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 The Jerry Hinkle Program OnlineThe Talk show that listens too! Vital social issues, along with some good natured humor!Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Not too long ago as I was leaving the library, walking on the sidewalk, minding my own business, my rebel son and daughter in law (adopted, of course, as I'm unable to have children) pulled up in their new car, A Cooper, a fine piece of Irish craftsmanship if there ever was one. To celebrate this new addition to the family, they invited me to a drinking establishment in my neighborhood, I've forgotten the name, but it will come to me after a spell. After getting home, doing my 3S routine, and falling asleep in the bathtub, I made it to this drinking establishment to find my rebel daughter in law sans her common law husband. It appears that he had to take "a friend" to the Kongo Klub, an establishment that have not experienced, so I don't know for myself if any drinking takes place. I have heard stories that would make it appear as though other more unsavory things take place therein. I have heard that women so ugly that not even Bill Clinton wants to view them do unspeakable things in that place. Of course, I've never been there so we'll leave it at that before that becomes the next field trip on which the kids take me.Yet I am curious. Why would anyone go to so much trouble to see unattractive women do whatever it is they do? I mentioned Bill Clinton earlier. He had Jennifer Flowers, Monica Lewinsky, and Paula Jones, neither one of these women would be mistaken for a supermodel. Why did he do that? Well it could be because they catered to his ego. I know about as much about marriage to Hillary as I do about the Kongo Klub, but I can imagine she's no picnic.Bill isn't alone. Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart took a couple prostitutes to a motel, and I don't think he was holding a prayer meeting with them in there. Swaggarts own cousin, Mickey Gilley, who had a big country hit with "Don't the girls all get prettier at closing time?" couldn't believe how unattractive these women that as he put it "Jimmy wanted to have 'fellowship' with". actually were. But they served a purpose to him, whatever it was. Satan is tricky that way. He can take the most unappealing things and make God's children desire them above all else, even someone like me. There once was a young lady at DWU to whom I once said, "You look lovely today". When I saw how happy that made her, I made a point of doing that every time I saw her. She enjoyed my catering to her ego very much until one day she woke up one day and realized that it was me and I've not seen her since, and don't expect to ever see her again. Too bad, she is a neat person who I miss on a daily basis. Truth be told, she catered to my ego as well, but then she's not homely whereas I look like death on a cracker.My rebel son did make it back from there. What we talked about will be another story for another time. Thursday, May 07, 2009 A few weeks ago I was one of 1100 people in the Mitchell area who took part in an event at the Palace of Corn called Impact Lives. That's just what we did. But as for me, I had my life impacted as well. I was part of the 8 AM shift that Saturday morning. I stumbled out of bed, got my duds on, and headed out to meet the day. I had no idea what lie ahead. I had a pretty full night at work, and I was not sure I could do this, but I was committed, so that was the end of the story. I arrived at the same time as a couple friends of mine at DWU. We were part of this group of 8 people that filled packs to be used at a Haitian refugee camp in the Dominican Republic. We had an assembly line going. One person puts in a scoop of rice, someone else a scoop of soy, someone else a scoop of dried vegetables, etc. I am not completely sure what I put it. It looked like dried milk, smelled like chicken bullion powder, but we were told it was a vitamin supplement. For nearly two hours I scooped that stuff up. It was mind numbing, and tedious, but we were Impacting Lives. I was impacting lives! Each of these packs was one meal for a family of 6, or 6 meals for a family of 1. That was something else! To know that there were people in the world who were so desperate for something to eat, some nourishment to consume, that they would actually be taking it from the pack that I was working on. It was a big responsibility. Like I said, I was one of 1100 people doing this. several people from DWU were part of this effort, up to and including the University President, Dr. Duffet, and his wife. They were part of a different group at a different time, but they did the same thing that he was asking his students to do. That's leading by example right there! We are taught about the concept of servant- leadership at DWU, but Dr. Duffet actually lived it that afternoon. I don't mention this to give him high honors, after all, he was just doing a job, like the rest of us. We all do what we can for those in need. Service and Sacrifice is all part of the Wesleyan tradition. We did that tradition proud that day! The Mitchell community raised something like $75,000 and made 380,000 packets of food that day for the organization known as Impact Lives! Not bad for first timers! As for me, I hope it won't be the last. I donated money to the cause as well as bought an Impact Lives T-shirt for myself. As I so often do, I offered to donate for my friends and buy them shirts as well. Neither one wanted a shirt, but approved of the donation. After filling packs, I helped stack the boxes of packs onto pallets, and loading the pallets onto the truck. Then we watched a presentation about the organization does and how they do it. The fellow presenting for us then said something that brought it home for me. When he was growing up, Impact Lives brought in food packs to feed him and his family. Now he is bringing in the food for other families. I left the Corn Palace that morning knowing that no matter what I did for the rest of the day, this was the most important thing I'd done. For all I know this was the answer to the prayer I had been looking for. DWU does care, and so does Mitchell! I was so blessed to see that happen. I tried to go about the rest 0f the day doing what I was supposed to do. I was to help with the Eleanor McGovern Debates. I got to Smith Hall around noon, just in time to have lunch. All I could talk about was Impact Lives and all that it entailed. Then as I settled in to watch the debate, I fell asleep, and snored. Definitely the worst thing I did all day! As I look back and reflect on my time at Impact Lives, I've come away with one thing. I live in a pretty good part of the world. I may complain that my income doesn't keep up with my lifestyle, but at least I have an income. Perhaps I should adjust my lifestyle accordingly! That may be the biggest impact of all! Monday, May 04, 2009 Howdy! Do you remember me! For those faithful few who have been watching for any spark of life from the Hinkle Empire, your long worldwide nightmare is over! I've been busy since I published my last posted back in March, but I will be less busy for a spell. I've not given up on the new format entirely, but another retool is in order. The Holabird Advocate is a thing of the past. I'm keeping the new title, but we'll have more information and less comedy. At least intentional comedy. I have discovered someone with a rare comic genius. She is at least as funny as Alice Kramden, and maybe Gracie Allen. I'll be putting sketches together occasionally under the title of "One of These Days" until the Gleason Estate decide to sue or I can come up with a better title. The wireless Internet has left McGovern Hall, So the new home office is at the Senator's Library, where miracles happen when I least expect them, until I can fire up the DSL. I need to clean the apartment first. You know to find the computer, as well as the floor. In other news, I see that Keloland stock shot up to 3 cents today. It may be time to buy! Saturday, March 07, 2009 Episode 9 The last two weeks have been a blur for Jerry. He was busy with midterm stuff the first week, and busy with his Personal History paper for Psych class during the week of Spring Break. Jerry did manage to have a little fun. He has purchased a video camera and has shot some video. The camera is like the Keloland u Share camera accept it's pink instead of gray. He's not going to pay co-eds to "go wild" but will find something to chronicle with "JTV" as he calls it. One thing he didn't chronicle was the visit of Ken, Jo and Anne Hansen as they stopped by to see him. They went to Cafe Teresa for pizza and wine. Jerry had two glasses of the devil's brew! Not sure what he's trying to prove. Perhaps living in the city has loosened his morals. Next thing you know he'll be smoking! Jerry had enough of his long hair and decided to go to a haircutting establishment. The first person he ran into was Jessica, a former member of the management team at the Hut. Jerry selected the #3 haircut from one of the lady barbers that wasn't Jessica because he didn't feel he could stand the excitement. He paid darn near $13 for the haircut. Everything in the big city is pricey these days! Jerry decided not to run for president and has not told too many people why. A pretty blond co-ed has talked him into running for VP instead so he readily agreed! He has also been accepted onto one of DWU's Ethics Bowl Teams. Hopefully he has not taken on too much. Saturday, February 21, 2009 Episode 8 The Food Drive only yielded 167 food items. It was enough to make the paper. The Student Body President, who was in charge of the drive took Jerry along to help with the delivery. MTI had well over 1000 items and Jerry helped them unlaod that as well. Once alone the President told Jerry that he is the only member of the Food Drive that will be returning next year and that he hoped Jerry would be willing to work with the next administration for the Food Drive or even be the next administration. Jerry was taken aback! It was almost but not quite an endorsement. Jerry also attended many of the Theatre Week events. He played an improv game called "Blind Date" and sang "Respect" in the manner of Otis Redding. He almost didn't sing because just when he was scheduled to go on nature called. At Jerry's age the call of nature is more like a shout than a whisper. Sunday, February 15, 2009 Episode 7 Jane doesn't understand why Jerry spends so much time working on the food drive. She tells him that he is acting too much like a priest and needs to find a little girlfriend and have some fun. "Oh really?" Jerry says with a sideways glance. "NOT ME!", She declares. "Find someone else! I'm living with someone and I love him!" Jerry sees the Biology Club is selling flowers. He decides to take a closer look and sees that Seth and his girlfriend, Heather, are working the booth. "Are you gonna buy me flowers, Jerry?" Heather inquires. Jerry shakes his head, "If I did that, Seth would do me bodily harm." Heather comes back, "What if I threaten you with bodily harm if you don't? Jerry gives pause for thought ( a rare occurrence these days) then says, "Alright I'll give you a carnation, but I'm signing George Clooney's name to the card! Seth can track HIM down!" Heather then gives up. Jerry spies a young lady wearing a yellow jacket and sitting at one of the tables in the library. He sees Jane talking on her cell phone, and inspiration hits him. He gives Seth and Heather an order for a red rose delivered to that lady in the yellow jacket. By the time the order is filled, she is in the bookstore. As Heather delivers the flower, Jerry goes to Jane and tells her what he did. Jane tells Jerry he should apologise to her, since they are strangers and all. Jerry lets Jane know right away that he is quite famous here. just about that time, he hears giggling coming from the bookstore. Jerry is worried at this point,but plays it cool. As the lady in yellow leaves the bookstore, Jane goes to her class. Jerry steels himself, and politely asks, "Have I offended you?" The lady says, "Oh no, in fact you have made my day!" Later when Jerry meets up with Jane he informs her what she said. "Oh yeah!", She counters, "What's her name?" "OK, you got me on that one!" Jerry shrugs. The next day is Valentine's Day. Jerry is all alone, wondering where he went wrong. Just then he hears the keystrokes of the mail carriers computer. Jerry goes out to get the mail. He sees a letter from Compassion International. it is a personal message from Liz, the girl from Peru that he has been sponsoring. Well what do you know?", Jerry says. "Looks like someone likes me after all!" Saturday, February 14, 2009 Episode 6 As Valentine's Day came closer, Jerry decided to become more involved with the DWU Food Drive for the Salvation army. There was only 1 bag of food collected. The economy got the blame, like it does now all the time. When he found out that DWU's cross town rival ,MTI, had 142 items, Jerry knew what he had to do. He went to County Fair, the local Affiliated Food Store and bought 3 more bags of food items. It wasn't much, but Jerry knew that the next time he faced Senator McGovern, he wouldn't have to tell him that his own beloved DWU had a food drive with only one donation in the kitty. That would not be good. Things picked up at the Basketball Game. When it was all totalled up, DWU had 113 items. At least they'd cracked 100! 
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