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wonder how much cashall the recent Unicoi CountyHigh School graduates re-ceived in total last week?

The eauty o gradua-tion is how riends and am-ily usually give you gifts ofmoney usually in cash.Heck, the gifts of moneymay actually beat the joy offinishing all those years ofservitude, I mean, pu liceducation.

My nephew graduated re-cently rom preschool inull cap and gown, no less.

On the way to the ceremony,Amy stopped at Walgreens

so I could run in and buyone of those cards specifi-cally designed to hold cash.

And get $20 in cash to putin the card, Amy said.

Twenty! I said. Thisis his preschool gradua-tion. What are we givinghim when he graduates high

school?It doesnt matter, she

said. You wont like it any-more than you do now.

Thats probably true, but,then again, i my nephewlooks like hes going to e

destined or great thingspresident o the UnitedStates and/or NFL quar-terback, for example Illprobably want to be par-ticularly nice. (When yournephew can one day buyyou a each house, its estto e remem ered as his a-

vorite relative.)Another interesting thing

a out graduation time ishow so many people send allthose gi ts o cash throughthe mail.

Theres no other timewe would dare send cashthrough the mail, but, atgraduation time, we throwcaution to the wind and loadup envelopes with ves, 10sand 20s and dont think athing a out it.

O course with the currentad economy, its possible

some of those cards wereempty of cash th is year.

So, welcome to the realworld, kids, and the worsteconomy since, well, e oreyou were orn. I you didntget a lot o cash, chalk it upto the act that youre not apoorly run bank or a strug-gling American-owned carcompany. Theres no bail

out for you, Im afraid.At every graduation any-

where, students are toldhat now the adventure is

a out to egin. Students -nally realize once and or allhose warnings from teach-

ers and principals about thedreaded Permanent Re-cord was nothing but idlehreats.

Well, sort o .The real permanent re-

cord does exist its just inhe orm o car payments,

home mortgages, deadlines,headaches, clogged toilets,piled-up laundry and five-

day workweeks that stretchinto seven.

When we say to gradu-ates, Welcome to the realworld, we really mean it now more than ever.

I think its included in thesmall print at the bottom oeach diploma.

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The night the lights went outin Erwin well, one light, any-way was an eye-opener! But,

o d o n, I s ed more ig t on

t at ater.Coco needed a ome. Hewas not social. He did not siton a persons shoulder andmake loving sounds, as someexpect a bird to do. He did notwant to be petted.

But, Coco was smart. Sure,youve eard peop e raga out pets e ore. But, rea y,

e was smart, just a it pecu-iar about showing it.

He had his own room. Head a cage, a large one. He

was a big bird. He was in thecage sometimes ut iked toc im out and u se t e perc ontop. Did e not y away? We ,t ere was t at one time wewere away and e e t oredand explored.

Otherwise, he did not seemto want out of his room. As amatter of fact, he seemed toknow it was is room. Lacepane s at doorways seemedto e we come arriers toprotect is territory. Im usingt e word seem or some ormof it a lot. But who knows whata birds thinking? There areonly clues.

Although African Greyparrots may be noted for thea i ity to seemingy s ay t erig t words at appropriatetimes, e wasnt too interestedin conversation most o t etime. Certain ly, he could com-municate displeasure in loudshrieks. Coco said hello andthank you.

Sometimes they sounded aot a i e. It was not unusua or

me to ta k as I ed im, tryingto get a response. It was notunusua or im to sit in is

unched way but mumble ahull-o as I turned to leavethe room.

I would go into his room toeed im and/or spend a it o

time. He seemed to enjoy myreading a oud rom LONG-FELLOWS POEMS. We madeit t rou g most o t e o ok. Anelegant grey and red feathermarks the last stopping place.

Yes, my references to Cocoare past tense. Such birds canive long lives. We, of course,

did not know is age. He was

with us for several years.That is not the note onwhich I want to end. Heres anenlightening story:

The light went off in thekitchenjust the overheadight, not the electricit y.

Could he have? You see, thekitc en ig t is on a two-wayswitch and can be turned onor off from this room (yeah,

is room is now the computerroom), as well as from thekitchen.

I turned the light back on,then hid and watched. Coco,climbed onto the portion ot e cage r om w ic e cou dreach the light switch with his

eak, and off went the k itchenight. What we came to realize

was that he wanted darknessat night. He could controloth rooms lights. He did that

many, many times. It was not afluke thing. He did not bite i ntot e p astic switc ut simpymoved it up or down with hisclosed beak.

Once when I was working inthe kitchen and the light wentoff, I told him to turn it backon. He did. A coincidence? Idont think so.

If you have an open mindand an open eart, I ee sureyou will have met folks whodidnt seem to invite you intotheir lives r ight away, took aittle work to get to know. But

they were WAY worth know-ng.

oco was one.

Birds friendshipwas enlightening

xperience

Real-life adventure about to begin

Use prayer, not gossipTo t e e itor,

My name is Gossip, and i this istrue, I have many friends, that I speakto.

Oh you know me well or this istrue, for I dwell in your churches,towns and homes, too.

Oh, I can e nice and have you

augh ... or ... I can e mean and loudnd dont care what I do.

Are you or sure what I am saying istrue, or just repeating what is said toyo .

Have you walked in that personshoes? Have you seen the tears and

the hurt I can do?You know I can e stopped ... y

ach o you.Instead o gossip ... prayer will do.For prayers can heal and where

ove abides, Gods love will shine.My God is an awesome God and he

eals the tears and hurt I cause. Gos-ip hurts yet prayer changes things.

Barbara Bailey,Erw n

Hooked on Fishing RodeoTo t e e itor,

The 7th annual Fishery Park KidsFishing Rodeo was held Saturday,May 16. This years shing rodeo was

tremendous success. I not or allthe hard work and preparation thatwent into this years fishing event thiswould not have been possible.

This year 188 children regis-tered or the rodeo. The 1,250 rain-

ow trout or this years event weretocked from the Erwin National Fish

Hatchery and the Tennessee Wildli eResources Agencys Erwin State FishHatchery. Donated prizes totaling

2,500 were awarded after the fish-ng event.

We would like to thank the ollowingpeople and representatives rom thevarious agencies and organizations

or their donations and assistance inthis years rodeo: anonymous usi-

ness owner of Erwin, Arrow Minis-tries, As Seen on TV store in John-

on City, the Daily Beacon, Dicksporting Goods, Eds Bu ar, Capitolinema I & II, Food Lion, Four Sea-

ons Outdoor Country Store, Larryurber (Henrys A Big Rock Sportsompany), Peavys Signs a nd Design,ick Tredo, Roadrunner Markets,iberty Lumber/Ace Hardware, Mc-

onalds, the Unaka Mountain Long-beards Chapter of the National Wildurkey Federation, TWRA, the Dari-ce, Unicoi County Sheri s Depart-

ment, U.S. Fish and Wildli e Service(Erwin National Fish Hatchery), U.S.

orest Service and Walmart.A special thanks to the town of Er-

win employees Carroll Mumpowernd Carl Lee Scott for their hard

work in preparing the park for thisears event and Pascal Bailey for

moderating this years rodeo. Mostall we would like to thank the par-

nts, grandparents and volunteersfor taking time to bring children tothis event.

Tony Garland, Facility Opera-tions Specialist, Erwin National

ish Hatchery

D sappo nte n Dav so the editor,Recently, WJHL-TV in Johnson City

ired a segment on its news programthat really got my blood boiling.

WJHL reported that the ormerongressman, David Davis, when

eaving o ce, did not turn over thease files to the new congressman,hil Roe.Davis presented himself as a Chris-

tian who cared about others, but ap-parently that all took a back seat topolitical bitterness when he lost the

lection. I have heard o many low-own, dirty political stunts, ut this

takes the cake. It is eyond elie andower than low.

In the news report, Davis tried

to blame his failure to turn over theles on Phil Roe, but according to

the report, giving the files to the newincoming congressman was his re-sponsi ility, not vice-versa. The re-port reminded Davis that Congress-man Jenkins, when leaving office,had turned over his files to Davis. Itworks that way because files a re con-fidential, and it is the outgoing con-gressman who gets permission fromthe individuals to turn the files over

to the new congressman.This breaks my heart for the fami-lies of 700 people in East Tennessee.Once again, politics has a ad nameand peoples needs were swept aside.It is political stunts like this one oDavis that cause people to lose faithin government.

Heaven help Congressman PhilRoe as Im sure his staff is workingovertime to try to reach out and findthese people and get their cases backon track. What a mess and what a dis-appointment.

S aron R. Gut ows i,Er w n

A familys thanksTo t e e itor,

Perhaps you sent a lovely card, oryou sat quietly in a cha ir.

You may have made generous me-morial donations, or maybe youbrought nourishment to us.

Perhaps you sent a plant, figurine orfuneral spray. If so, we saw it there.

You may have een assisting us inthe hospital, or you might have eenwith us in prayers.

We are sure you spoke the kind-est words, as any friend or loved oncould say.

Perhaps you werent able to bethere at all, and just thought of usthose days.

Whatever you did to console ourhearts, we thank you so much what-ever the part.

We cannot begin to name everyperson and we will not try to for fear

of overlooking your name. We and

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THE ERWIN RECORD, Tuesday, June 2, 2009, Page 5-A

LETTERSontinued from Page 4-A

you know what all you havedone for us and for Roy.Our special thanks to thedoctors, nurses and staff ofUnicoi County MemorialHospital, Teresa Parkey,Unicoi United MethodistChurch, the sta o UnicoiFuneral Home and pastorsOdle and Pinner.

The Family of Roy E.Jones Lucille Lou-ise Jones, Terry, Pa-mela and MyikaelaJones, Tony, Martha,Tay or an Ty er Jonesan C ristine an JacC ambe rs,

Un co

Great car showTo t e e itor,

I would like to thank eachand everyone that helpedin the Relay For Life CarShow fundraiser held May22.

Thanks to Royal Vi-sion, K.N.K. Automotive,

Bell Casey, Advance AutoParts, Danny Bryant oUnaka Mountain Searchand Rescue and a very spe-cial thanks to Gary Taylor,Walmart store manager. Itwas a great success.

Pennie Keplinger, Re-lay For Life Team Cap-tain or Unicoi Wa martSuperCenter,

Er w n

Pu lic issueTo t e e itor,

Fridays ront-pagestory in the Johnson CityPress that headlines Pu -lic vents at NFS at Erwinmeeting, is a disservice to

ome n to ay an get a as van ee w cas your ersona to y

.an o un yo r ne ay a

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1137 N. Main Ave.rwin, Tennessee

Next to Sunsational Tanning

$1000

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win a coo lerwith e ach

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he company, the commu-nity, and the country! Theprincipal ob ectors at themeeting are antinuclear

narchists that should note given the credibility o

representing the commu-nity or the pu lic.

These persons, ChrisTipton, Sam Pinkerton(Chris husband) and Linda

odica are recognized an-inuclear advocates, that do

not represent our public!These same type peopleare largely responsi le orhe USA eing second-rateo France, where 80 per-

cent o electricity is nucle-ar generated. No nuclearplant has been ordered inhe USA since the 1970s,hanks to antinuclear envi-

ronmentalists.Additionally, theyorked against the com-

munity in thwarting the1.5- illion Urenco in-

vestment, when UnicoiCounty was being activelyconsidered for siting of the

nations only private com-mercial uranium-enrich-ment plant. The plant isnow uilt and operating inLea County, N.M., and ex-pecting 300 jo s.

At a public hearing con-ducted by the NationalRegulatory Commission,everyone should be al-lowed to put in their twocents, ut there is no o -igation to pu licize their

views and misrepresenthem as our pu lic.

ames A. Long,Erwin

Some good peopleTo t e e itor,

Since eing here at UnicoiCounty Memorial Hospital

o long, Ive thought a lotbout good people that Inow.First is the good newspa-

per man, Mark Stevens. Heworks so hard to get us thenews. I could never orget

ur sheri , Kent Harris.

The night o the ood, head someone call me thatthey would be coming torescue me. (I live right onthe bank of South IndianCreek.) He didnt know Iwas in the hospital.

The next morning ArneyEdwards and Her ert Bu-

hanan went to my housend called to tell me that it

was K.Years ago, Terry Haynes

(bless you Terry) had putrocks over the creek banks

nd they held solidly. Myneigh ors, the J.R. Bow-man amily, are so good tome a ong wit Harry Corn

nd Tommy John Pate fami-y. The Lord has blessed me

o much, especially by al-owing me to have the bestittle sister in the world, Flo

Smith.I still have a reason-ly sound mind or an old

woman, and I still elievetheres a lot more goodpeople in the world than

ad. I have a lot of gratitudeor Unicoi Cou nty.

Geneva Mashburn,Erw n

Thanks for supportTo the editor,

Thank you for your helpwith our annual SpringFest! We cou nt ave

one it without you.

arent-Teac er Or-ganization, Unicoi El-ementary School

Cashing In!To t e e itor,

he Cash Family/Clinch-eld Pottery Collectors

Club held its 10th Anni-

versary Show and Sale atUnicoi County High Schoolca eteria May 23. We wouldi e to t an many in ivi -

uals and usinesses or alltheir help and support.

he Cash Club would liketo thank all of our local indi-viduals for their ha rd work,and businesses especiallyThe Erwin Record, WEMBRadio Station, the Eliza-

ethton Star, the JohnsonCity Press, Franks Furni-ture, Walgreens and Gar-land Tire Co.

great thank you to theErwin Board of Mayor andAldermen for officially des-ignating Erwin, our Valley

eauti u , as t e ome o

Cash Family Pottery.ur newly elected o -

cers are Donald Carson,president, Jimmy Fain, vicepresident, Lisa Pilkington,secretary, and Phil Grady,treasurer. The board ofdirectors are John Pilking-ton, past president, AllisonBurnette, Larna Smith,Rocky Tilson and ThelmaGarland, li etime mem er.

isa Pilkington,rwin

Great tr p to S.C.To t e e itor,

he fifth-grade class

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at Unicoi Unite Met o ist C urc s Fami y Li e CenterTickets are$12.50 each. Available at The Erwin Record.

Raleigh, N.C., Heath Tay-lor, Kansas City, Kan.,Wesley Taylor and AndrewTaylor, both of MilliganCollege, and Adam Tay-lor, Elizabethton; a sister,Mable Hunt, Johnson City;a rother, Don Taylor oMaryland; and severalnieces and nephews.

A cele ration o the li eo Dewey H. Taylor washeld at 8 p.m. Friday, May29, at Dillow-Taylor Fu-neral Home with the Revs.Jody Livingston and DaveSchinault o ciating withMasonic services provided

y the Masonic Lodge No.489 Limestone led y BillCutlip.

Graveside services wereheld at 10 a.m. Saturday,May 30, at Roselawn Cem-etery.

Pallbearers were HeathTaylor, Wesley Taylor, Al-len Taylor, Adam Taylor,Bryan Taylor, Carl Tiptonand Mike Ford.

Honorary pallbearerswere Bill Taylor, Don Tay-lor, Andrew Taylor, Art

Phillips, A.D. McElroy, JimPowell, Bill Holden, ArgilHunt, Morris Taylor andother special riends.

Memorial donations maye made to the American

Heart Assoc., P.O. Box 918,Johnson City, T N 37605 orNational Kidney Assoc,P.O. Box 1135 Blountville,TN 37617.

Dillow-Taylor FuneralHome and Cremation Ser-vices was in charge.

LA AE ARIBERT TR BLE

Lula Mae Marie Ro ertsTrom ley, age 84, Centeron Aging and Health, 880S. Mohawk Drive, Erwin,

died Sunday, May 31, 2009,at her residence followinga courageous att e witc nc er.

Mrs. Trom ley was a na-tive o Johnson City andhad lived throughout theUnited States, primarily inBristol, e ore moving toErwin in 2004.

She was a daughter ofthe late Wil ourn and LillieKate Patrick Roberts.

Mrs. Trom ley was or-merly employed at the BestWestern Hotel, Bristol, assupervisor o housekeep-ing and prior to that workedas a cook, waitress and pri-vate housekeeper.

She was a mem er o theKingdom Hall of Jehovahs

tness, Un co Congrega-tion, where she was a ap-tized sister.

Mrs. Trom ley was wellknown or her musical tal-ents and yodeling, and sheloved aking and travel-ing throughout the UnitedStates and Canada.

In addition to her par-ents, she was precededin death y her hus and,Estey Anthony Trom -ley; three brothers, EarlDwayne Roberts and twinsohn and Robert Robert;

and five sisters, Mary Al-ice, Ma le Nancy, MinnieNola, Virginia Stella andDorothy Bessie Ro erts.

Survivors include specialaughter, Penny Rose Lun-

dman and husband, Larry,Erwin; two step-sons,

ark Trombley and wife,Donna, Palm Bay, Fla., Mi-chael Trom ley and wi e,Karen, Talapoosa, Ga.;eight step-grandchildren,Samuel Michael Lund-man, Daron Allen Lund-man, Derrick Adam Lund-man, Michael Trombley,Christina Trombley, KellyBrock Trombley, AmandaTrombley and Tim Spry;

ve step-great grandchil-ren, Victoria Rose Lund-

man, Samuel Michael Lun-man, Norman Lundman

and twins, Cobe and BlakeSpry; several nieces andnephews, including spe-

cial nieces Marie Mitchell,A ingdon, Va., and Lulaae Peters, Johnson City.A memorial service will

e conducted Wednesday,une 3, at 8 p.m. in the King-

dom Hall of ehovahs Wit-ness, Unicoi, with ElderKeith Metcal o ciating.The graveside committalservice will e held Thurs-

ay, June 4, at 10 a.m. atountain Home National

Cemetery.Pall earers will e se-

lected from family andriends.

The amily will receiveriends Wednesday rom

5-7 p.m. at the Ro ert Led-ord Funeral Home.

Ro ert Led ord FuneralHome is in charge.

OSHUA LEEILLIA

Joshua Lee Williams, age20, died Friday, May 29,2009, at Johnson City Med-ical Center.

Mr. Williams was a na-ive of Washington County.

He was the son o RonaldWilliams Sr. and Wilma Lee

ate.He was preceded in death

y his paternal grand a-her, Thamer Williams Sr.;randparents, Doral and

Dorothy Buchanan; sister,Tabitha Tate; aunts, Lindaand Brenda Buchanan; and

ncle, Roland Williams.Survivors are ather and

step-mother, Ronald Sr.and Cynthia Williams oohnson City; mother and

step- ather, Wilma Lee andHarold Tate o Erwin; pa-ernal grandmother, Bea

Bray o Starlight, Ark.;rothers and spounses,

Je and Addie Mae Buch-nan o Erwin and Ronaldnd Jenni er Marie Wil-

iams, Jr. o Jones orough;ister, Christal Buchananf Erwin; step-sisters, Jen-

nifer, Heather and RivaTate; several nieces andnephews, including specialniece, Bryann A. Tate oErwin and special neph-

w, Anthony Buchanan oErwin; several aunts anduncles, including special

unt and uncles, ThamerWilliams Jr., Ed and BerthaBuchanan, Michael WayneBuchanan o Jones or-

ugh; special Cousins, Lee,David and Johnny Buch-

nan; special riend andneigh ors, David and JanWinters and Sadie Winters;

nd good friend, James Ju-ian.

Graveside services wille held Wednesday, June 3,t Beans Creek Cemetery,

Beans Creek, N.C., at 11.m. The Rev. Clayton Win-

ters will o ciate.The family will receive

riends at Valley FuneralHome rom 9:30-10 a.m.

Wednesday, June 3.Valley Funeral Home isn charge.

I DA AWILLIAMS

Linda Ann Williams, age2, o Erwin, died at her

residence Tuesday, May6, 2009.She was a native o Mill

Creek, N.C., and the daugh-ter o the late Alonzo Shel-ton and Almettie Blanken-

hip Shelton.She was a homemaker

nd a mem er o Co e eRidge Baptist Church.

Survivors include daugh-ter, Kristie Flowers and

us and, Corey, o South

Carolina; rothers, SteveShelton of Alabama, HildenS e ton o F ag Pon , Ha r-mon Shelton of Erwin,Freemon Shelton o NorthCarolina and Glen Shelton

Flag Pond; and sister,Mollie Hensley o Erwin.

Graveside services wereeld Wednesday, May 27,

2009, at 2 p.m. at Joe Shel-ton Cemetery in Mill Creek,N.C., with the Rev.HomerTweed o ciating.

Valley Funeral Home wasn charge.

at Unicoi County MiddleSchool went to Charles-ton, S.C., last week for twodays.

I was fortunate enoughto be able to go along, andI want to thank the teach-ers and students or a greattrip. It was educationaland un. The teachers dida great job of organizingthe trip so that the kidshad plenty to keep them

usy, ut still enough timeo enjoy themselves. The

kids were well behavedevery place we went. Onevendor at the Old SlaveMarket commented to mea out how well ehaved hehought they were.

Thanks to all the teach-ers who gave up their timeo go along on this trip.

Rita Plemmons,Erwin

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NOTICE

This is a Public Notice

or a Public Hearing or

the Planning Commis-

sion to adopt the Land

se and Transportation

lan to be held on July

13th, 2009 at 5:30 pm.

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