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TheTrue Citizen, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 — Page 5
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THE KINDNESS OF RISK TAKERS
By Ronda Rich
One night I was doing an ap
pearance in a town where this
column
runs. A
woman
waited in
line to
speak to
me and
brought
a clip
ping of
that
week’s column for me to sign.
She handed me the newspa
per clipping and said, “You
made a mistake.” She pointed
to it and said, “You used the
wrong word.”
I don’t recall exactly what it
was - I can’t keep up with all
my mistakes - but it was some
thing simple like using “were”
instead of "would.” Nonethe
less, it was a mistake that nei
ther I nor the editor had caught.
The woman refused to give me
any grace about it, to the point
that other people began to
bristle and defend me. I just
shrugged it off.
A long time ago when I found
myself in a public forum, where
all my mistakes and vulnerabili
ties as well as my strengths are
exposed, I decided that I would
profit none by believing neither
the praise nor the criticism of
strangers. If you embrace the
gushing flattery of those who
adore you, then the same must
be done with those who detest
you. It can really throw off your
balance and self-worth. It is
important to know who you are
- faults and attributes - and stay
true to that.
Still, I learn from my critics
and admirers because both play
a crucial role in whatever I
achieve. The critics inspire me.
The supporters encourage me.
Recently, a friend in the news
paper business shared a letter
from a reader that bitingly rep
rimanded a reporter for her
grammar. The critic concluded
the letter with something like
“any fourth grader should be
able to help.” The editor had
responded graciously, citing the
stress of the news room with
fewer reporters and crunching
deadlines. He was kind in the
face of unkindness.
With him, I shared a bit of
wisdom that I have acquired
over the years. “I have learned
that only people who hover in
safe places criticize boldly and
unnecessarily. The risk takers
never do. They realize that risk
taking is filled with mistakes.
They look to the mistakes their
own risks created and that en
ables them to cut a wide swath
for others who step boldly.”
Failing in the privacy of your
own home where no one sees
it, is completely different from
stepping out and making a mis
take where millions can con
demn or find fault. Extraordi
nary success comes only when
extraordinary risk is taken. Many
will criticize the politician, the
public figure or the preacher yet
those who find fault would
never exchange places and take
those arrows of unkindness.
My friend, Richard Childress,
is a strong admirer of Theodore
Roosevelt. A few years ago, I
gave him a framed poster of my
favorite Roosevelt quote. I’ll
share it now, knowing that a clip
ping of this column will find its
way onto refrigerators and into
Jim Shumard
A lot has been written about
capital punishment last week and
it is appropriate that I as a min
ister of the
Gospel of
Jesus
Christ ad
dress it
even
though I
believe it
to be a po
litical red
flag which
SYMBOL IS AS SYMBOL DOES
when waved makes it difficult
for people to listen. There are
a number of pros and cons con
cerning capital punishment and
Christians have a variety of
opinions on it and support their
opinions with what can be found
in the Bible.
I really do not need to go any
further than knowing that Jesus,
the man I serve, was an inno
cent man executed by the gov
ernment. People lied to get him
convicted and most of the power
people manipulated the trial and
mobs of people to meet their
own needs. The government
also executed Jesus to appease
the crowds plus some of the re
ligious leaders of the day.
The cross is a symbol of the
worst a government can do; and
it is a symbol of capital
punishment...burning at the
stake, the ax, the electric chair,
the firing squad, lethal injection;
and the cross is a symbol of The
Incarnation, resurrection and
Other Voices
family Bibles.
It’s not the critic that counts:
the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles, or where
the doer of deeds could have
done them better. The credit be
longs to the man who is really
in the arena, whose face is
marred by dust, and sweat, and
blood, who strives valiantly, who
errs and comes up short again
and again, because there is not
effort without error and short
coming, but who actually strives
to do the deed; who knows the
great enthusiasms, the great de
votions, who spends himself in
a worthy cause; who at best,
knows in the end the triumph of
high achievement and who, at
worse, if he fails, at least he fails
while daring greatly, so that his
place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls who never
know neither victory nor defeat.
Maybe it’s the cynic in me
but, somehow, I’m sure some
one had something critical to
say about that, too.
Ronda Rich is the best-sell
ing author of What Southern
Women Know (That Every
Woman Should).
hope. This cross is such a
strong symbol for me that stand
ing against capital punishment
is another outward and visible
way to honor the Person I stand
with and for, who is Jesus Christ.
For what its worth.
Dr. Jim+
“For now we see through a
glass darkly; but then face to
face.” I Corinthians 13.12 KJV.
You may contact Rev.
Shumard at jshumie@aol.com
or at stmichaelswaynesboro.org
WASTE NOT WANT NOT
By F. Leslie Jenkins Jr.
Burke Banter Boy
“Waste Not, Want Not” were
the bywords during the Great
Depression. Folks back then
saved everything and threw
away nothing. In those days, one
man, Mr. Alvin Heath, collected
all the trash and garbage in the
city of Sardis. He had an old
beat up pick up truck in which
to haul the trash, but he did the
job very efficiently. No one had
to roll their garbage out to the
street. He came into the yards
to get it, and he also came into
the stores and businesses to col
lect their waste. Mr. Heath got
the job done in a couple of days.
I say all of this in order to
show the differences between
then and now. There is so much
trash and garbage and waste to
day that it takes a $100,000.00
garbage truck and at least three
men to pick up our waste. The
trash must be in special garbage
containers, and it must be sit
ting on the edge of the street,
for swift pickup as the truck
rushes by. The increase in waste
can’t be blamed on an increase
in population in Sardis, for the
population has remained almost
constant.
We, the people, are the cul-
Burke Happenings
Diabetic teaching
A free diabetic teaching class will be held 6-8 p.m., Wednes
day, Oct. 5, in the Burke Medical Center classroom.
Limited space is available. Call 706-554-4435 and ask for the
Dietary Department to reserve your spot. You are encouraged to
bring your partner or the person who does the food preparation.
Vidette School Reunion
Another reunion for former students and friends of Vidette
School 11 a.m-3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, at Mobley’s Cafeterian,
located on Sixth Street in Waynesboro. Lunch is served from
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be no advance charge. You will
pay when you order.
For more information, contact Joe Cramer at 770-207-5970.
Yard Sale/Fish Dinner Sale
Thomas Grove Baptist Churdch will have a yard sale and fish
dinner sale Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Southern Bank Pavilion, lo
cated at 855 North Liberty Street in Waynesboro. The yard sale
begins at 7:30 a.m. The dinner sale begins at 11 a.m.
Fair-on-the Square
Celebrate with Millen 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, at the
38 th annual Fair-on-the-Square on the Jenkins County Courthouse
Square.
View the Fair parade at 10 a.m. Browse the authentic crafts
and commercial collectibles. Enjoy the variety of local enter
tainment and sample a wide choice of home cooked foods. Visit
the Azalea Garden Club’s flower show in the Jenkins County
Memorial Library. View the many vintage vehicles in the Clas
sic Car Cruise-In. Children will have plenty of rides and games
for entertainment.
For parade information call Cindy Linder at (478) 982-3274.
For information on other events call Art Johnson at (478) 982-
5595.
prits. Everything we buy gen
erates more trash, more garbage,
and more waste. And we are not
savers any more. Many of us
throw away perfectly good
stuff. Many of us turn up our
noses at ‘leftovers’. All that we
eat must be freshly prepared or
cooked. Nowadays, everything
we buy, whether it be food,
clothing or whatever, comes
packaged in layer after layer of
paper and plastic. Of course we
must dispose of this waste. The
appliances we buy are designed
to break down, and become
unrepairable the instant the war
ranty expires. Resulting in more
waste of which to dispose. In
former days, appliances and
other items we used were built
to last a life time, or at least
much longer than the warranty.
Because we have become so af
fluent, we are now a nation that
is wasting its natural resources
on a wreckless scale. We, as a
city, we, as a county, we, as a
state, and we, as a nation need
to go GREEN.
Many waste their lives while
pursuing evil. Crime has reared
its ugly head in all parts of this
great nation. Petty crimes and
monstrous crimes are common
in far off California and they
are common right here in Sardis
Georgia. Today, this little town
must have at least six policemen
with squad cars and arms and
equipment to no end. In days
gone by, Sardis was patrolled
and controlled by one day po
liceman and one night man. Mr.
‘Bub’ Elliott was the day man.
He carried on his right hip a six
shooter and on his left a black
jack. He walked everywhere he
went and he kept law and or
der. This piece is in no way
meant to belittle the police of
today. Mr. Elliott was not re-
Phinazee
& Son
FUNERAL HOME
554-5500
404 West 8th Street
quired by law to be nice and
polite to the criminals he appre
hended. Todays police seem to
be handicapped by the ‘Miranda
Law’ and other regulations that
hinder them in making arrests.
Our county jails, our state
prisons, our federal prisons are
fdled to capacity. Young men
and young women have given
their very souls over to the use
of drugs and other abusive sub
stances. To feed their monstrous
habits, they turn to crime.
Crime of any and many sorts are
taken up so as to quench the
constant desire of the thing that
is destroying their lives and,
indeed, their very souls.
We, as a nation, can throw
away the scraps from our tables.
We can throw away trash and
worn out items. We can fill the
‘landfills’ to the brim and over.
Maybe we can survive all of
this, but our greatest waste is
that of the young men and
women who should be the fu
ture leaders of this country.
How can we continue to let
these youngsters sink into
oblivion? We, as a wasteful na
tion, must mend our ways. We
must become frugal in all we
do. We must begin saving our
natural resources, but most of
all, we must find new ways to
fight and defeat the ‘drag cul
ture’. We must see that our
youth are equipped with the
desire and abilities to lead this
nation on to greater heights.
“Waste Not, Want Not.”
You can reach F. Leslie
Jenkins Jr., Burke Banter Boy,
by email at: f291@bellsouth.net
NARCOTICS
ANONYMOUS
Meets 7-8 p.m.
on Tuesdays & Thursdays
at Wimberly House
521 S. Liberty St.
Waynesboro, GA
The following are Burke County property transfers. The date
indicates when the transaction was recorded in the Burke County
Clerk’s office.
• Virgina C. Hopkisn to David Price, July 8, 1.12 acres, map
and parcel # W08-157, $225,000
• Constance Hurst Hull Estate to Christopher L. Harrison, July
1, 1.19 acres, map and parcel # 072C-212 (MH), $14,330
• Willie J. Jackson III to Celete Barcely, July 7, 1.04 acres,
map and parcel # 062A-065, $4,500
• Tommy L. Jones to Camelita A. Birt, July 13,1 acre, part of
map and parcel # 082-039, $10,000
• Evelyn Lambert to Jerry and Derlie Crouso, July 29, 2
acres, part of map and parcel # 093-033B, $3,000
• Easton Langham to Josh Lee et al, Aug. 17, 350 and .80
acres, map and parcel # K01-035B, 035C, $1,000
• Robert Brian Lewis to Shawn Franke, July 15, 17 acres, part
of map and parcel # 008-047A, $29,750
• Ann W. Lominick to John J Flynt III, July 28, 1/12th inter
est in map and parcel # 108-006, $14,000
• Raymond Loren Estate to The Church of Jesus Christ Latter
Day Saints, Aug. 19, 3.83 acres, map and parcel # 073-008C,
$85,000
• Marsha J. Madray to Robert D. Wilson, July 28, 80 acres,
map and parcel # 093-025 (MH), $240,000
• McKinney Wholesale Company, Inc. to Copper Land Hold
ings LLC, July 8, 4.9 acres, map and parcel # 073-023, $50,000
• Mead Farm General Partnership to Eddie and Darlene Jack-
son, July 22, 2.56 acres, map and parcel # 090-025Y, $5,000
• Partricia Hart Mitchell et al to CKO Realty, July 25, 9.34
acres, map and parcel # 082-025, $18,680
• Nease C. Mobley Jr. to Nease C. Mobley III, June 30, 51.83
acres, map and parcel # 037-037, $85,000
• Thomas Mack Mobley to Justin M. Dixon, July 27, 3.95
acres, map and parcel #064-063, $224,900
• Reier A. Olson to Malissa Gay et all, Aug. 18, 1.02 acres,
map and parcel # 127A-026, $7,000
• Thomas A. Pace to The Collum Limited Partnership,Aug.
29, 238.36 acres, part of map and parcel # 120-006, $397,108
• Paramount Real Estate LLC to Graham Lawson, July 1, 0.3
acre, map and parcel # M01-356, $22,000
• Paul Pitzer to Marguerite M. Holley, Aug. 6, 1 acre, map
and parcel # 108-053A, $40,000
• Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co. to Jane B and
Franklin B. Williams, June 17, 0.6 acre, map and parcel # 105-
016, $47,500
• Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co. to Xavier
Wimblery, June 23, 1.04 acres, map and parcel # 062A-071,
$21,450
• Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co. to Lawson H.
Brown and Becky Gordy Brown, June 24, 0.34 acre, map and
parcel # M01-348, $40,000
• Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co. to Jack H. Mi
nor, June 24, 0.84 acre, map and parcel # 105-046, $10,000
• Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co. to Franklin B.
Williams, July 21, 0.71 acre, map and parcel # 105-054, $10,000
• Robert Reese to Katrica Haynes-Dixon et al, Aug. 5, 2 acres,
map and parcel # 063B-088, $18,000
• Regions Bank to James Beatty II, Aug. 30, 1.54 acres, map
and parcel # 053-004, $69,000
• Riverside Gin & Storage Inc. to Joann Braddy, July 13, 0.31
acre, map and parcel # M01-092, $9,000
• Rocky Creek Properties to Joshua J. Lee, Aug. 4, 1.72 acres,
map and parcel # 057-011, $135,500
• John Paul Russell to Glen Gay, Aug. 24, 17 acres, map and
parcel # 109-010B, $52,000
Parenl: Noah Mallard,
Girard, GA
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