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Friday, September 5, 2008


Letters to the Editor are typed word for word,
comma for comma, as sent to this newspaper.

 Reader Thankful For
 Storm Warning Coverage
 Dear Emerald (Editor)
 During tropical storm' Fay, especially on Saturday
 with all the flooding, high winds and tornado warnings
 for Madison County, it was satisfying to tune in radio
 station Magic 107.1 FM in Tallahassee for complete re-
 ports, Emergency Alert System warnings,' as they were
 happening. It certainly made you feel somewhat secure
 and the station was playing beautiful, uplifting, and
 calming music. The Madison local station WMAF was
 unattended, with automated music playing. No EAS
* warning and no tropical storm Fay information whatso-
ever.
 ITuning in to Magic 107.1 FM was very gratifying and
 informative. It is obvious they were fulfilling their
 obligation to the FCC to serve not only the Leon County
 area, but the surrounding communities in the public's
 best interest.
 In case of another storm, hoping this information to
 the public in Madison County, will be of benefit to any-
 one seeking information about their safety during these
 storms.
 Sincerely,
 Rosalyn Jenkins



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 Madison County is considering placing a liquor ref-
erendum on the ballot.
 Madison County is currently considered a "dry"
county It is one of only five in the state, which maintain
a dry status. Beer and citrus-flavored wine (or wine cool-
ers) are sold in the county because state law says that
they can be sold in any of Florida's 67 counties. Hard
liquor and wine cannot be sold.
 Some proponents of Madison County becoming wet
maintain that it will help the economy I don't really see
how that is possible. For Madison County to get $150,000
in sales taxes from liquor being sold, $10 million worth of
it will need to be sold through three beverages licenses.,
Being a rural county, I don't see that happening. That
$150,000 would have to be split three ways $50K for the
new hospital debt retirement, $50K for the new infra-
structilre debt retirement and $50K for EMS. If a Florida
law passes in November, another half-penny will have to
go towards funding community colleges throughout the
,state. That will reduce any income to the hospital, infra-
structure and EMS to $37,500 if Madison County some-
how miraculously gets that much money from the sale of
liquor and wine.
 If people want Madison County to become wet so that
they don't have to drive 15 minutes to get their liquor,
they should just say that and not try to fool people with an
economic picture that is distorted just so they can pick up
votes from people who may think that the picture is cor-
rect and think that Madison County will benefit from it.
 Another picture that they try to paint is one of Madi-
son County becoming a spot for restaurants that serve
liquor and alcohol. They argue that his will help the
county Restaurants do not bring newer money into the
county The money just shifts from one place to another.
They then argue that the restaurants will go at the inter-
state exits. Take a trip across the country, or just down the
north Florida 1-10 corridor. What kinds of restaurants do
you see along the interstate? Fast food restaurants and
when you look at the older ones in the area they are hurt-
ing because the money has shifted from them to a newer
place. I realize the reason that most people who want the
county to become wet are probably those who don't want
to have to drive to Valdosta, Ga. or Perry to get a fifth of
Lord Calvert or some other, branded label. They don't
care one bit about the economic impact.
 I realize that those of us who are opposed to it op-
pose it because of personal convictions such as our per-
sonal relationship with Jesus Christ and because of our
legitimate concerns about the youth, the families and
the individuals in Madison County Because of my
stance,-I have been called "self-righteous," accused of
being "holier than thou" and been labeled a hypocrite.
Other people who are opposing it are also subject to the
same abuse..
We have also been called unpatriotic because of our ef-
forts to keep people from signing the petition and for not
signing, the petition ourselves. That is our First Amend-
ment right!
 If the issue gets on the ballot I will be there voting
 against it. I know that others will vote for it. If it doesn't
 get on the ballot, I cannot be blamed. I did my job. Citi-
 zens Against Legalizing Liquor (CALL) will have done
 their job. (By the way, I did not form CALL.) The others
 pushing the referendum will not have done theirs.
 Let's just be honest about it and leave the economy
 out of it!


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 "When Florida con-
sumers want a new car,
need a new appliance, or
are in search of the best
deals at local supermar-
kets, most of them, regard-
less of their age,, still turn
to their local newspaper"
 A statewide research
study, conducted for the
Florida Press Association
by American Opinion Re-.
search, finds that two-
thirds (66%) of those who
use any advertising say
newspapers' are their pri-
mary source of local sales
and shopping information.
Even among younger
adults, ages 18 to 29. al-
most half (47%) say news-
papers are their primary
source. The Internet
ranked second among this
age group at 19%. Newspa-
pers are even stronger
among other age groups.
 "There is a false per-
ception among many peo-
ple that newspapers have
become antiquated," said
Carol Hudler, president
and publisher of The
News-Press and Gannett
Sun Coast Newspapers.
"These study results are
not surprising to those in
the industry, but in a
changing world, they con-
firm the value of a news-
paper's portability and its
in-depth local shopping in-
formation.",
 The study found that
Florida consumers look to


newspapers as the top
source of advertising for a
wide variety of products
and services including
groceries, major appli-
ances, autos, hardware,
real estate; employment
and local entertainment.
Groceries, jobs and enter-
tainment are particularly
strong, with 6 in 10 con-
sumers saying newspapers
are their main source.
 These are some other
key findings of the survey:
 82% (10.2 million) of
adults in Florida read at
least one newspaper dur-
ing the week, muchhigher
than the national average
of 52%.
 Newspaper reader-
ship is strong among all
demographic groups, even
among the youngest adults
ages 18 to 24.
 Almost 6 in 10
Floridians read a weekly
or community newspaper.
 "This study confirms
that Florida consumers
are avid newspaper read-
ers," said Hudler. "It also
shows there is a strong po-
tential for newspapers to
further build readership."
 A total of 1,000 inter-
views were conducted dur-
ing the study, using a sys-
tematic random selection
of telephone households
and respondents within
each household. Results
have a margin of error
plus or minus 3.2 percent-
age points. A complete
copy of the study is avail-
able online at:
http://www.flpress.cpm/st
atewidesurvey.pdf


 $beree Miller



 Could It Be Another Southern Thang
 I've found another North and South difference. It is
the language barriers. Over the years that I've lived
here, I have heard many new words with the same mean-
ing as some of mine but yet are different. It has defi-
nitely been mote common in the last five years or so. As
our extended family has grown with southern girls with
my three boys who all have southern born and raised
children.
 Following is a list that I have created with words that
mean the same, but you may need to know a southern
way of speaking in order to know what people are say-
ing::


North


South


Aluminum foil Tin foil
Toilet paper Toilet tissue
Washcloth Rag
Give me a kiss Give me some sugar
It's quarter til or after 6:00 It's 15 min. of or after 6:00
A week from Friday Friday a week
Spanking Whupping
Kids/children Younguns/tads
Snacks Yum yums
Stroller Buggy
Cart Buggy
Mow the lawn Cut the grass
Over there Over yonder
Dad/daddy Pop/papa
Mom or Ma Mama
Grandma Nana
Grandpa Poppy
Bad weather Stormin
Pail Bucket
Faucet Spicket
Soap operas Movies
Thing Thang
Something Sumpen
Stick Switch
Take you to town Carry you to town
Do laundry Wash clothes
Laundry soap Washing powder
Pumpkin Punken
Can Tin
Going to + Gonna ,
Have to Hafta
You all Ya'all
Bullet Cap

Other items that include food and gatherings are:

Clam bake Peanut boil
Church supper Dinner on the grounds
BBQ Fish Fry
Plump dumplings Flat dumplings
Sweet potatoes as a side dish Sweet potatoes as a dessert

 Yes, it takes some time to get used to the language
and slang used these days. It could be just a new modern
day and age that seems different from what I grew up
with, or is it a southern thing. That's okay, like I said be-
fore, I have been able to learn and understand these new
words as they are used around me each and every day
 The hardest part for me is when the three and four-
year-old grandchildren come and ask me to borrow
something for their mamas and I sometimes have no
clue what they're asking me for. I sometimes have to call
their parents to find out what they need. But I'm still
learning more everyday.

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 By Tyrra B Meserve
 Greene Publishing, Inc.

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"To be healthy)
and happy"


"I've met it! I'm retired so
now I can spend more time
 with my grandsons."


"To do the right thing so
 that I may reach
 Heaven as home."


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