You Haven't Seen Any Cats Round Here, Have You?

The 10th Annual Flying Pig Festival is this weekend, starting with a T. Graham Brown Concert Friday night. Hope you'll all make plans to stop by some time over the weekend. There'll be lots of good eatin', the always popular Womanless Beauty Contest, The Guns vs. The Hoses Chili Cookoff, rides, games, and lots of great BBQ!

...Any veterans interested in starting an American Legion Post on the Westside should call Al Smith, 507-4126, Joseph Harmon, 690-1513) or Mike Lamb at 306-7588. They'll also have representatives at the Flying Pig Festival with information, and I'm sure they'd welcome your thoughts and input.

...Judging by the turnout at the Public Hearings on the new millage rate in Pooler, I have to guess that not too many of you are worried about a tax increase. Granted, it's not a lot of money, but I sure thought we'd see more people at the Public Hearings. My thoughts, as much as I hate a tax increase, I think 4.5 to 5 mils to live in a city like Pooler is a bargain, especially when I stop to think about the poor folks that'll end up buying one of those 11,000 or so homes in the New Hampstead development, who'll be paying 13 or 14 mils in City of Savannah taxes!

...Things I learned while reading about other things...

? A landlord in Vienna, Austria finally became upset that a tenant had not responded to numerous letters he'd sent regarding a rent increase to one of his tenants. He sent someone over to confront the man, and they unlocked the man's door to find him dead, apparently for the past four years. His rent was paid on an automatic draft from his bank account, which was refilled with automatic deposits from his pension fund. Neighbors said the man had always been a bit of a recluse, and didn't pay much attention to the mail piling up outside his door.

 A Little Rock, Arkansas woman was called to court for her third DUI in a month, her fifth in a year. The Judge had her locked up for contempt of court when she showed up drunk, blowing a .147 at the county jail.

 My wife has a bothersome habit of sending some of my old shirts to Goodwill without telling me about it. The same thing happened with a West Virginia woman, who took an old red flannel shirt of her husband's to the local Goodwill store. When he asked about it a couple of days later, he pointed out to her that he'd hidden their $2000 European Vacation money in the front pocket. A worker had found the money and held it in case the owner realized their mistake. They rewarded her with a $100 bill, which the woman was reluctant to accept.

...Take care this week, stay safe, and in the words of the great Red Skelton, "May God Bless."