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THE CANADIAN RECORD
COMMUNITY PAGE
THURSDAY S MAY 2DDB
A wUu iy (Julia Sctyet
A tribute to
my Mother on
Mother's Day
THIS WEEK I AM NOT WRITING
about any one person in this community.
I am writing about this community as a
whole, this most generous loving commun-
ity that we call home. As most of you know,
I was chosen as the Amarillo Globe-News
recipient of the Jefferson Award. Hold
on—I know you are all sick of hearing
about it, but give me a break here and al-
low me to have my five minutes of fame. I
was the skinny buck-toothed girl in school
who tried out for cheerleader on more
than one occasion—never once to succeed
in obtaining that goal. I was the girl in
high school who never had a date to that
all-important dance. I was the homeliest
wallflower you have ever seen. The beauty
of it all was that I did not realize I was a
homely, uncoordinated dork. I was happy,
I was loved by Mom, a Mom who told me I
could do or be anything in this world if I
tried hard enough.
The greatest lesson I ever learned from
my Mother was that we should all love one
another. She taught me that through the
struggles in this life God teaches us em-
pathy for one another. She was a beautiful
woman. She was my heart and my soul.
She still is my heart and my soul. She died
without a penny to her name and laid in
an unmarked grave for about a year. That
would not have mattered to her. She was
very confident in where she was spend-
ing eternity. She is the one who instilled
in me a compassion to love the one who
struggles.
I wish my Mother could have been here
during my bright and shining moment,
but God sends others to rally around us.
There are precious people of this commu-
nity who have shared in my celebration and
I want to thank those who have given me
the sweetest gift to enjoy my trip. I do not
know each of them by name, because not
only are they giving, they are very sneaky.
I thank you from the depths of my heart.
I thank the man who donated the airline
miles for Lindsey so he could go with me
on my journey. I thank the friend who has
gone to great expense to accompany me to
share in this moment. I thank the women
who have come in and given me gift certifi-
cates so that I could get something special
to wear. So many people have come to-
gether to make this experience an unfor-
gettable one. No one has made this more
precious than the one who nominated me.
To have someone respect you enough to
nominate you for such an award is a great
honor and quite overwhelming.
Well, there it is my gratitude for my
five minutes of fame.
I love the Lone Star Angel Project for
what it does. I love the board members for
what they do. I love this community for
who they are.
I read a book recently called The Same
Kind of Different as Me, by Ron Hall.
Read this book—it will change your life.
My favorite quote from the book says: "but
I found out everybody's different—the
same kind of different as me. We're all just
regular folks walking down the road God
done set in front of us. The truth about it
is, whether we is rich or poor or something
in between, this earth ain't no final restin'
place. So in a way, we is all homeless—just
working our way toward home."
For Adults
President Lincoln: The Duty of a
Statesman, by William Lee Miller. A
companion volume to the acclaimed
Lincoln's Virtues follows America's six-
teenth president from nexperienced
back-country politician to a head of state
confronted by grave issues and moral di-
lemmas, as he struggled to preserve the
United States of America while ending
the unjust horrors of human slavery.
Zapped, by Carol Higgins Clark.
Returning home
The conclusion of the series chronicling
the Irish struggle for independence
over the course of the twentieth cen-
tury follows the story from 1972 to the
disarmament talks and the beginning of
reconciliation at the end of the twentieth
century.
Still Broken: A Recruit's Inside Ac-
count of Intelligence Failures from
Baghdad to the Pentagon, by A. J.
Rossm ler. A former analyst with the
Defense Intelligence Agency offers an
expose of the in-
from their hon-
eymoon to dis-
cover that their
neighbor has put
his Manhattan
apartment up
for sale, Regan
Reilly and her
husband Jack
decide to buy it
to enlarge their own loft, but the renova-
tion process spawns its own set of prob-
lems and an unexpected case.
Where Are You Now? By Mary Hig-
gins Clark. Driven by a need to solve
the mystery of an older sibling's disap-
pearance ten years earlier, young law-
yer Carolyn MacKenzie launches an
investigation nto a bizarre community
of people who choose to disappear, em-
barking on a driven quest that poses
life-threatening consequences. Also
available on CD.
The Sky Isn't Visible from Here:
Scenes from a Life, by Felicia C. Sulli-
van. A deeply personal memoir chron
cles life growing up on the tough streets
of Brooklyn in the 1980s with her vola-
tile, deceitful, beautiful, and drug-addict
mother, looking back on life among drug
dealers, users, and substitute fathers as
she became her mother's keeper, coped
with abuse, wondered about her real fa-
ther, and eventually succumbed to alco-
hol and drug abuse herself.
1999 A Novel of Celtic Tiger and the
Search for Peace, by Morgan Llywelyn.
AI THE HEMPHILL COUNTY LIBRARY
telligence fail-
ures, as well as
the ideology, in-
competence, and
heavy-handed
administration
dealings, that
are hindering ef-
forts to develop
an effective intel-
ligence network.
Microsoft Office 2007 Projects, by
Carol M. Cram. Step-by-step instruc-
tions to create documents or perform
tasks appropriate to the software pack-
age.
Anatomy of Exercise: A Trainer's
Inside Guide to Your Workout, by Pat
Manocchia. Providing guidance to
strength training, this book uses colour
illustrations to guide readers through a
range of strength exercises, each high-
lighting exactly which muscles are used
and how. This book takes a logical pro-
gression through training: warm up;
stretching; legs; back; chest; shoulders;
arms; and, abdominals.
DVD
Mission Organization (3 Disc Set)
by HGTV. Mission Organization brings
order to chaos by redesigning living
spaces one room at a time. Join show
host Gail O'Neill and learn how you can
organize your home and resolve your
clutter problem from kitchen catastro-
phes to bedroom bedlam.
[The Break O' Day Farm &
METCALFE
MUSEUM
DURHAM, OKLAHOMA
Vfoeetw AlwfUtk <utd 1Roye% JleM&i
It's time to enroll in our Summer Youth
Art Camp. A lot of things are in the works
and t should be an exciting time for every-
one. The date is set for July 7-11. Classes
begin at 1 p.m. and go to 4:30 p.m. The en-
rollment fee is $50 per student and this n-
cludes supplies.
We will have different age groups this
year. Ages 10-12 will be in one group and
ages 13-14 years make up another class.
We have a very talented group of teach-
ers: Sarah Jrab, Scratch Painting; Thomas
Dobbs, Paper Making; Nena Wells, Soil
Painting and Tye-Dyeing; Paula Isch, Ori-
gami.
We will probably be havinganother class.
We will let you know later.
Each teacher has a lot of experience
working with young people and we are so
fortunate to be able to make this camp avail-
able to you. The enrollment is limited to 12
students, so call early. You may bring a sack
lunch f you like and eat n our picnic area
before class. Afternoon snacks will be pro-
vided by our great group of volunteers.
Summer is a very busy time here at the
Metcalfe. That means we can use more vol-
unteers. We have a very faithful group that
s always ready to help out, but we need you!
There are so many people who ust need to
come down and see what goes on out here.
What better way than to volunteer. A couple
of hours a week or a couple of days a month
s always appreciated. It's fun to work with
your neighbors or even make some new
friends. There are exhibits to change out,
workshops to help with, small children's
class and Book Mobile once a month, not to
mention our Youth Art Camp and Festival
At The Farm. There is someth ing for every-
one it you will just get involved. Roger and I
can be easy to work with and we promise to
make it fun. I'll look forward to your calls.
Don't forget about our exhibits on d isplay
now. "Memories as Heirlooms," by Peggy
Carr, and "The World Through My Eyes,"
by Sarah Jrab, as well as some really lovely
and unusual paintings by Augusta. This dis-
play will run through the end of May.
The Break 0' Day Farm and Metcalfe
Museum, Inc. is a non profit corporation
created in 1996 by Howard Metcalfe. The
640-acre farm, historic buildings, artifacts
and art work of the Corson and Metcalfe
family's are owned by the corporation and
governed by the Board of Directors. Dona-
tions to the organization are appreciated
and tax deductible to the extent allowed by
law.
The farm and museum are open 10-5
Tuesday through Saturday from March
1st through November 30. For more nfor-
mation visit www.metcalfemuseum.org or
e-mail metcalfe@dobsonteleco.com or call
(580)665-4467.
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Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 2008, newspaper, May 8, 2008; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252703/m1/17/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.