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Show Families they say. Home is the (dace where, when yon have to go there, they ernment, employment, church, have to take you in." Or another school, neighbors, or the guy who way of putting it, "Be it ever so didn't fix the TV tight But peace humble, theres no dace like home and the proper teaching of values, for wearing what you want." Not morals, manners, and examples in that home life is always (or maybe the home will go a long way tonot even often) perfect, because wards fixing what's wrong with this thinga sometimes get misinterpreted community, this state, this nation, - as Robert Frost stated, "Families and even our world. Who can tell? break up when people take hints Peace and happiness in the hone you dont intend and miss hints you might even become contagious and do intend." And theres the sibling spread from there to who knows rivalry, too. Sometimes it gets a litwhere? Count Leo Tolstoy said, tle testy. Charles Schulz (Peanuts) "All happy families resemble each says, "Big sisters are the crab gnu in the lawn of life. But as has been .other, each unhappy family is unsaid, "Children are poor mens richhappy in its own way. It's probaes. On a more serious note, chilbly a good plan to teach our children that upon meeting adversity or dren emulate (and imitate) their role to solve it with that in--. models. So perhaps what we need to families share - and of remember is that they need better equal importance, to not let good models and less critics. The author, fortune trip you up. Successful fam- James Baldwin writes, "Children ilies have not only a spirit of justice, have never been very good at listen,but an all encompaasing spirit of ing to their elders, hit they have love which excels that of justice. never failed to imitate them. It Where justice weighs rights and seems they imitate in word as well privileges, love goes beyond dot by as deed. Thomas Fuller, a physiassuring that each will bear the bur- cian, 'way back in 1732, said, den of the other. The greatest source "What children hear at home soon of human happiness may very well flies abroad. The words they hear, be that of family life. Good parents then, should riug of value and goodhave a lot to do with being the priness. For that enables families to be mary source of this happiness. It has brave when being adversities, often . been laid that we never know the pausing them to rise to their own love of our parents for us till we level of greatness James Harvey have become parents. And there's claims, "Greatness, in the last an old Danish proverb that states, analysis, is largely bravery " "A rich child often aits in a poor mother's lap. Thats part of what Thought for the day: "Govern a family as you would families - and homelife - is all about; laps, mothers, rocking chain cook a small fish veqr gently. . . even the humming mothers do Chinese Proverix when they're rocking you. Like Sinister Im inclined to agree with Clare Booth Luce who laid, "..the ultimate economic and spiritual uni! of any civilization is the frunily. I'm sure most of us have noticed that societal behavior seems to reflect family values.1 As is families, so is society. Prosperity, order, happiness, fame, fortune, greatness, etc are all noted in proper upbringing which, in itself is directly traceable to fiunily roots. Oh, once in a while you have a maverick spring 19 out of seemingly nowhere1 who succeeds in spite of a poor upbringing. But by and large, most happy, successful people come from families who have taught their children principles of g values. Because of today's societal leanings towards leas and less stringent moral guidelines, it seems to require more courage and daring to do what is right than it does to plunge into what normally would have been thought of as stu- Hi. My friend and I were Just wondering if you could speed things up a bit? , well-adjuste- d, life-lon- behavior. Off the Beaten Path by Eric Hodecker lems on whatever happens to evoke our ire at the moment, be it gov- By Leon pid Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a dissident Russian poet, nailed it down with this thought, "One day posterity will remember this strange era, these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage. To my way of thinking, it appears that the operational headquarters of teaching proper values has to be the family unit We can blame prob-- 1L 2x2Xx2x2 Equals Lots Off Fun For the Richins Families lem I have with professional sports is knowing that they are y Pnmufs Robbins being paid so much money that I feel could go to assist many worthwhile programs. But that is Hurrahl! for another day and time. Driving around the County Yippee Yahoo!! If it affords me an opportunity that sounds' like I. many of ua do not take the time to am excited it ' do. C I know" I probably wouldnt is because I have good reason to if it waant part of my job). What celebrate along with others. is it? Looking at the beautiful WHY? because the section of region in which we are fortunate between Echo Junction and enough to live in. Coaiville in now finished and is It doesnt really matter whether OPEN! yoti tive in a huge beautiful new Hopefully this time it will hold home that haa been profeaaionally together since the prior testing landacaped, or return home to a showed there were problems. As I small little house. One thing that mentioned before, I really wonder has really impressed me, is the whether or not we will be going way people clean up around the through it again before the Winter place they call Home. Games hit town, lime will tell I Right now, with winter coming suppose. right on the heels of the Fall seaFail is definitely in the air with son, the colors seem to be a bit its cooler temps, beautiful odors, more vivid and really capture your and FOOTBALL!!! What better attention. And I have to say again, way is there to usher in the season that there are some mighty crethan by sitting down and watching ative folks out there when it guys on a field playing catch in all cones to the flowers and gardens kinds of weather and conditions? they plant and the items they use. For example, I have seen Personally I love Football and apparently there are a lot of other wagon wheels, unique planter folki fho do alao. The only prob- - boxes', wipdmills over streams, 1 1 . All The leaves are changing from green to the early morning dew has turned to frost, and the schools are in full swing. It can only mean one thing: its football . season. Let the fun begin. Cant you feel it in the air? The other day, I went outside and felt die brisk autumn air on my arms as I took a deep breath, and it smelled like football. That's right, it smelled likefootbalL Just by breathing outside I remembered all those times tossing the ball in the backyard with my brother, or practicing on the High School football field. Thinking about it always brings a smile to my , Bee Editor When it is announced that twins are being born into a family there is lots of excited anticipation along yard decorations being placed in ' with worry and wonder. With the cute positions, and oh! so much Tim and Vickie(Tonks) Richins more. So, if you have some time, family, before the snow hits the ground or ' Jack Frost enters the scene, get out and just take a drive and look around at all our County has to offer. It is a pretty great place, Now, for my gripe of the weekly1 Guess it would have to be the cellation of meetings at the last minute. As I have stilted before, I am not one to write in stone the things I am going to dp, but when I do have something written down and cancel others things to attend- it aggravates me to find out that a meeting has been called off. When it happens not once, but several times over the same issue, then I must admit I begin to question WHY? In the matter I am thinking ' about, I am making an attempt to fine and adrenaline to my veins. Theres something about this most perfect game that I just cant get enough of. This weekend, while at a friends house, I turned on ESPN to watch the football highlights. My friend was confined, so she asked me why I wanted to see the highlights of games I had spent the entire day watching. smiled and My inner-bein- g shook his head as I told her, It's fbotbalL! I knew tint was no explanation and tint she wouldnt understand, but I couldnt explain it any further. Its football! Im not even completely dear on it myself. Had I told her I already saw that same highlight ahow earlier in the evening, she probably wouldve freaked. But thata the way. it is. Anyone whos played the game, on an organized team or just with the Brett were big and healthy, the nurses wrapped them up and gave one to me and one to Brett Having just gone through a delivery, when they both' started'erying, Continued on page 3A and JanuyfOldham) Richins Family and the Kelly and Susan(Osmond) Family, twins are becoming the order of die day. The added special feature is that the three fathers are brothers and they all live next doar to one another. 11 Brett and Janny were die first of the three to discover they were expecting twin boys. A double special Christmas gift was enjoyed when they were born on December 25, 1988, after the parents left a family party on Christmas eve, in which about 65 members were attending. "Garrick Norman" weighing 4 lbs. 4 oz. and "Gavin Brett weighing 4 lbs. 6 oz. were the two young men to lead the eventual procession of boys to on the Richins name. cany L TO R- - Richins Cousins and beat friends, Gavin, Garrick (holding question the whys and out they were once Finding I and wherefores, Braden) Wyatt, Wesley (holding Mason), Kaden and Colby (sitting). just maybe? again having twins came as "quite a will get a straight answer. shock when Brett and Jannie "Calling Brett on the phone to Though for the week: " - Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. Aldous Huxley. Try to smile more, humor is a great thing, and it makes peo-pie wonder what you are up to. . . the Joys of Y JUNES POWELL auburn, i nurse when it came time to having in which I found the ultra-soun- d out I was having twins for the second time. "I had a feeling from about three months, that there were twins. PAMELA ROBBINS Pams Place . September 25 1998 The Sammit Comity Bee Ptgc2A Fall friends in the street, will understand' what Im talking about. We just love this game. We cant get we cant enough. In the In the fen, we wait for spend the week talking about the upcoming games, looking forward to a day in front of the television. On Monday we scour the papers for off-seas-on pro-seaso-n. stats on our favorite teams and players. . Even the hardiest exercise nut becomes a couch potato on Sunday. In the summer and spring. Im always looking for something to do outside. Come fall and winter, you can find me in front of the TV every Sunday, every Monday night, and occasionally, when the Scheduling Gods smile down upon us, we get Thursday nights too. Yes, for us football fans, the greatest season of all is upon us. Too bad fall isnt a year round event. a Subscribe to the Summit County Bee learned that two more boys would be entering their family circle. "Caden Whitney and "Colby Grant weighing almost 6 lbs. ' each, were born on October 12, 1990, bringing with them lots of joy and learning experiences for their parents wife having 2 seta of tell him I would be staying in die hospital to alleviate some future problems, and to add that he would be the father of twins for the second time, was very interest- -' ingtosay the least said Janny.' "Janny wu continually telling me that I was goitig to have twins' comments Vickie, but since this was my first pregnancy ,1 didnt know there wu a reason for the extra bumps' and action I wu feel- -' ing. "The doctor kept idling me that I wu jut going to deliver a big baby However, when Vickie was 35 weeks along, the four twins born 21 months apart. Six days later, Tim and Vickie welcomed 6 lb. 14 oz "Wesley Grant and 5 lb. 3 oz. "Wyatt Timothy" into their family, a fact that was by now becoming the accepted method of birth. It took a while for Kelly and Susan to join the traditional way of giving birth adults traveled together to the to twins as they had a son, Nathan-wh- o Doctor for the womens check is ' is now 5, and McKell-wh- o ups and Jinnys prediction wu 3, prior to having "Mason Grant proven to be correct'' and "Braden Richard" (who tipped "Having 3 weeks to adjut to the scales at 6 lbs and 6 lbs. 9 oz.). the news that our one baby wu The newest members of die "twin now going to be two little boys family circle were, bom on May wu pretty hectic, and when they 18, 1998. "Raising wins is a arrived I wu a nervous wreck, ' unique experience, because they - said Vickie. Being propped for a always have a friend said Janny. the babies ended up After hiving 2 sets of twins, it was being bom die natural way. Added quite a surprise when their last to the new mother of twins synbirth was a single birth (yes, anothdrome wu the fact that "I had one er little boy who eqjoys lots of colicky baby and one who liked to attention from his brothers) but eat and sleep. caused one twin to ask in the "I dont really think about the the other one? fact the boys are twins, they are all When Janny delivered her secso close together, unless we are ond set of twins and.six days later out in public, said Janny, who Vickie entered the same hospital, added that one of die moat interquite a stir was made. "The doirtors esting things about having twins ik and nurses at first thought it was a the reaction of peofrie.1 have met joke because they knew that a so many interesting people who Richins woman had already given come up and talk about their own birth to twin boys and they ' family histories of twins, triplets couldnt quite figure out what was etc. going on says Janny. " It also Bom at Primary childrens hoscaused quite a mess with our insurthe twins are generally pital, ances as welL" Vickie and Janny whisked away right altar birth by says tint it was fun being pregnant two teanis of mmes who take care and going to their appointments of their own baby", "but when together. "In feet, Vickie was my our second set wu bom and they . bospi-talVhet- es - |