The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; My Mom

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May 7, 2008-TCS # 100
OK Everyone, It’s time for the next installment of The Christianville Spirit Series, “Playlist of Your Life”. This time we’re going to venture into someone’s life that has a lot of legacy just like Popi’s life. This Person’s name is Julie Smith-Centeno (some people refer to her as Ms. Centeno or Momma J) However, I just call her My Mom. Julie S-C. Is the most awesome person you’ll meet. So, let’s see her life from the very beginning. She was born at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and she was raised in Ann Arbor, MI. For this we’ll play “What a Wonderful World” by The Ramones. Later, she, Grandma Honey, Popi and the rest of the family moved to Maine and we’ll play “Life is a Highway” by Tom Cochrane for that. After Grandma Honey made that program for unwed mothers and they moved back to Toledo and she went to a bad public school on the east side of Toledo and she had to Walk to school everyday and Everyday she would be threatened to be beat up. We’ll play “Bad to the Bone” by ZZ Top. It got so bad that She moved herself over to a All-Girls Private School called St. Ursula Academy on the West Side of Toledo. After High School, she decided to go to Nursing School in Toledo, Graduated, got a job at Medical College of Ohio and eventually led to driving herself to Texas because she wanted to see what more was out there besides living in The North and she ended up in San Antonio. And, as she drives to San Antonio we’ll play “Girls Just Want To Have Fun“ by Cindy Lauper. About a year later, she met Robert Centeno at a bar, who was later going to My Dad. After that, they dated and he proposed to her while he was in the shower. And, this is how he did it “Hey Julie, want to get married?” and then, they decided to get married. For this we’ll play “Wedding Bell Blues” by Fifth Dimension. Today, I ask her why they got married because My Dad is a shmuck and she says they got married because they thought it would be fun. But, then again it was a blessing because they had 2 children, My Brother and I and one of which was on August 11, 1987 which as she says was the best day of her life and that was when she had me. For this we’ll play “Best Day of My Life” By Jesse McCartney. On October 26, 1988; she had My Brother, Michael Centeno. After she had My Brother and I, they divorced and for this we‘ll play “Goodbye to You” by Patty Smith. When My Brother and I got a little older we moved up to Plano, TX. After that, she met Jeff Barsi who she would date a long time. And, My Brother, his kids, my mom and I lived together which was personally the best of the years of our life because we had a great childhood. For this we’ll play “So Happy Together” by The Turtles. After living together for 7 or so years; My Mom and Jeff Barsi broke up. And, My Mom, My Brother, and I moved to the house we live in now. My Mom today still is friends with Mr. Jeff and she thanks him every time she talks to him for giving My Brother and I such a great childhood. Today she does a lot of hard work with getting support for The Parents and The Kids with my special needs which is now called Potocki-Lupski Syndrome. All in all, My Mom is an awesome mom and I’m happy to have her as My Mom.
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The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series;Grandma Honey

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April 30, 2008- TCS # 99
OK everyone; it’s time for the next installment of The Christianville Spirit series, “Soundtrack of Your Life”. The person in this installment some know as Grandma Honey, G-Honey, Jan, or Mrs. Smith. To Me, I call her Grandma Honey or G-Honey. So, without further ado this is the Soundtrack of G-Honey’s Life. Let’s kick off from the start, when she was born. She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan with the name Janette. When she was born, we had yet to learn about awesome and wild she would be. For this will be our first song, “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf and While living and being raised in Detroit she was the only child, raised with her four cousins. From Kindergarten to High School she went to Catholic School, for this we’ll play “Here I Am (Majesty)” by Delirious from Kindergarten to 5th Grade. And, we’ll play “Dive” by Stephan Curtis Chapman for 5th Grade to High School. After that, Janette married Warren Smith who people call Budsy, ”The Duke”, and Popi. For this we’ll play “Heaven” by Brian Adams. And, while this is playing; I’ll tell you that they had 4 Children named Brian (Uncle Brian), Julie (My Mom), Craig (Uncle Craig), and Bruce Smith (Uncle Bruce). Later, they moved up to Auburn, ME because Popi found out that it was a lot safer there than living in Ann Arbor, MI and as they start driving toward Auburn, ME we’ll play “Life is a Highway” by Tom Cochrane. While they lived up in Maine, Jan Smith decided to have a program for unwed mothers, which helped them a lot. Well after that, they moved to the East side of Toledo for a short time and she hated living on that end because it was run down. For this and what happened next we’ll play “Hole in the World” by The Eagles. After living in Toledo for a while she unfortunately divorced Popi. And, of course Popi married Sue. And, even though they were divorced and Popi was married, they still loved each other very much. I’m sure even today even though Popi has passed away, she still has the love she had for him. After all this, her job moves her Atlanta, GA and for this we’ll play “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts. Once she moved to Atlanta, she found her first dog to have in Atlanta which was named Taffy. As we stated earlier about the children Popi and G-Honey had. They also had children. Uncle Bruce had Gram, Callie, and Parker. Uncle Craig had Taylor and Anna. Uncle Brian had Lyall, and, of course Julie had me and My Brother. Uncle Bruce, his wife, and his kids are the only ones that live in Atlanta, in the same city as G-Honey. As far as G-honey is today, she loves the beach and wishes she could live there. And, for that we’ll play “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffet but, for right now she lives in Atlanta still and of course has a job with Black Diamond which really cares for her and she cares for them. Now, if you ask me that’s quite an awesome life already and she has much more to live. Who knows what could happen? All in all, though like Popi, she is living a life of wonderfulness, class, and a great legacy.
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The Christianville Spirit: The Storm of April 10, 2008

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April 16, 2008- TCS # 98
Ok, I know it’s supposed to be another person in the “Soundtrack of Your Life” series but, this is a story that requires attention, so here is goes. It happened at around 3:30 in the morning on April 10, 2008. There I was in the middle of sleeping when I was awaken by the loud sound of thunder, our electricity going out, and rain falling outside. The rain outside was coming down hard and the wind was blowing the rain against my bedroom window. Also, I heard noises above me that sounded like the wind was strong. So, I got up and I thought “What’s going on??” So, I walked to the west-angled window in my former bedroom which is now Kathy’s Room and the lightning was flashing so much, it was hard to see what was going on. All I knew was the wind was blowing hard, the rain was being pushed hard on the window, and there was a lot of lightning. So, then I heard My Mom’s Voice calling me to see where I was. And, I told her where I was and she told me we had to TAKE COVER and I asked her why. And, She told me there was one of those circle marker things over us on the radar (by the way, in Texas weather terms, that means there‘s a sign of rotation that might become a Tornado.) By now, I’m thinking “I hope I don’t hear a train-like sound because that means there’s a tornado on the ground” so, My Mom, 3 Dogs, and I sat in a small laundry room for about 30 minutes or so sitting on the pillows My Mom gave us. And, I just sat there shaking because I thought a tornado was going to hit us. The Weather man named Pete Delkus who we were watching on My Mom’s battery-operated TV said the sirens were going off in Allen (which is not to far from us) and there was what Pete Delkus calls sheer markers which are those circle makers I was talking about earlier over us for a while. After 30 minutes, the electricity came on and the storm was over. So, we got out and looked to see if there was any damage and here is what the damage. Part of the fence on the east side of our house was down, the fence on the northwest side was down, the lower part of the door to the outside from our sunroom was damaged by the chair, and the tree between us and our east neighbor fell on his hummer and his house. There was damage all over Plano and I knew by watching the 10 o’ clock news the night before that there was going to be swall line of storms that was going come through at about 3 or 4 in the morning. But, I didn’t know it was going to be this bad. Later that day, I found that National Weather Service called this kind of storm a Derecho. Then, My Mom told me something that was shocked me; it turned out that there was on F1 TORNADO that hit at the intersection right by My House. They say that it skipped going up and down throughout Plano. It hit the elementary school down the street from My House and then it picked up and landed again at the intersection. And, the part that get us the most, the sirens in Plano did not go off. The ones in the surrounding cities of Frisco, Allen, and Carrollton went off but, not here. Now, Channel 8 says that the spotters of The City of Plano didn’t think it was going to be that bad and boy were they wrong. All in all, it was something of a storm.
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The Christianville Spirit: TCS Series; Popi

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April 9, 2008- TCS # 97
So, A couple days I was on my Facebook page listening to music like I always do and I decided to play “Against the Wind” by Bob Segar and dedicated it to Popi since he’s still in the hospital. And, then I thought “Well, maybe I should detail his life in a list of songs to show the legacy that he has and the legacy he’ll leave in our heart now and forever. Now, my veteran readers of The Christianville Spirit know that I hadn’t hit a good series of newsletter in a while and I’m sure they think we’re long over due. So, here is. I call this series “Soundtrack of Your Life”. You know how we want to know what the world is in God’s Plan for us. Well, think of this way. God is listening to his I-pod, I-phone, or other music devices playing the songs of your life. Which ever stage you’re on, it’s a song. When the song is over, the next song comes on. Or in other words that’s another stage. So, considering Popi’s current condition and believe it or not he’s still chasing nurses around. So, either there must be a lot of nurses to chase or those nurses must pretty for him to stay this long. But, without further a due, this is The Play list of Popi’s Life. First song we’ll start off with is when Popi being born to when he was young “Walk Of Life” by Dire Straits. He was just beginning his life as he was born. Little did he know what a life he was going to live or a legacy he was going to lead? Then, that famous story of him and “Rags” getting into trouble together with the girl that hung around them. For this episode we’ll play “I get by with a little help from My Friends” by The Beatles because even thought they would get into trouble to no end, they have been some pretty good friends. Next, several years later he marries his first wife, Grandma Honey for which we’ll play “Heaven” by Bryan Adams. Next, her and Popi have Julie Smith (who will soon be My Mom), Bruce Smith (Uncle Bruce), Craig Smith (Uncle Craig), and finally Brian Smith (Uncle Brian). After all those children we’ll play “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns and Roses. Later, he sadly divorces Grandma Honey and later married My Steppi Sue, for this we’ll play “Life’s Been Good” by The Eagles. A couple years later, was one of my memories tied to his life and that was the Spring Break that we went to up North to a friend’s cabin; for this we’ll play “Life is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts. About a year later, we went to up to Toledo for My Grandma Mimi 90th Birthday on Super Bowl Weekend when it was in Detroit. That night My Uncle Bruce, Aunt Carolee, and Popi for some reason drove into Downtown Detroit to see all Super Bowl celebrations. For this we’ll play “I Want Rock N’ Roll All Night” by Kiss. So, we’ll add all his life and legacy together and play the “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong for the last song of Popi’s Play list Series. All in all though, he has led quite an awesome live and legacy. But, no matter what happens to him now. His legacy will live on forever; he’s made a good hand print on the world. And, his hand print is like no other in the world!


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The Christianville Spirit: The Online Mapping World

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APril 2, 2008- TCS # 96
The Online Mapping World has been through a lot of different changes. Remember when you could pull up something like Google Maps and you could barely see your street and your house has blurry? Well, it’s not like that anymore. First off, on a website called Live Search Maps, they have a function called Bird’s Eye View. Bird’s Eye View shows you Cars, The Side of Your House, even almost clearly what a Highway Sign says! So, yesterday I looked Google Maps and I found something like Street View. Street View is a function which you can see the houses and the roads as if you were driving on that road. That means People can see the front of your house, what car is in the driveway, The Street Signs, you name it. Now, I think that’s some pretty cool access but, it’s kind of creepy knowing that people can see your street, your house, your car, and it also the approximate address which the point of the Car on the road taking pictures is on. So, that could mean that it could say your address or close to it. Next thing you know it, they’ll have pictures of your backyard, who knows? All in all though, the Online Mapping World has changed largely.
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The Christianville Spirit: Popi, The Awesome Grandpa

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March 26, 2008- TCS # 95
This is a special edition of The Christianville Spirit because Popi (Grandpa) is in the hospital chasing nurses around. He tells us that he looks like Frankenstein with tubes coming out his neck. You know what I noticed about him, he makes humor and good things about bad situations and that’s what I love about him. But, we all should do that even though it’s hard to make good out of something bad. So, enough about Popi in the hospital; let’s hear about him before he got in the hospital. This first story goes way back to when he was young. When he was young, he had a friend named “Rags” who he would get in trouble with and here is the story in Popi’s words. Take it away, Popi…
In the early days (when I was 8 to 12) my best friend was a guy whose nickname was “Rags”. How that name came about I can’t recall, but anyway we were continually getting in trouble together. Remember, we didn’t have TV or video games, so it was mainly outside play. We had a neat neighborhood with lots of places to hide and do dumb things.
There was a girl our age that lived next door and she was a tomboy and wanted to play with us all the time. Sometimes we didn’t want this but she kept hanging around. At one point we were playing Cowboys and Indians and we set it up to capture her and torture her until she agreed to leave us alone. We did this out behind the garage and tied her to a telephone pole.
Then we came back later and discovered that while she was trying to escape the rope had cut into her leg. When her Dad found out about this he chased me all over the neighborhood. Finally he told my Dad and that was the end of it. We tried to take it easier on her after that!!
There are many stories I could tell about the adventure of Bud and Rags but I think they would be boring now.
As far as the “wanting to become a Dentist” was concerned I had made a small drill and I used to practice on the back of a chair. I’d drill a hole and fill it with putty. One day this same girl came over and asked me to check her teeth. I began to use my drill again, but obviously she was not happy with this. She told her Dad again – the chase began again, my Dad got involved and that was the end of my little Dentist Office. Later in life, when I went to College I actually wanted to become a Dentist. To make a long story short, I had to take Chemistry – I flunked it – the advisor said I’d never make it as a Dentist and I switched my major to Music. I was really happy then.....................
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Thanks Popi for that funny story. The next major event was him and My Grandma Honey had My Mom, Uncle Craig, Uncle Bruce, and Uncle Brian. From there My Mom moved Ohio, Michigan Maine, and Texas. And, Had My Brother, Michael and I. but, that’s another story and another person. After that, Popi married My Steppi Sue which is his current wife. Later on after My Mom had us, we drove up to Toledo, OH (which is where he lives today) many times with one of the guys My Mom dated named Mr. Jeff. And, of course the one of the most recent great memory of us and him was on Spring Break 3 years ago where he and Steppi Sue took Michael and I up to Northern half of the lower peninsula of Michigan in an area called Black Lake. And, also he took us to see the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and took us to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Also, we drove across The Mackinaw Bridge and we even ate Ice Cream in the snow. My most favorite part of it was the amount of snow there was there. The last time that I saw him was on Super Bowl Weekend of 2006. Also, he reads and has read all my Christianville Spirits. And, he is so proud that he prints them out and shows them to everyone. And, My Mom and Grandma Honey do the same. All in all, Popi has been and still is an awesome grandpa.

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The Christianville Spirit: How to be Positive in a Negative World

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March 19, 2008- TCS # 94
So, My Mom and I were sitting in church on Saturday Night like we always but, with my friend named Mason Poole when my Pastor, Pastor Keith told us something amazing based on scientific research he found online. He found out that 91% of illnesses are caused by negative thoughts. And, not only that, but also for MEN it takes 1 Hour for Negative Biochemicals, like adrenaline to get through their body. However, for WOMEN it takes 12 HOURS for it to run through. So, in other words if you make a Women mad, there’s another 12 hours of negative chemicals to run it’s coarse. So, here’s the point to all that. Think positive thoughts and your less likely to get sick. And, most importantly for the men in the world; for goodness sake, don’t make a women mad because you don’t know what really causing. In a couple days, is My Mom’s Birthday which lands on Easter this year so, here are some Christianville Metro Stats for her. There are 120 streets have Julie in it(Including Julie St. in Downtown Christianville), 20 Restaurants with Julie in it, and of course there’s every metro mothers favorite The Julie Center where they serve an excellent brunch on Mother’s Day to all the great moms in The Christianville Metro Area.
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The Christianville Spirit: The Original Dream Girl Story

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My Dream Girl: This is my idea of The Girl of My Dreams. My Dream Girl's name will be Carol Holiday who would live in Presque Isle, ME with her Single dad, John and her 17 year old sister, Taylor. Carol would a blonde girl with blue eyes and a Maine Accent. Carol would be thin and be the same height as me. Carol would have the same special needs as me. She would also be a sweet girl and with alot of class. She would love to read maps, look at road signs, and do everything I love to do. She would love Christmas just as much as i do and why. She would feel the same way i would feel about People's Feelings and knowing exactly how they feel. I have 2 places where I would dream to meet her at. The first place would be in Gulf Shores, AL on the beach. I would be taking a walk on the beach with My Uncle Bruce and she runs into us and starts talking to us and automatically we feel a connection and we start to fall in love. The second place would be at The Jazz and Art Festival in Mckinney, TX while Me, My Mom, Aunt Kathy, My Brother walking down Louisiana St. in Downtown Mckinney and i'm siting in front of a popcorn store on a bench alone and She walks up to the bench, sits down next to me, and introduces herself as "Hi. I'm Carol Holiday", and we start talking, and I ask my mom if Me and Carol can hang out alone and get to know eachother. while we are hanging out, we feel an instant connection and we start to fall in love. Later on, a few months later I ask her to come to Dr. Pepper BallPark to see a Frisco Roughriders and during a thing they do called "Kiss Cam" I propose to her in front of everyone and fireworks go off when she says YES. finally, on December 24 at midnight in Baxter State Park in Maine, Me and Carol would get married. This is my my idea of a perfect Dream Girl.
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The Christianville Spirt:A Real Carol Holiday

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March 12, 2008- TCS # 93
One time if you remember back in 2006; I wrote about My Dream Girl, Carol Holiday. I said what I wanted her to look like and be like. I had her be Blonde and have Blue Eyes and, other stuff. Well, one day I decided to look on Yahoo 360, Myspace, and Facebook to see if there actually someone in this world named Carol Holiday. Well, the first site, Facebook which I had a membership on several months back and I went to Facebook.com and searched Carol Holiday. And, I found a REAL PERSON named Carol Holiday. So, back in late January I rejoined Facebook and edited my profile again and I look through Carol’s Friend’s list. And, up came an added coincidence for my story. I said that her dad who would be My Mom’s Dream Guy named John Holiday. When I saw that I was amazed at the coincidence of it and I thought “I think this might be My Dream Girl”. So, I figured that I would contact her and I clicked “Add to Friends” instead of “Send Message” and she didn’t respond. So, I waited a month so I didn’t scare her in any way. So, February came and I was ready to send her a message hoping that she would respond. I asked her if she would be friends with me and I told her a little bit of my story. And, she responded telling she thought it was interesting story. And, I’ve talking to her since then. So, here’s a more of a coincidence. She works at a group home for adults with special needs. However, I found out later that she was 40 Years Young and that she was married with 2 very cute children. But, oh well. The awesome part was mostly that I found someone with that name. All in all, it’s awesome that I found a real Carol Holiday. As for the married part, My Dream Girl will still have that name.
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The Christianville Spirit: How Old are You?

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March 5, 2008- TCS # 92

How old are you? This is one sentence is asked a lot and people hate over 40 hate it. So, what do people do when someone asks this? Well, people will ether ask “how old do think I am”, tell they’re age, or they’ll lie about it. For example they’ll say they’re 39 when they’re really 49. The awful truth of this question to people over 40 is they’ll lie about their age saying that it’s 5 to 10 or even 20 years younger. So, why do people do this? Well, it’s the one word in there that scares and that is the word OLD. And, who could blame them because in our society the word OLD scares people because Old means getting closer to death or skin movements that we all dread. And, then of course there are the YOUNG which relates to birth, childhood, teens, and the age in the 20’s and 30’s. So, what about people over 40? Well, if you are one. You make humor of it and say that instead of getting older, you say you’re getting younger. Well, that dreaded question should be changed to instead “How OLD are you” to “How YOUNG are you”. And, if you would want to state your age you say you’re 40 Years Young. And, the best part would be that it lowers fear and builds Self-Esteem. All in all, I think THAT QUESTION should be changed.

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The Christianville Spirit: My Family

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February 27, 2008- TCS # 91
You know those scenes out of a 70’s movie or TV Show that shows the perfect family sitting at the dinner table all dressed up in nice clothes just for a family dinner and the Son, Dad, and Mom all are talking. The mom says “Honey, will you pass the potato’s” well, you get the idea. Well, I hate to say but, that’s not my family(Sound of Record Player stopping) on My Dad’s side anyway. In a family, there’s your Mom’s side and your Dad’s side of the family. In most families, hopefully the mom and dad are married with 2 or more or less children and they live together. Well, that’s not my family. My Family has My Mother, My Brother, and I living together. Well, My Brother has his own apartment now but, that’s not the bad part. See, My Mom and Dad are divorced. My Mom and I live up here in Plano and My Dad who is a Mega Schmuck lives down in San Antonio with his Girlfriend Laura and son Taylor. Well, now your probably thinking “Christian, Why is your dad a Mega Schmuck” Well, My Friend I’ll tell you. He doesn’t know what to do with me because I Have Special Needs and He doesn’t send money for us. Also, He doesn’t say nice things to me and it makes me feel bad. Whenever, he comes to town it scares me because I don’t know what he’ll say to me; in fact, one time while driving to Fridays to meet my brother for dinner he did 2 things that made me feel bad. First, I was looking at the road signs and the road. And, he says “Give me some eye contact!” I looked at him and turned back to road. Then, a couple minutes later he asked me this question “How would you feel if I kidnapped you and took you to San Antonio right now” and I said “I would be really upset and wish I had taken my cell phone with me” later on, at dinner he said that he was just joking. But, another thing is that his jokes aren’t that funny. Finally, here’s a stat I’ve done that really show how much I dislike him. I haven’t gone down to San Antonio in 3 Years. All in all, I hope that you don’t have a horrible dad like mine.

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The Christianville Spirit: Respect Someone

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February 20, 2007- TCS# 90

You know that song that came out of 70’s and it goes like this “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Find out what it means to me…” Well, here’s a thought. How many people have RESPECT for each other today? Well, unfortunately they don’t; that might explain why America’s Divorce rate is so high, why some people fail at business, and why it’s so hard finding friends now a days. Well, your probably thinking either of 2 things “Christian, Why is respect so low” or “Dude, Why are you telling me this and why should I care” well, we don’t have much respect anymore because people are too busy hating each other. Honestly, I’d rather spend my precious daily energy respecting people and maybe a couple episodes of Random acts of Kindness that waste it hating someone. A lot of people waste their daily energy hating someone and guess what? They have enough energy to do anything else. I read something one day on a website called tesh.com about what you need to get to have the best relationship and love. It said that Respect and Trust are the first things you need. And, that’s behind Love and Affection. Most people would thing that Love and Affection are most important. But, you can hug and kiss somebody you love. And, not respect them. It’s just not right. But, the bottom line here is to respect someone in EVERY SITUATION. That covers Business, Relationships, Friendships, and more… So, if you haven’t already you should tell your spouse, friend, or co-worker that you respect them, No matter what even if you dislike them.

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The Christianville Spirit: The Snow Storm I will Never Forget

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February 15, 2008- TCS # 89
On This week of and before Valentines Day last year was too me, The Snow Storm I will NEVER Forget. Back when I wrote about it in The Christianville Spirit in February 2007 I called it “The Lake Effect Snow Machine of 2007”. Well, Today I think of that title and say “That’s definitely not a good title” Why? Is because
A. “The Lake Effect Snow Machine” happens every year
B. Syracuse and that part of Central New York is part of what is called the “Snowbelt”
So, what else can I call it? Well, WSYR Channel 9 of Syracuse called “winter in a Week”. In fact, this so called “winter in a Week” was so bad that they had a special on their news about. Now, back to the name, what do I call it? I think I’ll call it 2 names; “Winter in a Week of February 2007” and “ The Snow I will Never Forget”. For those of you who don’t know what happened, I’ll tell you. In Central New York around the Syracuse Area, there was a Lake Effect storm unlike any other. According to WYSR Channel 9’s website, Lake Effect Snow Storm’s only last a day or too and dump a lot of snow in one area. But, This Time was different. So; on February 4, 2007 it started to snow and it snowed until February 11. In the end, it snowed 100+ inches in Parish and Mexico, New York. And, of course the highest amount was around 140 Inches in North Redfield, NY. Now, you’d like to know what “Lake Effect Snow” I’m going to tell you. Well, first off, it occurs in The Great Lakes Region in the winter (Until the lake gets frozen over). When the lake water is warm, there’s an area of Low Pressure, the winds are blowing toward land, it makes it snow hard usually in one area. And, that’s how Lake Effect Snow works. If you would like to see pictures or video, go www.9wsyr.com and look for or search for “winter in a Week”. All in all, once you see the pictures you’ll see why I call it what I call it.

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The Christianville Spirit: Become a Leader

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So, I was sitting on the couch this past Saturday with My Mom watching church on my computer and our pastor, Keith Craft was talking about Leadership and how you should become a leader. And, He’s right about that. So, here’s a sad fact about that, without a leader no one gets anywhere and they eventually fail. No wonder our country’s government is failing because we have NO LEADER! Sure, there’s President George Bush our president but, he’s not much of a leader. Also, there’s no leader in all the other issues we have in our nation, hence why our government is falling apart. Now, if you think I’m trying to persuade you to vote for someone in the ballot, No. But, if you want to get an idea on whom to vote for; don’t vote just on the issues they say they’re going fix. But, pick the candidate who you think will be the best LEADER. If you want to become a leader there are a lot of leadership schools which you could attend. All in all, we need to have a great leader for our country or we should become a leader.

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The Christianville Spirit: The State of The Metro Area Address(Special Edition)

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This is a special edition of The Christianville Spirit because today was The State of The Metro Area Address. The address was a success and here is what they talked as well as the results. On Friday, February 1 at 4:00 PM, Christian Smith met with all the city counsels of all metro area cities to talk about changes to be done in the Christianville Area. The non-voted changes where tallied by each of the city counsels to determine whether they thought it was a good idea and supporting the idea. The first of them, changing Geography Loop to Geography Beltway had 90 % Yes and 10% No. here are the others.
Extend GCI’s Geography Pkwy. From the airport to G-Honey Frwy. 5 miles east of downtown, 87% Yes and 60% No
Discontinue Hunt County; City of Fort Izzy, Town of Hunt, and make Hunt County now part of Elizabeth County, 70% Yes and 69% no.
The voted things got a vote from both the people and all city counsels. The First one was the on-going between The City of Christianville and The Christmas District. For this one they tallied the votes from inside the district and outside the district. First, inside the district; many people inside The Christmas District voted yes and people outside the district had mixed votes. The City of Christianville city counsel also had mixed votes. However; Laura Sweetenburg, Mayor of Christianville had this to have the city counsel agree she says “Counsel and People of Christianville, The Christmas District is a special place to our great city. I believe this area shall remain a district because it is unfair to The Geography and Historic District. The Holiday is just as special to Christian as the history of his life and his favorite subject in school and what HE loves. The Christmas District does not have to stand out just to get his attention because he loves all of our great city and metro area” and Christian Smith says just about the same thing and say It shall remain a district. There was going to be another issue in the ballot in this address but, however Christian and the city counsels said not vote on it yet. According to future plan, they will be building a parkway that runs through The Christmas District. However, that is not set to happen until well after “The One” arrives. The final voted issue on the ballot was Canceling Great North Pkwy. From Geography Loop to Christmas Frwy. Most of the people who voted Yes on that lived in or around The New England Cities. The city counsels of the metro area say that won’t happen because they say its part of a future plan to be extended well after “The One” arrives. This has been The State of The Metro Area Address.

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The Christianville Spirit: The State of The Metro Area Address

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Ok, Christianville Metro Area. There have been many emails and comments coming into The Christianville Spirit, Area TV and Radio Stations about wanting to make The Christianville Area better and more new. One person emailed an area TV Station called FOX Christianville News stating this “Dear FOX Christianville, My name is Steve and I have a comment. I’ve been Commuting on Geography Loop for 6 Years and The name “Geography Loop” is getting to be a boring name for a precious road like this. Please think of maybe changing it to Geography Beltway or maybe Geography Perimeter instead. Thanks, Steve.” We all know, our great Metro Area is a wonderful to live and we have everything we would want. But, the thing is some of these people are right making just a little change in our metro area because no one likes to stand still for a long time. In that case, Christian Smith has made a meeting with all the cities of the area’s City Counsel and the people of The Metro Area on Friday, February 1st. He is calling this meeting “The State of the Metro Area Address”. So, here are some of the changes that will happen and then, changes that can be voted on. The first change is about what Steve called “Our precious road”, Geography Loop. Christian has decided to change its name to Geography Beltway because he says it is a boring name and it’s been the name for a long time. The second change is will be to extent the southern half of GCI’s Geography Pkwy. To G-Honey Freeway 5 Miles east of Downtown Christianville. The final unvoted change will be to discontinue the City of Fort Izzy, all of Hunt County (which is between Izzyville and Alex County) and the Town of Hunt, in Hunt County.
Now for Changes that can be Voted on. The first one has been on on-going battle between the Christmas District and The City of Christianville. The Christmas District since 2006 has wanted not to be a district of The City of Christianville but, it wants to be its own city. They say that if it were to become a city it would be named Christmasbury. Also, if they became there own city, The Geography District would become a city as well just so it’s fair. The Historic District will however remain a District. The final voted change will be to cancel Great North Pkwy. From Geography Loop (soon to be Geo. Bltwy.) to Christmas Frwy. That is all the changes are going to mentioned in the meeting. All in all, Christianville will be a better city that it already is.

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The Christianville Spirit: The Georgia Roadgeek

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The other day I was on my computer doing cyber traveling and researching things in Atlanta, GA. I looked at everything from area TV stations like Peachtree TV (which is stemmed from Turner Broadcasting) and WSB-TV to You Tube Videos of driving in Atlanta. And, along with watching You Tube Videos of that I came across a person that calls himself “The Georgia Road geek”. He has a video series on his website and on You Tube called “ROADGEEK-CAM!!” and what it is, is a video of the road and signs from a video camera on his dashboard. And, he talks about the signs and where he is. Not only does he do videos but, he also has a Radio Show on his blog site. I thought he is a really cool and interesting guy. If you would like see his video series or listen to his Radio Show, Go to www.georgiaroadgeek.com. All in all, The Georgia Road Geek is an awesome guy.

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The Christianville Spirit: Cherishing Your Life

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You know what’s sad? These days, People take advantage of the things that they have. They think what they have will never go away. But, the truth is it does. Here are a couple of questions to see how grateful you are. If a Family Member or Friend died tomorrow, what would you feel? And what was the most recent and last thing you said to the person? Were you in a fight? Cuss at them? Tell them you love them? See, I guess it’s a trend and I’m not talking Clothing Trends. The Trend is in the last moment at the funeral where you actually TELL THEM that you love them or they were greatest family member or friend to walk the earth. And, then there’s a trend to when YOUR on your death bed and saying like “Why now, I didn’t do all the things I did in my life.” now, I bet you thinking or already asking me, “Christian, How should we end these trends?” well, I’m going to tell you. For Trend #1, tell your family member that you love them VERY MUCH and that you would be DEVASTATED if anything happened to them. Now, about Friends you can tell them you love them; maybe not like you love your family. But, like your secondary Brother or Sister. Trend # 2 is harder that it looks. This one actually requires work and thought. It starts with Questions; like what do you want out of your life? What things (which must be important things) do you want to accomplish before you pass? And, course the life-ending question which should be moved to earlier in life and that is “What did you do with your life? Did you accomplish what you wanted to do? The all in all point here is to cherish your life, family members, friends, above all the thing you have!

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The Christianville Spirit: My Brother Moves Out

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This past Saturday, My Little Brother who is 19 Years Old decided to move out to a new apartment. He has decided that he doesn’t want to live at home anymore so, he moved out. The night that he moved out My Mom and I brought him some food for dinner; And, I got to see his apartment which did make me feel a little better because I knew where it was and what it looked like; His Apartment looks pretty good. A good thing is that, he’s not living alone in his own apartment. He’s living with his friend; Zack which is help when it’s comes to paying rent and stuff.
All in all, I’m going to miss him being here at home.

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The Christianville Spirit: Happy New Year 2008

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Hi everyone and Welcome Back to another exciting year of touching articles and readings of The Christianville Spirit. First off, Happy New Year and Welcome to 2008; This Year will quite an awesome year for everyone. So, to kick off 2008; I’m going to write about something I saw on a TV Show called “Wife Swap”. One family, where they say Popular People rule and the other family where feminist woman rule. So, the feminist family; that’s fine; But, I wasn’t ok about the popular family. You see, they have a 16 Year Old Daughter named Alicia who is a pageant queen and her parents do everything for her. And, even do her homework. Also, her parents think Popular People Rule the World and that non-popular won’t get anywhere, you have to have “Sparkle” as they call it. So, here’s a question. What is Popularity and why in the world is it soo Important?!? Popularity in my eyes is just a label to bully and push people around and a way to stand higher than the average person. Parents, if you’re reading this. Popularity was not as big when you went to High School. But, today in public school it’s pretty big. Popular People these days look at other people who aren’t popular from the outside and think of them as nerds or bookworms. So, here’s my look at Popularity. Sometimes, it’s good to be Popular to the point of at least people knowing who you are. But, you want to show people who you truly are, not the fake you. And, that’s where the not-so-good popular comes in. they show people the fake side of themselves because they’re afraid that if they show the real them, no one will want to get to know them. But, the secret of it that people don’t get is that some of us might not be popular to the other kids or adults. But, we are Popular in our own special way and in our circle of friends. So, the point of this is not to let people like Alicia or her families intimidate you because you are popular and special in your own way.

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