OTWF Wrestling is coming to Buckhead July 14

There will be an Old Time Wrestling Federal (OTWF) wrestling match at Buckhead Fire Department on July 14. The doors open at 5 p.m. The wrestling will be at 6 p.m. Every ticket sold benefits the fire department and the city of Buckhead. One dollar of the tickets goes to Buckhead. The adult tickets are $7, children 6-12 will be $4 and children under five will be free. Contact information is 1-678-492-2117 to Tim. Why not come out to help fill the building and to help raise a little money for Buckhead?
    I was sorry to find out about Reid Allison having had a stroke. He is a patient at St. Mary’s Rehab Unit. He is making some good progress I know that many prayers are sent up for him. Hurry up Reid and get better and get home!
    Margie Denning is having a birthday July 11.
    There was a good July 4 turnout despite the weather at the Bulkhead barbecue and fireworks.
    There was a surprise birthday party after church Sunday night for Bonnie Bishop. There was a watermelon cutting and fingerfood.
    The Lake Oconee Baptist Chapel helped 58 families with food last month. That is about the usual amount that they help each month.
    The Lake Oconee Baptist Chapel will have a barbecue supper Saturday night, July 14 at 6 p.m. This barbecue money will help defray the food expenses that are given out each month. There will be some chicken barbecue for those that don’t eat pork. There will be slaw and all the other trimmings to go with barbecue. Need I tell you that these people do it up right? The cost will be $7. The dessert will be peach cobbler. So come on out and join in a time of food and fellowship.
    On the following day Sunday, July 15 the church will have a fellowship luncheon with their business meeting following.
    Jay Moon has gone for several days with the 4-H to Florida to see cows at large dairies. They went in a UGA bus.
    Billy and Donna Hinesley went to Gainesville for her uncle’s funeral. I’m so sorry Donna.
    Jay Moon cut sunflowers at the Sunflower Festival to help raise money for the  FFA.
    John and Gail Wade went to the mountains over the weekend for a family reunion.
    The Bible school at Buckhead Baptist is concluding and there will be family night Thursday night.
    Here’s a list of birthdays- Josh Hinesley was 5; Bella Hinesley was one; River Rodgers will have a birthday July 15; Polly Knox July 17; Chip Slaughter July 9; Benita Watkins July 17.Happy birthday to each of you! I hope that it is a special day! Bob and Janice Bumgarner have an anniversary on July 13. I hope that it is a happy, happy anniversary to you all!
    We had a nice holiday. I like to have family to come.
    There’s no need for me to mention about dry grass. I know that so many of you can say the same thing. We have had one shower that didn’t last long. Some people talked of lots of rain and even hail. We didn’t see that. We don’t have a garden.
    Fact is we haven’t had one in several years. Neither of us would feel like working it or gathering it and then canning or freezing. What little that we use at this point we just buy it. It is not as good. But I suppose that I have eaten enough good fresh corn cooked in a black frying pan to do me the rest of my life.
    That was added with red slices of tomato on the edge of the plate with some of the juice oozing onto the corn. It makes me hungry to think about it. But when I want some corn like that I go to Ingles to get a frozen roll of corn that has been cooked in a frying pan with cracked pepper. That is good. Not like home grown but it is a good substitute.
    We have rabbits that come in our backyard in the late afternoon. One day I was totally shocked when a large fat armadillo came from the tall grass to eat some smaller grass. I had never seen one that large and it was I the daytime. After that one the same morning I saw one in front of the shelter eating. Then today Monday that was one on the front lawn when I carried the dog out. The dog forgot what I carried her out for and took chase after the armadillo, they can really run fast. They dig up our yard all of the time. Besides these animals we have deer like most everyone else including people in town. I know a girl that had her car damaged by a deer right there in town.
    But there was a deer that was eating in our backyard. After a while it went near a small building and lay down to chew its food. That was amazing! It was just outside my window!

Printed in the July 12, 2012 edition