Recollections
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| 019: Recollections | |
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| Season | 1988 |
| Album | 01: The Adventure Begins |
| Aired | March, 16 1988 |
| Written by | Phil Lollar |
| Directed by | Steve Harris |
| Produced by | Unknown |
| Sound Design by | Bob Luttrell |
| Music by | Unknown |
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Theme: Fighting for your convictions, Making good out of bad circumstances
Scripture: Galatians 5:9 See more with this reference
[edit] Summary
Whit talks about the history of Whit's End.
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Connie rushes in late, and starts to make excuses to Whit who is at the counter. Only it wasn't Whit, it was Tom. Tom says Whit went to go visit his wife's grave, who died many years ago. Tom begins to tell Connie the story of how Jenny saved Whit's End.
In a flashback, Jenny is speaking before Tom and the other members of the town council. She pleads with them to let her save the Filmore Recreation Center-what is now Whit's End-from destruction. One of the members, Philip Glossman, doesn't want to sell the property to Jenny because he wants to turn destroy the building and sell it to a firm that wants to turn it into a mini mall. Jenny argues so passionately that she passes out and is rushed to the hospital. Whit arrives and learns that Jenny is suffering from a chronic ailment that is slowly deteriorating her kidneys. The doctors can do nothing. Because of Jenny, the town council puts of voting on the recreation center for a month. Tom and officer Harley visit Whit to try and convince him to carry on the fight. Whit refuses, saying that fighting for this building is what killed his wife.
Later, he visits the old center. He sees a bunch of children playing happily on the grounds. There, a young girl says that after the center is pulled down, none of the kids will have a lace to play anymore. Whit listens and is touched. The girl's mother calls for her to leave. Her name is Jenny. Whit takes that to be a sign from God to keep fighting. Right after the council votes to sell it to the firm, Whit bursts in, saying that a company called Universal Press Foundation want to by for more than the firm is offering. UPF proposes to turn it into "a place of adventure and discovery, filled with books and activities, fun and games, arts and crafts, and uplifting conversation". The council re-votes to sell it to Universal Press.
Coming out of the flashback, Connie learns that the man who owns UPF is Whit himself!
[edit] Discussion Questions
- Why did Jenny Whittaker want to preserve the Fillmore Recreation Center?
- Is it important to preserve buildings, items, and memories? Why?
- What's the most significant memory you have?
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