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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Monday, December 12, 2005 VOL. IV Issue 12F Holabird Has Calm Before the Storm The snow that we thought would never go away is melting at an alarming rate, thanks to the 40 degree temps of the last few days. But that snow could get replaced with a new batch sometime Wednesday. As it happens, that is when Harold And Mary Hinkle plan to go to Aberdeen with Agnes Hahn and the Nicklesons. As long as Harold doesn't have to drive, he won't mind the snow storm a bit. All of us here at the Holabird Advocate hope they bring some snickerdoodles back to the home office. Despite the warm weather, Harold Hinkle built a snowman with some help from Brittany, Shelby and Justin Hinkle. They had fun until it was time to go home. Shelby wanted to go to the Jackie Quinn concert at the Methodist Church in Highmore, but it was too late by then. It would have been fun. The snowman is shrinking, but still standing. They must have done great work. Skidmore Hansen Sheds Mortal Coil All of us here at the Holabird Advocate were shocked to read in Ken and Joan Hansen's Christmas card that their cat Skidmore died a few weeks ago. Skidmore was 19 years old (that's 133 to Lorne Green) so the Hansen family can thank God that he had a full life now. They can gain a small bit of comfort in the knowledge that Skidmore is drinking milk from the heavenly table now. Memo to Garth Brooks: Go Back to Retirement by Jerry Hinkle, Holabird Advocate Publisher Mr. Brooks, I hear you're trying to make another comeback. Please give it up! To paraphrase that great American, Toby Keith, "You're not as good as you once was". (My apologies to English teachers everywhere) When you first started out, you did pretty good, even outstanding work. You were so popular, Mr. Brooks, that you had sold out shows all over the country. Your shows were in such demand that ticket vendors had to design elaborate lottery systems to the tickets while keeping the scalpers at bay. But there's not much call for that anymore is there. No, your heyday is pretty much over. You once said that you had more money than your grandchildren's grandchildren could spend. Your ex-wife and her lawyers took care of that for you. The fact of the matter is that you have lost your way. Perhaps you just quit trying. The Garth Brooks of 2005 is nothing like the Garth of 1989. Did success go to your head? To be honest, you've been coasting for a while now. I haven't heard you on the radio too much until recently. Your latest effort leaves much to be desired. It's the same incoherent mumbling that we've come to expect from you. The Worst part of your downhill slide is that you're taking Trisha Yearwood with you. She was once a nice little Methodist girl, and now you are dragging her down to your level. There is hope for you both, however. I pray that you will seek it out and find it.
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