![]() Wouldn’t it be great if every patriot in the poll book would come out to vote? That would certainly make a record and deem it necessary to call for the national news attention. ![]() The polls at the Sugar Grove precinct opened at 6:30 last Tuesday morning, and the steady stream of voters were logged into the books. Sitting by the fireplace is a great place to hear the “Talk of the Grove.” “Don’t fix things that aren’t broken.” - Robert Rose. “My sole purpose in life is helping others,” - Joseph Sugarman “Every day is a new challenge.” - Jeremy Young “You can’t let your failures keep you from taking risks.” - Sujit Choudhry “Gratitude is an action.” - Seth Buechley It has been said that wood heat has such a warmth about it. Farmers are busy splitting wood for the wood stove. Monday morning temperatures were hovering around 24 degrees, with some snowflakes flying. There have been some lovely warm days however, the rains arrived Friday and the cooler weather reminded one of the up-coming winter months. Allow an older person to sit in one’s seat if there are no others available.Life’s little instructions to make everyone feel better include the following: Sprinkling a few of these idioms into one’s daily language would add flavor to conversations. This idiom is a fancy way to say “thing.” This word has also been used to mean a vehicle. “The whole shebang” - Walt Whitman used “shebang” to mean a shack or shanty. “The whole ball of wax” - this is thought to have originated with the idiom “the whole bailiwick” meaning the whole territory. “The whole kit and caboodle” - the ancient word “caboodle” means a group or collection, but is strictly American. So, the saying basically means the whole group of objects. “The whole nine yards” - an earlier Southern version that existed about 1912 was “the whole six yards.” The whole nine yards coinage may refer to something that is nine yards in length. It derives from the Spanish language which means “season with chili.” One will complete the whole part of a complex thing as completely as possible. “The whole enchilada” - Enchilada has everything in it. “The whole bag of tricks” - meaning that clever things are done to complete the task at hand. “All the marbles” - when playing the game of shooting marbles, the game continued until one player won all the marbles. “The whole shooting match” - meaning the entire thing. Take for instance the idioms surrounding the meaning “everything.” The English language is rich of idiomatic sayings about many things. The Sugar Grove gym/cafeteria at the former Sugar Grove Elementary School is pictured.
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