notes for 25th & 26th Nov

GRANAGH PLAYERS:

The big news this week is that we had an RTE film crew arriving at our little community centre. It was a great surprise to get a call from the researcher
on the ' Ear to the Ground ' television show. They happened to be in the Munster area last week and somehow heard that we were in the midst of rehearsing.
Naturally, as it is a farming programme, they were mainly interested in the farming members of the group. The play itself has a rural backround and the fact
that some of our parish fields will be covered by concrete and tar in the future, all link up to make an interesting subject for t.v. They filmed part of the rehearsals,
they spoke to some of the cast and spent about two hours with us. While we were waiting for Jimmy Chawke, who was unavoidably detained that night,
we had a beautiful tea provided by Marian Noonan. All that was left of the apple tarts and sponge cakes, were a few crumbs. The cast were quick to
invite her to provide tea for all the rehearsals, but she declined on health and safety grounds - we would all put on too much weight.!
The following day they visited Seamus Murphy and Tom Noonan on their farms and headed off to Mary Listons' after that. They hope to air
some section of their filming, around 17th December, on the last show of the season. It was a great experience to see how they go about their
job and many thanks to our cast for facilitating all this and coming together at very short notice.



GRANAGH Utd F.C :

Lotto results:
There was no winner in the lotto draw this week.
Numbers drawn were 10.15.21.26
Lucky dip winners of €20 each went to Pat O` Donnell Ballyagran, Mary Ita Twomey Granagh, John Power Crecora.
Next weeks draw takes place in Hickeys Bar Croom for a jackpot of € 6,000.
Tickets available at O` Gorman's Foodstore Granagh, Hickeys Bar Croom, The Rock Bar Granagh, & Bennis' Bar Ballyagran.

Due to the poor weather conditions all school boys & junior games were cancelled last weekend.

Volunteers:
Anyone interested in volunteering to help out the club in any way - from fundraising to a managerial position - please contact club
secretary Kevin Clifford on (086)8431840 as extra help would be greatly appreciated.



SNIPPETS:

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was
blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and
failing sight made eating difficult, peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. 'We must do something about father,' said the son.
'I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor. !'
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner.
Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.
When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye as he sat alone.
Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.
The four-year-old watched it all in silence.
One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor.
He asked the child sweetly, 'What are you making?' Just as sweetly, the boy responded :- Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and
Mama to eat your food in when I grow up. The four-year-old smiled and went back to work.
The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks.
Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done.
That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.
For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer
when a fork was dropped, milk was spilled or the tablecloth soiled.
On a positive note, one learns that, no matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.
You can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things:-
A rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

One learns that making a ' living is not the same thing as making a life..' That life sometimes gives you a second chance.
That if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, friends and the needs of others, happiness will find you.

One learns that every day, you should reach out and touch someone. One learns that there is still a lot to learn.
One learns that even when you have pains, you don't have to be one