Virginia Rose Tigh died last week. I went to her funeral on Saturday in Aiken.
Virginia Rose was a celebrity. Well, she could have been. And she truly was in my book. I had to be there.
Virginia Rose was a model. She was blessed with exceptional good looks and she was just beginning to break into the world of high fashion modeling. She was making good money. The world was her oyster.
And then the Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor. No, Virginia Rose wasn't drafted. The United States has never drafted women. But she did the unexpected. Virginia Rose volunteered. She joined the United States Navy. Her country was at war and she wanted to do her part.
Goodbye modeling career. Goodbye money. Goodbye to a life of glamour. Hello to service in a war theatre. Virginia Rose served for three years in the Navy. There, she met and fell in love with the man who would become her husband. She never went back to modeling. She became a homemaker and raised her children. She and others like her formed the backbone of this country in the aftermath of World War II. She played her part in making my free America a safe and secure place to live. Virginia Rose was a member of the Greatest Generation.
Sadly, I never knew her in life. After she died her family requested the Patriot Guard be there when she was laid to rest. And that's how I found myself in Aiken on a hot Saturday. Myself and about 25 fellow patriots came to say goodbye to a lady we never knew. And then we heard her story and met her family. It was obvious they had lost someone they loved dearly and respected greatly. I was humbled to be there. And we were all proud to be a part of the final formation for a WAVE.
How many more are out there? How many stories of outstanding patriotism? World War II veterans are leaving us at the rate of more than a thousand per day. If you know one of these heroes, please, don't wait. Tell them you appreciate their service. Thank them for making it possible to grow up in a free country. Do it today. You're running out of time.
Thank you Virginia Rose. 'Twas an honor to stand and hold a flag for you.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
A Little Bit of Braggin'
Okay people..............my apologies. I don't know what happened but I have failed to enter a blog for a long, long time.
Let me tell you about a couple things that I'm proud of................it's about what we do at WLBG.
You see...........we bring you the news and try our best to keep you informed. Informed about local news, national news, sports news. We also bring you the best in gospel music each day with Reverend Sims and the Gospel Express. We attempt to make this a community..........almost a family...........on the air.
But at the end of the day, we are a commercial broadcast station. We sell advertising and it is our sponsors that pay for all the services we provide to the community. Our sponsors are understandably important to us. So, it is understandable that we want to make sure that our sponsors are successful. We want to be sure that the message we broadcast are effective.
Advertising, if it's done right, doesn't cost anything. It is entirely possible for a merchant to advertise and actually be able to cut his prices due to those ads. How?...............well if those ads are effective and the number of customers drastically increases it is entirely possible for the prices to fall because his volume has increased.
Lately, we added a new sponsor...........River Fork Auction Barn on River Fork Road near Waterloo. They sell produce. Lots of watermelons among other things. Their ads worked and worked so well that they were able to cut the price on watermelons. I'm proud of that.
And Sherer Body Shop..............I've known of their business for years but I never knew they offered 'lock out' service. Lock your keys in the car? They can get them out for you. I'd prefer to call someone I knew. Someone I could trust. Turns out, other folk feel the same way. Since we began advertising that service they're having more and more people call them. I'm proud of that too.
If you're in business.............call us. You can't do business when your customer doesn't know that you have the product or the service they want. We'll tell them.............all of them............all about it.
WLBG will continue with information, entertainment, inspiration and community service. And we'll continue striving to do the best job possible for our sponsors. It's what we do.
Let me tell you about a couple things that I'm proud of................it's about what we do at WLBG.
You see...........we bring you the news and try our best to keep you informed. Informed about local news, national news, sports news. We also bring you the best in gospel music each day with Reverend Sims and the Gospel Express. We attempt to make this a community..........almost a family...........on the air.
But at the end of the day, we are a commercial broadcast station. We sell advertising and it is our sponsors that pay for all the services we provide to the community. Our sponsors are understandably important to us. So, it is understandable that we want to make sure that our sponsors are successful. We want to be sure that the message we broadcast are effective.
Advertising, if it's done right, doesn't cost anything. It is entirely possible for a merchant to advertise and actually be able to cut his prices due to those ads. How?...............well if those ads are effective and the number of customers drastically increases it is entirely possible for the prices to fall because his volume has increased.
Lately, we added a new sponsor...........River Fork Auction Barn on River Fork Road near Waterloo. They sell produce. Lots of watermelons among other things. Their ads worked and worked so well that they were able to cut the price on watermelons. I'm proud of that.
And Sherer Body Shop..............I've known of their business for years but I never knew they offered 'lock out' service. Lock your keys in the car? They can get them out for you. I'd prefer to call someone I knew. Someone I could trust. Turns out, other folk feel the same way. Since we began advertising that service they're having more and more people call them. I'm proud of that too.
If you're in business.............call us. You can't do business when your customer doesn't know that you have the product or the service they want. We'll tell them.............all of them............all about it.
WLBG will continue with information, entertainment, inspiration and community service. And we'll continue striving to do the best job possible for our sponsors. It's what we do.
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