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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Wednesday, July 20, 2005 VOL. IV Issue 7K Pilgrims Gather for Emorymas The Ponderosa is starting to fill up with people who are gathering to celebrate the 103rd birthday of E.E. Hinkle. George and Mavis Kennedy arrived at 5 pm Tuesday afternoon Holabird Time. Kelvin and Donna Kennedy made it in with their fifth wheel trailer a few hours later at 9:30 pm, just ahead of a nice little thunder storm. The Hinkles report .55 of an inch of rain out of the deal, on top of all the thunder and lightning. Mavis got an early start on the vittles. She baked a cake Tuesday night, and she also got the fixings ready for her vegetable bar, also known as "colon pleaser", which she started building today. The fun has yet to start. Some of the older people around the Ponderosa have been amusing themselves by taking each others blood pressure. DVD Looks OK Donna Kennedy showed a rough draft the DVD that she and the girls have been working on at the Holabird Advocate home office. Part of what she had was left behind, so she will have Fed Ex deliver that to her so she can work on it some more. That which was presented was very nice and well worth the $25. Donna says she and husband Kelvin Kennedy can't stay long because they have a wedding to go to back home on Saturday. They will most likely leave on Friday. Scotty Beamed up to Heaven It is indeed with mixed emotions that we report the death of Mr. James "Jimmy" Doohan. He was 85. Mr. Doohan was best known to millions of Trekkers and Trekkies as "Scotty" on the hit show "Star Trek". He was called upon to utter some of the best lines on the show such as "I need more time, Cap'n" And "Ya canna change the laws of physics". Both seem so ironic at this moment in time. It was Doohan who made his character on the show Scottish. The chief engineer was originally slated to be German. Doohan has since turned his fake accent into his trademark, repeating it on TV and on Radio as "Scotty the engineer" on "Radio Kandy with John Candy" As a young man, Doohan stormed the beaches at Normandy. He lost one of his fingers on D-Day, which was one of his most closely guarded secrets. Later in life he developed Alzheimers Disease. Only something so cruel could stop such a great man. So a 21 phaser salute is in order on this sad occasion. Jimmy Doohan, ahead Warp Factor 10! ENGAGE! Top Ten Things That E.E. Hinkle Has Taken 100 Years to learn by Jerry Hinkle Holabird Advocate Publisher Some people learn the hard way. The School of Hard Knocks is what they call it. This kind of education is one that Grandad excels in. So for all you slow learners out there, here it is. I've printed this as large as possible so Grandad can read it. From the home office in Holabird South Dakota. The Top Ten Things That E.E. Hinkle Has Taken 100 Years to Learn. 1. When you maintain farm equipment, don't forget to grease your Pittman 2. My old bed sure is comfortable 3. You should never mouth off to your cook before meal time 4. Now that I'm old enough for Vernon to mess with, he's dead 5. I'm not has hungry as I used to be 6. Cookies for breakfast isn't so bad 7. If you live long enough, you can watch all your kids collect Social Security 8. Bison and Buffalo are the same darn animal, And don't try to tell me different 9. Some of my grandkids think that THEY are old (Can you believe that?) 10. When you hear like I do, it's harder for people to lie to me.
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