I am responding to the person who wrote a letter in the open forum that was published in the June 6 edition of The Daily News. Your letter about the peaceful protest held in Iron Mountain was well-written and I thank you for writing it, but it would have meant so much more if you had signed your name. I hope you write more letters in the future. I hope you sign your name so we can thank you for standing up for what is right.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...