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THE STONEWALL COURIER | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 3
The 501
Are you smarter than
your grandchildren?
■ "V o you know your bell peppers?
1 Can you differentiate between
1 ^ red, green, yellow and orange?
Of course you can. The bright-
colored peppers are easily recognized.
They’re the ones that cost more than
their humble counterparts in standard
issue green.
Colors and prices aside, can you tell
the difference blindfolded?
It’s the kind of taste test that gets
grandchildren to eat their crudites. (No,
_ I didn’t spring that
word “erudite” on mine.
Didn’t want to push
my luck.)
The exercise also
answers the question
of whether there’s a
dime’s worth of dif-
ference between the
colors. There isn’t.
For the experiment,
grandson Cutter, 7,
turned all four dinner
napkins into blind-
folds, laying them
out on the floor. He
explained you start
with a bandana and then change it into
a blindfold. Who knew?
Neither Cutter nor I nor his mother,
Rachel, or his sister, Rylee, identified
all the peppers. I got three out of four.
Cutter, Rylee and Rachel each got two
right. We shifted our answers as we
sampled all four colors, comparing each
to the other.
The main course for dinner was
stuffed baked peppers n all colors.
The kids were willing for their moth-
er to get the choice red one as a post-
Valentine’s tribute. That left yellow for
Rylee, 11, because she’s cheerful and
orange for Cutter because it’s the next-
best thing to red. They accepted that
logic. And I accepted the green one.
Is there a lesson here?
HANABA
MUNN
WELCH
Use real napkins. They make the best
blindfolds.
Pay for color if you can. If you can’t,
comfort yourself with the thought that
the difference in taste isn’t worth it.
Learn to share red.
During our meal we discussed the
curious rule of good manners that you
pass both salt and pepper to anyone
who asks for either, effectively making
my grandchildren superior to any of
their contemporaries who dordt know
that rule. I hope it’s still a rule.
Like all grandchildren, they are in-
herently superior.
After the meal, Cutter and I played
games while Rylee texted friends. Cut-
ter, freshly literate, read all the cards he
drew in the game “Sorry!”
Each time he came to the word
“either,” he pronounced it “ether.” In
realms of toMAYto versus toMAHto,
who knows what he might say?
Did I mention we ended our meal
with crepes flipped in the new crepe
pan they gave me for my birthday?
Ending a meal with the flipping and
eating of crepes is like giving an in-
mate a new suit of clothes and some
spending money when you let him out
of prison. The good stuff helps erase
memories of what wasn’t so good before
like unremarkable stuffed peppers that
needed salt.
As the evening ended, we recalled our
bell pepper identification scores. Cutter
remarked I couldrdt have gotten three
right without getting four right.
Wow! Think about it. He’s right!
Once again, I didrdt push my luck.
I didrdt ask him for details. If he’s not
really smarter than I am, I dordt want
to know.
Hanaba Munn Welch is a columnist and
regular contributor to Blackburn Media Group
newspapers.
Fairest of them all
Patti Walker/The Stonewall Courier
Aspermont Elementary students continue their study this year of good character traits. The
fourth six weeks lessons focused on "fairness."The following students were selected by their
teacher as having best exhibited this trait: (front row) second-graders Reagan Parsons and
Cami Claterbaugh; first-graders Leah Montano and Mikayla Daniel; kindergartner Angelica
Salazar; (back row) third-graders Charlie Poteet and Wesley Koenig; fourth-graders Oien
Johnson and Nikki Potts; fifth-graders Tanna Ledbetter and Gabriel Rojas.
Yesteryears
From the files of The Stonewall Courier,
The Aspermont Start and The Aspermont
News
February 28, 1974
Isaac Castro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Castro of Old Glory, won first place in the
speaking contest in the Stamford High
School Academic Meet. Castro, a senior at
Old Glory High School, also participated
in the science contest. Beverly Neumann
placed fourth at Old Glory High School.
Other students participating in the meet
were Manuel Barrera, Joe Barrera, Billie Jo
Bartz, Berry Alvis, Celinda Vahlenkamp,
Susan Baldree and Pete Castro.
August 29, 1985
Marvin P. Lott Jr. retired from the U.S.
Postal Service on June 7,1985. He retired
with over 39 years of service including
Navy time. He carried the rural route for
most of Stonewall County for more than
35 years. He returned home to farm until
becoming the rural route carrier for the
Swenson Post Office in January 1950.
After two years and eleven months, he
transferred to the Aspermont Post Office
where he carried the rural route until his
retirement.
February 17, 1994
Four Aspermont students competed in
a Math/Science meet held at Quanah.
Top ten finishers were: Sonja Andrus
10th in Number Sense, 3rd in Science;
Greg Anderson, 5th in Number Sense,
3rd in Science; Joy Kennedy, 1st in
Number Sense, 1st in Calculator, 1st in
Mathematics, 1st in Science; Jacy Kennedy,
5th in Number Sense, 1st in Calculator,
5th in Mathematics. These students were
accompanied by their sponsor, Bill Kuhn.
February 12, 2004
Aspermont extended their winning
streak to a 9 and 0 by plastering the Paint
Creek Pirates 80 to 39. The Hornets got
off to a running start as they put up 23
points in the first period to Rule’s 5. In
the third, the Hornets made it 62 to 24
heading into the final period. Aspermont
shooters were Tim Hag with 23 points,
Aaron Marks with 21, Duane Godfrey
with 17 points, Brandon Kolb with 8
points and Michael Helschel with 4.
Other contributors were Kris Hise, De
Styles and Pat Hill with 2 points each and
Pat Marks with 1 point.
Compiled by Linda Bradley
Vexotbohdl
Has anyone ever been on the right side of ealousy? If I’m
the calous one, I envy someone else because I see something
they have that I want. But if I am the focus of someone’s
ealousy, I may be hurt by their personal discontent and
insecurity. While it’s easy for me to focus my anger toward
someone who hurts me, God gently reminds me that I am the
first one who needs to change. As a result, I’ve learned that
my security is not in myself, in others, or in possessions. My
security is in God who is my strength and my hope. Jealousy,
whether I am expressing it or am its object, undermines my
personal security. I realize now that ealousy has no right
side. And I'm learning to avoid it. My confidence is in God,
who replaces jealousy with security.
Central Baptist Church
919 S. Washington
(940) 989-3172
Robby Harris, Pastor
SS - 9:45 a,m,
WS - 10:45 a.m,
& 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday - 6:30 p.m.
Community Church
137 E. 2nd Street
(325) 725-5662
Greg Goza, Pastor
SS - 9:30 a.m.;
WS - 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.
F rst United Methodist
Church
6th & Franklin
(940) 989-2696
Jeff Sedberry, Pastor
SS - 9:45 a.m.;
WS - 11:00 a.m.
www.aspermontfumc.org
First Baptist Church.
Peacock
150 CR 463
(940) 989-8034
Brian Burgess, Pastor
SS - 10:00 a.m.:
WS - 11:00 a.m,
& 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday evening prayer service at
Syl & Jean
Godfrey’s home in Aspermont
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Swenson Bjiptost
11434 US Hwy 380 West
Mickey Wagoner, Pastor
SS - 9:30 a.m,;
WS - 10:30 a.m.
& 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.
Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, hut who is able to stand before jealousy?
— Proverbs 27:4 (NRSV)
First Baptist Church
733 N Broadway St,
Erik Lankford
(940) 989-3373
SS - 9:45 a.m.
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Ellison Dozer
PO Box 144
Aspermont, Texas
(940) 989-2626
(940) 989-3485
Fax (940) 989-2746
WS - 11:00 a.m,
& 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday - 6:00 p.m.
fbcaspermont.org
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Hodgin, Wayne. The Stonewall Courier (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 2014, newspaper, February 27, 2014; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth741363/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.