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You lose them over and over,

sometimes many times a day.

When the loss, momentarily forgotten, creeps up,

and attacks you from behind.

Fresh waves of grief as the realization hits home,

they are gone.

Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,

you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn,

and as you awaken, so does your memory,

so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart,

they are gone.

Again.

Losing someone is a journey,

not a one-o.

ere is no end to the loss,

there is only a learned skill on how to stay aoat,

when it washes over.

Be kind to those who are sailing this stormy sea,

they have a journey ahead of them,

and a daily shock to the system each time they realize,

they are gone,

Again.

You don’t just lose someone once,

you lose them every day,

for a lifetime.

You Don’t Just Lose Someone Once

“Happy Birthday Week” Monique “Mo” Kidd

You are forever in our hearts:

Rose Kidd, Philip Robarts, Carter Despins,

Charles Despins, Grandpa Andy Kidd,

Grandpa Shelby McCart,

Grandma Sue Despins,

Aunt Jenny Jackson, and Hailey Young

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BY SETH BERRY
Staff Writer
The B.E. Henry
Community Building in
Marshall is the home of
the Marshall Area Winter
Farmers Market and
has been of service to
community members for
several years for those who
have rented the building out
for weddings, birthdays,
showers, reunions and other
events.
Community members
will now be able to
enjoy some improved
aesthetics of the building
as the association recently
announced it received a
$10,000 grant from the
Marshall Community
Foundation. With the grant,

B.E. Henry making improvements

to building thanks to $10,000 grant

from Marshall Community Foundation

the money will be used to

replace all of the lights with

LED’s and replace all of the

ceiling tiles in the building.

The upstairs door, which is

the original door that was

installed in 1950 when the

building was constructed,

according to B.E. Henry

Association Vice President

Donna Woods, will also be

replaced.

B.E. Henry Association

President Charles Letts

said the association has had

a great relationship with

the Marshall Community

Foundation for many years

and that they are thankful

for the grant.

“Our relationship with

the Marshall Community

Foundation has been an

ongoing thing for several

years,” said Letts. “Any

grants that we get for the

association goes directly to

whatever we plan on doing.

Like this one here was for

renovations of putting new

lights in the building, the

new door, new ceiling.

Every dime goes into that

and whatever we do, we

keep close contact with

them (MCF) on how we’re

doing with the projects.”

Letts said there are

many nonprofit groups who

meet at the building on a

regular basis, such as the

Marshall Lions Club.

With the renovations,

nonprofits and anyone

else who wishes to rent

the building out for an

Delegate at-large Marilyn Letts (left), president Charles Letts, Jennifer London

from MCF, treasurer Shirley Myers and vice president Donna Woods.

event will benefit from the

improvements as Letts said

the association continues to

welcome all who want to

use it.

“We have different

organizations that meet

there, the Lions Club of

Marshall meet there, 4-H

clubs,” Letts said. “And all

of these nonprofit groups,

they get (to use) it at a

discounted rate. We don’t

charge an extraordinary

amount of money to rent the

building. We try to keep it

so it’s friendly for anybody

who wants to use it.”

Letts added that the

building was originally built

to help house 4-H kids. With

the history of 4-H as it relates

to B.E. Henry, along with

other nonprofit groups who

have existed in the

Marshall area for

a long time, Letts

said he is proud to

be able to assist the

organizations in

giving them a place

to congregate.

“As the years

went along, we

have seen the

need for having

a clean place if

you’re going to

have a rental place,

you’ve got to have

something that

people are proud to

come to and we’re

proud to have

people there,” Letts

said.

Dear Grandparenting:

It’s a sad and disheartening

time with all these lies

floating around. The

Internet is full of it.

Leaders lie, public servants

lie, CEOs lie, celebrities

and sports heroes lie and

what else have you.

People play games

with the truth and never

own up, much less

apologize. They go their

merry way and do it

again. Sounds like the

same playbook my young

grandkids use, and they

don’t seem all that sorry

either. Telling the truth

is a really big deal with

me. Lying is one habit I

certainly want to nip in the

bud. Is there hope? Carol

Ann Pollard, Asheville,

TN

Dear Carol Ann: We’re

all entitled to our own set

of opinions, quipped the

late U.S. Senator Patrick

Moynihan, but not our

own set of facts. Sounds

good, but it seems wishful

thinking.

Lying and deception

are as old as human

language. According

to one University of

Massachusetts study,

60 percent of adults

cannot have a 10-minute

conversation without lying

once. On average, they’ll

lie three times. Other

studies confirm that lies

routinely speckle social

interactions.

Lying trickles down.

It’s contagious, and

The high road

children model what they

hear. Not that kids today

need much encouragement

• one study in the
  journal Developmental
  Psychology found children
  to be increasingly capable
  liars from age three and
  one-half on.
  But the fact that
  people lie, or expect to
  be lied to, hardly excuses
  family members from
  the responsibility of
  building children with a
  strong moral foundation.
  The family circle is the
  best defense against
  youngsters spouting
  their own version of the
  facts, a safe environment
  where truth is openly
  valued and rewarded,
  steering impressionable
  grandchildren onto the
  high road. If family
  doesn’t step up, who will?
  Grand remark of the
  week: Theo Epps from
  Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  walked in as wife Josie
  was rocking thirteen-
  month-old grandson Ryan
  to sleep. “What’s doing?”
  he whispered. “I’ve got the
  whole world right here in
  my hands,” replied Josie.
  Dee and Tom, married
  more than 50 years, have
  eight grandchildren.
  Together with Key, they
  welcome questions,
  suggestions and Grand
  Remarks of the Week.
  Send to P.O. Box 27454,
  Towson, MD, 21285. Call
  410-963-4426.