JIMMIE CARLETTE CARNEY - OBITUARY

Jimmie Carlette Carney Ray, age 75 of Elkmont, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Ardmore Health and Rehab. Mrs. Ray was born July 16, 1943 in New Hope Alabama to Carl Robert Carney and Nellie Leona Smith Carney.

Services for Mrs. Ray are Friday, November 2, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Brad Broadway and Tammie Johnson officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Shoemaker Cemetery.

She is survived by her daughters, Jimmie Ruth Henley (Billy) and Sue Ann Broadway (Brad); sons, Ricky Carney (Lynn), James Kimbrough, Robert Kimbrough, Charles Kimbrough (Misty), Chris Kimbrough, Carter Kimbrough and Jeff Kimbrough (Kristy); 47 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild; brothers, Edward Wilbanks, Joe Wilbanks, Raymond Wilbanks, Bobby Wilbanks, Kenneth Wilbanks and Steven Wilbanks; sisters, Shirly Hill, Billie Fay Trumenne, Wanda Sue Sublett and Donnie Haymon.

Preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Wanda Lavern Jones.

Pallbearers will be her sons, Ricky Carney, James Kimbrough, Robert Kimbrough, Charles Kimbrough, Chris Kimbrough, Carter Kimbrough and Jeff Kimbrough. Honorary pallbearers are Guy Logan, Benjamin Broadway and Bradley Broadway.

ISAAC DAWAYNE "DUDDIE" BATRUM - OBITUARY

A life well lived isn't measured in length but in the number of people it has touched for good. Issac lived a good life.

Isaac Dawayne "Duddie" Batrum, age 17 of Elkmont Alabama, died Saturday, October 27, 2018.

Born Tuesday, March 6, 2001 in Decatur, AL, he was the son of Michal Batrum and Rosie Hope Haggard. He lived in the Ardmore area all his life, and was a member of First Community Baptist Church of Ardmore. He was on the Elkmont varsity football team as a defensive tackle and varsity baseball player as a left-handed pitcher, loved the outdoors, such as fishing, hunting, building bonfires and riding motorcycles.He had a huge heart , he loved his family, friends, people in general especially children.

He is survived by his Father, Michal Batrum, Athens, AL, Mother, Rosie Hope Haggard, Elkmont, AL, Girlfriend, Montana Worley, Harvest, AL, Brother, Miguel Cooley, Ardmore, AL, Sister, Brooklyn Glass, Athens, AL, Grandparents, Marvin & Connie Dunn, Elkmont, AL, Grandparents, Randy & Pam Davis,West Limestone, AL.

Visitation will be held on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, at 2:00 PM with Bro. Steve Hargrove officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Athens, AL. 

MORE INFO: 
The Boger’s have graciously opened up Willow Oak Farms for everyone to gather tomorrow after the burial for Isaac. We ask that everyone join us as we reminisce on the good times. Food is welcomed to be dropped off with Anna Davis Boger there at the barn. Pass the word along, Isaac loved crowds and would love to be the center of attention. 

FROM MR. TRIBBLE
I plan on allowing students to check out at 12 tomorrow to attend Issacs funeral. Students must bring a parent note and turn it in before school. I will not accept emails or parent phone calls to check out students.

It’s hard to put into words what I witnessed today and tonight. I saw pain in our teachers and students hearts. I also saw teachers and students comforting one another. I have been overwhelmed with the support our school has received. Thank you to our central office staff, our counselors from around the county, Chick-fil-A of Athens for giving our kids 200 biscuits this morning, and others who sent me encouraging messages. I hope no principal has to go through this because it is absolutely the worst thing I have experienced in education. However it’s also been one of the best because I have seen kids pray together, love on each other and lift each other up today like I’ve never seen before. Issac was very special for a number of reason and he will be missed by many. I hope people will remember his love for life. He lived big and sometimes he and I butted heads over it but he could always win me back with his smile. Please continue to lift up our school in your prayers in the days to come.

BARRY'S CORNER - LIVING IN ELKMONT

Told a little guy in kindergarten last week his homework was to go home and learn to tie his shoes. Today he could not wait to show me that he had mastered it. All it takes is a little time and effort to show a child. Time and effort.....that’s what every lesson a parent must teach takes. Somethings up with our kids. Kids can’t tie shoes. They can’t hold a conversation. They cannot look adults in the eyes and they do not understand respect. I’m willing to bet that there was little time spent and no effort in any of these. Little minds and hearts are special. They not only require guidance but they deserve it!! Time and effort...choices parents must make. Have a good one!

RONALD LEE HAGGARD - OBITUARY

Ronald Lee Haggard, age 48 of Elkmont, passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2018. Mr. Haggard was born October 5, 1970 to Johnny Lee Haggard and Kathleen Pullum Haggard.

Services for Mr. Haggard are Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Jonathan Ivey officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 30, 2018 from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gatlin Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Brenda Haggard; son, Chase Allen Haggard; daughters, Stephanie Monfil (Jonathan), Chasity Haggard, Maria Vazquez, Deanna Bloodworth (Will) and Amber Mata Mayo (Abel Mata Mayo); brother, Randall Haggard; sisters, Barbara Roman (Jose) and Connie Bermea (Danny); grandchildren, Olivia Bloodworth, Jonathan Monfil, Anayeli Francisco, Damian Monfil, Kinsley Bloodworth, Juan Francisco and Cristian Flores Garcia.

Pallbearers are Jose Roman, Jr., Abel Mata Mayo, Danny Bermea, Victor Roman, Randall Haggard, Glenn Haggard, Roger Dale, Jonathan Monfil, Jody Haggard and Cody Haggard.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT..... ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think? 
 

When the federal government, or as we call it, the state, can create money and pay it to you for goods and your labor, you are a slave. You may be a happy slave, but you are indeed a slave to the money creators.
Yet that is exactly the system being promoted by prominent Democrats and supported by both Democrat and Republican voters alike.
Last spring the leftist rag The Nation commissioned a poll  to determine whether Democrats should run on a platform to guarantee jobs for everyone. They asked pollsters to frame the question in a "way that would be most likely to gain opposition from voters." The question was framed as follows:
"Democrats in congress are proposing a bill which would guarantee a job to every American adult, with the government providing jobs for people who can’t find employment in the private sector. This would be paid for by a 5 percent income tax increase on those making over $200,000 per year. Would you be for or against this policy?"
Pollsters found the results stunning. "Even with explicit partisan framing and the inclusion of revenue in the wording, this is one of the most popular issues we’ve ever polled," said David Shor, a senior data scientist at Civis Analytics.
They learned that 52 percent of those polled supported a job guarantee plan. Only 29 percent opposed it. The rest were undecided.
To no one’s surprise, those who had voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 were for it by a margin of 69 percent versus 16 percent opposed. Of those who voted for Donald Trump, 32 percent supported it. A majority of blacks (62 percent) and Latinos (55 percent) also support a federal job plan.
It’s a mystery as to why the pollsters found the poll results "stunning." Given the framing of the question and massive collectivist propaganda of the last 50-plus years, such a result should have been a given. Neither Democrats nor Republicans can ever say "no" to communism. They are taught from early on that government is the be all and end all. In school they are steeped in state worship and most kids today receive two meals (or more) provided by the state.
They are taught to hate the rich and envy their wealth. They’ve been pampered and presented with a pseudo-history that glosses over the millions of deaths and massive human misery caused by collectivist totalitarian systems.
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders; and new Democrat darling and House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York have all proposed a federal jobs guarantee and high minimum wage.
"Guaranteed jobs programs, creating floors for wages and benefits, and expanding the right to collectively bargain are exactly the type of roles that government must take to shift power back to workers and our communities," Gillibrand told The Nation. "Corporate interests have controlled the agenda in Washington for decades so we can’t tinker at the margins and expect to rebuild the middle class and stamp out inequality. We need to get back to an economy that rewards workers, not just shareholder value and CEO pay."
The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) recently completed a study of a guaranteed jobs program as envisioned by collectivist politicians. The study focused on two prominent jobs guarantee programs designed by leftist think tanks and currently under consideration as a policy platform by Democrat presidential contenders mulling a run in 2020: one by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP report) and the other by the Levy Economics Institute (Levy report).
The jobs plans would cover 10 million to 17 million workers. The plans differ in wage guarantees — the CBPP plan suggests different wages based on skills, performance, geographic region and tenure while the Levy plan sets a $15 wage for all enrollees — but they are similar in the following respects:

• Mandating the acceptance of any adult American, on demand, for an indefinite length of time.
• Paying an average wage around $15 per hour, for both part- and full-time options.
• Providing health insurance and other benefits.
• Projecting enrollment of more than 10 million workers.
• Relying most of the time on states and especially local governments to create and assign work to individual participants.
• Broadly highlighting infrastructure, education, health, the environment, and culture as areas of work for enrollees.
• Assigning work to participants via government-run offices using a database or "job bank."
• Attempting to avoid crowding out work already being done in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Under the CBPP report, the average cost for each worker would be $56,000 per year in wages, benefits and capital expenditures. Under the Levy report, the cost of each worker would be $36,192 in wages, benefits and capital expenditures. The annual cost, according to AIER, would be $543.2 billion for the CBPP report plan and $611.7 billion to $840.6 billion (depending upon the number of workers covered) under the Levy report plan.
Both plans would funnel millions of dollars into large federal and state bureaucracies to manage the program. They would also distort the labor market and wages. Additionally, they would disincentivize workers from acquiring advanced job skills that would result in real, value-enhancing job creation in the private labor market, locking workers into low-end dead-end jobs.
Nor do they address what is going to motivate workers to perform menial tasks beyond a rudimentary level if there is no incentive for them to do so.  History has shown that in communist/socialist systems in which people were assigned jobs, those tasks eventually were done poorly and inefficiently if they were done at all.
The U.S. already leads the world in our lazy and don’t care work ethic. Very few people really work anymore. Nor do many want to take responsibility for their welfare, choosing instead to rely on the state for sustenance and succor. Voters and politicians embrace Social Security, Medicare and its expansions, Medicaid, No Child Left Behind, a greater regulatory state and most parts of Obamacare. There is no stomach among even the most "conservative" Americans for cutting social and corporate welfare programs.
The Nation’s proposal of a tax increase aside, neither plan makes mention of how an additional budget item that equals or exceed the Pentagon’s 2018 budget will be paid for.
The answer, of course is through money creation. Collectivist systems are not possible without fiat money. And on top of that comes heavy progressive taxation. The system cannot survive unless the volume of money is regulated through taxation.
Collectivism and fiat money both thrive on the darkest sins of man’s heart: greed and guilt manipulation. Fiat money appeals to the greed of men by asserting that it is possible to be wealthy without hard work and creativity — that one can create wealth merely by accumulating paper that has been arbitrarily numbered and assigned a fictitious value. Hence its allure to the pampered and deceived public. And this is the allure of guaranteed jobs programs.
Collectivist systems, whether they are called democracy, socialism, communism or fascism, are philosophies of envy. When one sees something another has and decides he wants it,  rather than earn it on his own merits he wants the power of government to take it and either give it to him or redistribute it to the masses. Often the collectivist doesn’t want that something for himself as much as he doesn’t want someone else to have it.
Collectivism is also a philosophy of racism, weakness, ineptitude and collectivism in that it assumes one gained what he has by way of special privilege not afforded everyone if they are of a different race or creed or social standing; and that one cannot obtain a thing or advance economically without the assistance of government or the collective.
It is a disguised system of stealing the wealth and production of the producers of wealth with spurious laws under the legitimacy of the vote. Stealing or taking from producers and transferring it to nonproducers is very sophisticated and concealed class warfare.
Collectivist systems, as they grow and mature, require strong, authoritarian police state backing to enforce the myriad laws needed to make them work and steal the wealth and property from individuals for distribution to the state. They are anathema to human liberty and a concealed form of slavery.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter™

EVA NELL DAVIS - OBITUARY

Mrs. Eva Nell Davis, age 93 of Elkmont, passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Davis was born on April 12, 1925 to Boyd and Elizabeth “Jim” Kellum. Mrs. Davis was dearly loved by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charles Davis; daughter, Beverley Stanford; 5 sisters and 4 brothers.

Mrs. Davis is survived by her son, Charles “Ralph” Davis; daughter, Connie Craig (Rickey); grandchildren, Travis Craig (Leanna), Monica Craig Wales (Keith) and Justin Craig (Caroline); great-grandchildren, Kelton Craig, McKenna Craig, Adrianna Craig, Grayson Wales and Graham Craig and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service for Mrs. Davis will be at 12:00PM Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at New Salem Cemetery with Chuck Hood officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:15AM at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Rickey Craig, Travis Craig, Justin Craig, Kelton Craig, Grayson Wales and Keith Wales.

BARRY'S CORNER - LIVING IN ELKMONT

So today on the playground, two kindergarten kids, boy and girl, come up and say “you want to see our cartwheels?” Sure I say. The little girl runs and performs a really good cartwheel. The little guy says “watch mine!” He runs, I see a slight rise in his body and he stops. I said “go ahead “. He looks at me perplexed and says “I just did it”. Whaaat? I mean was it just that he was quick and I missed it?? Was he so stealthy I totally missed it? I say “you didn’t do one”. He says “ YES, I DID!!!!!” and runs off upset. I mean I couldn’t even give him the obligatory “good job”. He didn’t do it!!!! Welcome to the life of millennials!! Have a good one!!

HELP OUR GIRL SCOUT TROOP FILL SOME TUMMIES

Our local girl scout troop, #1134, is doing their annual Full Tummy drive in the community this weekend. They are placing plastic bags with fliers on front doors, asking the community for their help in collecting the items.They will be going to the Elkmont Rural Village, Clearmont Subdivision, around the High School and Downtown Elkmont. If you want to participate and they miss you, please contact these ladies and our sweet girl scouts will come by to pick up your donation.

For more information:
Dear Elkmont Friends,
   We are Girl Scout Troop 1134. For the last couple of years, in October, we have helped collect food for the Elkmont Full Tummy Project. The Full Tummy project is a community service that qualifying children with food to take home on the weekends, so there are no skipped meals or going without.  A great project as well as we get to help  kids in our community.  This is what girl scouts love to do.

Bags were distributed during last weekend for your donation, if you choose to participate.  On October 27 @ 9 am, door to door collections will take place.  Leave your donations on your front porch or near the front door.  

 

If you have questions, call Emily Lovell @ 256-497-7285.  Thanks in advance for your help! What a blessing to live in Elkmont, the greatest little town on earth.

Serving Elkmont

Girl Scout Troop 1134

LINDA GAYLE MARTIN WILLIAMS - OBITUARY

Linda Gayle Martin Williams, age 74 of Elkmont, died October 13 at Huntsville Hospital.  Mrs. Williams was born December 25, 1943, in Limestone County. She was a member of Pettusville Church of Christ. She was a wife and mother who helped her husband manage their farm, and she ran John & Linda's Greenhouse for many years. 

Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 17 at Spry Funeral Home Chapel with Ronnie Holt officiating. Visitation was Wednesday from noon until service time. Burial was in Hodges Cemetery. Pallbearers were John A. Williams Jr., Justin Williams, Travis Williams, Tad Harris, Will Harris and Doug Campbell. 

Survivors include:
John A. Williams Sr. of Elkmont; sons, John A. Williams Jr. and wife, Cindy, of Elkmont and Travis Williams of Athens; daughter, Pam Harris and husband Tad of Athens; grandchildren, Kasey Williams, Will Harris and fiancee Emily Leopard, Katie Harris, and Justin Williams; sister, Frances Pressnell of Tanner; brother, Granville Martin of Athens; and several nieces and nephews. 

Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by father, William Marvin (Jack) Martin; mother, Bernice Yarbrough Martin; and brothers, Morris Martin and Larry Martin.

DEAN DAVIS HOBBS - OBITUARY

Dean Davis Hobbs, age 88 of Elkmont, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018 at Limestone Health Facility. Mrs. Hobbs was born September 13, 1930 in Elkmont, AL to Andrew Lewis and Sammie Adams Davis.

Services for Mrs. Hobbs were Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Dr. Carl Evans. Visitation was Wednesday, October 17, 2018 from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery.

She was a hard worker and loved her family very much. She was a 1948 graduate of Elkmont High School. She married James W. Hobbs on September 16, 1950. James and Dean owned and operated James Hobbs Grocery at Lockes Cross Roads for many years. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, and spending time with her family. The highlight of her week was her Wednesday morning trips to the beauty shop and breakfast at Hardee’s. She was a member of Pettusville United Methodist Church. She was a friend to all.

She is survived by her sons, Marcus Hobbs and wife Sara, Greg Hobbs and wife Mary and Brad Hobbs and wife Dana; brother, Sonny Davis and wife Jeanette; sister, Jane Woodfin; sister-in-law, Edith Davis; grandchildren, Shane Carpenter, Brent Hobbs, Morgan Hobbs, Gina Cagle, Madeline Hobbs, Ben Hobbs and Davis Hobbs; step-grandchildren, Kim Miller and Krissy Aldridge; 7 great-grandchildren; 2 step-great grandchildren; special friends, Lola Allison and Deborah Gardner; nieces, nephews and numerous other family and friends.

Preceded in death by her husband James W. Hobbs.

Pallbearers are Marcus Hobbs, Greg Hobbs, Brad Hobbs, Brent Hobbs, Morgan Hobbs, Davis Hobbs, Ben Hobbs, Drew Cagle and Bain Carpenter.

The family would like to express a special thanks to the staff at Limestone Health Facility and Hospice of Limestone County. If anyone wishes to make a contribution please contribute to Hospice of Limestone County.

ELKMONT MARCHING BAND WIN BIG

Wow! Great *award-winning* performance by the Elkmont Red Devil Marching Band at the Tennessee Valley Invitational Marching Competition! Our Red Devils were the best little band at the show.  

In the judging, they were awarded: 
*Straight 1's
*Best in Class: Drum Major, Color Guard, Percussion
*$200 for 1st Place in Class Band 

 

HOW DID OUR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM DO LAST WEEK?

OCTOBER 20
Either hot or raining this year !! Great job by the girls and boys at St. Bernards today!! Kids worked hard in not so great conditions. Claudia Allen received a t-shirt for 17th place finish overall. Season has flown by. One more regular season race before sectionals.
 
OCTOBER 16
Chilly temperatures and a steady rain didn't hold back high school runners at the 42^nd annual Athens Bible Invitational cross country meet at the Athens Sportsplex.The race, the oldest continuous cross country race in Alabama, went off without a hitch, and local runners put in some good performances. 

Elkmont finished eighth in the team competition, with Christian Smith's 41st-place finish being the top Red Devil performance. Smith's time was 20:11.07. Also scoring for Elkmont were Jon Mikel Owens, Brantley Hammock, Jonah Smith and Preston Brown.

In the girls race, Elkmont's Claudia Allen was the top local finisher, placing seventh in the 4A-7A division in a time of 21:55.46. The Red Devils were eighth as a team, with Jazmin Ristau, Britney Clem, Emma Guithrie and Abby Hastings also scoring points.

ATHENS NEWS COURIER ARTICLE LINK

BOO AT THE BOSS IS COMING

It's hard to believe, but it is Boo at the Boss time y'all. It will be October 29 from 6 - 7 pm; Boss Hill Stadium. This has become a wonderful Elkmont community event that our student athletes, cheerleaders and band enjoy so much. 

Several people have asked how they can help out...If you would like to make a monetary donation for us to purchase candy when we make our Sam's run or you would like to purchase the candy you can contact Mary Jane. We have more and more children come through each year and no matter the size of donation it will be appreciated. We love this tradition and hope to carry on for years to come.

BARRY'S CORNER - LIVING IN ELKMONT

Met some interesting and very successful people during my travels; a couple from London in their 20’s who were traveling the world; an anesthesiologist from Boston whose hospital pays for him and his family to come every year for a conference. 

Saw “big city”’people talking about cabins they owned in the mountains and college football season tickets and condos etc. I have to admit I began thinking I had gotten left out. 50 years and I was feeling like I missed a lot. I thought about the degrees and the hard work in college. What success did I have? What did I have to show for it? A mortgage, car payment, trying to make ends meet. 

Then today I was mowing. The neighbor kids kept waving every time I turned the lawn mower around while yelling “Hey Coach Pugh!” A great neighbor and former co- worker was waving from the drive way! Two of my runners stopped by on their bikes to say “hello.” At mom’s doctor’s appointment saw a former student and she hugged my neck. Another former student works where mom lives and she also hugged my neck and we had a good chat. Then at the grocery store here in Elkmont a former student hugged my neck and thanked me for always making her laugh. Missed out??? Wouldn’t have missed it for the world!!! Perspective....change within. Have a good one!

BOO AT THE BOSS INFORMATION

Elkmont and Piney Chapel Ghosts and Goblins (limited to those not older than 5th grade) will be out in full force in search of candy and goodies at Boss Hill Stadium on October 29 from 6-7 pm. 

Starting at the end zone closest to the field house, the athletes and other participating groups line the field every 10 yards to hand out candy and pose for pictures. 

                                      

Participating organizations are asked to bring bags of candies to stock the trick or treat stations. If you would like to help out this event and donate some treats, please drop them off at Elkmont High School’s office, coaches, band and team members. 

BOW SEASON STARTS TODAY

It is time for deer hunting season in Alabama (October 15); an opportunity to fill those freezers and enjoy the outdoors.  However, it is also time for those of us who are outdoors and hiking or running in rural areas to be aware of the situation.  

Please wear bright colors; best way not to be mistaken for a deer.  Girls may like pink but deer wouldn't be caught wearing it.

Limestone County is listed as zone C and here is the scheduled dates for the hunting season.

Purple Paint Protects Property

Alabama Hunting & Fishing

During the 2016 Legislative Session, Alabama lawmakers adopted a rule allowing landowners to paint purple stripes on trees or fence posts as an alternative to no-trespassing signs. Properly posted no-trespassing signs remain lawful.
Purple paint’s advantages include low cost, high visibility and difficult to remove. Alabama is one of several states recognizing purple paint as a valid no-trespassing marker.
According to the Code of Alabama, vertical stripes of purple paint must be longer than 8 inches, wider than 1 inch, 3–5 feet from the ground, readily visible to people approaching the property, 100 feet or less apart on forestland and less than 1,000 feet on non-forestland.

DEER ALERT

The Alabama Department of Transportation is warning drivers that the winter months present an increased danger of vehicle collisions involving deer.

According to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, one reason for increased vehicle collisions with deer during the fall and winter months is that the deer are more active due to the start of their breeding season. “Deer will be much more prevalent during these months in Alabama’s woodlands as bucks begin roaming and pursuing potential mates,” said Wildlife Chief Keith Gauldin. “While much of their activity is observed between dusk and dawn, they can also be seen during the day.  Drivers should be extra cautious behind the wheel during this time of peak activity to avoid such collisions.”

ALDOT offers the following tips to help avoid deer-vehicle collisions:

• Drive defensively and expect the unexpected. Scan the sides of the road and use other vehicles’ headlights to watch for deer. Think ahead about how you might react if you encounter a deer. Be prepared to quickly slow down, brake suddenly or turn down headlights.
• Know when not to swerve. If you suddenly have a deer in your path, brake firmly. Do not swerve or leave your lane. Many deer-related accidents are the result of colliding with another vehicle in the opposite lane or losing control of the vehicle while trying to avoid the animal.
• Deer travel in herds and gather near water sources. If you see one deer, there are more nearby. Watch for deer gathered near creeks, swamps and wetlands that are near roadways.
• Always obey speed limits and wear seat belts.

ALDOT’s mission is to provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sound transportation network across Alabama. For additional information, visit www.dot.state.al.us

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT..... ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think?

The United States was founded on the republican principles of federalism (states' rights) and representative government. Today's government is "constitutional" in name only.
National politicians and the federal judiciary have no fealty to the Constitution. They give it lip service. Some — Republicans, at least — claim to support it and run on it, but then when elected immediately vote to cede congress' lawmaking authority to the imperial president and the myriad alphabet soup agencies of government. Now we have the IRS, the FCC, the EPA, HHS, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, the FDA, the USDA, etc., writing and enforcing laws under the guise of "regulatory authority." The result is a contemptible abuse of the people by agents of the federal government, rising taxes and fees, closed businesses, stifled innovation, and depressed economic growth.

But few are those in government who consider the Constitution at all. That's because politics and government attract psychopaths, liars and thieves. It attracts people who are parasitic in nature, greedy and without conscience. In short, these are people who have the born mentality to live off of other people. They are selfish and attracted to money and power. Therefore, they are easily swayed and even bought by the corporatists and banksters; and their every act is to increase their and their agency's power and sphere of influence.


The masses of people have been propagandized by the state-controlled media and the public (non)education system into believing that government is designed and tasked with looking out for the best interests of the people. But nothing could be further from the truth. They have little knowledge of the Constitution and little concept of limited government, and they believe government can and should be all things to all people… particularly if a check to them from the federal Treasury is involved.
The so-called regulatory agencies of government are typically staffed at the top by crony capitalists and lobbyists for the industries they supposedly regulate. As such, they write rules and regulations that benefit preferred large multinational corporations and government at the expense of the people.
As Benito Mussolini stated, "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power" and "The definition of fascism is the marriage of corporation and state." That exactly explains what our former constitutional republic has become. It is benevolent totalitarianism, tyranny under the guise of democracy. But the truth is democracy = socialism = fascism = communism. They are one in the same.
Mussolini also said of his fascism, "We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty," and that is likewise the goal of the American fascist politician and federal bureaucrat. Liberty necessarily perishes under collectivism, egalitarianism and government altruism.
Republican voters are well-versed in having the party's elite slap them around. Like a battered spouse who continues to return home, Republican voters believe tomorrow will be different. "He loves me, after all," they tell themselves.
Republican voters vote — or at least think they vote — for small government, fiscal responsibility and safety at home but get massive spending bills more government bureaucracy and more wars abroad.
True conservatives reject statism, embrace small government and abhor confiscatory taxes. Conservatives believe in a strong military for the Nation's defense (not military adventurism). Conservatives advocate liberty and personal responsibility. The Republican Party is now ruled by CINOs (conservatives in name only). I have been telling you this for a long time.

We must come to terms with the fact that voting for more Republicans to send to Washington will not change the status quo. Who remembers how big and how fast government grew under the "compassionate conservative" George W. Bush when he had a Republican Congress? In seven years under Bush, federal spending jumped from $1.86 trillion in 2001 to $2.98 trillion in 2008, a jump of 60 percent or a growth rate of 7 percent. Bush and Republicans gave us No Child Left Behind, the USA Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland Security, perpetual war and bailouts. Those measures are certainly not conservative by any stretch of the imagination.

The current crop of Republicans are giving us massive spending bills that would make Barack Obama blush. His 8-year spending barrage pales in comparison to what the Republicans have unleashed on the American people. It is a bad day for America's economic house when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Communist-New York) cheers that America's "era of austerity" has "come to an end," as he did last March. The Republican spending barrage has continued into the fall.

So what is the good Republican voter to do — especially with the midterm elections looming?
Though it is certainly no guarantee for success, Republican voters should concentrate on finding candidates for state and local elections who will uphold the Constitution they swear to uphold and who are willing to take a bold stand for state's rights and against federal tyranny. It's at the state level that nullification of unconstitutional federal laws is to take place, as outlined by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1789.

If you feel you must take on national issues, push for term limits and the repeal of the 16th and 17th Amendments which would end the unconstitutional income tax system and necessarily end the Federal Reserve, and restore selection of senators to the states where the Founders intended. A return to sound money and republicanism is what will save the nation.

Gradualism — the glacial move away from federalism led by national politicians who used and continue to use the Federal Treasury to buy votes and reward crony corporations and intrude into state issues, and used by an activist federal judiciary — has turned republicanism on its head and into a fascist system of tyranny and oppression. To peacefully restore constitutional governance will be a gradual and difficult process, and its probability of success remains in doubt.
But it starts with you. No national politicians will do this for you.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter™

LAUGHING WITH DONNA

A blonde was shopping at Target and came across a shiny silver Thermos. She was quite fascinated by it, so she picked it up and took it to the clerk to ask what it was. The clerk said, "Why, that's a thermos..... It keeps hot things hot, and cold things cold."
 
"Wow, said the blonde, 'that's amazing....I'm going to buy it!" So she bought the thermos and took it to work the next day.  Her boss saw it on her desk. "What's that," he asked? "Why, that's a thermos..... It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold," she replied.  Her boss inquired, "What do you have in it? " The blonde replied...... 'Two popsicles and some coffee."

VOTE FOR AN ELKMONT SCARECROW

Isom's Orchard 2nd Annual Scarecrow Contest is during the month of October, ending on the 27th. It is featuring a school crafted collection of scarecrows for the public to enjoy. You can vote for your favorite at the Isom's Orchard roadside stand (24012 U.S. Highway 72 in Athens). Winners will be announced October 28th.  Ask for your free ticket at the counter.  Hill Spirit voted today for Elkmont's entry after getting the fantastic apple cider slush at Isom's. 

Please vote by and vote for Elkmont's 5th grade scarecrow: 
Fly Into 5th Grade @ Isom’s Orchard!!!

MO BROOKS' SATELLITE OFFICE IN ELKMONT ON FRIDAYS

On Fridays, staff members from my office will be holding community office hours in Elkmont. Please stop by if you need first-hand assistance navigating federal government agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicare, and Social Security. Appointments are not necessary.

Drop by and talk to his staff this Friday, 9-11am at Elkmont Town Hall.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT..... ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think?

Economic collapse is not an event — it is a process. I've been saying this since the 2008 crash, and I suppose I will keep saying until it burns into people's minds because I don't think that it is a widely understood concept. When alternative analysts talk about financial collapse, we are not talking about something that suddenly happens out of the blue, we are talking about an ongoing decline that occurs in stages. This decline is happening today in the U.S. and around the world, and it has been accelerating since the chaos of 2008. When we bring up the reality of collapse, we are referring to something that is happening now, not something waiting on the distant horizon.
The reason why some analysts can see it and others cannot is most likely due to the delusions surrounding market bubbles. These fiscal fantasy worlds are artificially created by central bank intervention and represent and attempt to mislead the populace on the true health of the system — for a limited time. Analysts with foresight see beyond the false data of the bubble to the core economic reality; other people see only the bubble and nothing else.
When it comes to stock markets, bond markets, forex markets and the general casino economy, much of the public has a terrible inability to look beyond the next month let alone the next year. If the markets look good now, the assumption is that they will always be good. If the central banks have intervened for the past 10 years, the assumption is they will intervene for the next 10 years.
There is no accounting for why the bubble exists in the first place. That is to say, most people including most economists do not consider that these bubbles serve a particular purpose for the banking elites and that this purpose has an expiration date. All bubbles collapse, and the reasons why they collapse are observable and predictable.
Still, the delusion persists that all this talk of "collapse" is simply "doom and gloom," an event that might happen many years or decades from now, but it's certainly not a threat taking place right in front of our faces. I attribute this fallacy to several popular misconceptions and propaganda arguments, and here they are in no particular order...

Fallacy #1: Central banks will continue to prop up markets indefinitely

The newest generation of market traders and economists were still in high school and college when the 2008 crash hit equities. For the entirety of their careers, they have seen nothing but an artificial economy supported by ongoing stimulus from central banks. They know nothing else and know little of history and thus they cannot fathom the possibility that central banks will one day pull the plug on their fiat life support.
The problem is that 10 years of stimulus is nothing more than a mild pause in the process of fiscal collapse of a civilization. In fact, the economic decline of nations could be represented as a series of imploding bubbles; each one lasting perhaps a decade, leading to more power and control for central banks and less prosperity for everyone else.

Anyone examining the history of recessions and depressions in the U.S. since the inception of the Federal Reserve in 1913 can easily see a steady pattern of artificially inflated asset values followed by pervasive downturns that siphon wealth from the middle class. This wealth never returns in full. Each new downturn cripples the financial independence of the citizenry a little more, while international banks absorb more and more hard assets.
What mainstream economists don't seem to grasp is that central banks and international banks are always positioned to benefit from the crash of the bubbles they create. It is the reason why they inflated the bubbles from the very beginning. Central banks are not afraid to allow markets to plummet, they want markets to plummet. The banks simply want to be sure they are set up for optimum benefit when they do crash.

Fallacy #2: Central banks will never stop stimulus measures

I'm not sure why this fantasy persists despite all evidence to the contrary, but it does. Even today, I still receive letters from people arguing that the Fed will "never" end stimulus, never raise interest rates and never cut their balance sheet. Yet, this is exactly what is happening.
I heard the same arguments years ago in 2013 when I predicted that the Fed would in fact taper QE. I heard them in 2015 when I predicted that the Fed would raise interest rates. And I have heard them for the past year after I predicted the Fed would continue cutting assets from their balance sheet.
There are some people that might claim that there is no way for us to know if the Fed is actually cutting off stimulus to the economy because we have no way to audit their activities. While it is true that we do not have access to their legitimate records, only those they release to the public, we can see the affects that their policies produce. Meaning, it is obvious that the Fed is in fact cutting support to the markets given the behavior of those markets the past year.
Emerging market stocks are crashing as the Fed announces continuing balance sheet cuts. Treasury yields are spiking at historic rates and interest costs are rising on everything from car loans to mortgage loans as the Fed increases interest rates. Foreign investment in U.S. Treasurys (or lack of investment) has become a major point of concern because QE support for T-bonds is gone. Massive corporate debt loads not seen since 2007/2008 are becoming more expensive as interest rates expand.
This month Fed Chairman Jerome Powell ended all speculation on the matter when he indicated that the Fed would not only continue raising rates up to the neutral rate (where interest meets inflation), but that they could continue raising rates well beyond that. The blind faith based market is truly over.
All evidence suggests that fiscal tightening is indeed happening. Some people refuse to see it because their biases prevent them from doing so. Perhaps they are heavily invested in U.S. stocks and don't want to believe that the party is over. Perhaps they are incapable of admitting when they are wrong. It is hard to say. They argued for years that the Fed would never take the punch bowl away and they have been proven incorrect, but until they suffer direct consequences to their pocketbooks, they will not accept reality.

Fallacy #3: The Fed will return to stimulus Japanese-style

This is a very common claim designed to build false hope in markets. Bull rally hucksters and their followers has become so used to the easy life of "BTFD!" (Buy The F#$&ing Dip!) that they will apply any rationalization no matter how absurd in order to keep the fantasy going.
The claim is that because Japan's stimulus measures have been "successful" in keeping their markets afloat for at least two decades, this is the most likely strategy for the Fed and other central banks as well. What these people have not considered, though, is the speed at which Japan's central bank bought up assets versus the speed that the Fed bought up assets.
The Bank of Japan's balance sheet reached around $4.7 trillion (U.S.) at its peak, and as mentioned, this took decades of accumulation. The Fed's balance sheet hit $4.5 trillion in the span of only eight-10 years.
There is a point at which asset purchases and stimulus simply do not have the same effect on markets as they did when those purchases began. Debt starts to weigh heavily on further market gains over time. There is a reason why the Fed is choosing to implode the bubble now — time is running out and they want a controlled demolition rather that a crash with a mind of its own.
The printing press is not magical; the basic rules of economics and mathematics still apply.
I've also heard the argument that because US GDP is so much larger than Japan's, comparing their central bank balance sheets is "not practical." Meaning, the U.S. has a larger GDP, therefore the Fed should be able to increase its balance sheet much further than Japan has. This claim obviously relies on the notion that "GDP" as it is calculated today is an accurate measure of how much debt burden a nation can carry.
If you consider Japan's manufacturing capability alone, the U.S. with all it's outsourcing pales in comparison in terms of economic resiliency. If you also consider that every time the government spends tax dollars these programs are often added to GDP as a form of "production" (this includes Obamacare), then the idea of GDP becomes a joke. The point being, it does not matter how healthy a nation's GDP appears to be, their central bank can only create so much debt before it begins to drag down the core economy. The Fed has reached that limit.

Fallacy #4: The Fed Can Hyperinflate Markets Perpetually

This is the last-ditch delusion used by stock market addicts and disinformation peddlers to assert that the current bubble can and will be propped up for many years to come, even after the rest of the economy is in dire regression. It is based partially on historic examples of fiscal collapses that led to inflation. Sometimes this inflation flows directly into stock markets while the rest of the system sinks, due to investors looking for a safe haven and also due to central banks manipulating asset prices. This occurred in Weimar Germany during the hyperinflationary route of the 1920s, however, people who make this argument do not know the actual history of that collapse.
Germany did indeed see a considerable stock market rally just at the peak of the hyperinflationary crisis, but this period only lasted from 1924 to 1927. In 1927, the Federal Reserve, France and the German central bank intervened to deliberately crash the bubble. While central bankers today still assert the lie that the cause of this downturn was the gold standard, the truth is that it was central bank tightening of monetary policy into an already unstable economic environment that caused the crash.
An interesting article on this issue for those that would like a better historical reference is 'With a Bang, Not a Whimper: Pricking Germany's "Stock Market Bubble" in 1927 and the Slide into Depression' by Hans-Joachim Voth.
Does any of this sound familiar? It should. This is exactly what the Fed is doing today.
In the U.S. for the past decade we have already witnessed our period of inflation in stock prices. Now, the central bank is collapsing the bubble, just as they did in Weimar Germany, just as they did here in the U.S. during the Great Depression as Ben Bernanke admitted in 2002, just as they have done in every market bubble for the past century.
There is no eternal market bubble. There never will be. If not for the reason that economic fundamentals make it impossible, then for the reason that crashing these bubbles benefits globalists and banking elitists.
The goal? I believe the goal is to consolidate total power over production and labor using the deliberate institution of a poverty-based civilization. Beyond that, the goal is to make the populace perpetually desperate to the point that they are socially malleable. In order for the bankers to establish what they call their "New World Order," they need chaos to tenderize the masses, but they also have to be seen as saviors that deserve to be in a position of authority over the global economy. The need to create disasters so they can then ride in on their white horse and save us from those disasters.
Why would central banks continue to perpetuate market bubbles when the destruction of those bubbles gives them opportunities for greater power?

To truth and knowledge,

Brandon Smith

THOMAS EUGENE "BUD" KING - OBITUARY

Thomas Eugene “Bud” King, age 83 of Elkmont, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr. King was born June 10, 1935 in Athens, AL to Ross Andrew King and Rachel E. Foster King.

Services for Mr. King are Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home at 3:00 p.m. with Tim Keenum officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 10, 2018 from 1:00 until 2:45 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Limestone Memorial Gardens.

He is survived by his daughter, Verona Hargrave and husband Mike; son, Donald King and wife Dwanna; sister, Christine Craig; grandchildren, Joey King, Lindsey Epps, Zach Atchley, Meagan Carter and Jason Linderman; great grandchildren, Maddie Epps and Paxton King.
Preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Jean King; brothers, J.B. King and Ross King, Jr.

Pallbearers are Tim King, Curtis King, Joey King, Ronald Craig, Donald King and Gerald Smith. Honorary Pallbearers are James Sims and Jason Linderman.

BUY YOUR FANTASTIC INDIAN RIVER FRUIT FROM ELKMONT FFA

The Elkmont FFA Fruit Sale going on now. All orders are pre-paid and money is due when order is turned in. Fruit will be delivered the first week of December. If you would like to order, please let Ben Maples (ag teacher) or any FFA member know. Deadline to order, October 10

JEWEL LOUISE WATKINS

Jewel Louise Watkins, age 99 of Elkmont,AL died Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Limestone Health and Rehab,Athens, Alabama.

She was born Sunday, June 22, 1919 in Limestone County, AL, she was the daughter of the late William David Vickers and Eva Mae Robison Vickers. She was a member of Boyds Chapel United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Alton Lee Watkins, brothers, Johnie Vickers, David Vickers; sisters, Lillie Mae Johnson, Kathleen Wales, and Nancy Vickers.

She is survived by her sister, Clarice Faye Brock, Elkmont, AL; brother, Wayne (Peggy) Vickers, Rogersville, AL; and many neices and nephews.

A visitation will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, Alabama from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, AL, at 2:00 PM with Bro. Mitch McCormick and Bro. Carl Evans officiating. Burial will be in Sylone Cemetery, Elkmont, AL.