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Publication Dates and Advertising Deadlines: Publication Dates Advertising Deadlines August 14, 2008 August 28, 2008 September 11, 2008 September 25, 2008 October 9, 2008 October 23, 2008 November 6, 2008 November 20, 2008 December 4, 2008 December 18, 2008 January 1, 2009 January 15, 2009 January 29, 2009 February 12, 2009 February 26, 2009 March 12, 2009 March 26, 2009 April 9, 2009 the blythewood leader P.O. Box 394 Blythewood, SC, 29016 Phone: (803) 609-4196 • Fax: (803) 865-3971 Email: info@theblythewoodleader.com The Blythewood Leader, LLC is a community newspaper published every other Thursday, and is a mailed publication to the 29016 zip code. The views expressed in ads and columns are not necessarily the views of the newspaper. If you have news, ads or community events, please call 803-609-4196, fax at 803-865-3971 or email info@theblythewoodleader.com. If you do not receive The Blythewood Leader, and would like to subscribe, send payment, name and address information to The Blythewood Leader, P.O. Box 394, Blythewood, SC, 29016. Cost is $18.25 for 6 months or $36.50 per year. Michelle Jackson Publisher/Editor mjackson@theblythewoodleader.com Stacy Jackson Circulation sjackson@theblythewoodleader.com Tracy R. Maple Columnist tmaple@theblythewoodleader.com Erin Peake Contributing Writer epeake@theblythewoodleader.com Terri Hyder Columnist thyder@theblythewoodleader.com August 8, 2008 August 22, 2008 September 5, 2008 September 19, 2008 October 3, 2008 October 17, 2008 October 31, 2008 November 14, 2008 November 28, 2008 December 12, 2008 December 26, 2008 January 9, 2009 January 23, 2009 February 6, 2009 February 20, 2009 March 6, 2009 March 20, 2009 April 3, 2009 Wade Tosh Graphic Designer wtosh@theblythewoodleader.com Theresa O’Hagan Contributing Writer tohagan@theblythewoodleader.com Kelvin Brisco Literary Critic kbrisco@theblythewoodleader.com Madison Cooke Columnist mcooke@theblythewoodleader.com Glen Beneard Guest Columnist AutoDrGlen@yahoo.com What is the one thing you’re looking the most foward to about starting school? Aylin Kruse Meeting my new classmates and teachers Raymond Parrilla Having a fresh start and making good grades Keevin Leach Having a great year as a senior Megan Pagdett The wonderful teachers I have Daymond Parrilla Meeting new teachers and seeing my friends Taylor Clementi Nothing Publisher’s Note The other day I received a phone I remember growing up here call from a disturbed resident of in Blythewood, and my parents Blythewood. It seems she was teaching me to respect my elders. in a convenience store here in “Yes maam, yes sir, no maam, no Blythewood, when a couple came sir” were required parts of my in and started yelling at an older vocabulary. As an adult now, I gentleman that frequents the find it refreshing to still talk to convenience store. This gentleman children who use this respect. usually brings his dog with him, (Now, I’m not saying I want and spends a few hours talking with everyone to call me maam. As a the employees and customers. It’s matter of fact, when people close become a ritual for him, a part of his to my own age do it, it makes me routine. Evidently, though, earlier feel too old). Somehow, it seems that day, someone had come in with that all kids aren’t taught to a child. The child tried to pick up respect their elders. When I was the gentleman’s dog by the neck, in school, teachers, principals, and the dog growled at the child. So bus drivers, janitors- anyone who the couple came back to the store to Michelle Jackson was my elder- received the same yell at the older gentleman about his Publisher/Editor respect. And I have tried to pass dog. The outcome: the gentleman this along to my children. Sure, isn’t allowed to bring his dog back in the store. they may be more open at home, but for the most But that wasn’t the issue with the caller. The issue part, my children know to respect their elders and was the verbatim used against this older gentleman. talk to them in a manner that shows that respect. “I’ve always been taught to respect your elders,” Let’s not forget that our elders have lived longer the caller said. “And this couple had absolutely no than us, and their wisdom and years of experience respect in their choice of words or tone of voice.” deserve our respect. Page 2 • August 14, 2008 • the blythewood leader
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