What makes good neighbors?
PROTECTED CONTENT
If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above.
Username and Password Help
Please enter your email and we will send you a password reset link.
Equality & NIxburg News
Jennifer Williamson
What makes good neighbors? Is it the old adage that says good fences make good neighbors?
What if that fence is on your property, but you didn’t put it up? Are they still good neighbors?
What if they move into your small community thinking they have more education or are more professional and talk down to you; are they still a good neighbor?
Fortunately, I have not experienced that, and I have good neighbors, and we communicate with each other about fences and avoid comparing education or professions. We just accept each other as equals and show mutual respect.
I have a new neighbor; he is quiet, not home much, keeps the yard tidy, and unfurls his flag whenever he gets home, which is the only way I have even noticed him being home. He is a good neighbor even though we have not met or spoken, and not because of what he has or has not done.
He is a good neighbor because he lives next door to me, we have no grievances, and I hope if there ever is one, we can clear it up quickly. Being a good neighbor doesn’t mean we have to be fast friends, just respect each other and live peacefully in our community.
Jenny’s General had a bit of an incident this past week. It happened on Monday, a day I am generally not in the store. A driver had parked outside of Quality Food Mart, and when he came out his truck was gone. He found it beyond Jenny’s General, having rolled past the front running into the sign that Rodger uses to advertise Coosa Live events, across the front of the greenhouse into the woods beyond.
He was a good neighbor who called me to let me know what happened even before he called a tow truck to get his vehicle out of the woods. Accidents happen, and I am just so very grateful his truck did not roll into the building itself, or even worse, roll into Highway 9 traffic where someone could have been hurt.
Replacing the sign, although a hit to our business, is a small price when considering what could have happened if it had veered right or left instead of going straight.
Other exciting Equality news is the Equality Volunteer Fire Department received a grant. I will be sharing more details in the future, but for now, just know that this grant will be helping to maintain the Lodge fire hall, and sometime around October they will be asking for volunteers to help paint.
This is great news. EVFD is important to our community, and keeping the Lodge in good shape supports not only the fundraising events, but many other community gatherings like the Neighborhood Watch meetings.
Also, the fire department could use more grants, so if you could give some time to help with grant writing please contact them.
This month’s Neighborhood Watch meeting is on the fourth Thursday, August 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please plan on joining for safety information and community fellowship.
I depend upon my readers to share with me what is happening within your organizations, churches, neighborhoods, groups, or family to share in next week’s column. Please contact me; leave a voice message or text 256-531-6460 or email at coosacafe@gmail.com.
