Hello again from beautiful very cold Adairville. We are locked into a very strange winter season with weather in the 60s one week and the low teens the next. We were part of a real strange weather event just a week ago when there was snow in all 49 states on the American continent. The one state that did not have snow was Hawaii. As I had predicted on WRUS Radio some months ago, we have had three snows and there may be some more. I also predicted an upsurge of babies being born in the county and it looks like that one is well on the way as well. (I would not be unhappy if there is no more snow but remember we will have at least six more weeks of cold weather.)

Please, please support our local businesses. During this time of economic down turn our businesses are suffering. Please try to spend your money in town if you can. We want to keep our businesses open. We all suffer when we lose a business. If you do not support them then we lose them.

Marla Sircy is Adairville's designated representative on a county committee dealing with the US Census for 2010. She is available to speak at church and civic meetings and answer questions about this very important census. We need to have everyone counted. The government is hiring people now to help with the census. The pay is $11.25 per hour. Call 1-866-861-2010.

Lowe's Lumber in Springfield is hiring now. Spread the word. They have ten or more openings. They pay well and offer benefits. I like seeing Adairville and Logan County people with jobs in Springfield.

Coming Events: The big up coming event in Adairville and South Logan is the annual steak dinner at the Red River Fish & Game Habitat Saturday March 6. Long time leading citizen Bobby Costello is to be honored for outstanding service to the habitat and to the community. Come and help us pay tribute to this good and outstanding man.

The event will be held at the recently enlarged habitat club house three blocks east of the Adairville town square. The well-known Murf Winters Band will start playing at 5 p.m. The club will start serving at 5:30 p.m. Members are encouraged to bring a pie (or cake). Some will be auctioned. There will be door prizes and possibly a raffle. The money from the annual fundraiser will go to maintain and improve the habitat grounds.

This is also the kick off to the political season in Logan County and many of the candidates for office are expected to be in attendance so come early and meet some of the people who are seeking your vote.

Announcements: The Adairville/South Logan Chamber of Commerce has voted unanimously to name Mr. & Mrs. John Lee Barnes as Grand Marshals of the annual Strawberry Festival in Adairville. The Barnes are being honored for their many years of service to the community. Their continued generosity has helped the total community. The chamber looks forward to honoring these outstanding citizens.

Great news! Jeff and Melinda Collins become the new proprietors of the Green Acres Dinner on this coming Monday. They have managed and actually run the restaurant since it opened two years ago. Now they will own the business.

Minnie Ellis has died. She fed generations of school children at the Adairville School. She was an institution and loved by many people who attended the school. A wonderful lady. She will be missed.

The Adairville Hardware has a big sale going on. The prices are right. Stop in and pick up something you could use.

The Cardinal Cafe is offering lunch delivery in Adairville. Order by noon. The phone is 1-270-539-2233.

Due to no one stepping forward to volunteer to help the Chamber of Commerce is canceling the annual Easter Egg Hunt and Parade.

The Adairville/South Logan Chamber of Commerce has looked after the flowers in the town square park for the last several years. The city has not done this. Due to no one volunteering to help with the flowers in the park the chamber is canceling that effort as well. The four urns will have flowers in them.

Pat On The Back : goes to Sarah Shoulders. Sarah is the charming lady who usually answers the phone at city hall in Adairville. She is a real go getter who also is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Adairville/South Logan Chamber of Commerce. She helps with the Strawberry Festival, the big annual Strawberry Festival Dinner, the chamber’s annual Christmas dinner and much more. She works for the betterment of the community. We need more like her. Three cheers for Sarah Shoulders!

With A Smile : A few days ago my sister Diane Dickerson and I were talking about children of today. We have suggestions about parents raising them better and keeping them out of mischief. Then my sister reminded me of one of our little actions when we were kids.

We were young children and we were traveling by car with our parents. We were on the way to Florida. By the time we got to Chattanooga we were asking if we had gotten there yet. Parents know what I am talking about. We kids got bored and decided to liven things up. Our parents were engaged in lots of talk and were not paying much attention to the kids in the back seat. Our mom had filled the trunk of the car so full that we had to put one bag in the back seat with the kids. Big mistake! (This was when cars did not have air conditioning so all the windows were down.) We opened the bag. Next thing we had my mom’s slip flying out the side of the window, then a bra and panties. They looked great fluttering in the wind! Other cars would drive by and smile, honk their car horns and even wave. My mom commented they were the friendliest people around there she had ever scene. Then something caught my mom’s eye and it was her personal garments flying out the car window. Were we in trouble. I got switched and I guess I needed it. I guess kids today are not so different than we were at the same age. I smile at the incident just as my mom did years later.

Time to say good bye to everyone and to Mrs. Calabash where ever you are!