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Sammy Lunsford had the right idea.
When the Marshall Board of Aldermen voted
to hire Herschel Cox as the town's new chief of
police on July 5, Lunsfordopposed the appoint
ment and suggested thatthe town git down and
negotiate with forma* Marshall police officer
Carlie Gunter Lunsfordfjuggested the job be
offered to Gunter befortthe town hires a new
chief and we agree with him
Gunter, you will recall, has filed a $350,000
lawsuit against the town and town officials in
connection with his dismissal from the Mar
shall police force. The dismissal of the 18-year
police veteran was the first aft of Mayor Wild's
administration.
The revelation that the new police chief was
arrested on felony charges just two days prior
to his appointment leaves the town officials who
supported Cox's appointment with egg on their
faces.
If Marshall town officials are embarrassed
by the decision, they'll receive no sympathy
from this quarter. Had they publicly announced
their intention to hire a police chief, they may
have attracted a more suitable candidate than
Cox.
We would join Sammy Lunsford in encourag
ing the mayor to sit down with Gunter and
discuss their differences. A settlement of the
dispute at this time could save Marshall a cost
ly legal battle down the road. It might also hefy
return order to Main Street after dark.
There are those who would oppose Gutter's
return for various reasons. Any law officer that
does his job properly will make enemies in the
course of 18 years. While opposition to Gunter's
reappointment may be strong, even his most
vehement opponents must admit that Marshall
did not have a problem with vandalism and
break-ins when Carlie Gunter was on the job.
Not only was vandalism unknown, there were
no high-speed or long distance chases, no
policemen scuffling with town officials, no
crowds of young people on Main Street after
midnight and no public drinking in cars on Mar
shall streets.
While we would encourage Gunter's appoint
ment, we don't look for it to happen any time in
the near future.
In order to rehire Gunter, the mayor would
have to admit that she had made a mistake.
Throughout the first seven months of her
administration- from special meetings which
violated the Open Meetings Law to budget
busting expenditures to the latest debacle with
the new police chief, the mayor has displayed
an aversion to crow pie.
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Steve Ferguson Rise ^ shine?
If I didn't have to get out of
bed every morning, my day*
would get off to a much better
start.
I usually don't stay asleep
until the alarm radio goes off.
It might be a sweet little birdie
that wakes me up with an in
dustrial strengt* CHIRP!
CHIRP. DARN IT! CHIRP!
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ways to make
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there? I try the old pillow over
the ears trick.
After laying there for five
minutes, looking like Ricky
Ricardo in an "I Love Lucy"
rerun, I try turning on the
radio to drown out the bother
ing noise. But they do wierd
things on early morning radio
stations.
For instance, one station
has a dating service in which
callers give their personality
traits and ask to be matched
up with other people who have
called in. One man described
himself as a "big toe man,"
saying big toes on women
turned him on. I'm supposed
to be getting some sleep listen
ing to a man who gets excited
walking through the foot care
section at the drug store.
After shutting off the snooze
button for the 23rd time, try
ing every position possible to
get comfortable and imagin
ing every excuse possible to
not get up, J finally realize:
"Okay, Steve, you're going to
have to get out of bed today.
You can't avoid it."
So, after standing up, wiping
the scum out of my eyes and
finding my ugliest t-shirt and
pants, I stumble into the
bathroqm. My hair looks like
it has been stuck in a food pro
cessor all night. My lips are
chapped from snoring and my
mouth tastes like a wagon
train ran through it (if you get
my drift).
Me in the morning is not a
pretty sight.
Then it's to the breakfast
table, where I prepare myself
a nourishing morning meal of
milk, a multivitamin and Lit
tle Debbies. But let's not get
fat, I've got to work off those
calories, right?
I got my exercise this morn
ing by slumping in tne *m.j
chair and watching Richard
Simmons bounce around.
"That's looks like it might be
good for me" I thought. So I
jogged from the easy chair to
the bathroom. It was great,
and I was so exhausted by the
time I got there.
Then, after brushing the
wagon train out of my mouth,
shaving the razor stubble off
of my face (I wouldn't really
call it a beard ) , showering and
putting my clothes on, I'm
ready to meet the world. I am
wide awake, totally mentally
alert and prepared for the
modern world and all its
challenges.
As I leave the bathroom, I
walk by the bedroom and see
the soft bed that held me in its
warm sheets of protection all
night long.
Maybe just five more
minutes.
evisited: Let's Go Mets!
the Ail Star game Goodeti
?erm* destined (or 1 - of
the Ke i -
should Gooden f?Ker in the
second half, the award will
likely go to teammate Ron
Darling
The lowly Chicago Cuba,
who haven't won a World
Series aince Theodore
Roc^fvelt was ire
?til ir contention it the
to the June Swoon, look for the
Cubbies to put an August Bust
together and fade from sight
Met fane hope the Cubbies can
remain in contention long
enough to koM the rest of the
aging NL East teams at bay
through September
When the lftets managed to
keep their beads above .100 in
the early going, it appeared
they were one player away
from contention with trade*
U obtain pitchers Brucc
and th?> return of c
played the west like they own
ed them all year.
New York was a magical
place back in 1M> The
Araazia* Mets took normally
sophisticated New Yorkers by
?torm,. creating a crazed
metropnis of baseball fans
devoted to the occupants of
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Heard And Seen
By POP STORY
PART OF THE EARLY arrivals at the Depart
ment of Social Services Building here last
Saturday morning are shown waiting to receive
federal surplus cheese, butter and other com
modities. The free distributions were held from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Households eligible to par
ticipate were: Food Stamp Recipients certified
for the month of July and Households whose
gross monthly income is below the federal in
come level. More than 600 households par
ticipated at the event.
SMOOTH AT LAST, and yet unmarked, is tne
Walnut Creek Drive with its new asphalt sur
face. It is considered as one of Marshall's mast
needed improvements.
Know Comment
By JOSEPH GODWIN
Please don't make your feet
sore by jumping at conclu
sions when I tell you that I
have a bulging wallet. There is
no money at all in the wallet,
and there most likely will be
none at all anytime you see
me. I simply do not carry
money.
Nevertheless, I had to clean
out my wallet today, and it
seemed that you might like to
know what a sometime-sane
man carries in his pocket.
Since I am a registered pack
rat, and use my wallet for
s tor age, let's see what we can
find...
On this little card is a quote
by Viscount Stanley:.
"Nothing is so dangerous as
efficiency headed in the wrong
direction."
Here are the measurements
of a cover for a 1960 American
Standard water closet. If 1
don't find a cover somewhere,
I'll have to make one. These
things are hard to find.
This is the address of a man
I last saw in 1944. Until recent
ly, I had heard from him only
once, in 1986. He relocated me,
somehow, and called from
Nashville week before last.
Since that time, he has sent
me an LP album he recently
produced.
This note is about Doug
Duncan--the editor of a
newspaper in the snail town
of Shelton, Nebraska. He said,
"You know you are in a small
town when you don't have to
signal when you start t? t*rn
everybody knows where you
are going anyway!"
On this pink slip, I find Lee
Lehmann, who publishes The
Quartsite Crystal in Quartsite,
Ariz.. He gathers the news,
types the copy, sells adver
tisements, sets the type, runs
the press, and delivers the
paper.
What should we call that-a
one-man Operation, or
freedom with the press?
This next card reminds me
that Rumpelstiltskin in Ger
man folklore was a dwarf who
saved the life of a girl who had
married a king, by spinnning
for her a fabulous amount of
flax, demanding in return her
first child. The dwarf releases
her from her promise when
she guesses his name.
I have here a notice from an
insurance company sug
gesting that I check the
beneficiary on my policy and
keep it up to date. Knee I still
have the same wife-and she is
still very much up to date, I'll
just put this remainder in File
13.
Look at this-a clipping from
a Duke Power publication. It
says that if my water heater is
set on ISO degrees, and if one
faucet drips one drop per se
cond for a month, I will waste
192 gallons of water, use 48
kilowatt hours of electricity,
and pay $2.M for heating the
wasted drops.
I am puzzled by this news
item from Knightdale, a small
town just east of Raleigh:
"Jack Ass Road, once an em
barrassment to many
townfolks, has inspired a
festival to honor the stubborn,
homely creature. But there is
one problem: lack of
jackasses." So far, there is
nothing puzzling about that.
What puzzles me is that
since Raleigh is only ten miles
away, they do not go over to
the State Legislative Building
and get all they need. There
certainly are plenty of them
over there!
Here is a recipe for old
fashioned ginger cake my
80-year-old Aunt Ruth gave
me. She said that, so far as she
can determine, it is the same
recipe Grandma used to make
gingerbread. (How well I
remember that gingerbread! )
One and one-half teaspoon
soda, one-half cup sugar, one
tup sugar cane syrup or
sorghum molasses, four
tablespoons of buttermilk,
one-half cup shortening, one
egg, ginger to taste, and one
fourth teaspoon salt. With
hands, work in enough flour to
make stiff dough.
Of course. Grandma never
used these measures. She used
a pinch, a little. Just a dab, a
tad, a smidgen, and a right
smart.
With the exception of the
recipe, most of this debris
could be thrown away, and the
world would be no worse for
its loss. However, this last tiny
strip of paper has something
the whole world need. It simp
ly says, "Matthew 7:12-In
everything, do unto others
what you would have them do
to you, for this sums up the
Law and the prophets."
I'll put that back into my
wallet.
Living And Growing
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By CARL MUMPOWER
They say that blood it
thicker than water. The im
plication being that one's com
mittment to one's family is
more powerful than most
other influences. There's pro
bably some truth to the say
ing, but should It necessarily
be that way?
Fact is there's a lot of
hostile stuff that goes on in
this world In the name of fami
ly. Many bo the mother who
has lied, misled, or deceived
in Me name of protecting a
lost son The classic example
occurs frequently in divorce
situations. Almost always.
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member that it doing wrong
that we wouldn't accept in a
non-family member? Mood in
no way reteaves us of our
responsibility to stand by right
and truth. To the contrary, we
carry a greater responsibility
to our family that make* right
and truth doubly important.
Blind eyes are not loving eyes.
Sure, we should stick by our
families. But not to the exclu
sion of sound Judgement and
maturity. Let's face It, there
are many III willed and
destructive people In this
world. Some of them are ton
doubtly parts of our own
families. We should care
enough to try to help and sup
port. Never, however, should
we use "family" as a lame ex
cum for overlooking or
?voiding what's right. Family
law counts and plays an Im
port ant part In our world. It
can navar outshadow God's
law, however, and herein liaa
the k*y. For it is truth, right,
and lustice that Ha upholds
above all. So too, should
wa . . .