Last night I went to a Ruritan meeting and the guest speaker was the chief of the local fire department. We enjoyed a nice meal of ham, sweet potatoes, green tossed salad, baked beans, wheat rolls and for dessert apple pie with a scoop of ice cream. During the fire chief's presentation he was talking about how that church that burnt down a few months … Continue reading the story "It was arson"
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The church burned down
My folks and I were driving down The Springs Road and saw the remains of the church that burned down a couple of days ago. Rumor has it that arson is suspected. The church had been for sale for a number of months and then one night it burned down. We did not hear if there were any casualties or not. Regardless, I can't help … Continue reading the story "The church burned down"
Teach your children kindness
I was just reading an article about a man in Indiana who was been sentenced to eighteen months in jail for forcing his kids to stab their family pet cat to death! According to the eleven year old son's testimony, the man wanted to teach his children to kill, and forced them to kill the cat! The man says he was intoxicated at the time … Continue reading the story "Teach your children kindness"
Some gas stations are only accepting cash now!
As if the price of gas soaring isn't making life harder for consumers already, now some gas stations are starting to refuse credit cards as payment for gasoline and are adopting a cash only policy! They say that as the price of gasoline goes up, their costs of processing credit cards is going up, cutting too deeply into their profits to be able to continue to … Continue reading the story "Some gas stations are only accepting cash now!"