by Elaine Rassel Someone put trash and garbage in the dumpsters on Railroad Street. Sanitary Services cleaned it up this time but not again. All the dumpsters with recyclables (cardboard and newspapers) were contaminated by the garbage and all had to go to the Landfill instead of being recycled. We could lose these dumpsters just because of this garbage bit.
There might not be any sign saying to break down boxes, but common sense says that big boxes not broken down take up space leaving other boxes being blown around and making this area looking trashy. It is very obvious when a person’s name and address is on one of these unbroken down boxes, just who left it off. This area is being watched.
Doug Brownmiller’s funeral was on Monday, Feb. 14 at Faith Lutheran Church at 2 p.m. It was amazing of all the people who came to the funeral! One thing I did see that was unusual in the funeral bulletin was emphasized in the 23rd Psalm. I have many, many funeral bulletins and going through these that had the 23rd Psalm in them, I noticed that in addition to Doug’s, there was only one other one that had what I saw.
There have been three people that I was acquainted with who have died at home just recently. For some caretakers who weren’t there at the time of the deceased’s passing, is a feeling that they should have been there as the deceased was alone. The two 23rd Psalms I am referring to have “The Lord is my shepherd;…..Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me;…These two words will leave you the comfort of knowing my loved one was not alone. (These two words were italicized in the funeral bulletin not underlined but the News computer doesn’t accept italicized words so I underlined them instead.)
The MMCRU Girls’ game with GTRA on Tuesday night at Marcus gave the Royals another win. The only loss they had was a nail-biting game with Unity Christian last week. This Friday night they play Akron-Westfield who won over Kingsley on Tuesday night. Winner of this game will be going to state competition.
Once again I want to thank those who have made it possible for us to stay home and see these games and to Tim Holmes for doing the narration. This was appreciated.
I went to Max Drefke’s wake Thursday afternoon. His funeral is Friday at 2 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church. May memories of Max be of comfort to his family at this time. And, may he rest in peace until we meet again.
I just got word that Charles Ferrin (son of Clifford and Margaret) died in Colorado. His obituary will be in the News probably next week.
I have to have my articles in by Friday morning making this a short week for me to get anything ready. I did have one article on Polio (that I worked on last week) that will go in next week (maybe!) so other than my Personals and the City Council meeting, I am ready for this short week.
Remember in your thoughts and prayers those who have lost loved ones to death, are having to change their lives, are experiencing health problems, some of which are terminal, are having trouble making ends meet even though they have a job, encourage those who are not working to find a job, and to those who are distanced from their family and friends and are trying to build a bridge instead of a wall. Count your blessings.
I will leave you with this quote from Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist: “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”