Cancer Loan Closet back on regular schedule

June 18, 2020

The Cancer Loan Closet is happy to announce we are back to our regularly scheduled days and hours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. These last few months have been a real challenge for us. Thankfully through the pandemic we have been able to assist our cancer clients as needed. We now are able to loan out and accept returns of our medical equipment to non-cancer clients. We appreciate your patience during this difficult time as a result of our inability to obtain needed disinfectant supplies. Those cancer and non-cancer clients who have medical equipment they would like to ...

Absentee voting a good option

June 15, 2020

It’s nice to go to the polls and greet neighbors. But not during a pandemic. And not if you and two or three tired, cranky children are waiting in line after you’ve worked all day. Those closest to the door may have a chair, but often the line of voters stretches far beyond the line of chairs. Add in masks and social distancing,and you have misery and, for some, discouragement. Now comes an absent voter application. If you return it signed, the clerk will verify that you are a qualified and registered voter and will send you a ballot. If you have children, this is a ready-made ...

Doing something about COVID-19

June 12, 2020

Here I am again and this time with some fun for you. Picture a Democrat, a Republican and an Independent all jumping off a cliff together. Oh! They all crashed on the rocks below. Now why did that happen? Well, science is real and there is where we can find our answer. It was gravity that caused them to all hit the rocks. You see, gravity is a constant and gravity does not discriminate by political leanings, religion, color of skin and so on. It is a constant, which means it is there and short of flying off the planet you cannot do anything about it. (Hint, do not jump off a cliff ...

Can’t turn away from injustice, intolerance

June 11, 2020

The murder of George Floyd by police officers calls for justice. Pope Francis at his general audience June 3 said, “Dear brothers and sisters in the United States, I have witnessed with great concern the disturbing social unrest in your nation in these past days, following the tragic death of Mr. George Floyd. My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.” On May 31, Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, stated, “The killing of George ...

‘This should be the norm’

June 10, 2020

Recently, during the Louisville, Kentucky, protests, a white police officer, Galen Hinshaw, found himself isolated among the protesters who were becoming hostile. It became a very dangerous situation, as the officer admitted that he would not have been able to defend himself without getting injured, considering how he was outnumbered. He backed himself up against a wall as the protesters came closer. Then, the unexpected happened — five men, three of them black, one white, and one Dominican — locked arms and stood in front of the officer, facing the crowd and protecting him from ...

Pandemic has disproportionate effect on women

June 9, 2020

We have all felt the immediate effects on our lives and the lives of our loved ones during this pandemic. Even though we are all in this together, our lives have been and will be affected differently in the post-pandemic world. In 1918, the Spanish flu disproportionally affected young men. The deaths from the flu, along with World War I casualties, was the cause for a shortage of men in the work force in the immediate years following. This catastrophe was an important catalyst for the women’s movement that eventually won us the vote. After the war, there was an increase of women ...