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Raves, raves and more raves 121909
Greetings, one and all, and welcome! Thanks much for joining me. There’s plenty of mail to ponder. We’ll go there shortly. First, a quick thought from Your Humble Narrator (that’s me!).
Today’s column will feature nothing but the good stuff. No griping, complaining, belly aching, whining, moaning or groaning. Every year, prior to Christmas, I like to share an installment of RR&RT; that features nothing but positives. (It would be nice if I received enough positive comments to do this more than once a year.)
Christmas is now less than a week away. Please allow me to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a joyous holiday.
With that said, it’s time to check the mailbag. Let’s hear from The Roiling Hundreds!
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n Raves to the owner of the furniture store southeast of town. On a Friday night, after the store had closed, he came to my house several miles away and programmed my new TV and satellite dish. No discount store would ever do that for a customer. Rushville is lucky to have this family-owned business.
n Raves to the newspaper for the good coverage of the Peal Harbor Day rememberance program on the front page.
n Raves to all the volunteers who help make the community and county a better place to live.
n Raves to Jesus. We all need to remember that He is the reason for the season.
n The Republican’s sports write-ups, with the names of the participants, are enjoyable. It helps the older adults keep in touch with the young people.
n Raves to our Rush County Commissioners. They give of their time and efforts tirelessly to uphold the ideals of this community. They take the time to hear out the many-sided facets of the business of the county and deal with a myriad of problems. They can be at times both the judge and jury, but it seems common sense prevails.
n Kudos to the Rushville Public Library and their staff. They are among the friendliest, most courteous and most helpful group of people in this town.
n I want you to know how much I have enjoyed Jan Voiles' columns over the years. Her writings are always interesting and it's the first thing I read in the paper. When you went to publishing three days a week I thought about cancelling, but I couldn't do without my Jan column! A huge rave to Jan. I feel like we are old friends, but we have never met. Keep on keepin' on, Jan!
n Raves to Mary Roller and Betty Logan at the Learning Center in Rushville! These ladies are helping so many of us put our lives back in order after losing our jobs. Betty Logan is the Adult Education Teacher at the Center; she is inexaustible in her patience!
n Raves to my paper carrier. He’s always on time and does a great job!
n We forget to be thankful and give thanks for what we do have. Even the poorest of Americans are richer than most of the rest of the world, and more free to speak their minds without fear of arrest or political entanglement.
n I have a rave: Charlie Stout at the post office provides the best customer service anywhere, hands down. He is always friendly and goes out of his way to provide superb customer service.
n I would like to extend a rave to all the positive-minded volunteers we have in our community. Their number may be small, but instead of belittling our community and pointing out all that is negative about it they instead involve themselves by making Rushville and Rush County a better place to live. Without them we would have much less than we do now. They have created so much with so little and have made me very proud to live in our community.
n Raves to the local Libertarians. This is a group of optimistic people who want to move Rush County in a positive direction.
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Don’t forget to write down your rants, raves, and/or random thoughts and to send them to me. You can do so via the U.S. Postal Service (Rushville Republican, Rants and Raves, P.O. Box 189, Rushville, IN 46173), fax (765-932-4358), e-mail (kevin.green@indianamediagroup.com), through our Web site (www.rushvillerepublican.com – just “add a comment” to any posted story and it’s fair game), or drop your legibly written comments off here at the office (126 S. Main Street, Rushville).
Until the next time, I’ll leave you with this:
“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.” — Pope Paul VI
Be good. kg
Kevin L. Green is the managing editor of the Rushville Republican.
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