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Monday, July 15, 2013 Page Three
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Dear Annie: I’m a young professional, and I have nothing left. After eight months of searching for a job in my field, I moved to a small town 12 hours away from family and friends to take a graduate-friendly position. Two months in, the firm let me go, say-ing there wasn’t enough work for me. To make mat-ters worse, my successful friends back home are tell-ing me about the jobs they love and the exotic vaca-tions they’re taking.
Annie, I feel like such an idiot. I have always been the good son who worked hard, volunteered, went to college, got good grades, finished his degree and put in long hours at an after-school job. I sacrificed so much and put off all the things I wanted to do so I could be the “perfect can-didate” who gets the great job, the nice car and the house. Now I’m homesick, on government assistance and no closer to finding work. I’m convinced it’s all been for nothing.
I’m starting to resent my friends, even though it’s not their fault. For the first time in my life, I have no idea where I’ll end up. My anger is so stifling that I can’t breathe. I decided to back-pack across Europe when the unemployment checks run out, but that made my father so nervous that he offered me my old room back.
What should I do? Move back in with my parents and be the hardworking loser in a loser job? Or should I fol-low my dreams for a while and do something wonder-ful before I start again? — Joe Not-So-Cool
Dear Joe: Life isn’t fair. Sometimes you can do all the right things but still struggle, while others seem to skate by. But it sounds as if you could use a break, and backpacking across Europe can be an opportu-nity not to be missed. So go ahead, but understand that when you return, you will still have to find a job, and your father’s offer may no longer be available. Use the experience for personal growth and learning, and come back refreshed and re-energized.
Dear Annie: I am one of six women who attend
a girls’ night out once a month. About six months ago, one of the women started bringing her hus-band. She is the only one of us who is married. This is making all of us very uncomfortable, as we don’t feel we can talk as freely with him there. We all think she should know better than to bring him with her.
How do we let her know we don’t want him there without making her angry? — Awaiting Your Help
Dear Awaiting: Why did she suddenly decide to bring her husband? Did he demand to come along? Might he be ill, and she is reluctant to leave him home? You need to ask her nicely why she finds it necessary to bring her husband to a women’s gathering. Explain that it is unfair (since you cannot all do the same) and that it inhibits your conversation. If she has a good reason, please tolerate his presence. Otherwise, he needs to find another form of entertain-ment once a month.
Dear Annie: “A Coping Mom” wrote that her 9-year-old son is legally blind and has epilepsy. She said he is often quiet and with-drawn and that he is impul-sive and does inappropriate things in public, so leaving the house with him can be challenging.
I have a suggestion for her: Please give your child the gift of music: lessons, theater, live music, parades, recorded music, music teachers and lectures on musicians, or hire a band student to tutor him. Band is a great experience, and music will help keep him engaged and give him a means of expression. — Band Mom
Annie’s Mailbox is writ-ten by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, long-time editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 Third St., Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and car-toonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
The Reelfoot Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution recently met in the beautiful country home of regent Mary Coleman in Union City.
The meeting was called to order by Ms. Coleman. Assisted by chaplain Linda Lofton, she led the chap-ter through the DAR ritual. Martha Kendall led the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag. Beulah Wyatt led the American Creed. Ms. Lofton led in the singing of “America.” Ann Thompson led in the salute to the Tennessee flag and Josephine Keightley led the recitation of the Preamble to the American Constitution.
Old business and new business were addressed before the DAR ceremony to retire worn American flags began. The DAR cer-emony to befittingly retire an American flag was read by Ms. Coleman and Ms. Lofton and Penny Hepler read the words to the “The Star Spangled Banner.” All members present par-ticipated in the ceremony by cutting several tattered flags apart by first cutting the Union away from the red and white stripes. Once the Union is cut away, it is no longer considered a flag. Then each of the 13 stripes were cut away. The separated Union and stripes of each tattered flag were then respectfully folded together.
To destroy the parts of
the once tattered flags, each stripe then the Union was laid upon a blazing fire and consumed completely. As the stripes of the first flag were laid upon the fire, the name of each of the original 13 colonies and the year each was recognized as a colony was called out by individual members. After the 13 stripes were burned, the Union was laid on the blaze last to be consumed.
As the fire consumed the worn and tattered material in its purifying flame, mem-bers remembered the words of George Washington when the star-spangled banner was first flown by the Continental Army, “We take the stars from heav-en and the red from our mother country. We sepa-rate the red by white stripes thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty.”
After the ashes cooled, they were to be placed in a container and buried, completing the process to respectfully destroy an American flag.
Several flags were retired at the ceremony, includ-ing one flag that had once flown over the Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the Woodland Mills home of David and Beth Williams.
After the meeting was adjourned, those who attended enjoyed a deli-cious luncheon prepared by Ms. Coleman.
DAR Reelfoot chapter members retire old flags
FLAG RETIREMENT — Reelfoot Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution members Beulah Wyatt (left) and Hazel Williams cut away the Union of an American flag during the organization’s recent ceremony to retire several tattered flags.
Union City Duplicate Bridge Club members played Thursday afternoon at the Eddie Cox Senior Center in Union City. It is an open club and new members are welcome. North-South winners included first place, Lois Harbour of Union City and Toni Pritchett of Dresden; second place, Sue Thompson of Paris and Betty Amberg of Hickman, Ky.; and third place, Dianna Nerren of Hickman and Betty Jo Wheeler of Union City. East-West winners included Dr. Bob Sanner of Union City and Sharon Fields of Paris and Alma Ford and Pat Page, both of Martin.
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The Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild is offer-ing classes for children ages 9 and older at the Ice House in Mayfield, Ky.
Classes, which are from 10 a.m. until noon each day, include origami on Tuesday, weaving on Wednesday, found object sculpture on Thursday and digital pho-tography on Friday.
Each class is $15 for the children and grandchil-dren of Art Guild members and $25 for non-members. Parents may sign up their children for all four classes at a reduced rate or $50 for members, and $80 for non-members. All materials are provided.
A mixed media class will be offered Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon for ages 6-8 at the same rate.
A basic adult painting class will be offered Friday from 7-9 p.m. The fee for this class is $20 for mem-bers and $25 for nonmem-bers. All materials are pro-vided.
There is room for 10 stu-dents in each class. Contact the Ice House at (270) 247-6971 or [email protected] to sign up or for more information.
Through the month of August, the Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild will host its annual Harvey Parker Community Show at the Ice House Gallery. The exhibition is now in its
22nd year. All visual and lit-erary artists in the area are encouraged to participate in the exhibition. People just beginning to create art as well as those with more experience are invited to show their work. Artists are asked to deliver their work now until the deadline for entry on July 20. There is no charge to participate and artists are welcome to price their work for sale.
In order to hang work, drawings and paintings must have wires on the frames or be matted. Poets and writers need to pres-ent their work in a dis-playable format — either framed, matted or in book form. Phone the art center at (270) 247-6971 with any questions.
The Mayfield / Graves County Art Guild is a non-profit community arts cen-ter located in the historic Ice House, 120 North Eighth St. in Mayfield. The center is accessible to individuals with disabilities and is open Tuesdays-Fridays from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Admission is free.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to The Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Classes set at Ice House
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EngagementsEngagement announce-
ments must be typed. Handwritten engagements will not be accepted. It is suggested they be submitted before the first bridal party, and they MUST be submit-ted no later than two weeks before the wedding.
Bridal partiesBridal parties must be
submitted no later than two weeks after the party. Dates of the parties must be included on the typed write-up.
Final wedding plansFinal wedding plans must
be typed and submitted no later than two weeks before the wedding.
WeddingsWeddings must be typed
and double spaced and submitted no later than six weeks after the wedding. Weddings submitted after this strict deadline may be published at the prevailing advertising rate. There are
NO EXCEPTIONS. Anniversaries
Anniversaries must be submitted typed no later than two weeks before a celebra-tion invitation or they may be submitted no more than one month after the celebra-tion. Birthday parties
Birthday parties will be published for children ages 1-12 and for adults ages 80 and older. Children’s parties are published on Wednesdays only and should be submit-ted TYPED by Thursday before the Wednesday for publication. Space limita-tions sometimes mean that some birthdays will be held an additional week before publication.
Information for adults must be typed and will be published either before or after a party, but not both. Those being submitted as an invitation to a gathering must be submitted no later than two weeks before the event.
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