My name is Alfonso McGinneeshack and I'm a retired Log Hauler for the paper mill in Pickwick. I worked haulin' logs for 44 years. Now I live by myself except for my cocker spaniel, Jackson, and we live just outside of Shiloh. I drive a small tour bus in the pickwick area. We have 3 hour tours of the Pickwick Dam and State Park as well as the Shiloh Battlefields. We work only during the tourist season. During the off season I drive a school bus.

These young fellas who own this magazine coerced me into writing a column each week about the strange stuff that happens on our tours and the school bus. I asked them how much I was getting paid to do this and they told me that it was a free type of thing but if it was good enough I could win this here Pulletzer Award. Never heard of it but I like getting awards. So I guess I will give it a try.
Alfonso

I was on my way home from hauling these kids home on the school bus and I saw this ol' boy hitch hiking. He looked a bit scruffy but so do I so I asked him if he needed a lift? He said he was heading towards the Pickwick Dam area. I told him that I was going through there and to get on in. This fella sure needed a bath. Even my dog Jackson was covering himself up with a blanket in the back seat. He was definitely tired and worn out from his journey. I was very sorry for him. I asked him what his name was and he said back that his real name is Bennet Jordanski but he goes by the nickname, Bullet.

He said he had a sister that lived in Selmer but he was livin' in an old farm house outside of Counce. I asked him where he was coming from and he said he was working in Kentucky doin' some road construction. That the job was temporary and he was coming on closer to his family. I officially welcomed him to the area and told him if he needed to go straight to his new home that I would give him a lift all the way there. He was really happy about that. We pulled over to get a sandwich cause he looked real hungry. Bullet was real thankful for the hospitality.