News Article
My article is Plattsmouth man fights for life after teens attack him with baseball bats from the Lincoln Journal Star’s September 12, 2007 paper. To read the article click here. It’s about teens from Plattsmouth getting in a confrentation with teens from Weeping Water over a conversation with an ex-girlfriend. When the group from Plattsmouth went to fight the father of a Weeping Water teen tried to get them away but ended up being beaten by the teens.
I think this is really scary. A fight like this starting up just because of a phone call. That is ridiculous. There is far bigger problems in the world today then to be fighting about stuff like this. To drive to another town to beat someone up is stupid. What’s sad is that stuff happens like this all the time with teens. They don’t want anyone to make them look stupid so they will do anything to keep their pride. They have to be cool and tough to be popular. I think this was a case of saving face.
Another thing that is sad is that they went on and beat the father when he had nothing to do with the problem. The article said that the group of teens then went to catch the beaters but got pulled over because of there broken tail light. Now you would think that someone would learn a lesson after seeing their father beaten for no reason. Wouldn’t the idea maybe not to mess with stuff like this pop into your head. Come on people!
Teens need to take a stand and help other teens get away from these situations. The only way things will change is if teens change themselves. Talk to your peers. Let them know how stupid things like this is. There is better ways you could apply your self that is more constructive.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum
I lived in Lincoln all my life and not once have I notice this tiny museum. I would drive by on my way to a track meet or a band competition but on no occasion has my eye came upon it. One day that changed when my English professor mention the museum.
Named after the founder of Lincoln Telephone Company, Frank H. Woods, the museum tells the history of one of the great luxury's we have today, the telephone. It consists of over 500 telephones, switchboards, and even an old 1929 Chevrolet installers truck. It may be little but sure holds a lot of history.
As I walked into the museum my mine was sent back in time. Walls covered with telephones surrounded me as I went from room to room. Each one was unique in it's own way. I even found a Ketchup bottle phone in one of the displays. The most compelling exhibit to me was the big switchboards where the operators would work at. It use to be that the telephone director was one long sheet of paper posted in the middle of town. If you wanted to make a call you would pick up the line and tell the operator the name of the person your calling and then they would switch you over to them. Back then lines were not that private. One line would be shared by multiple numbers of families. As one family would be talking on a line, another could pick up the phone and listen in on their conversation.
In one room there was the recreation of the office of Frank H. Woods. His original desk that he worked on was also in this exhibit. It's mind blowing to think how his impact is what helped Lincoln have the communication opportunities that we have today.
I couldn't help but think about how much we take for granite what we have today. I talked to a museum volunteer, Gerald, who had worked with the telephone company for 30 years. He said that when he first started he had to hand twist the wire and now a machine does it for us. Everything from communicating and creating it is easier now. Just like this museum we sometimes forget or don't notice how far the telephone has came.
Named after the founder of Lincoln Telephone Company, Frank H. Woods, the museum tells the history of one of the great luxury's we have today, the telephone. It consists of over 500 telephones, switchboards, and even an old 1929 Chevrolet installers truck. It may be little but sure holds a lot of history.
As I walked into the museum my mine was sent back in time. Walls covered with telephones surrounded me as I went from room to room. Each one was unique in it's own way. I even found a Ketchup bottle phone in one of the displays. The most compelling exhibit to me was the big switchboards where the operators would work at. It use to be that the telephone director was one long sheet of paper posted in the middle of town. If you wanted to make a call you would pick up the line and tell the operator the name of the person your calling and then they would switch you over to them. Back then lines were not that private. One line would be shared by multiple numbers of families. As one family would be talking on a line, another could pick up the phone and listen in on their conversation.
In one room there was the recreation of the office of Frank H. Woods. His original desk that he worked on was also in this exhibit. It's mind blowing to think how his impact is what helped Lincoln have the communication opportunities that we have today.
I couldn't help but think about how much we take for granite what we have today. I talked to a museum volunteer, Gerald, who had worked with the telephone company for 30 years. He said that when he first started he had to hand twist the wire and now a machine does it for us. Everything from communicating and creating it is easier now. Just like this museum we sometimes forget or don't notice how far the telephone has came.
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