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southern drawl), both widows, lived together in their later years. I loved visiting them in
A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond
Phenix City, Alabama. We would read detective novels and crime magazines and watch
Powder and Paint
Perry Mason on TV.
department, and if you have a garage don t
I still enjoy reading mystery and suspense novels, especially during football season
forget to paint the floor
Out of all the comics I ve read as
when my husband, Tom, keeps the TV tuned-in to news and sports! Our television is often
with a cement floor paint
a kid, the one that stands out is an Archie
tuned to the Tru TV and Investigation Discovery (“ID”) channels. The Biography Channel
which will compliment
comic where he is trying to sell an old out-
is another favorite, thanks to Ann.
the entire paint job. The
board motor without much success. He then
Back in school, my parents punished me by taking away my leisure books for a
same applies to the exte-
has an idea to give the motor a fresh paint
prescribed period of time, but I always had backup books, hidden away for just such times!
rior.
job which results in an immediate sale.
I d demurely tell my mother I was going to my room to do my homework, trying not to
Take a brown
Something about that comic rever-
arouse her suspicion, then I d close my door and sneek out a book that I was secretly read-
home with brown shin-
berated in my mind for years later along
ing. If someone would suddenly barge into my room - which was likely, with two younger
gles that needs a new
with the adage that “Powder and paint, will
sisters - I would slide my book into a desk drawer, or slip it under something and pretend to
roof, change the color of the shingles to
make you what you aint”. In most cases, a
be doing my homework. I often got away with it, but if I were caught, my Mom would take
match the new color of the rest of the ex-
paint upgrade will help sell almost any prop-
away my book and extend my punishment time - and I would eventually sneak out another
terior. Our Home/ office on SE 115th Ave
erty.
leisure book! At some point, of course, I would have to get back into reality and grudgingly
in Peaceful acres was brown on the outside.
Paint is usually one of the most
do my homework!
It received a new tin roof a few years ago
cost effective improvements, which means
Nowadays, there s not as much time for reading, so I guess it s not so surprising
which covered the brown shingles then we
that for a $1,000.interior paint job on an
that I love “Googling” just about anything that pops into my head. For those of you who
just changed the rest of the exterior to a
average house if you hire it out (however
don t travel the “information super-highway,” you can type anything that you want to learn
lovely grey with white trim. It looks like a
you can do it yourself for a lot less) and your
about into a search engine - Google being my favorite, hence the term “Googling” - then hit
different home altogether.
return will be much greater.
search, and the answer will pop up - thousands and even millions of answers - only you have
So a good way to set your home
One important trick is to remember
to be discriminating, because reliable and nonreliable sources of information will pop up. I
apart from others for sale in your area, for
to upgrade the paint color to better reflect the
guess we re stuck with this interesting search engine phenomenom, because encyclopedias
relatively little money, is new paint with
current color schemes. Let s say you have a
have just about gone the way of the dinosaurs!
upgraded colors. Diamond Investments Inc.
nice home built in the eighties where it was
Darryl, Vicki, and Shirley are “The Dia-
common to go with a brown color scheme.
FROM INGLIS TOWN HALL • TOWN CLEAN-UP SCHEDULE
mond Team”
Painting the interior walls a neutral color
We are seasoned professionals
Bulk Waste Pickup • Saturday, July 18, 2009
such as beige or white will usually brighten
that area available for all of your real estate
up, and update the look of that property in-
WASTE PRO, the waste removal specialists, has contracted with the Town of
needs. If you are a buyer, we would appreci-
stantly.
Inglis to supply a total of four (4) quarterly waste pickups a year, at no charge
ate the opportunity to serve you. Please call
Going with white or stainless
to their customers.The second (2nd) Waste Pro Pickup is scheduled for Satur-
us at 352-447-4442. I ll see you around
kitchen appliances, rather than blue, green
day, July 18, 2009 for "White Goods," also known as "Bulk Waste," for all Inglis
“The Campus”
or yellow, is also a winner in the updating
Waste Pro customers.
BULK WASTE consists of old discarded stoves, refrigerators, water tanks,
washing machines, furniture, mattresses, couches, chairs, mid-size metal
pieces, and other waste materials, to be removed from a property.
EXCLUDED items that will NOT be accepted in this Bulk Waste Pickup - in-
clude yard rubbish, construction or demolition debris, and any hazardous waste
material such as batteries, tires, paints, volatile solvents, poisonous chemicals,
and the like.
IMPORTANT NOTE: WASTE PRO will ONLY pick up the Bulk Waste from
their contracted customers. If you do not have a waste pickup service, or you
are presently using another service, no waste material will be removed from
your residence during this Bulk Waste Pickup. You can receive WASTE PRO
regular garbage pickup service, including the 4 yearly Bulk Pickups, by calling
1-800-228-4908 (toll-free).
Please record this Bulk Waste Pickup date: SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2009. The
crews will not be going back for collections after this Bulk Waste Pickup date.
(a) Place the material in the right-of-way, the day before the pickup, at your
normal garbage pickuplocation.
(b) Do not mix-in undesirable excluded materials - listed above - with waste
material set out for pickup. If this occurs, none of the material will be removed,
The AMVETS Inglis Post 447 held a solemn prayer service around their flagpole Saturday
and the material will be left for the homeowner to dispose of.
morning to remember the lives lost in seeking the freedoms of our great nation. The service
(c) The entire Town is scheduled for a one-day pickup of all areas. Each date
was conducted by Post Chaplain Andrew “Spook Blues” Jensen. The group prayed for our
for Waste Pickup is scheduled on a Saturday, for everyone's concenience. Only
nation, the citizens, peace, for the service by our military and for lives lost over the years in
with the cooperation of all citizens will the Bulk Waste Pickup be completed in a
service to our country. Jensen sang the song he wrote to memorialize William Crowe, the post
timely and professional manner.
is named for. It was a touching time in a weekend that is always filled with laughter, fun and
food. A breakfast followed at the post. Photo by Sally Price.
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