"Psalm 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods." (Psa 95:1-3 KJV)
Prayer list this week includes: Sybil Brown and Geneva Everright.
Birthdays this week include: Robert Boney (April 1), Mark Weeks (April 2), Brian Chancellor (April 6), Mildred Brown (April 7).
Happy anniversary to: Tammy & Don Pennington (April 4) and Judy & Delbert Moring (April 6).
Macedonia Free Will Baptist Youth Group will be sponsoring a Car Wash 10 - 2 on Saturday, April 14th, at the church to raise funds to support our own Heather Henderson's missions trip to Panama this summer. Please support this very worthy cause.
Bob Kleinbeck reports Geneva (Landers) Everright is now in a nursing home in Pine Bluff. She is 98 years old.
Controversy within the Fire Department's long overdue meeting last Thursday resulted in one member quitting (that would be me) and firefighter James Gill demanding that the bylaws be revised for clarity over procedural and personnel issues that have been hanging for a long time. Marty Gill is reported to have read the board of directors the riot act over the personal behavior of certain firefighters. There will be a meeting of the board of directors this month to address these issues. Fire chief Randy Linzy names Major "Boo" McClellan assistant fire chief and training officer Allan May, due to his ill health, appoints Steven Linzy and James Gill as assistant training officers. Be advised that all area residents who pay fire dues are entitled in input on fire department matters.
While walking home from that meeting, I was stopped and searched for concealed weapons by one State Trooper and two County Deputies on a tip that I was in possession of a collapsible baton. Of course, they found nothing because I am NOT retarded. Apparently someone thinks I'm dangerous enough that I'm worthy of three law enforcement officers. I appreciate the compliment. I'm now operating under the impression that someone abused his/her authority in order to bring that much muscle down on me, and all reading this should be concerned; if I can be targeted, then so can you. Kudos to Trooper Rowland for his professional demeanor and pleasant attitude.
Adding to the rash of thefts in this area: new resident Mark Schienle, who hails from Wisconsin and lives in the former Louise Sledd house, reports that his Get-Rid-Of-It trash can was stolen from his yard on or about March 27. We all feel positive someone should have seen this in the middle of town; if you have knowledge of this incident, please contact him.
If you have items of interest for this column, then get them to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's edition. My phone number is 870-308-4608. Go Eagles.
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As reported that Allan May had named James Gillas Asst. TRNG Officer is incorrect and that Steven Linzy is the Asst. trng officer. This is from Allan May.
ReplyDeleteSteven Linzy is the only Asst. Trng Officer. Correction from Allan MAY.
ReplyDeleteJames Gill did not demand to revise the by-laws, it was a recommended, by the Chief, at the Board of Directors Meeting.
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Steven Linzy & Randy Linzy
Allan was overheard in Fordyce Walmart, Friday, March 30, 2012,to state he wanted James and Steven to take the OTC classes.
Deletefor people that claim to dislike you so much why are they following your personal blog?
ReplyDeletethey have nothing better to do than badmouth James B. or anyone else that doesn't agree with them.
Deleteto see how much BS that he wants to start
ReplyDeletefrom what i see getting corrected is just one item that needed 3 replies, so much for starting bs as you call it. so who is starting what?
ReplyDeletehey james don't worry about it. i once had the entire fordyce police dept. pull me over at dr. dennison's office one night because i didn't dim that old 68 fury we had when a car passed me(state trooper), but when I had to show the fordyce officer how i had to slide down under the streering wheel to use the dimmer(floor model) he just laughed. something to said for being short. joanna mcclellan
ReplyDeletePersonally if I had been James G. I would have told them all where to stick it and it wouldn't have been up their nose. They all seem to think the department will fall if they get out. Allan think's it will go down if he quits. Well it wouldn't, in fact it might grow with certain elements gone. I'm just glad they're going to start back to doing their drills. Maybe they'll get some more members trained up so the next fire they have someone other than James and James will show up. Especially since James B. quit. LaVetrice Gill
ReplyDeleteOdd. Only edition of "We are the Eagles" to have comments.
ReplyDeleteInteresting comments all in all. Word to the wise, I can read IPs of people who make comments, so... if you're working under the impression that I'm some sort of mad hacker, I'm not. I do, however, know some... so watch your Ps & Qs when poster here please.
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