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There’s a mystery along the Apple Tree Road in Bon Homme County that has stumped local historians for decades: the identities of six soldiers buried in the Bon Homme Cemetery, said to be members of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry who died while passing through Dakota Territory in 1873.
Read moreI am currently reading “Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead, through the online book service that is provided by our library. This book is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize of 2020 for fiction. The following is a review written by “Goodreads”.
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I rarely give hunting advice, and you know that I’m not a high tech guy when it comes to hunting or fishing. I don’t own a range finder or a computerized rifle scope, and I don’t use trail cameras or ozone scent machines. My boat’s depth finder cost less than a hundred dollars, and my electric trolling motor is manually operated. I think you would label me as being “old school.”
Read morePSALM 64:10 " The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory." (KJV)
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Politicians are people, too. Unfortunately, in today’s highly partisan environment that can be hard to remember. Cable news fosters the idea that officeholders, especially those in the other party, are worthy of our derision, rather than our respect or empathy.
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Last Friday night I watched Jon Stewart's Political Comedy 'Irresistible’. The story is set in small-town Wisconsin. The community has recently suffered a devastating loss of their main employer. In response, a failed political consultant from Washington, D.C. lands himself a gig helping a local veteran run for Mayor against the long-time incumbent. The consultant, planning to use this situation for his own political gain, sends out his first press release to the national media titled, Small Town Small Minds. When I saw that headline on the screen I said to my husband, who was half asleep, “Did you see that headline? I can't believe it said Small Towns Small Minds!” This is where you tell me -- it’s just a movie – but why are small towns almost always portrayed as marginal, fragile communities disjoined from the rest of the nation?
Read morePSALM 67:1,2,3 "God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us Selah. That thy way be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise Thee, O God let all the people praise Thee."(KJV)
Read moreMATTHEW 15:7-9 "Ye hypocrites, well did Esias prophecy of you saying, this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and hounereth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. But in vain do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."(KJV)
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