Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Page: 4 of 20
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OPINION PAGE
Teamwork On The Farm
Baxter Black Sponsored By
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An ancient story, often retold but never without relevance,
has one of the Egyptian Pharaohs making a strange
request of his priests. As the sacrificial ox was being slain
at the altar, the Pharaoh demands that the holy men bring
to him the holiest portion of the animal, and that part of the
animal most evil. In the end, the priests brought Pharaoh
only the tongue.
This reflects the parallel wisdom of an equally olden
Jewish proverb: “Death and life are in the power of one’s
words; they hold both poison and fruit.” The ancients knew
this - the power of words - but we seem to have forgotten
it. For all the trouble afflicting this world today, one of the
more insidious but overlooked concerns is the failure of
basic civility.
Caustic cable news sound bites, scathing Facebook com-
ments, political mudslinging, rants and tirades against
enemies and neighbors: There is a devilish eagerness to
rip others apart with our dehumanizing, violent words. This
loss of healthy, respectful communication is as big a factor
in the loss of a society’s soul as institutional and econom-
ic collapse.
What can we do about it? Not much if we continue spew-
ing poison and death with our mouths. But venomous
words are not the only option. Our words also hold the
power of life and healing. What if we put the same energy,
recently released movie, free popcorn and visiting
with local people you know. The best part was - I
didn’t have to travel out of town nor stand in line for
a ticket; no one crawling over me getting in and out
of their seats, and no one whispering and talking.
On top of all that, they gave away 5 free copies of
showing is the movie “Epic” for the whole family. I
hope the library continues Saturday at the movies -
a lot of fun!!!! And the best of all is it was all - FREE
(can’t get much better than that)!!!!!!
vate. Thus, the more you
try to wash it off, the more
you activate the smell!
cause trouble - we must aspire to be agitators of love and
excellence in others, and there’s no better way to do that
than with our words.
Think about the people in your life. Who do you need to
sabotage with expressions of kindness? Who needs to be
roused toward love? Who needs the encouragement of
life-giving words? That granddaughter who could use a
soft place to land? That employee who needs a little
boost? That student who has extreme talent but zero con-
fidence? That neighbor who always seems to be alone?
Those young parents raising their kids in this world gone
mad?
Acts of discouragement are easy and abundant. There’s
always someone willing and eager to rain on others’
parades; to kick people in the teeth when they are already
down; to criticize, complain, and carp about others’ deci-
sions, performance, or ideas. But there is such a drought
of kindness and encouragement, such an absence of
inspiration and edification!
So start devising redemptive ways of agitation. Find ways
to use your words to motivate others in the direction of love
and good deeds. It could change their lives. It could
change you. It just might save the world.
Brett Autry
Amber Hardin
Karen Allen
John Smiley
Lois Harper
Olivia de los Santos
Zane Laws
Ouieta Morris
Carol Jones
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TYSON
PHARMACY
A Conspiracy of Kindness
enthusiasm, and creativity into plotting others’ betterment
as we did their demise?
What if we learned to lay traps of kindness, not retaliation?
What if we learned to use our words and actions, not to cri-
tique and tear down others, but to uplift and motivate
them? What if we were calculating and methodical with our
plans, not so that someone else will explode with rage, but
that they react with explosive love and charity.
You actually can - and this is only a reminder - you actu-
ally can have a profound, life-changing influence on the
people around you. You are able, with your words, to set
the trajectory for a person’s entire life. Words, used prop-
erly, can do irreversible good for the people around us.
One of the earliest Christian writers wrote to new followers
of Jesus saying, “Think of ways to motivate one another to
acts of love and good works” (Hebrews 10:24). In the orig-
inal language “motivate” means “to incite” or “to enflame”
as one might start a fire. But the root of the word is even
more revealing, as it means “acid.” What does acid do? It
burns. It stings. It’s like liquid flame.
When the writer of Hebrews instructs his readers to moti-
vate and provoke others in the direction of love and good
deeds, he is calling for all of us to act as constructive cat-
alysts, as those who will ignite and stir up good in others.
He’s giving us creative license to be agitators - but not to
If a person is close enough
to thump a skunk, (an
arm’s length plus 4 ft.
shovel handle), it is rea-
sonable to assume this
person would be within the
range of this sub-family
Mephitinae member. It has
been shown that skunks
can spray 20 feet, weather
permitting, and be accu-
rate at 10 feet. This cer-
tainly includes JB’s posi-
tion in space at that
moment.
you think I’d do something
as dumb or insane or stu-
pid as runnin’ over a
skunk!”
“Ya know, “ she said,
“That’s what I told my
mother when she asked if
I was gonna marry YOU!”
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They were coming back
across the pasture, her
walking, him riding the
Polaris Ranger. “Hop up
here, Darlin’,” he invited.
She hopped up and put
her arm around his shoul-
ders as they bumped
along a two-track dirt trail.
A skunk wobbled out of the
grass and onto the trail.
Deb felt, rather than saw
JB smile. “Don’t you be
thinkin’ what I think yer
thinkin’,” she said flatly.
“What do you mean?” he
asked.
“You know what I
mean...runnin’ over him.
Don’t you even be thinkin’
that.”
“Aw,” he said, “How can
ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE
By: Baxter Black
JB and Deb are one of
those couples that form
the backbone of
Agriculture. They have a
diversified operation that
includes livestock, loans,
machinery and kids. There
are times when it seems
they can read each other’s
minds.
Pol icy
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CHEERS - To the Coleman Public Library and
Friends of the Library for sponsoring the movie at the
library on Saturday, showing the new movie
“Gatsby”. It was a lot of fun being able to go see a
JB took the full load, which
according to The Skunk
Authority, would be
approximately a table-
spoon of musk. Now, a
tablespoon doesn’t sound
like much. Picture Mary
Poppins singing, “...a
spoonful of sugar makes
the medicine go down,”
etc. But the skunk’s
‘extremely fetid liquid’, a
nasty combination of
chemicals that also lend
aroma to decomposing
flesh and feces, reacts
slowly with water to acti-
JB sped up just enough to
catch the skunk. He
jumped off, grabbed a
shovel from the back of
the Ranger and took out
after the skunk. He was
stumbling in his rubber
boots over the rough
ground but was athletic
enough to wield the shov-
el. It clunked the ground,
bounced back and
thumped the skunk!
In the Compendium of
Skunk Thumping one
would learn that skunks
are of the Order Carnivora
(which includes mongoos-
es, hyenas and walrusi)
and I quote “If you
encounter a skunk, back
away slowly and quiet-
ly... be careful not to fright-
en them...an extremely
fetid liquid...”
They also have rat-
tlesnakes in eastern
Colorado in addition to
skunks. JB has a little flat-
blade scoop up against
the frame of their back
door for Deb, the accepted
method of rattlesnake pro-
tection on the farm. “He’s
always lookin’ out for me,”
she said with affection pat-
ting his arm.
He blushed, shuffled his
feet, “Aw, shucks,” he
said.
until
cleared up,
burned them.
JB’s coveralls took the
brunt of the attack. He was
able to continue wearing
them due to that odd pro-
tective device called olfac-
tory fatigue; the receptors
of skunk odor that quickly
shut down in self-defense.
Actually he wore them
Deb’s head cold
then she
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Hardin, Amber. Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 2013, newspaper, September 25, 2013; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175075/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.