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March 20, 2014 - 7
From the Journals of Burl Kincaid, Jr.
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By: Ginger Karrick- I remember several in-
Kincaid stances in life when I was
For the next few weeks, three years old - such as
this column won't be about sitting on my father's knee
what my father-in-law while he played the violin,
wrote about Bath County, bouncing me up and down.
although we'll get back to Several of my uncles were
that later on. Instead, it will present at Christmas 1914.
be about what my great-un- They had brought whiskey
cle William Owen Karrick from Mt. Sterl n. g, Ken-
wrote about growing up in tucky, but I can't remem-
Salt Lick. For those of you ber anyone getting drunk
who don't know, my grand- other than my oldest
father was Hugh Karrick of brother, Paul. On one oc-
Salt Lick, and his brothers casion Paul decided to play
and sisters included Travis drunk-man. He poured
(father of Ann and Nan), and drank a cup of whiskey
Edsel (former principal at and ended up very sick,
Salt Lick), Louticia (who with a promise never to
taught school for many play drunk-managain.
years in this county) and I remember riding on a
Virginia (who was the wife roof shingle over an em-
of Dr. Milburn Wheeler bankment in our side yard
of Morehead). There are when the snow was on.
others, but those are the I remember wanting to
names with which many of go with my older brothers
you will be familiar. ome to their rabbit boxes down
of my papaws siblings ha our orchard. Of course
lived their lives away from they didn't let me go.
Bath Cotmty. My Uncle I remember well the day
Bill did, but, as you can tell that we moved from White
upon reading his words, Sulpher to Salt Lick. We
Salt Lick always held a spe- were riding in a buggy - a
cial place in his heart, one horse carriage. I was
From TOe William Owen four years old at the time.
Karrick Story:. I was seated on the floor
"I was born March 7, board, Mother 0aolding
1911 at White Sulpher, my sister Gertrude) and
Bath Co., Kentucky. My Dad were in the buggy
father was James Thomas seat, and my brother Hugh
Karrick and my mother was standing up behind
was Mary Warner Karrick. the buggy seat, I thought
I was the seventh of twelve this trip of approximately
children in the Karrick three miles was a very
family. Midwife Kate B. long journey. We finally
Nickell of Ewing brought arrived at our new home
me into this world, in the afternoon. Three of
my older brothers had pre-
ceded us with two wagons
and our furniture - the last
two loads•
• My grandfather Hugh
Karrick and grandmother
Leticia Karrick had moved
to Salt Lick earlier. They
lived next door to our
house. As soon as I could,
I made a mad dash over to
Grandmother's house. I
,had visited with my parents
When my grandparents
lived on a farm at Mudlick
before moving to Salt Lick.
I spent many happy days at
my grandmother's house.
She always had plenty Of
milk and molasses cook-
ies. The cookies were in a
big jar which I could reach.
At the age of six I start-
ed to school at Salt Lick.
I had a teacher named
Maud Wright. I remember
the first day very well. I
wanted to go to the same
room with nay brother
Hugh but he insisted and
I went to the Junior Order
school building across the
road from the main school
building. I can't remember
too much of the first year of
school excelft my dad help-
ing me learn to read. He
was always ready to help
any of us with our studies.
Our mother was the main
spelling teacher."
That's all for now and we
hope you enjoyed it. Next
week, the 1918 Flu Pan-
demic hits and you'll hear
more about the school-
teachers at Salt Lick.
O' irror, )irror on wall.., tfibt .
By:. Kymberlee A. Mar- the patch of gray that was
low forming in my hair. I had to
Yep, I've seen it on movies sit down because no longer
and t.v shows. The exact too- staring back at me was the
ment when the overworked
man or the stressed out
mother, looks into the mirror
and begun to notice the wrin-
kles, or the bags that have
seemed to appear on their
face. It's also at that moment
that they start to feel their
exact age, and maybe just a
little older. I had my moment
this past weekend. I don't re-
ally spend hours prepping in
fun carefree girl I used to be.
The face that I seen was full
of worries and responsibili-
ties and not what I wanted
to look at today. How could it
think I'm going to have to.
First I need to stop worrying
so much..worrying causes
wrinkles and wrinkles are
not welcome here. I am go-
ing to be greatful for every-
thing I have in this chaotic
world of mine, because a lot
of people doesn't have it this
/
Anschluss
On the morning of the com/posts/2014/03/16/
President's speech detail- think_crimea s referen-
ing sanctions against the dum_looks_dirty_you_
Russians over the refer- should_have_seen_the_
endumin Crimea, I awoke anschluss_plebiscite).
from a dream in which I After all, who could be
heard the term Anschluss against the democratic
repeated three or more ideal of the people choos-
times. The term seemed ing their own rulers? The
familiar but I couldn't problem arises when there
place it, so I looked it up. are no guarantees that the
Per Encyclopedia Britanni- rights of those who voted
ca, Anschluss refers to the against the referendum
absorption or "union" of will be protected. This is
Austria into Nazi Germa- the enduring problem with
ny. Hitler accomplished raw democracy--it can
this by a referendum vote be like two wolves and a
on April 10, 1938 0attp:// lamb deciding what is for
www.britannica.com/EB- dinner, as Ben Franklin fa-
checked/topic/26730/An- mously quipped.
schluss). With this in mind, my
On Sunday, the referen- prayers for the people
dum passed to join Crimea in Crimea go out. Who
with Russia. As in Aus- knows what will happen
tria of 1938, the vote was next? Will dissenters be
overwhelmingly in favor, brutalized as dissenters
Prior to the conflict in the were in any number of
Ukraine, only 41% of Ukrai- countries where refer-
nians would have support- endums concealed a lust
ed unification with Rus- for power? It is possible.
sia (http://w hwccityam. Yet my prayers also go
com/blog/1393929175/ out to the people residing
poll-shows-not4 ne-major- in the remainder of the
ity-any-ukrainian-region- Ukraine. Leading them
favours-joiningirussia), are the proxy warriors of
This leads me to wonder NATO, the far right anti-
if there was a Sudden and Semitic Svoboda party
dramatic change of heart (http://www.channel4.
or if the referendum vote com/news/tdev-svoboda-
was rigged. We may never far-right-protests-right-sec-
know. tor-riot-police). It appears
Referendums have that the Ukraine is caught
a long history of be- between two rapacious
ing used by the power- empires: Europe and Rus-.
ful to cloak territorial or sia, neither of which' is
political aggressions in concerned about the well-
the mantle of morality being of the people.
(http://blog.foreignpolicy. This morning, President
The word Selah appears must have meant, "Wait a
seventy-one times in the moment, David, and think
be that people see what they good so why stress, and that Psalms and three times of this." Think what, we
want to see sometimes and' takes care of the gray hairS I in the bo0kof Habbakult. ' might ask. Being be-
other times reality smacks right? I kind of like the fact l Its specific meaning is trayed? Being pursued?
them right in the face. I don't that I don't go through the not known but it implies Being driven from family
know when the point came long ritual of getting ready that the reader, or the and friends?
that I started to let myself go that I used to after all who one who is reading the Of course not. But,
and not care so much about has time. As a single mother Psalm, should pause, rest then, what is he to think
Obama announced sanc-
tions against Russia for in-
terferingin Crimea. Bythis
logic, couldn't the US also
be sanctioned for assist-
hag the lawless overthrow
of the elected president of
Ukraine (http://original.
antiwar.com/chris ernes-
to/2014/02/28/look-who-
the-u s-i s-siding-with-in-
ukraine-egypt-and-syria/
)? Rather than posturing
and threatening Vladimir
Pufin, if the leaders of our
nation truly cared about
the,Ukrainian people, they
could have petitioned the
Russians to ensure a ref-
erendum that would have
protected human rights.
Then again, if they truly
cared, they never would
have instigated the unrest
in Ukraine to start with.
Though the conflict is
many miles away from
our shores, the repercus-
sions of our meddling
in the Ukraine could
come swiftly in the form
of financial upheaval as
Russia dumps our dol-
lar (http://www.ibtimes.
com/ukraine-crisis-takes-
new-spin-russia-threatens-
dump-us-treasurys-if-sanc-
tions-imposed-1559238)
or, God forbid, in a nuclear
exchange (http://news.
yahoo.com/state-tv-says-
r ussia-could-turn-us-radio-
active-212003397.html).
Pray for peace and safe-
ty,
Granny Sue
doing so he ran into the
arms of the Almighty God.
He found in Him his pro-
tection form persecution
and his source of salva-
tion. There is no one lille
the Lord! He is our com-
fort in times of conflict
and protector when others
front of the mirror every day what I looked like. You can of a very active four 37ear old
like I used to in high school, only 0ovingiy) blame kids lets just say that dolling up is [
In fact I avoid them as much for so long. We live in an age not very high on my list ofI
as possible. People say that where everything is acces- things to do. I wish I had the
the mirror not only reflects sible. They make fake nails, time for hair straightening,
your image but it also re- fake hair, fake eyelashes, and eyeliner and mascara..
flects the truth. Exactly hair dyes, makeup, cold but lwouldratherspendmy
why I have avoided them. creams, and clothing items time playing a game or just
My monient happened this that can make you appear . spending quality time with
past Saturday. I had gotten slimmer. WeU somewhereAidan. So heres my compro-
a speck of something in my along the way I lost the misc..the next time I look
eye and went to lry and rinse' memo. What a difference a in the mirror maybe i'll try
it out. After drying off my few years make. People say to find one positive thing
face with a towel I caught a that you are only as young instead of focusing on the
quick glimpse in the mir- as you feel, if thats the case negative. So Mirror, Mirror
ror that stopped me dead in then I feel much older than on the wall at least give me
my tracks. Standing there my age. So what is a woman a warning next time before
looking backat me was ato do? Do I throw in the tow- my next intervention or re-
wore out, aging, stressed el and accept things the way ality check. Oh, and mirror,
out woman that I tried so they appear to be right now? mirror do you happen to
hard not to be. After care- Or, do I jump on the band- have photo shop?
ful examination I dug in just wagon and try to start work-
a little deeper and noticed ing on self improvements, t
t
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or stop and think of "this"
or "that" - or whatever the
writer was addressing. It
is illuminating and inspir-
ing when we actually ap-
ply it.
David was driven from
his palace and people by
his rebellious son, Absa-
lom. When he saw his
army and his advisors fol-
low his son he wrote the
third Psalm.
In his despair he wrote,
"O Lord, how many are
my foes! How many rise
up against me. Many are
saying of me, 'God will not
deliver him.'"
Then he paused,
thought for a moment
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