By Joe Dillard
Prologue: Joe G. Dillard, former Livingston County resident now living in Columbia MO, recently published an update of his “Full Cup of Joe” stories. But the funny events just keep happening in his life, and he wanted to share the latest one with you which just recently happened and didn’t make it in the book.
We have two garbage cans. A good one that has wheels with chrome hubcaps and high-performance mud flaps.
Then we have an old one: battered and torn, no wheels no mud flaps, and the lid is missing.
Well, on recent morning I had the occasion to use both of them. The good one had the basic garbage in it and the old beat up one had some refuse from the shed. I topped it off with an old dilapidated folding chair. Might have been the one in which I experienced the “Ultimate Hunker!” (see page 50 of the updated “Cup of Joe”)
The New Journal and Guide
Special To The Guide George H. Banks was affectionately called “the Mayor of Berkley”, a title that U.S. Congressman Bobby Scott called “rightly” bestowed. Rep. Scott called Mr. Banks’ recent passing on Dec. 26 at age 88,“a tremendous loss for Norfolk and the greater Hampton Roads community”. “George devoted his life to service to his community and successfully fought to eliminate the inequity and inequality of our nation’s housing policies,” said Rep. Scott. Norfolk’s elected Mayor Dr. Kenneth Alexander said, “He will always be affectionately remembered as ‘The Mayor of Berkley.” “Mr. George Banks helped shaped the Berkeley Community by introducing social and economic programs that ushered its renewal.”