Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Toomer's Celebration
WAR EAGLE!
fullness
A-Day...and the last roll of the Toomer Oaks
April 20, 2013
National Championship
Roll of The Oaks
January 11, 2011
Aubie & The Oaks
*******
Sharing of a long life
where adults & children
gathered to celebrate
a victorious event
*******
Careful removal of The Oaks
April 23, 2013
Remembering The Oaks
"The Historic Trees of Toomer's Corner"
by Stephen Malkoff
The Future of Toomer's Corner
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Last Roll...
The Alabama fan who poisoned the iconic Toomer's Corner oak trees in Auburn, Alabama has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Harvey Updyke was arrested just over two years ago after a man calling himself "Al from Dadeville" phoned a radio show claiming he poured herbicide around the 130-year-old oaks. The caller signed off by saying "Roll Damn Tide".
According to court records he admitted to calling the radio show and to leaving a phone message to an Auburn professor claiming knowledge of the poisoning.
He was charged with criminal mischief, desegrating a venerated object and damaging agriculture. He had pleaded "not guilty" by reason of mental disease or defect to charges of poisoning the trees during Auburn's successful bid for the national championship in the 2010 football season that included the biggest comeback in Iron Bowl history.
His sentence requires him to serve at least six months in jail and spend five months on supervised probation. He was also fined $1000. His probation includes a curfew of 7pm, prohibits him from going on Auburn's campus or attending a college sporting event. Restitution amounts will be considered at a later date and are automatically doubled under Alabama law.
The now-skeletal trees are scheduled to be removed on April 23.
Traditionally Auburn fans gather at Toomer's Corner to celebrate victories. Today Auburn fans gathered for the Tigers' A-Day football game at Jordan Hare Stadium and had one more opportunity of a celebratory rolling.
...rewrite from an AP online article 3-22-13
Harvey Updyke was arrested just over two years ago after a man calling himself "Al from Dadeville" phoned a radio show claiming he poured herbicide around the 130-year-old oaks. The caller signed off by saying "Roll Damn Tide".
According to court records he admitted to calling the radio show and to leaving a phone message to an Auburn professor claiming knowledge of the poisoning.
He was charged with criminal mischief, desegrating a venerated object and damaging agriculture. He had pleaded "not guilty" by reason of mental disease or defect to charges of poisoning the trees during Auburn's successful bid for the national championship in the 2010 football season that included the biggest comeback in Iron Bowl history.
His sentence requires him to serve at least six months in jail and spend five months on supervised probation. He was also fined $1000. His probation includes a curfew of 7pm, prohibits him from going on Auburn's campus or attending a college sporting event. Restitution amounts will be considered at a later date and are automatically doubled under Alabama law.
The now-skeletal trees are scheduled to be removed on April 23.
Traditionally Auburn fans gather at Toomer's Corner to celebrate victories. Today Auburn fans gathered for the Tigers' A-Day football game at Jordan Hare Stadium and had one more opportunity of a celebratory rolling.
WAR EAGLE!!!
...rewrite from an AP online article 3-22-13
I am sitting in my favorite chair and feeling good.
I've always heard
that pictures are worth
a thousand words
so look at our story.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
When nervousness is alright...
I can sing with the best of them.
Yep, this ol' gal will strut her cords to the beat that's playing. Put a little "shift moves" to the body and belt it out. Doesn't matter what genre...as long as my feet move and heart pulses. It's good!
My car even "sways" to the beat of the XM. And people who pass my car look at me like I'm crazy for "talking to the air". I just smile, wave, or sing to them.
With girlfriends I (we) can ham it up. I remember this past February in "Peace Frogs" down @ PCB. Whoa!!! That was some good 'groovin' music in that store. I def got my groove on to some Motown. Yep!
Singing is something that my family has always done together around the piano, in the car with the radio, or just "cutting the fool".
Love to feel the music touch my spirit.
My spirit............soars tremendously when I listen or sing Christian music at home. I am alive.
However, I am nervous when I sing in front of more than 20 people. Someone once told me that if I wasn't nervous, I'd better watch out for Satan's tricks.
Tonight I sang at MBC. Up until the last congregational song, I was totally beside myself. I couldn't seem to clear my throat. It was dry. I needed to cough and cough. I was letting Satan play with my mind. So I said a little prayer...............
.......and guess what? God answered my prayer. He sent Ricky Stokes to me to ask a question about the track I was to sing. How cool is that?
From that moment I knew that it was OK for me to be some nervous because God had my life in His hands. I couldn't help but smile..........at God.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
"Blessed is the man
that trusteth in the LORD, and
whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 17:7
HOPE: to look forward to
with desire and reasonable confidence
We often think of hope as "wishing or wanting". You know what I mean...rain, sunshine, snow or new dress, shoes, purse or beach trip, lake trip. We think of "hoping" that the food will be good when eating out, that a hotel room will be ready when we arrive for our stay...just to name a few. Oh there are many more that we could list.
I am speaking of the hope that is in Christ. This hope is certain. Jesus was born, He died, and He now lives in heaven with His Father.
He is preparing our home. It will be ready when our time comes to join Him. He promised and He keeps His promises.
We do not need to "hope" that our home will be ready. It will be.
"Father and God, my hope is built on You as the Rock of Ages. I feel so secure knowing You are supporting me as I live. And I know I can lean on You and be safe. Thank You, Father, for being my salvation and for Jesus, who is the solid foundation of my life. Amen."
BILLY GRAHAM: UNTO THE HILLS
April 8th Devotion
Sharing some of his thoughts & his prayer for the day.
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