I'd like to see Carolina win, but won't lose too much sleep if they don't.

Another sports note -- I enjoyed the article in Sunday's Tennessean featuring Macon County High's Kittrell Smith.

Let me suggest, in regard to scholarships, to Coach Dyer or to Kittrell's father, that there is an old school due south of here, about a six hour drive, that just lo-o-o-oves good kickers and surely could use some help. Their colors are crimson and white.

Kittrell, all I can offer you is advice. Those "green" offers got the team into a heap of trouble a couple of years ago...

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The entire staff of this newspaper wants to send our best wishes to Dorothy Doss. Larry Jones told us that this Friday, Jan. 30, will be her last day behind the counter here at the Lafayette Post Office.

Dorothy's retirement days will probably be filled with visits with her grandchildren and spending time in her home with her husband, Delton.

We will certainly miss Dorothy; I'll bet Larry will, too. She was a pleasure to work with. Both Barbara and I never minded calling. Even though we might have had a problem that we caused, we could count on Dorothy's patience to help us work through it.

She has a good sense of humor and even the years of working with Jerry Qualls didn't alter her easy going disposition (just kidding, J.Q.).

You are encouraged to go by the post office some time during the working hours Friday and share a good luck wish with her.

Here's the best to you, Dorothy; may your days of retirement be a grand pleasure, minute by minute.

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The snow and the cold Tuesday brought back some strong memories. It was ten years ago this month when Barbara brought me back from the hospital in Lebanon. Jan. 4th I underwent surgery for colon cancer.

As we started up the hill on Hwy 10, coming into Lafayette, it started to snow.

The next morning Barbara informed me that there was ice in bathtub upstairs and the pipes were frozen.

Thanks to my good neighbor, Rondal Flippin, we escaped the water damage of burst pipes.

Glenn Patterson and Jeff Flippin gave Barbara a ride to and from work and she got along until the snow finally melted away.

Ten years... it sure has gone by fast.

Surely time will slow down -- a little more -- in the next decade to come.

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COUNTRY WISDOM -- "Most of the stuff people worry about never happens."