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The True Citizen, Wednesday, August 31,2022 — Page 5
Ronda Rich
LIFE'S BEST FRIENDS
On the first day of P.E. class
in seventh grade, I met Lisa
who was to become my best
friend through the school years
that followed.
Seventh grade was a big
deal. Country kids from five
elementary schools - where
most of us were in classes of
around 30 - congregated into
a junior high that was attached
to a high school. We had gone
from simple grade schools
with six or seven rooms, one
principal and an assistant to a
place with five offices packed
with administration.
Now, we had lockers. Be
fore we had stored our books
under our desks and stayed in
one room from morning until
school was out. We were re
quired, in a sudden grown-up
way, to find our classes, flow
ing down a hallway filled with
other students.
Our elementary class had
been tightly knit. Over six
years, we shared see-saws,
played softball on the field
behind the school and often
sat on the steps leading into
the 1937-stoutly built brick
building while we nibbled on
Lance crackers or an afternoon
ice cream bar.
Yet, when we stepped up to
the big leagues, we scattered.
My best friend since first grade
- a friendship formed when
I became enthralled with her
yellow and green dress that
resembled a Sprite bottle - be
came someone I passed fleet-
ingly in the hall and called out
a “hello.”
The day I stepped off the
school bus at the front en
trance of the new school as
other scared kids walked, heads
down, to their new destiny,
was one of the biggest days of
my life. I swallowed hard and
started down the journey of life
to adulthood.
I came from one of the two
most country schools. There
was a light shadow cast on us
kids who lived on farms and, in
a few cases, trailers. The ones
from the more citified schools
lived in neighborhoods or new
fangled subdivisions filled with
eye-pleasing split-level houses.
One of the most horrifying
days of my life occurred when
the school bus pulled to a stop
in front of our house. Daddy,
facing a lack of pasture grass
due to a drought, had fenced
in our front yard and filled it
with Hereford cattle. There,
scattered throughout our yard,
were a dozen cattle doing what
cows do mostly - eat and relief
themselves.
To add to my embarrass
ment, my sweet, simple-mind
ed aunt, wearing white Keds
and bobby socks,
was chasing my tod-
& J RIPH
dler niece around the ’
cow patties, spitting 8
BURKE COUNTY BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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phone |706) 554-2861
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constructing custom homes since 1991
JOHN A. HIGHSMITH
706-551-0248
Insurance
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Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance Services
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
Office 706-554-2017 FAX: 706-554-7482
Email: slherrmann@gfbins.com
CLAIMS # 1-855-432-2567
P.O. Box 329 Waynesboro, GA 30830
Heating & Air
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706-592-0444
3209 Old Waynesboro Road
Hephzibah, GA 30815
"Caring hands for your precious pet"
Wrecker Service
706-551-3998
706-551-0876
TAYLOR BROTHERS
Wiecker Service
206 West 12th Street
Handyman and Lawn Services
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Monument Company
Sanders Monument Company
Producers of high quality monuments and markers
Kenneth & Stacy Sanders
Owners & Operators
sandersmonumentco@gmail.com
1484 Halcyondalc Rd/PO Box 1921
Sylvania, GA 30467 912-425-7870
sandersmonument.com 912-451 -6382
Wrecker Service
^Lonnie's Towing Service^
Damage Free Towing Owned & Operated By:
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Exp. Mechanic and Wrecker Operator/Auto Repair
1.800.553.9821 706.554.9821 (res)
706.871.7621 (cell) T ™l * —cr~ 706.554.6549 (fax)
176 Salem Circle Hwy. 56 N., Waynesboro, GA 30830
V-Twin Service
MOTORCYCLES
706-751-2730
4456 Peach Orchard Road dshawmotorcycles@gmail.com
Hephzibah, GA30815 https://www.facebook.com/DonaldShawMotorcycles
Auto Detailing
Auto & Small Engine Repair
Service List:
We work on Riding Lawnmow-
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UTVs, Chainsaws and Tillers.
Auto repairs
Over 30 years of experience,
we'll be glad to see how we can
help you with all your outdoor
equipment and auto needs!
706-871-2042 or 706-535-1054
Owners: Chris and Veronica Neely
411 Neely Circle, Waynesboro, GA 30830
ROOFING
JUSTICE 6 SON, LLC
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Paul Mangieri: (706) 871-9457
David Justice: (706) 564-0329
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Licensed in GA
Office: 706-790-0000
Fax: 706-790-0314
Cell: 706-526-7708
Email: kinemanrealtyfS'ginail.coiii
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2595 Tobacco Road
Hephzibah, Georgia 30815
AIR-ELECTRICAL-PLUMBING SERVICES
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South Carolina 706.855.1001
803.642.0038 706.678.3037
ADVERTISE HERE!
To be included in the Burke
County Business Directory,
contact Roy Chalker
at 706-554-2111.
Burke Memorial Funeral Home
www.burkememorial.com
“A Home oj Dependable Service”
842 Liberty Street, Waynesboro, GA
Family owned l operated
jane and George DeLoach
706-833-9867 or 706-551-5100
ADVERTISE HERE!
To be included in the Burke
County Business Directory,
contact Roy Chalker
at 706-554-2111.