Hot diggity ding dang dog! Y’all kids stop your yakking’ before Momma whacks you upside the head! We’re goin’ Fabulous Father’s Day shoppin’! That’s right! Pawpaw and Daddy have been workin’ so hard we’ve flat gotta go ALL OUT and then some! I’m talkin’ Youngblood Motor Co.! Plus it’s the perf match for The Man/Daddy ‘cause Youngblood’s birthday year is 1961 and his is 1961! Hey and this Friday, June 17th from 11 a.m. ‘til 3 p.m., we’re gonna help Youngblood celebrate its 50th anniversary with a BBQ lunch reception! I flat love it! We get to munch on BBQ while we shop for NEW CARS! And, honey, if you can’t quite get that new car just yet, go ahead and repair the old one for poor ole Dad!
    Youngblood’s been advertisin’ their service center and say they’ll flat beat anybody’s estimate! Ding dang!
    But, listen: That fab 2011 Ford Mustang convertible is still on the lot! What a steal! I’ll see all y’all there! Y’all check out their beautiful great ole big Then and Now ad in this week’s paper for more intel!
    Hey! But if Dad’s been slackin’ a bit on the home front it might be ‘cause he ain’t got the right tools! That means y’all better head on over to 2201 Eatonton Road to Madison Rentals, owned by Madisonian Al Kimsey! You got that right y’all! You can flat buy one of them STIHL tools ‘cause I know dad and PawPaw are gonna wanna work all weekend in the yard! Honey, Madison Rentals has chain saws, handheld blowers, and even those trimmers all with super great prices!
    Plus you can rent big equipment too! Shoot y’all! You can even rent you up a party tent to celebrate your newly improved yard all at the same dang time! Love it!
    Get over there immediately!  I say IMMEDIATELY! If you didn’t check out Madison Rental’s ad in last week’s paper, you can catch it again next week!
    Don’t be foolish! READ CITIZEN ADS AND SAVE, SAVE, SAVE! 
    Hey and Thrifty Mac Drugs has the perf Father’s Day gift idea!
    Just check out their ad in this week’s newspaper and you’ll see the Big Green Egg that grills like a four-star chef! Y’all Daddy will flat flip if you present him with the Big Green Egg! Ding Dang!
     If Daddy ain’t feelin’ too good you can pick him up a bunch of vitamins with that grill! Double Perf!
    Y’all Read All About It!  Wes Holt is gettin’ ready for the best and the biggest Sunflower Farm Festival EVER! Ok so y’all get ready! Ok this year it’s slated for July 2, 3 & 4 from 9 a.m. til 5 p.m. in beautiful Rutledge and it’s gonna be loaded, loaded, loaded with lots of great arts and crafts, fun events for the kids, great food, a tractor parade and of course pick-your-own sunflowers!
    This is one of Morgan County’s largest festivals and always has something for everyone! Oh and they’re gonna have some great music by Red, White & Bluegrass! Ding dang! Honey, Momma loves, loves, loves those fantastic sunflowers and I always pick a great ole big bunch so I can pop ‘em all over the house plus hand ‘em out to neighbors! Now this is something for the entire family!
    Y’all call all your out-of-town friends and tell ‘em to spend the July 4th holiday right smack here in Morgan County!
    Time flies! Morgan County’s Smokin’ Gun BBQ is celebratin’ its anniversary this week and weekend! Y’all go by, grab some great BBQ and help ‘em celebrate!
    If you don’t know by now . . . for the fourth consecutive time and fifth time ever, your only local newspaper the Morgan County Citizen took home top honors in its weekly newspaper category at the Georgia Press Association’s annual meeting at the fabulous Jekyll Island Club! Congrats to our excellent team that works very hard every ding dang week to cover Morgan County like white on rice! And, nobody does it better! That’s the good news!
    The bad news is that I flat lost my brand spankin’ new Ray Ban Sunglasses at that fancy Jekyll Island Club that I just flat purchased in May at Advanced Family Eyecare located right smack door to the Number One Weekly Newspaper in the Great State of Georgia! I reckon I lost ‘em ‘cause I had no room in my little purse! I reckon I’ll get glad in the same britches I got sad in!
    That’s right! I’m gonna turn a negative into a positive with a Local Shoppin’ Spree to buy me a great ole big, chic pocket book! And, right smack after I do that, I’m poppin’ right smack back over to Advanced Family Eyecare to buy me another pair of new Ray Bans! Life is good when you shop local with your handsome husband’s credit card! Boy Howdy!
    Hey and thanks to each and every one of our local advertisers!
    Y’all make it possible for us to do what we do and I love, love, love buzzin’ our advertisers!
     Ok! I gotta scat cat! Momma’s just a wavin’ at me over by that Ford Mustang convertible at Youngblood Motor Co.! We’re gonna take it for a little test drive (wink, wink)! Watch out!

Printed in the June 16, 2011 edition