Gleaning Facebook: Star Student Haley

Mr. Shaw's 2005-2006 Stars

Front L-R: Tyler Watkins, Lydia Chandler, Beverly Bickers, Hunter Abney, Savannah Winters, Erica Garlin, Danielle Cyr

Middle Row L-R: Nicolas Rousseau, Rodney Early, Seth Shank, Kylee Daitz, Austin Brown, Britanny Langston, Grant Abney, Haley Patterson

Back Row L-R: Natalie Williams, Maleia Fain, Hunter Ford, Joe Wilson, Dylan Cockerham, Cal Russell, J.J. Cosper, Kyle Stroub, Terrell Shaw

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Renee Beard These little ones are seniors this year!!!!\

Terrell Shaw Yep. Time flies!

Terrell Shaw Natalie Williams, did you see that our Haley made Star Student (and who she picked for Star Teacher --- thanks in part to my wonderful student teacher that year!)

April Jacobs Howell Precious Haley!

Terrell Shaw Amy Prince-Stivers was a big help first semester that year -- one of the most committed "practicum" student teachers.

Natalie Williams Aww!! Congrats! That doesn't surprise me at all!! This was a great group of kids & one of the BEST teachers-ever!!

Amy Prince-Stivers Thank you! I really enjoyed getting to share in the fun of your classroom!

Carla Byram Amy and Natalie - hi! This is Haley's mom, Carla 

Kim Russell Thanks for sharing!!! That was one of cals best years!!!!

Natalie Williams Hi Carla! Congrats! I know you are so proud!

Carla Byram You are sweet - Thanks Natalie

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  What a gratifying privilege and emotional blessing this morning has been. Congratulations to Haley Patterson! And also to my other 2005-2006 Stars (several of whom I got to see today) who will graduate from high school in May. More later.

Christine Reinolds Kozelle
Academic Quiz Bowl starring Armuchee kids Monday 8-3 at Shorter Mr. Shaw!

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I was so proud to stand by Haley Patterson as she responded so articulately, so eloquently, and with such heart to questions as she was recognized at the Exchange Club today. She is Armuchee's 2014 Star Student and was honored with Star Students and Star Teachers from each of the high schools in Floyd County.

I am overwhelmed, touched, and amazed that she chose her old fourth grade teacher as her "Star" teacher. I hope I am deserving of some small portion of the words she spoke there and at the presentation at the school earlier this morning.

What an outstanding young woman. Y'all keep your eye on her!

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Ruth Pinson Terrell, congratulations!!! That's an awesome honor and one that's well deserved!!! Yea!

Julia Hilburn Dent You were both wonderful today Terrell!!! What an honor it had to be for you. And so well deserved!!!!

Cynthia Latimer I am so tickled when a Star Student reaches back to elementary school and picks a teacher. I remember when Pat Fanjoy (1st grade) was chosen.

Martin Penland Teem Congratulations to you both. You obviously made a lasting impression.

Beth Cox That is areal honor that you made such an impact on a fourth grade student and she still remembers it in high school. congratulations!

Barbara Crawford Why am I not surprised??? LOL

Deborah Lake Dawson Congratulations, what an honor!

Ruth Baird Shaw Congratulations to Haley Patterson and to Terrell Shaw!

Rita Lawler To be remembered in that way years later is tribute for sure

Chris Frazier Congratulations to Haley Patterson and to you,Terrell Shaw, who made a difference so many years ago in her life and who has made a difference in so many other lives. Good for you, my friend.

David Marlin Rains That's what Teaching is about.

Lynne Crothers Williams Congratulation, the best possible honor for a teacher!

Laurie Craw That's the kind of honor that means your life's work is a calling, not a job or even a profession. So well deserved, Terrell.

Terrell Shaw I always liked teaching, Laurie, but I didn't hear it calling till the second time around (1999-2013). 

Angie Ray I love Haley Patterson. And you are VERY deserving!!!!

Jaki Day Terrell, a good teacher is long remembered....Congratulations. You have made an impression on hundreds of students and your fellow teachers as well. 

Michael J. Burton Well deserved honor. First time I have heard of an honors student picking a fourth grade teacher. Wow

Ann Gore Congrats, Terrell. An honor bestowed on a most deserved teacher.

Jane Jameson So very proud of you both.

Sarah Poindexter Congrats, Terry -- you da TEACHER!

Ann Pullen Congratulations to you and to Haley!

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From Carla Bynam's Facebook:

Today's AHS and Rome/Floyd County STAR Student & Teacher recognitions... What a blessing it has been to have an educator like Terrell Shaw make such an impact on Haley's life, starting when she was his student in 4th grade, and continuing today as a member of the Trinity UMC Rome congregation. As Haley noted during today's recognition at the Exchange Club of Rome, she wants to be an educator, in large part because of the influence of Mr. Shaw, and others like him. Thanks, also, to those involved in organizing these recognitions, which not only celebrate student success, but also honor the teachers who helped make that success a reality.

Gleaning Facebook: Job Creators

There are so many who hold "The wealthy are the job creators" as sacred truth. It ain't. They are not. As the rich have gotten richer unemployment has grown. The real job creators are the "masses" who, if they have good incomes, create demand.

There were rich folks in the fifties and sixties too, but they supported to a much higher degree the society that rewards them so richly. That's fair. It allows for incentives for hard work and invention and entrepreneurship among the wealthy, but also rewards hard work among the lower and middle classes.

Howard Smith
Greed, pure and simple

Rob Friar
I call it the economic "sweet spot"...we were there in the 50's, somewhat in the '60s, and to a lesser extent in the '90s...but what kills me with the "job creator" bit is, folks who fall for that fail to look at what has happened each time the "cut the taxes on corporations so they can create jobs" path was chosen, the exact opposite has happened. Sure, they have more money, but jobs are actually lost instead of "created"...

Gleaning Facebook: Science Fair

Becky Gurley shared this Facebook post with me.

Responses:

Terrell Shaw
You're breaking my heart here! 

I loved the science fair. I'm scheduled to judge two in the next three weeks.

Beckie Gurley
For Sam, this project freaked him out and stressed him out. But next year when Zach gets his project we know what to do and expect.

Bob Doster
We're experiencing this very same thing right now. My grandson is in 6th grade and has just completed one of these.

Beckie Gurley
Zach is actually excited and has already started thinking of things to do. But Zach loves science and history. Anything to do with facts he loves. I think the experience for Zach will be fun. Now Sam had fun doing the project on yellow fever and the native Americans. But the science fair project was hard because he could focus in on one thing.

 

Gleaning Facebook: U-Turn

Amen.

From Robert Reich

My father's 100th has got me thinking about his so-called "Greatest Generation." Not only did they win World War II. They built a post-war America for their children and grandchildren: the largest expansion of K-12 and public higher education in history, the Interstate highway system, Civil Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and Environmental Protection Act. They rebuilt war-ravaged Europe and Japan, and got America to the moon. More than a third of them belonged to labor unions, giving the middle class bargaining power to get a big share of economic gains. And with those gains they could pay taxes that financed much of what was needed, while the richest Americans paid at least 70 percent of their top dollars in taxes (under Dwight Eisenhower the top tax rate was 91 percent). The rising tide lifted all boats.

Then came the great U-turn. As Ed Reich's generation began to retire, and Ronald Reagan became president, America reversed course: cutting back public investments in education and infrastructure as a percent of GDP, fighting labor unions until fewer than 7 percent of private-sector workers belonged to one, causing median wages to flatten, filling the public's mind with lies such as "supply-side" economics that led to dramatic cuts in taxes paid by the wealthy, and reducing our commitment to all things public. The rising tide lifted only the yachts, while the dinghies and rowboats began to sink.

Why the U-turn? Did we forget the Great Depression and World War II, when we were in the same boat together?

- Robert Reich

Gleaning Facebook: Daniel Mitchell's Other House

I have been told that this house on 11th St., like our home, was built by Daniel Mitchell, one of Rome's founders.

Jane Jameson
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Worsham owned this home. They were cousins to us. My parents married in this home in 1936. John and Cora Stephens owned the home to the left. Graham Stephens was their son and my cousin also. I never told anyone at school. When he did not come back from lunch one day it was all I could do not to totally break down. He used to tell jokes of what he and his best friend did to get in trouble. His best friend and cousin was my dad! Graham would always wink at me in telling the stories. I KNEW he was talking about Dad!
His family is buried next to my parents at Myrtle Hill.

Our home was down the street across from 4th Ward. Nancy and Patsy Horton lived across the street from the Worshams. Jeanie and Tappy Whitehead and also Mike and Susan Whaley also lived there as did Mike, David and Danny Henson. I have mentioned several times what a great time we had in our neighborhood. Robertt Redden's niece and nephew were Susan and Mike.
In the summer of 2012 Clyde Collier organized a reunion of children who attended our school. Well over 150 were in attendance. Great little school.

Daniel Mitchell

 

Gleaning Facebook: Built by Daniel Mitchell

These brief Facebook posts mention Daniel Mitchell and/or our house and some elicited comments I want to preserve here on the Limb...

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October 7, 2013

 
I love to travel, but I also love to come back to beautiful Northwest Georgia and our own comfy 145 year-old bed --- built by Sheila's Great Great Great Grandaddy John Wesley Nall --- and to the familiar confines of our 144 year-old house ---built by Rome's founder, Daniel Mitchell -- here on the banks of the Oostanaula River.

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January 28, 2014

I love our old house, but its lonesome for Sheila tonight.

Later: Our house, on Avenue A, was built in 1869 by Daniel Mitchell, one of Rome's founders. It was one his last construction projects.

[Selected Comments:]

Joan Ledbetter

Love the design!

Ruth Baird Shaw

It looks beautiful with the snow!

Thom Holt

Who did he build it for ??

Wanda Mulkey Dagraedt

Lots of character there. Lovely.

Craig Brewer

I really love the old houses....especially Mom and Dad's in Cave Spring....so much character.

Terrell Shaw

Craig, my ancestor Joel Brewer was the first Ordinary (now called Probate Judge) of Polk County. He lived, and is buried, at Fish Creek between Rockmart and Cedartown. Any chance we are cousins?

Craig Brewer

Could be...

Laurie Craw

One of your and Sheila's many contributions to the community is restoring this architectural beauty.

Jane Jameson

Absolutely beautiful! I grew up in a home built in 1867 by my grandfather, C C McKenzie. Does your home have the fake baseboards under closets for hiding valuables? My grandfather also built the original Fifth Ave Baptist Church, Forth Ward School, and a brick home with huge white columns near the old Post Office.

John Countryman

Great house. And you have taken loving care of it!

Sandy Doughty

It's gorgeous!!!

Michael J. Burton

Looking good. It's worth all the headaches.

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February 17, 2014

I have been told that this house on 11th St., like our home,
was built by Daniel Mitchell, one of Rome's founders.

Comments:

Jane Jameson:

Mr and Mrs R E Worsham owned this home. They were cousins to us. My parents married in this home in 1936. John and Cora Stephens owned the home to the left. Graham Stephens was their son and my cousin also. I never told anyone at school. When he did not come back from lunch one day it was all I could do not to totally break down. He used to tell jokes of what he and his best friend did to get in trouble. His best friend and cousin was my dad! Graham would always wink at me in telling the stories. I KNEW he was talking about Dad!

His family is buried next to my parents at Myrtle Hill.

Our home was down the street across from 4th Ward . Nancy and Patsy Horton lived across the street from the Worshams. Jeanie and Tappy Whitehead and also Mike and Susan Whaley also l loved there as did Mike, David and Danny Henson. I have mentioned several times what a great time we had in our neighborhood. Rot Redden's niece and nephew were Susan and Mike.

In the summer of 2012 Clyde Collier organized a reunion of children who attended our school. Well over 150 were in attendance. Great little school.

Gleaning Facebook: Goodbyes

This has been a year of goodbyes already. Today especially.

I visited with the family of Ed Dollar briefly today. Ed was a good man who served as custodian at Pepperell Elementary while I was there and with maintenance for the county schools for many years. I always enjoyed talking with Mr. Dollar. He was a kind and thoughtful man.

Later I got a chance to talk with and hug Mitchell and Carleigh who lost their young mom, Angie Lynch Worsham. I taught both kids. Their mom was devoted to those kids. She was only slightly older than my Brannon. So young. I can only imagine the pain that her sweet mother and father must be experiencing.

Then I heard that our kindred spirit, Gwen Perkins, died this morning at 95. Dr. Gwen was an accomplished botanist whom we met when Richard, Deborah, and I were singing PP&M songs in the loft of a barn in Booger Hollow and this ninety-something climbed the rickety captain's ladder to sit on a bale of hay and listen to every song. Later she invited Sheila and me to join her and some other friends for dinner and conversation in her Cave Spring apartment. And to a book signing for her book about native southern vines interspersed with her observations about life. What a vital person she was into her mid-nineties.

And tonight I learn that another kindred spirit, the kind and talented Bill Supon, has been taken off life support and is thought to be in his last hours with us. I sang with Bill in a Shorter production of "Die Fledermaus", and in the musical "The Civil War", and an RLT "Broadway Spectacular" production. He was always a gentleman and a genuine talent.

My life is richer for having known each of these. I will miss them. 

Joyce Mink
I had not heard about Ms. Gwen. I'll miss her sweet spirit!

Terrell Shaw
She was an unforgettable character. I wish I had known her sooner.

Deborah Lake Dawson
Sorry for your loss. They all sound like wonderful people.

Linda Bell
Oh, Mr. Dollar, he was such a sweet man.

Kendra L Harris
I remember Mr. Dollar! He was always so sweet! And I wish I could have come to the Worsham service. .. so sad!

And I met Ms. Gwen on several occasions and admired her spunk! Will pray for these families. I'm sorry for all your losses.

Lynn Ray
Sorry for the loss of your friends, Terrell

Mary Nisbet Asbury
Dang! Did not know about Bill 

Dekie Hicks
I will certainly miss Gwen! I published her books for her; we worked together closely for 5 or so years.

Sunny Shropshire Knauss
So sorry for the loss!

John Paul Schulz
Gwen was some kind of special.

Sandy Doughty
So many losses...it just gets harder and harder, doesn't it, as we lose more and more family and friends? So sorry for the loss of these good people.

Ann Gore
So sorry, Terrell to hear about all the losses just recently.

Terrell Shaw
We never get used to the earth being peopled differently as we grow older, do we Sandy. So many folks I'd like to confer with again.

Ann Perkins Niemeier
Thank you for remembering my mother, Gwen Perkins.

Ruth Pinson
I didn't know about Mr. Dollar's passing. I always loved him. Life is so short, and it's so tough to lose those that meant a lot to us.

Gleaning Facebook: Falafel!

 I am having a very late lunch, all by myself. I picked up a falafel sandwich at Jerusalem Grill. How about that, Brannon Shaw & Lillian Shaw. It's good.

Terrell Shaw
After I finish, I'm gonna google it and find out what I've just eaten.

Elizabeth McGinnis Johnson
hahahaha

Terrell Shaw
Liz, there's a story here, but too long to tell right now. 

Terrell Shaw
Fava Beans? Shoulda had chianti and bit of Census Taker liver, I guess?

Joyce Mink
Enjoyed my meals there. Do they serve lamb now? Last time I went they didn't have it yet, though several menu items listed it.

Kendra L Harris
Where is that? Avery's girlfriend is a Messianic Jew and I need somewhere to take them for dinner....

Rita Lawler
We went yesterday. It was wonderful

Terrell Shaw
It is hidden behind Walgreen's & Wendy's & Western Sizzlin. Strange location, but good food.

Donald Murdock
Fond memories of Mammoun's on McDougal St. in the Village. Falafel in a pita as big as yer head for $2.00. Tnx for the location, will check out J.G. next time I'm in Rome. Meet you there for lunch?

Lynn Ray
Glad to hear comments. I wanted to try it and now I will

Sunny Shropshire Knauss
LOVE that place! We ate there today, too!

Terrell Shaw
I'd love to, Don. Give me a call when you're in town.

Sunny Shropshire Knauss
felafel is outstanding every time...