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You can get hoked on 'prescription drugs'
A few days ago, I got a very
touching letter from a young man
who was in jail in another state.
He begins by saying; "I saw your
article about drags and not know-
,i¢, !iiiiil ing who your friends are. Some-
one brought a newspaper into the
cell and I found it lying on the
table. Reading about the two
young men reminded me that it is
not only young college age people
who get into real trouble because
of drugs." He then began to tell
me, in a three page handwritten
letter, the most horrible story
)n about events in his life that led to
his incarceration and the loss of
at least for the time being.
I be understood here that presenting columns of
bring me no real because we would
positive things, but
r column helps thousands of people avoid the pitfalls
drugs, it will be worth it all. The true-life
this young man related to me is especially
is not about "Illegal" drags but about
drags that have been his undoing. There
tllumber of issues in his story that can touch each of
you can figure out what they are.
of the details that may place you insicle
so that you can feel and experience some of the
he is experiencing. He said that soon after
from college, his wife gave birth to their third
, a son, and she later returned to work at the local
while he remained home to take care of the
m mind that this is his story) In August,
ght arm was going to sleep even when
and about. Within a month, the numbness was
with a throbbing pain. After he consulted his
gh a umber of ordered tests,
prescribed pain medication.
remained on the pain medication until he underwent
surgery the following May. While on the
from the surgery, he was prescribed a stronger
Percocet 10mg and then he noticed that both of
even though he was on this medi-
another pain medication, this time Valium 10mg was also
added. He said his family could tell that something had
changed in him, but they were the only ones until now.
On the morning of April 22nd, the day after his baby
son's 2nd birthday, he awoke around 10:30 a.m. and found
his two school-age watching their little brother. He had not
gotten up to take the children to school. Being arrested by
the state police at his brother's house was the next thing he
remembered. At this point, I am going to break in and
summarize his story. This man left his three children and
went to call his wife who was 100 miles away, working at
another hospital. After he got to his brother's house, he
looked and could not find his son. The creek behind the
house was up and he just knew he had fallen into it, so he'
called 911. The police and rescue squad arrived and after
a thorough search, the child could not be found.
All of his children were found three days later at an
apartment and he was charged with three counts of felony
abandonment and for DUI. He had been in jail for42 days
because his bail was so high he could not raise it. The rest
of his story about the consequences of his actions is even
sadder, but as he said, "I had never used drags before and
the "Prescription" drugs were a new false sense of security
for me." He concludes with these words, "I can only wait
and hope for the best; I hope my family will still want me."
The point is simple. You, or I, can get hooked on "Prescrip-
tion" drugs. (Jim Davidson is a motivational speaker and
syndicated columnist. You may contact him at 2 Bentley
Drive, Conway, AR 72034.) (Jim Davidson is a motiva-
tional speaker and syndicated columnist. You may contact
.him at 2 Bentley Drive, Conway, AR 72034.)
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Jim Davidson is a syndicated columnist who resides in Conway,
ArkansaL and has served as a motivational consultant with the
Chicago-based Nightengale-Conant Corporation. He founded Con-
tinuing Education Services, Inc., and has since developed a number of
personal development products, including a cassette series, "America
•.. A Brief Glimpse Of All 50 States" and "Staying Up in a Negative
WorM". He is also the author of two books, titled How To Plan Your
l.df.¢, and You Can Be the Best. now in its third printing.
Davidzon has spoken to over 1.600 audiences in 15 states. His
engagements have covered almost every area of society and, he has
worked with administrators, teachers, and students in our nation's
public schools. His personal philosophy of life centers around com-
mon sense, hard work, and treating other people with dignity and
respect, qualities that he feels are so important to the future of our
At this point, he consulted the same neurQswgeQn great nation. You can contact him at 2 Bentley Drive , Conway, AR
the first surgery. The diagnosis was 72032.
spinal fusion surgery and again was prescribed :
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hogs are selling for $7.75 per 100; Win. R. Boyd claims to be
best rabbit shot in all of Bath County, 704 rabbits may be proof!
1899
'.Collins Ball, aged 37, who died
home at Olympia, November
buried in his native county,
and Mrs. Royse Allen, of
are guests of Mr. and
B. Hughes.
to Mr. and Mrs. Richard
of Stepstone, a son, Harry
and Mrs. Alex Connor gave a
party Friday night. The fol-
Misses Anna and
Peters, Nina Hazelrigg, Elan
Lillian Daugherty, Lorena
Lee Wood, Messers. Ed
Dr, E." C. Perry,
15ord Patterson, John
and Crit Young.
1900
Shrout, of Prickly Ash, has
Very sick this week with scarlet
who was fa-
ns a rebel raider here during the
War, is said to be dying at the
Asylum. His derangement
a bite from a fox
' of last week to Mr.
John Markland, of Prickly
tWin sons.
Ciem Riddle and Miss Bertha
Okla, were married at the
of Elder Zimmerman. At-
were Miss Carrie Vice and
Flendrix.
25, 1909
P. Colliver and Miss Anna
of Flat Creek, eloped to
Myers, of Batavia, Ohio,
the 18
yoming
,500.
are selling at $7.75 per
in this vicinity.
hunters killed a colt
mare for Mrs. Allie Clay at
last week.
18, 1901
ofMonterey,Cali-
is visiting his family at Olym-
Teal, of Preston, was in
to have his foot treated for blood
bank at Salt Lick will install a
afety deposit vault boxes.
November 14, Thomas
Damell, of Odessa, and Miss Pearl
Hedrick, at the residence of Elder
Zimmerman. Attendants were Miss
Louise Sorrell and Jess Anderson.
Married November 21, at the home
of Elder Zimmerman, Mr. Garfield
Anderson and Miss Ruth Stephens ,of
Okla. Attendants were Miss Martha
Stephens, John Low and B. S.
Stephens.
November 27, 1924
Miss Lucille Vice entertained with
a dinner party to announce the en-
gagement of Miss Virgaline Byron
and Mr. Fassett Botts. The wedding
will take place during the Chrisunas
holidays.
While gathering turnkeys, Leslie
Stephens, of Pebble, cranked the truck
and it ran over him breaking his arm.
Mr. and Mrs. Pressly Everman and
Mr. and Mrs. John Everman visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Everman on Flat Creek.
The wedding of Miss Thelma
Blount, of Sharpsburg, and Mr. Harold
Stone Robertson, Bethel, was solem-
nized at the Christian Church in Sharp-
sburg Tuesday evening.
November 26, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Denton are
parents of a son, born November 24.
He has been named John Kerry. Born
to Mr. and Mrs. Lem Denton, of Okla,
a son, November 19.
Charlie Riddle, of Troy, Ohio, and
W. T. Jones, of Cynthiana, were here
for the sale of the Riddle heirs. Charlie
Riddle bought the land at $69 per acre.
Wm. R. Boyd claims to be the best
rabbit shot in Bath County, having
brought to.the market here 704 rabbits
as proof.
November 24,1927
Nathan Sorrell died at his home at
Bethel, November 21. Burial in the
Bethel Cemetery under auspices of
Masonic Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Stone, Mr.
and Mrs. Obert Garner, of White Oak,
each gave a party in honor of Misses
Ruth and Nancy Swetnam and
Mitchell, who are going west to make
their home.
The farm ofthelateI. B. Donaldson
consisting of 200 acres, was sold to
Willie Copher and Ashby Dawson at
$48 per acre.
Mrs. Ann Stone has returned to her
home after spending a month with her
sister, Mrs. Battle Hart, at Kendall
Springs.
Thursday, November 27, 1941
Tobacco marketing cards are avail-.
able at the County A. C. P. office..
Cards are not required for the unload-.
ing of tobacco on the warehouse floor,;
but they are required at the time pro-
ducers get their checks.
The Woman's Division of Chris-
tian Service held their monthly meet-
ing last Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. John Bromagen. Seven mem-
bers and two visitors were present.
Mrs. George Rawlings had charge of"
the program. After the program, re-
freshments were served. Mrs.
Bromagen was assisted by Miss Ruth
Bromagen and Miss Naomi Corbin.
Messrs. Dolly, Johnny and Bobby
Otis and Misses Lily Withrow and
Nancye Otis called on Misses Lucille.
and Maxine Rose Sunday night.
Mr. Sherman Hart purchased the
150 acre farm of Mr. Ben Thompson,
near Stulltown, last week at the re-
ported price of $5,000.
Mr. James Vernon Whitton had
the misfortune to break his arm while
playing last week.
Word has been received here of the
marriage of Mr. Ewell Goodpaster to
Miss Christine Petitt at Newport, on
November 21. Both young people
were born and reared here in Bath
County. Mr. Goodpaster is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Goodpaster and
the bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. "Dumpy" Petitt. They will make
their home in Cincinnati.
Little Joe Taylor, the 17-month-
old baby of Mr. and Mrs. RoUie Reed,
died Monday, November24, of pneu-
monia. H € leaves to mourn his loss,
his mother, father, one brother and
two sisters. His remains were laid to
rest in the Owingsville Cemetery
Tuesday. Weep not his love ones, for
we know.he has gone to rest.
November 29, 1990
Blue Grass Mulch is located on 8.9
acres of land on the Preston depot and
railroad right-of-way with the Bath
County Industrial Foundation negoti-
ating the purchase of this site from
CSX Corporation for $12,800. Allen
Railroad Contractors, Inc., of LaPorte,
Indiana, has filed action to quiet tides
in Bath Circuit Court on behalf of the
14 Bath Countians who own adjacent
property.
LETTER&
Dear Editor:
Some people in life experience
great misfortune and Kenny Land-
saw is one of those people. Some
time ago, Kenny's job was terminat-
ed when the industry where he
worked, moved their operations to
Mexico. Kenny then got into an avail-
able training program to become a
registered nurse. Things were going
well, but with just a little time re-
maining until completion of his train-
ing, Kenny discovered that he had
cold-rectal cancer and had to have
surgery. His hospital stay was
lengthy, costly, and repetitive.
During this Thanksgiving and
Christmas seasons, when we think
of blessings and gifts, we at the
Owingsville First Church of God are
asking you to join with us in a benefit
supper and auction for Kenny Land-
saw and his family. It will be Satur-
day, December 7, from 5-8 p.m. The
menu will be country ham, fried po-
tatoes, soup beans, cornbread, cole-
slaw, desserts, and drinks.
But the real treat will be the good
feeling that you get when you know
that Kenny and his wife and children
will have better holidays and a better
future, because of the love and sup-
port we show to them at a time of
need.
Sincerely,
Lowell R. Rice, Pastor
Owingsviile
First Church of God
Dear Editor:
Our World War II veterans are
leaving us at a rate in excess of 1,000
per day and in Bath County, we only
have a few of these very prec!ous
and special people left.
We at the Owingsville First
Church of God would like to do
something to show our appreciation
and gratitude to them, by hosting a
Country Ham Breakfast for them,
Saturday, December 7, at 9 a.m.
Many will remember December 7 as
the day Pearl Harbor was attacked,
prompting the United States to enter
World War II.
We don't want to miss inviting
every World War II veteran to this
breakfast, so I'm asking you to make
this letter available to the people of
Bath County and encourage those
who have Bath County World War II
veterans in their family, to call us so
that we can extend a special invita-
tion to them. The number to call is 1-
606-674-2361.
And if there are any World War II
veterans reading this letter, we hope
that you will join us for this very
special gesture of appreciation for
you. You are indeed "The Greatest
Generation".
Sincerely,
Lowell C. Rice, Pastor
Owingsville
First Church of God
A Legislative
Perspective
By: Rep. Carolyn Bdcher
A successful deer hunting season
could help prevent transmission of a
fatal disease that affects the brain of
deer and elk, the state legislative
Agriculture and Natural Resources
and Natural Resources Committee
was told last week.
State Fish and Wildlife Resourc-
es Commissioner Tom Bennett told
lawmakers that his agency is relying
on hunters to keep the state's deer
population under control, to help
wildlife officials prevent the spread
of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD),
a type of spongiform encephalopa-
thy, which is similar to "mad cow
disease" in cattle.
No known cases of CWD have
been found in Kentucky, he said, but
a case was confirmed earlier this
month in Illinois.
"The only way to keep it out of
Kentucky is to try to keep the deer
out of Kentucky," said Bennett. "If
hunter numbers go down, our ability
to maintain the deer herd the way it
is, is diminished."
Bennett said hunters need to kill
120,000 deer in Kentucky this sea-
son, to control the population.
The western U.S. Chronic Wast-
'ing Disease Alliance (CWDA) re-
ports that managing wild deer popu-
lations is one method of controlling
the disease. Colorado, Nebraska,
Wisconsin and Saskatchewan, are
making severe cuts in their local
wild deer populations, in order to cut
the risk of the disease. CWD was
first detected among mule deer in
Colorado in the 1960s, according to
the CWDA.
King iZo: 00v00ord
ACROSS
1 "Come
again?"
5 French friend
8 Wan
12 Of a golden
age of Latin
literature
14 Type of market
15 Nottingham
forest
16 Hit the ground
17 Anes
18 Fit for con-
sumption
20 Seraglio
group
23 Wound sou-
venir
24 Leave out
25 Atlanta
marcher
28 Spasm
29 Alternative to
wallpaper
30 Color
32 Summertime
dessert
34 Prepare a
casserole
35 Set up for a
drive
36 Potato, e.g.
37 Gentle wind
40 Cranberry ter-
ritory
41 Do nothing
42 Sleuth
47 - about
(roughly)
48 Atmosphere
49 Opposltionists' 10 War, to 25-
. 13
;7
21 122
1
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42 43
48
5O
votes Across
50 Great dismay 11 New Haven
51 Risque campus
13 Emulated
DOWN Leander
1 Existed 19 Pub missile
2 "Wha'dja 20 Stolen
say?" 21 Writer
3 Census statis- Kingsley
tic 22 Affluent
4 Mini-tower 23 Recoiled
5 Teensy particle 25 Portable elec-
6 Noted chair- tric cutter
man 26 Moby's pur-
7 Hardly G- suer
rated 27 Micro-wave,
8 State positive- jocularly
ly 29 Quarry
9 Thick slice 31 Always
33 Numbing
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26
44
compounds
34 One might get
GIs aroused
36 Actress
Spelling
37 Utah nationai
park
38 Writer Ferber
39 Stratagem
40 She played ,
Lilith on
"Cheers"
43 Health care ,
setup (abbr,)
44 - budget
45 A dozen XXV
46 Cryptog- "
rapher's aid •
Bennett said his agency will col-
lect 1,000 deer and elk brain samples
• to test for CWD this fall. Samples
will come from animals collected
statewide, that are "hunter harvest-
ed", or hit and killed by automobiles,
along with samples collected by bi-
ologists.
Gov. Paul Patton signed an exec-
utive order last week, that places a
moratorium on the import of any
type of deer--white-tailed, elk, car-
ibou, reindeer, fallow, and mule deer
--into Kentucky, to prevent the
spread of CWD.
The disease is spread among deer
and elk populations, through body
fluids such as urine, feces, and sali-
va. CWD is not believed to be conta-
gious to livestock or humans.
The state Department of Fish and
Wildlife Resources (DFWR) wants
to assure hunters that "it is safe to
hunt deer i n Kentucky". But, it would
like to remind hunters that there are
certain things they should and should
not do, when handling animal car-
casses of any kind, and those things
are:
1. Do not use household utensils
to dress animals.
2. Wear latex gloves when han-
dling any carcass.
3. If the animal appears sick or
exhibits strange behavior, call the
DFWR, at 1-800-858-1549, and tell
the agency where the animal was
found.
I hope you have a fun and produc-
tive deer season. Have a good week.
Speaker Richards files
bill giving diploma to
qualified Korean vets
House Speaker Jody Richards, a
co-sponsor of legislation earlier this
year that grants high school diplo-
mas to WW II veterans who started
high school, but were unable to com-
plete it, has filed a bill for the 2003
Regular Session, that would do the
same for qualified Korean War vet-
erans.
"There were 123,000 Kentucki-
ans who fought in this conflict, and
many of those were unable tO com-
plete high school because they were
called to duty," said Richards,
D-Bowling Green. "Granting them a
diploma is the least we can do."
Next July will be the 50-year an-
niversaryof the end of the war. Ken-
tucky played an important role
throughout, beginning with the loss
of five men during the war's first
battle. Ultimately, 868 Kentuckians
were killed, out of a total of 33,61
soldiers.
Among those who lost their lives
were William Barber, of West Lib-
erty, who won the Medal of Honor
after he and his company of Marines
held a crucial mountain pass open
for six days. Four other Kentuckians
also received that award: Cot i '.
John Collier and Private First C i ....
Ernest West, both from Boyd Couri '
ty; Second Lieutenant Carl Dodd, oi,
Harlan County, and Private First:
Class David Smith, of RockcastlC i
County.
The Korean War, often known a '
the "Forgotten War", because it w:: ',
sandwiched between WW II :i'
Vietnam, was notable for sc
things. It marked the first conflic! it,
the Cold War between the Americ:'. :
way of life and Communism, and i ',"
was the first time the United Natiort. ',
formed a coalition to play an activl :
role. The Korean War was als
first conflict in which the mi : ,
was integrated. : '
Beginning in 1950 with the '
sion of South Korean by the (',, ,
i
munist forces of North Korea,
war was fought under terrible cored I
tions, and for a time, it appeared I! I
north would ultimately win. Ont:, i
hard fighting and the surprise l,:i I
ing of American forces at Int . i
well behind enemy lines, saved . :
Korea as an American ally. I=,:
historians have been focusing ...... I
on the importance of this wm I
stemming the tide of Communsr
and in recognizing the sacrifices !
those who served there.
" "It was a bitter struggle for H,,
who fought and like any war, a, !
was sacrfficed, Richards said. •
far as I am concerned, this time ,.
never be forgotten, by me or .-
colleagues in the General Assc
bly."
"As we pause this Veterans' Da!
to remember all that was done on ,
behalf by those willing to serve th,'i
country, it is vitally important H :.
we not only remember what H:
did, but that we do whatever we c
do to help them continue leadi,
productive lies," Richards added
"The General Assembly has truly
taken that to heart over the years,
doing such. things as building two
new nursing homes just for veteran,
contributing to the WW II Memorial
being built in Washington, D.C., anct
making it easier for veterans to r-
turn to the classroom to teach. I kno,,
we will do even more in the coming
years, beginning with this legisli
tion."
Richards' bill will be reviewed by
legislators during the 30-day regular
session, which begins in early Janti-
ary and runs throug h March. ,
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