrrrrrrki
SANTA CLA
Letters to Santa. This
year’s letters will be printed
in next week’s edition.
and one on the other so you
can get out at the drug store.
Please have a horn, bell, and
head light just like my grand-
daddy’s new Ford. Please bring
me a typewriter. I do not want
anything else. I was in Miami,
Florida last Christmas. Please
note my change of address to
Ashburn, Georgia. Very truly
Yours, Joseph Murray Turner.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a lit
tle boy 6 years old. I have tried
to be a good little boy this year.
Will you please bring me a
football, a pony, a wagon with
lights on it, a tricycle, and a
steam line train, some games,
story books, candy and all
kinds of fruits and nuts? Thank
you Santa. Robert North.
North Pole, Dear Santa
Claus, I want you to bring me
a choo choo train and a railroad
track, a sawmill, a well so I can
look down in it and a bell to
put on a pole so I can ring it. I
am leaving a bottle of Coca-
Cola and some chewing gum
by my stocking for you. You
need not bring any firecrack
ers, I am scared of them. Beau
Miller.
I would like a bicycle, a real
gun, a wagon, firecrackers, and
some fruit and candy. Garland
Carter.
I would like a doll, a
Mickey Mouse telephone, a tea
set, and fruit and candy. Eloise
Abbott.
with David Baldwin
I would like a doll, a box of
watercolors, a guitar, and fruit
and candy. Helen Hasty.
1955- EUREKA HIGH
SCHOOL BASKETBALL:
Alberta Cushion has averaged
20 points per game. Ola M.
Munford has also furnished
plenty of punch for the girls.
Willis (Rabbit) Nelson, 6'8"
center, has been outstanding on
the boy’s team. He has aver
aged 18 points per game. The
Tigers will play Carver High
School at Douglas Friday
night. $318 was taken from the
Turner County Stock Yards
and Sheriff Charlie Hunt is in
vestigating the clueless crime.
1965- Turner County citi
zens will vote on a $175,000
bond issue to expand the
Turner County Hospital. It will
add room for 15 additional pa
tients and a small chapel. A
new Masonic temple will be
constructed in Ashburn in the
next four months. It will cost
$50,000.
Baker’s Dozen
Scoring a
trophy
With deer hunting season
more than halfway through a
lot of people (ok, none) have
asked me how a trophy is
scored. I’m going to tell you
how to do it anyway.
You can get one of the offi
cial scorers for the official or
ganizations to give you an
official score for then official
records, officially. The top
records books are Boone &
Crockett, Pope & Young, Sa
fari International, NASCAR,
Really Big & Dangerous Ani
mals We Hunted Down, Killed
And Then Put Their Body
Parts On The Wall, NCAA,
FBI, NSA, The Smithsonian
and Larry “Hawgin”’ Fish-
breath’s Really Big Book Of
Trophies. There are a few more
lesser known trophy recording
agencies.
The people who are official
scorers are not supposed to
charge for scoring your trophy.
But you have to find them first.
Finding someone who is a cer
tified scorer for Pope & Young
is like killing an 18-point
whitetail from a back porch at
1:30 in the afternoon. You
know someone who knows
someone who has a cousin
who knew someone who may
have heard of it happening.
It’s not going to happen to
you.
So the best thing to do, is
learn to score your trophy
yourself. This has three major
advantages:
• You make the rules.
• You make the rules.
• And, you make the rules.
If you need some help get
ting started, here are some
starting points. Feel free to add
anything else you may think of
along the way.
Pope & Young is for bow
and arrow kills only. Boone &
Crockett doesn’t care. Safari
has different categories.
NASCAR requires you to use
a highly modified and fully
customized vehicle which
must be called “stock” even
though there’s nothing “stock”
on the vehicle. The FBI only
allows trophies taken by large
groups. Hawgin’ says if he
killed it, it’s a trophy. If you
killed it, it has to be several
times bigger than anything he’s
killed.
So, how did you kill it?
• Used The Force and lifted
it off the ground to strangle it.
Hey. You win. Hands
down. You are Da Hunter. We
don’t care if you used The
Force and ah you lifted and
strangled was a mouse. You
have the ultimate trophy.
• Chased it down and killed
it.
OK, how? You earn points
for chasing it down on foot.
The bigger, faster and more
dangerous the animal, the more
points you earn. Chase down a
rhino? Bonus points. You also
earn points based on how you
killed it. Chase down a rhino
and kill it with a severe case of
halitosis earns double bonus
points.
If you climb on the top of a
giant 4x4 while your buddy
drives through the woods at
breakneck speed and you jump
off to land on the back of the
rhino to kill it with your bad
breath, well, yeah. Extra bonus
points there too. This trophy
ranks right below using The
Force.
(See BAKER Page 5)