Tis' the season, correct??!!
The season for: happiness, joy, giving, good will toward men, love???!! Right?? NO IT'S NOT!! At least not in Jewett City, CT. Tis the season to be dumb, to be a Scrooge, to be so single-minded in your cause you bring anger and disbelief to many.
In the heart of Jewett City there is a pretty, white church-a baptist chuarch that has been there for as long as I can remember. I was never a member, but as a child, I did go to Vacation bible School there with my girlfriend. It sits in the midst of the Town Hall, Library, Post Office, Banks, Brooks Pharmacy as well as other small town businesses. It's located right on Main Street, USA.
I have heard the music from this church numerous times throughout my life. I park at the bank, do my business there and then walk to the post office, or Arremony's Bakery for their to-die-for pastry. I have heard "regular" music and "Christian" music coming from the steeple. I DON'T CARE WHAT MUSIC I HEAR!!! I sing or hum along anyway. It's music that all of us have grown up with. Music from movies, music from church, and music from the radio. IT'S JUST MUSIC!!! It's nice. It's comforting. It brings a smile to my face and lifts my spirits when I hear it. I know this has to be the same for many others. It's just not nice for one man:Bill Russell of Norwich, CT. NORWICH, not Jewett City.
Poll the people in Jewett City and see what they think. The New London Day Newspaper online has a poll going. As of now, (Wed.12/06)the votes to keep the music on are: 360 to 117. That means approximately 66% want the music to stay on. And these are not all people in Jewett City. Ask them. Actually, there is a meeting Monday, 12/11 at 10:45 am at the town hall to discuss this issue. Guess who will be there?? That's right--ME!!!
It just makes me so angry, that someone has to complain about music when there is so many other 'bad' things going on in the world. Anybody ever hear of: the homeless, the hungry, the WAR IN IRAQ, poverty, the elderly without medical care/coverage, the uneducated, illegal immigrants, the list is endless. I wish someone with this much time and energy could put that ability to better use and help the world-not try to take joy away from the people of a town that he doesn't belong to.
Bill Russell says he doesn't want to hear the christian music when he drives through Jewett City. Okay--here's an easy solution to the problem. The music is played on the hour from 8 am to 8 pm. Give Mr. Russell a list of the songs, in order, and he just doesn't drive through town when that song is played!! Case closed!! He doesn't hear "Onward Christian soldiers" and we hear all the other songs.
I'll let you know how this plays out, so check back here.
Have a great day, and stay safe.
Me
The season for: happiness, joy, giving, good will toward men, love???!! Right?? NO IT'S NOT!! At least not in Jewett City, CT. Tis the season to be dumb, to be a Scrooge, to be so single-minded in your cause you bring anger and disbelief to many.
In the heart of Jewett City there is a pretty, white church-a baptist chuarch that has been there for as long as I can remember. I was never a member, but as a child, I did go to Vacation bible School there with my girlfriend. It sits in the midst of the Town Hall, Library, Post Office, Banks, Brooks Pharmacy as well as other small town businesses. It's located right on Main Street, USA.
I have heard the music from this church numerous times throughout my life. I park at the bank, do my business there and then walk to the post office, or Arremony's Bakery for their to-die-for pastry. I have heard "regular" music and "Christian" music coming from the steeple. I DON'T CARE WHAT MUSIC I HEAR!!! I sing or hum along anyway. It's music that all of us have grown up with. Music from movies, music from church, and music from the radio. IT'S JUST MUSIC!!! It's nice. It's comforting. It brings a smile to my face and lifts my spirits when I hear it. I know this has to be the same for many others. It's just not nice for one man:Bill Russell of Norwich, CT. NORWICH, not Jewett City.
Poll the people in Jewett City and see what they think. The New London Day Newspaper online has a poll going. As of now, (Wed.12/06)the votes to keep the music on are: 360 to 117. That means approximately 66% want the music to stay on. And these are not all people in Jewett City. Ask them. Actually, there is a meeting Monday, 12/11 at 10:45 am at the town hall to discuss this issue. Guess who will be there?? That's right--ME!!!
It just makes me so angry, that someone has to complain about music when there is so many other 'bad' things going on in the world. Anybody ever hear of: the homeless, the hungry, the WAR IN IRAQ, poverty, the elderly without medical care/coverage, the uneducated, illegal immigrants, the list is endless. I wish someone with this much time and energy could put that ability to better use and help the world-not try to take joy away from the people of a town that he doesn't belong to.
Bill Russell says he doesn't want to hear the christian music when he drives through Jewett City. Okay--here's an easy solution to the problem. The music is played on the hour from 8 am to 8 pm. Give Mr. Russell a list of the songs, in order, and he just doesn't drive through town when that song is played!! Case closed!! He doesn't hear "Onward Christian soldiers" and we hear all the other songs.
I'll let you know how this plays out, so check back here.
Have a great day, and stay safe.
Me
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