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March 17, 2011 • 11
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The"l" Lands Are Sinking
By: Journey Verch • us that it is okay to be man is an •island", but cmmmon sense to contrib-
American adults have
become increasingly self-
absorbed in the past two
decades, and our nation's
teenagers have followed
suit, becoming even more
elf-centered than previ-
ous generations to the
point where they no lon-
ger contribute to society
they way their parents
and grandparents onc
did. In addition, because
of parental, older, peer,
and media examples,
American children have
evolved into. whining,
spoiled, indolent "little
people". Americans of
all ages have reached an
apex of egotism mainly
because our modern soci-
ety consistently informs
self-absorbed, especially
if such behavior helps us
get ahead or makes us
"happy". Consequently,
the way our nation and
its people have spent
money in the past few
years is reflective of the
way American society has
turned self-indulgence
into something that bor-
ders on a constitutional
right. But we should.
not judge our country or
our fellow Americans too
harshly, after all, we did
not invent selfishnessm
we merely perfected it.
Inthe 17th century, Eng-
lish poet John Donne was
so perturbed by the self-
ishness he saw around
him that he coined the
now famous idiom; "No
PreschooliHead Start Registration
Preschool/Head Start
county-wide registration for
the 2010-11 school year will
take place from 9:00 to 3:00
at the Gateway Head Start
Building (Kendall Springs
Road) on April 2, 2010.
At registratior each child
will be provided' with free
hearing and developmental
screenings. These screen-
ings take approximately an
hour to complete so parents
should make sure that their
children have been fed and
have rested properly prior
to registration.
Please bring the follow-
ing pieces of information to
registration:
1.your child's Social Secu-
rity card
2.your child's official birth
certificate
3.your child's immuniza-
tion record
:4,proof of income 0N,2s
ar last year's tax forms pre-
ferred).
&physical
6.eye examination by an
optometrist or ophthalmol-
ogist
If the above pieces of
information are not avail-
able on registration day,
they MUST be provided
before the child can enter
Preschool/Head Start. For
more information, please
call Stephanie Little or Ni-
cole .Martin at 674-6314
or Rita Manley or Sharon
Grider at 674-2766.
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Football pregram
holds annUal
spring game
The Bath County High
School football program re-
cently conducted its annual
Red/White game as part of
this years spring praotice
session. The highly-corn,
petitive spring high school
football game ended in an
8,8 tie. A breakdown of the
award-winners for the Red/
White game follows. Line-
man Award: Adam Hughes;
Defensive Player'. Hayden
Swartz; ll0-Percent
Award: Dalton At;mit-
age; .Offensive Award: iTra-
vis Waiters, Jared Rich-
ards and Griffin Bradley;
MVP: Michael Wells. Bath
County concluded the 2009
season 2-9. After opening
the campaign 0-7, Bath
County experienced a solid
turnaround late inthe reg-
ular-season. The Wildcats
claimed impressive victo-
ries over familiar foes East
Carter and Morgan County
during the final month of
the regular-season. Follow-"
ing a loss at home to long-
time rival Heming County
in a regular-season finale,
Bath County fell to Middles-
boro in the opening round
of the Class 2A State Play-
offs. Middlesboro defeated
the Wfldca 49.-14 in the
postseason matchup. Sev.
era] young players Showed
promise for Bath County
throughout the 2009 sea-
son, stepping up nd con-
tributing right away. The
Wildts compete in Class
2A, District 7 along with pe
rennia] state title contender
Prestonsburg, Shelby Val-
ley and Morgan County:
Bath County has not
finalized and
schedule for the 2010 sea-
son.
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what many people aren't
familiar with is the rest
of what Donne said, "..
• every man is a piece of
the continent, a part of
the main .... Any man's
death diminishes me,
because I am involved
in mankind and there-
fore never send to know
for 'whom the bell tolls,
it tolls for thee." Donne
(like Gandhi.', Mother
Teresa, Martin Luther
King Jr., and many other
great leaders and think-"
ers) realized that what
happens in an individu-
al's life affects ALL life
on this earth. Indeed,
when America's economy
began to collapse, so did
economies all over the
world•
What happened - in
America is that we be-':
came so blihdsided by
our individualwants and
needs that we marooned
ourselves on our own lit-
tle "I" lands. Worse yet,
we were so busy build-
ing these little "i" lands
that we no longer had the
time, energy, money, or
ulte to society in the way
we should have. While
it; ishighly unlikely that
D)onne could have predict-
ed just how much modern
people would become self-
albsorbed, the author's
w,ords seem strangely rel-
ewant to the type of men-
tlity that has @erme-
alted America's psyche in
recent years. One of the
fist lessons kindergarten
teachers try to instill in
their young pupils is that
their behavior has conse-
quences, and fortunately
• (and not a moment too
soon) the failed economy
is the teacher who helped
Americans relearn this
timeless lesson. The
positive aspect to all
these years of personal
and national egotism is
that countless Americans
are starting to turn their
attention away from
themselves and back to
humanity. A little more
than a year ago the econ-
omy forced Americans to
stop spending like there
was no tomorrow, and the
people of this nation were
suddenly made aware ture.
of how much debt they Thanks to the failed
had, how much they had economy many of the
spent, and collectively 'T' lands built by self-
how much of their finan- ish Americans are now
cial, mental, spiritual, sinking, and millions oi
and emotional resources former 'T' land dwellers
had been squandered at are rowing their boats
malls, Star Bucks, The ashore to rejoin the con-
Gap, and a litany of other tinent they so foolishly
"dream" endeavors (such abandoned in the hopes
as houses, vacations, and of buying their "dreams"
cars) that had become and "happiness" at a cost
the unsound bedrock of they could neither corn-
American's economic cul- prehend nor afford.
Thank You From
The Little Family[
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The Charles and Juanita Little Family
wish to epress their great appreciation
for the many acts of lndness and love.
May God Bless You
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