P-A2 • Tlw Mt. Vamon Signal • Thursday, May 12,1994

-Viewpoints

Well, so much for the wooly worms' foray into horse racing. Not only have they caused further deterioration to my personal reputation but they cost mc a bundle at the track last Saturday. My reputation never has been much to speak of anyway. It's already so scarred up that one more cut won't even be noticed.

However, this is the first time I can recall the wooly worms having adirect impact on my pocketbook. So I'm spraying the basement down with Diazinon and instututing a little wormicide to get even. If there are any survivors, perhaps they'll be a bit more cautious when it comes time to predict next year's winter weather. Well see.

It seems to me that they would have been far wiser to stick with weather forecasting anyway.

The word in Paint Lick is thai we've already had three winters in addition to the Big One since the first of April.

Points East

By:

Ike Adams

There's been Locust Winter, Dog-wood Winter, Blackberry Winterand Poplar Winter is yet to come. Sooner or later spring is bound to get here.

Last year I finished planting every-thing except my fall beans before the middle of May. In fact, I had tomato plants blooming by this time last year and I was getting ready to lay my cabbage and broccoli by.

So far this year, I've had two set-tings of tomatoes and peppers to get frost bit along with three hills of cu-cumbers that were starting to vine. I've also lost two rows of Roma Beans and I have a big onion bed that has suddenly gone dormant. I reckon they're going to wait till poplar win-ter has come and gone before they at-tempt another growth spurt

Last year by mid-May my peas were blooming. They're noteven lai& high at this writing. Last year we were having stuff out of the garden every day by mid-May. This year

we've had two or three hands full of skinny liulc asparagucs shoots.

On the other hand, all these little winters have had no noticeable affect on the grass in my lawn. I've mowed the grass four times already and it needs it again right now. Twice I've had to put on insulated coveralls, wool socks and heavy gloves to keep from freezing to death while I fought the grass back.

The cold weather also seems to have piqued the reproductive nature of later bugs and moles. Since the garden has essentially been a lost cause to date, the later bugs have taken to eating grass clippins that I kcepdumpingon it. I've used Severn, Diazinon, Malathion, Blue Dragon and a mixture simply called Potato Beetle Killer on them. As best I can tell, they gain more weight or the latter than the other three. So far the only carcasses I've found arc the ones I've squished between my thumb and forefinger.

Moles have piled up mounds of din across our premises with a vcngence I've never seen before. Last night I tramped down 32 after filling

the holes with castor beans, this morning at 7:30 the original 32 mounds had been reconstructed along with 8 new ones. Suffice it to say that this is not the work of a single mole. There is, in fact.a small army at work just beneath the crabgrass and dandc-lion roots. •

1 have a mixture that will run them off, but they 11 just go across the road or over on the school property and make life a living #S@& for some-one else.

So it seems appropriate that we begin soliciting your favorite gar-dening tips again. We arc particu-larly interested in plans that will cause not just death, but much suffering as well for moles and taicr bugs.

You may send them to me at 6945 Highway 52 West, Paint Lick, KY 40461. We'll put your name and your picture in the paper if they work. Well even nominate you to saint-hood.

In the meantime, we're also inter-ested in knowing how many more of these dam little winters we can ex-pect. I really would like to get serious about planting a garden.

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PRECIOUS SOULS,CHILDREN OF AN EVIL AGE, greetings and specifications from downtown Wabd, nerve center of Rockcastle County and regions appertaining thereunto. Excuse me while I depart from my normal weekly menu of wisdom, sagacity, and jabbcrwocky. I must respond to a few letters that have come my way.

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question. I have so many favorites. Nonetheless, I place these at the top of my list: Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Lake Wobegon Days by Gar-rison KeiUar, Further Along The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, and The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell. However, I'm presently reading a classic that may become number one on my list. It's a nature book entitled Antlers in the Treetop by the noted Dutch-French author. Hugh Gootz de Mousse.

DEAR JOHN NORMAN: I'm and old-fashioned died in the wool Bap-tist and I'm real upset about churches these days. Seems to me they've gone modem to the hilt and try to please man instead of the Almighty and put on a show and don't do what their suppost to. And I think the whole mess has been brought on by women a getting out of line. They speak out in church but the Bible tells them to stifle it until they get home where they can tell it to their husbands. Why. in a lottachurches women even teach men! They come to church with their hair all puffed up and plastered down with a gallon of hairspray. But the Good Book tells them to cover their heads. Women ought to wear hats in church. My<lear mother wore a hat on Sunday morning and a scarf around her head at night. Nowadays, women wear scarfs around their necks and half of their body like a coat.

But the biggest sin is women wear-ing pants in church and outside too. My Bible says in Deuteronomy 22:5 that the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's gar-ment: for all that do so are abomina-tion unto the Lord thy God. That's clear enough ain't it?

You can bet your bottom dollar that if your preacher comes to church next Sunday wearing a dress there'll be a heap of combustion. But women come every Sunday with all kinds of pants on. And some of them are so tight you wonder if their inside get-ting out or outside getting in. When women change their ways churches will commence to grow. Let them wear dresses all the time, in the church and in the house, at the grocery store, in the kitchen, and milking or plow-ing or whatever. What do you think?

DEAR UPSET: Perhaps you should add to your list the way moth-ers and fathers let their children talk back and refuse to obey. The Bible has an answer for that, too - stone them to death ( DeuL 21:18-21). If my folks had done that to me when I was child I wouldn't be half the up-start I am today.

DEAR JOHN NORMAN: Why are you so down on us fundamentalist? I knew you when you were young. You were raised a fundamentalist. Repent now before it's too late.

DEAR US: No, precious soul, I was raised a conseravati ve. There is a difference. "A fundamentalist." in Jerry Fal well's own words, "Is a con-servative who is mad." But Falwell didn't go far enough: Fundamental-ists are also insecure and try to make everyone else agree with them, think-

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H^oamin' %pckcastCe

By: Hilda Payne Gabbard

A soft spring rain fell on Nathan Bluford Payne and relatives who had gathered to bid him farewell as we laid him to rest in the soil of the Taylor Abney Memorial Garden at Macedonia.

Bluford had left this country at the age of 16and was brought back at age 86 years and was laid to rest in the soil ofRockcastle. It was as if we planted him in the earth between the graves of Granpa Taylor and Nancy Abney, which was next to our father, O.M. and Janie Payne.

Bluford had left this country at the age of 16 and was brought back at age 86 years and was laid to rest in the soil of Rockcastle. It was as if we planted him in the earth between the graves of Grandpa Taylor and Nancy Ab-ney, which was next to our father, O.M. and Janie Payne.

Bluford came back lo the moun-tains of Rockotstle for his final rest-ing place.

He was the 8th child in a large family of children and the 5th boy out

of six sons. After several years of work in the

automotive field, Bluford went into business for himself.

He married Laura, a French Cana-dian girl and they raised two sons, Billy and Bobby.

Bluford and Laura welcomed a ncmberof grandchildren and enjoyed being grandpa and grandma to them.

Bluford stayed homesick for Ken-tucky and the place cal led Clear Creek where he enjoyed the swimming hole which we always called the "Garden Hole" because it was next to a large garden.

Bluford dropped out of high school in Berca and went to a large hotel where he worked in a dining room then he made the change to the big money business by going to Michi-gan and the car industry.

Bluford never got over being homesick for Kentucky and came back visiting for every holiday. But going back to Michigan home was

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'Kocf^castCe Community

Instruction meeting An instruction raeeti% for «n

Election officers and alternastes will be held Tuesday, May 17,at 7 pjn. in the county courtroom in the courthouse. All election offi-cers and alternates must attend

Bookmobile !

tbe May primary election.

AARP Club The A.AJRJP. Club will have

their regular meeting. May 13 at the Library meeting room at 6 pjn. Members please come and visitors welcome.

R C H S S B D M Council Due to Memorial Day being the

last Monday of May the regular RCHS/SBDM council meeting will beheld oa May 23 at 6pjn. in the Home Ec. Department.

Veterans Service The Veterans Service Officer

will be at the Rockcastle Court- etta McLemore will be displaying house to assist veterans, widows, a cross-section of artwork at the dependants with claims, Man., Rockcastle County Library May

Schedule Mon„ May 16: Scaffold Cane,

Disputama. Anglin Falls. Clear Creek and Wildie

Toes., May 17: Buffalo. Castle Village and Negro Creek

Wed., May 18: Ottawa and Bee Lick

Class of 14 The senior class of 1974 are

making plans for their 20 year reunion. We are having problems finding addresses for a few of our classmates. Below isalist of those names. Anyone with information please calt Kathy Dyebouse at 758-8003or Cheryl Brown at758-8710. Thank You. Need addresses on: James Morrissey, Donald Newcomb. Phyllis Stalls worth. Valerie T. Tbomas, Walter War-

Art Display RCHS Senior ait student Jan-

May 16,9 a.m.- 2 pjn.

Historical Society The Rodkcastle County Histori-

cal Society Workshop will be Sat, May Hat the library Community Room, 10 a.m. to 4 pjn.

Diabetic Support Group There will be a Diabetic Sup-

port Group meeting Man., May 16 at 7 p.m. in the old Henderson house next to tbe Health Depart-ment. Pat Wagner, diabetic and social worker will be the speaker. Ft* more information call 256-2242.

Saddle Club

be camping at Turkey Foot May 14-IS for a two day ride. Starting times 9:30 both days.

Council for tbe Ar t s The Rockcastle County Coun-

cil for the Arts will present "The Dancing Donkey," Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 15 at 7:30 pjn. at Roundstone Elementary School. Adults S3 and students SI.

12-20. Everyone is invited.

Swim Team Meeting All interested swimmers are

invited to come out Friday, May 15,and helpchoose the team swim suits for this year. We will meet at 3:30 at tbe Cedar Rapids Recrea-tion Center dining room. Any new swimmers (ages4 • 18) are encour-aged to attend and fini out more about the swim team.

Kiwanis Club The Ki wants Club will meet at

the Kastie Irm 7 tun. Thursday May 7 for a special prayer break-fast held for the county's clergy.

Ham Breakfast v There will be a country ham break&s: May 28 at the Brodhead Homecoming 8 to 9:30 at the Brodhead School, $5 adults and under 12,52.50.

Homecoming Sixth Annual Brodhead Home-

coming May 27,28and 29. Theme is "SwingingThrough Time." Call 75&-4144 or 8635 for more infor-

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