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A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town

Finally, a book that any city, county, or state official can look at and say “Well, if this brand-new town, American Canyon, can build housing for 100 homeless veterans and seniors, so can we.” Charles Durrett’s A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town beautifully describes the nuts and bolts of going from initial vision, to ground-breaking, to move-in. Anyone looking for an effective way to address the problem of homelessness will find this book to be a valuable resource for realizing that the problem of homelessness can be affordably, effectively, and beautifully addressed. Like many other “well-housed” folks I tended to think of homelessness as a formidable social problem that defied any practical solution. In

this case, I couldn’t have been more happily wrong. In partnership with city officials and the non-profit Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) Durrett’s visionary project became not only a functional, but beautiful haven for the homeless. From the beginning, The Cohousing Company architects didn’t merely seek to put a roof over people’s heads but to re-create the sense of living in a small village where neighbors become friends who can rely on each other to help meet their basic needs. A large and welcoming clubhouse with a common kitchen, diningroom, and adjoining terrace serve as the focal points of village life where residents can meet to talk, work, and ▶ SEE HOMELESS, PAGE 21

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Flu shots available at annual Senior Connection show November 8

Now in it's 16th year of community senior expos, WestWind Productions is bringing the Senior Connection show to the Sangre de Cristo Performing Arts Center in Pueblo. It will be held on Monday, November 8, for the 8th year. Located at 210 N. Sante Fe Ave, the center has free and plentiful parking and handicap accessibility. Senior Connections welcomes guests anytime from 9:00 am to closing at 1:00 pm. Take the elevator to the ballroom. ADMISSION IS FREE. The Community Outreach department at Parkview Medical will beset up to give flu shots on site. Be sure to bring your Medicare/insurance card.

Fifteen-minute-long entertainment is on-stage every hour on the hour. Every talented person on stage is a senior citizen performing song, dance, music or participating as a model in the fashion show. Lorena, the Mariachi singer, will entertain at 10:00 am to kick off Seniors on Stage. Back by popular demand, the fashion show at 11:00 am features women's designs by Christine's Traveling

Boutique. These beautiful separates are worry-free for comfort and travel. Want to model? All sizes are need but you don't need experience! Our last entertainer is Cat Conner, local singer, who will perform a tribute to seniors. Senior Connection is not just about entertainment, though. It will showcase an array of products and services that cater especially to the tastes and practical needs of today's seniors. Participating vendors will offer financial planning, health and fitness options, legal services, insurance, cosmetic surgery, cruises, massage, assisted living, retirement communities, home health, handyman services, gifts for grandchildren, audiology, dental care, medical equipment and supplies, senior travel packages, and jewelry. Admission is free for this full day of entertainment, fashion show, activities, and information. Guests can win door prizes by ▶ SEE CONNECTION, PAGE 17

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Letter to the Editor re: Congressional redistricting I HAVE HOMES IN TWO COMMUNITIES – Cañon City and

Rights Act, achieving district compactness plus equal population Breckenridge – and vote in Frein each district. In addition, the mont County. I have lived in rural Tafoya map appears to increase the Colorado since 1977. Since 2002 I number of competitive districts as have run for office in a total of 13 required by Section 44.3 of Artirural counties. I am an uncontestcle V of the Colorado Constitued candidate for the City Council tion. The three substantially rural of Cañon City in the November districts the Tafoya map proposes election. truly reflect different concentraI have followed the work of the tions of rural interests. There is Congressional Redistricting Com- no single “rural Colorado,” but mission for months, submitting instead there are multiple rural comments and testifying before the interests which concentrate geoCommission several times. I am a graphically in this proposed map: supporter of the southern Congres- (1) The energy, public lands, and sional District concept. I submitted agricultural interests of northwest a map in July to the Commission Colorado; (2) The agricultural, outlining a possible southern tourism, cultural, and public district. I now support the amend- lands interests of southern Coloed Headwaters map submitted rado; and (3) the agricultural and by Commissioner Tafoya at the non-public lands (mostly) interSeptember 20 Congressional Reests of northeast Colorado. districting Commission meeting. I know that the Congressional A southern Congressional district Commission has struggled with meets southern and central Coloprocess, and unfortunately seems rado community of interest needs. now to be suffering from not It reflects the cultural history, the clearly determining early on how watersheds, public lands, comto measure Constitutional and mercial and outdoor recreation Commission priorities. As stated connections, and transportation in a recent Colorado Sun article, corridors of the area. “Legislative attorney Jeremiah BarI am impressed with the Septem- ry noted several times at a [recent] ber 20 Tafoya map. It appears that meeting . . . that the commission great care was taken to not only hasn’t given nonpartisan staff direflect communities of interest but rection on complying with constito also address the other Constitu- tutional-redistricting provisions, tional priorities including adhering including where to set the bar for to provisions of the 1965 Voting political competitiveness. ‘We still

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have no direction,’ he said.” The clock is now running out, so the Commission probably does need to play out its process without going back to correct early errors

and omissions. Of course, maps themselves convey implicit priorities so the discussion now centers around multiple divergent maps. The Second Staff Plan map conveys certain priorities, and the Tafoya September 20 map conveys others. My concern is that the Commission’s majority support (confirmed by a 11-1 Commission vote on September 20) for a western slope/ eastern plains configuration sug-

gests to me that partisan voices are being heard in rural Colorado more than community of interest voices. There are rural organizations weighing in heavily on this process who purport to be the voice(s) of rural Colorado. They do not fully represent rural Colorado. Instead, they represent rural Republicans. If you have followed redistricting at all you know that our new process in Colorado has in no way separated itself from partisan politics. Instead, those politics have played out on the Congressional Commission in disguise, with Commissioners attacking each other instead of focusing on achieving the best possible map for the state. I hope that we ultimately have a good map that serves the state well for the next 10 years, but it is not common for a botched process to have a good outcome. Emily Tracy Cañon City, CO

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OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CAVE JAMES R. GRASSO Former Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

don't know about you folks but I am happy this past summer is behind us. It seemed much hotter than usual and combined with that constant flood of smoke it made it all the more distasteful. I got up early this morning, Sunday Sept. 26., (right in between my two eldest kids' birthdays) and just soaked in the beautiful sky and clear sights of the mountains. I wanted to get in the car and go somewhere for a few days. I'm going to do it soon. Of course my wife is coming! I've always wondered why I have been bless-

ed with longevity. Haven't you? I believe that God is giving us all a chance to experience what life has to offer. So, when the mountains disappeared for six weeks and our breathing seemed a little more labored (smoke), it gave us all another chance to realize what we could be missing if not for our longevity. The mountains are back. The cooler days are upon us. The grass is green again and it's time to rejoice in our wonderful lives we have here. I know! I know! We have so many crosses to bear. We've experienced so many hard parts of what life gives us but, there is always someone there to see us through it. I used to be very pessimistic about the way life treated me. Oh, poor me. This happened to me. That happened to me. But, because of my longevity, I've been able to see what life is/was in toto. The only constant throughout our lifetimes is the Creator of all this. I've made so many mistakes throughout my life and now I'm able to contemplate all of them and put them in perspective. It's funny. I can remember all the transgressions that I caused and am able to remember all that baggage that came with them. But then, I try to remember where my car keys are or what I said five minutes ago. It's humorous. I always wondered if the Creator had a sense of humor. The bible and other such tomes never have anything like

October 2021 - Senior Beacon - Page 3 humor in them. But the longer I live the more I see God's humor. I guess it's more irony than straight out comedy but it still is humorous. Speaking of remembering things I told you last time to "Waste Time With God." I said I'd broach the subject in this issue. So here goes: So many of us older folk have all sorts of time. So much so that we just sit around and watch television or get involved with anything that will fill that time void we all have. So, I think that we all should pray and pray, Generally, specifically it doesn't matter. But God has given us this extra time. Don't waste it. He's given us this extra time for many reasons but specifically He has given us longevity so we can use the extra time to get closer to Him. So, just sit, stand or kneel but just start a conversation with yourself and the Lord as the main attraction of all your days. Morning, afternoon, evening and before you go to sleep or as an aid to get there. Praying is the answer. The more you pray, the closer you get to the Almighty! It's literally our last chance. So why not waste your time with God? It makes good sense for this old age stuff. If you don't know any prayers, just say what comes to you and speak to God from your heart. Here's a prayer I've mentioned a time or two if you need something to say. Here it is: "Oh Lord, I confess that there is

within me so much that is ignoble, selfish and sinful. My little house is in ruins. I cannot repair it. You, Yourself must come to rebuild it! So that it may be a fit dwelling for You all the days of my life on Earth. Amen." Surely this ancient prayer will find an echo in your hearts today! Be thankful for the extra time you are given to make things right with Him. A heartfelt Godspeed to you and yours.

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SRDA OCTOBER 2021 CALENDAR Special information from Pueblo’s SRDA (Plus)

Recreation Department is currently CLOSED due to Covid - 19. All information provided depends on when SRDA reopens, which includes Matter of Balance. Also, all outside activity start up, like AARP -Taxes and Driver Safety classes will be determined by their national office.

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‘LIGHT FOR THE JOURNEY’

JAN MCLAUGHLIN

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“PERSEVERANCE THROUGH THE STORM”

or weeks I have asked Father what He wants me to share this month. Watching the chaos, mask

mania, vaccine hysteria (on both sides), political pandemonium, and lies of the mainstream media, there are a myriad of topics my flesh would like to expound on. Yet He reminds me that my focus is to be heavenly, thinking on things above. Sometimes in the midst of the storm my focus gets off kilter and my eyeballs become “ingrown!” Fear has paralyzed, not just the American populace but the world. However, people are beginning to wake up as the darkness grows more intense and they sense rapidly encroaching evil. Freedoms and choices are stolen from us. Illegal mandates are causing horrible physical and psychological consequences. Over and over, I remind myself that no matter how dark and formidable our society

has become, God is still on the throne. He still reigns. A friend sends daily an encouraging page from his devotional, a spiritual song video, a Bible verse or a picture with a quote to encourage me for the day. The title today was 10 BIBLE VERSES ABOUT PERSEVERANCE. Please allow me to share them with you. 1. “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him” (James 1:12). If you are going through a trial right now, you are not alone. Look around you. One of the best ways to persevere through a trial is to reach out to someone who needs your prayers and encouragement. There is

someone who needs a touch from Jesus today. Be that touch! 2. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Gal 6:9). Have you been praying for someone for years and the answer seems hopeless? Are you tempted to throw up your hands and quit? Don’t! Please don’t! Keep praying. Your answer may be around the corner, today or next week. Continue to pray. Continue to trust. “It is not God’s will that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9b). 3. “I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken” (Psalm 16:8). This is one I struggle with. So many distractions in our world and yet, if our focus remains on Jesus, nothing can shake us. If you feel shaken, pick up your Bible. Let God’s precious promises encourage you. 4. “Stand firm and you will win life” (Luke 21:19). A complacent Christian will not “stand firm” but will falter and fall into the enemy’s snare. Don’t let that be you. Standing for truth may become more difficult as darkness closes in (and it will) but God has amazing promises for those who persevere to the end. 5. “He did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20-21). Read Abraham’s story again. His perseverance was rewarded even when God’s promise seemed beyond impossible. God counted his faith as righteousness. Abraham persevered. 6. “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews12:1). If you get discouraged, remember God’s promise that “. . . He who has begun a good work in you will complete it to the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). Perseverance often means stepping back to help someone else get ahead. Have you read of Spanish athlete Ivan Fernando Anaya, the Olympic cross-country runner who intentionally lost in order to do the right thing? Kenyan runner, Abel Mutai thought he had reached the end, so he stopped running. Anaya realized what happened and could have passed him to take first place. But he slowed, guiding Mutai to the finish line. He lost first place but won hundreds of fans because of his act of kindness. He surely won God’s smile as well. Do the right thing! Make God smile. 7. “You know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything” (James 1:3-4). Imagine! By way of all we are going through, God is perfecting our faith. He wants mature followers in His service. Truly this is a process and I for one, have a long way to go. Where are you in the process? Ponder that for a moment. 8. “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Romans5: 3-4). If you haven’t read Merlin Caruthers’s book, Prison to Praise, I highly recommend it. A small book with a powerful impact. 9. “I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are

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ANSEL ADAMS: POLAROID TEACHING AID PANELS | 6/5/21 – 1/16/22 Ansel

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NOTHING TO LOSE FRANK BLAZQUEZ | 9/18/21 – 3/3/22 Nothing to Lose by

American, Frank Blazquez portrays his unique perspective on the marginalized narrative of the Southwest. Likewise, Nothing to Lose pays tribute to Blazquez's 2020 photo essay in The Guardian where he echoed the sentiments of New Mexican survivors of gun violence. The first major event following his show at Crystal Bridges' State of the Art 2020, the creator is proud to connect with the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center for this important exhibit.

A CENTURY OF MEMORIES: THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1921 | 5/29/21 – 2/20/22

One of the most well known natvisual-artist Frank Blazquez preural disasters in Pueblo’s history sents imagery illustrating life in is The Great Flood of 1921. Most New Mexico. In the wake of recent Pueblo natives know the story events highlighting the urgency by heart. The flood was caused to disucss discrimination in our by a sudden cloudburst on the society, Blazquez's photographic Arkansas just ten miles west of content emerges at an important Pueblo. The flood only became point on the American timeline. A worse later on when Fountain combination of documentary style creek also began to flood from photography and mixed-media downpours 30 miles north. When the two merged in the photomontage demonstrates the heart of Pueblo the results were artist's role within communities Senior Beacon 5x5 First Friday ad.pdf 1 9/24/2021 10:53:55 AM catastrophic. Fifteen hundred of color. Identifying as Mexican

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

SPECIAL TO THE SENIOR BEACON FROM THE EDITORS OF ANDREWS MCMEEL Inexplicable

Metro News reported on Aug. 15 that authorities in the village of Wonersh in Surrey, England, are stumped by a serial baked bean bandit who is pouring the savory legumes on doorsteps, cars and into mail slots. Officers have promised to step up patrols in the area, but residents are seeing the lighter side: "What half-baked idiots would do this? I hope they get thrown in the can!" and "Absolutely Heinzous crime."

Awesome!

It was 1928 when Virginia Oliver, age 8, started trapping lobsters, and she hasn't stopped working the harvest yet. Oliver, now 101 years old, is a sternman on her 78-yearold son's boat, which bears her name. In that role, she measures and bands lobsters, but Oliver, of Rockland, Maine, also loads traps with small fish to attract lobsters and gets up before dawn to head out to sea. The Associated Press reported that a couple of years ago, a crab nipped her finger and she had to have seven stitches. When the doctor asked Oliver why she was still lobstering, she snapped back, "Well, that's 'cause I want to do it." Oliver has no plans to retire. "I like

being along the water. And so I'm going to keep on doing it just as long as I can."

Weird Science

Animal behavioral scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, responding to the critical problem of livestock waste, have trained calves to urinate in a MooLoo -- a special pen with an AstroTurf surface, the Associated Press reported. Perhaps you didn't know that urine mixed with feces makes ammonia, which is an issue for the environment, or that cows produce an impressive amount of urine in a day: about 8 gallons. About the potty-training endeavor, the study's senior author, Lindsay Matthews, said, "The cows are at least as good as children, age 2 to 4 years, at least as quick." Researchers lured the cows into the pen with a sweet treat and then rewarded them when they urinated. If, after training, they went outside the MooLoo, they got a squirt of cold water. Next up: No. 2.

Undignified Death

Timothy Satterlee, 71, of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, was attacked on Aug. 30 by a 12-footlong, 504-pound alligator during flooding following Hurricane Ida,

the Daily Beast reported. His wife told police she was able to free him from the gator and pull him onto the front steps of their home, but while she went to get help, Satterlee disappeared. The parish sheriff 's office said on Sept. 13 that it had captured the gator with "what appears to be human remains" in its stomach. The coroner's office was confirming that the remains were Satterlee's. "This is a horrible tragedy and my sincere condolences and sympathy goes to the Satterlee family," Sheriff Randy Smith said.

Oh, Canada

In the small town of Durham in Ontario, Canada, an unidentified driver sealed his fate on Sept. 15 when, at about 1:45 a.m., he began driving a red Cadillac in slow circles around the parking lot of the Durham Regional Police station, CTV News reported. An officer inside the building noticed the car and went outside, asking the driver to stop. "The driver did not comply and continued to drive slowly in and around the parked police vehicles while flashing his headlights," police said. Finally, two cruisers boxed him in and stopped the car. The driver was arrested for driving while impaired.

Least Competent Criminal

A 17-year-old driver in Youngstown, Ohio, was pulled over by police after he ran a stop sign and drove at high speeds on Sept. 15,

WKBN-TV reported. When police spoke to the nervous young man, they smelled what they thought was marijuana, and in the car they found a device that is used to load ammunition into a semi-automatic firearm. They also noticed that his belt was unbuckled. The teenager explained to police that the device belonged to his sister, and regarding his belt, he said, "I ain't gonna lie, I was trying to take a s--t." But police also searched the area where he had been driving and found a 9mm handgun in a yard. Finally, the suspect admitted that the gun was his and, presumably, he had been trying to hide it in his waistband. He was charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Irony

Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro and Parliament cigarettes, has sealed a deal with Vectura, a U.K.-based company that makes medicines -- including inhalers for respiratory conditions -- with a $1.1 billion bid. The BBC reported on Sept. 16 that PMI's CEO, Jacek Olczak, is "excited" to expand the company's product lines, but medical organizations and charities are less than thrilled about the purchase. "It creates perverse incentives for PMI to sell more of its harmful products so they might then profit again through treating smoking-related diseases," said Sarah Woolnough,

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

SPECIAL TO THE SENIOR BEACON FROM THE EDITORS OF ANDREWS MCMEEL CEO of Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation. The agreement is set to be final on Sept. 30.

Fine Points of the Law

On Sept. 13, a road rage incident in Amarillo, Texas, all started when Car No. 1 tried to pass Car Nos. 2 and 3. No. 1 got past the first car, but No. 3 sped up to prevent the pass. As Car No. 1 passed No. 3, someone in No. 1 fired shots into No. 3. "The victim in this case did have a handgun in their vehicle and returned fire at the suspect," Amarillo police Cpl. Jeb Hilton told KVII-TV. And here's where Texas' tricky law comes in: While it is against Texas law to shoot a firearm from a moving or stationary vehicle on a roadway, if you're shooting in self-defense, you're off the hook. The person in Car No. 3 will not face any charges. There were no injuries reported in the incident.

Ewwwww!

Shirley Wright-Johnson was shopping for pizza rolls in an Oklahoma City Crest Foods store on Sept. 12 when she literally put her hand in it: As she reached into the frozen case to pick up the rolls, "I grabbed the bag, I felt something smushy on the bag, so I turned it over and there it was," Wright-Johnson told KFOR-TV. "It" was human feces. "I was so disgusted I was almost in tears," she said. Moore, Oklahoma, police investigated, checking store video cameras, where they saw a man in "the cooler section, where he proceeded to defecate inside one of the coolers before leaving the business," said Lt. Kyle Johnson. The suspect was apprehended and booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center on unrelated charges, police said.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

ANN COULTER

Columnist, author and lawyer

GRAY LIVES MATTER In Virginia, savages tore down the 14-foot statue of Robert E. Lee.

MY ANCESTORS WERE

Presbyterian abolitionists who fought on the Union side, but I get really ticked off when imbeciles take a sledgehammer to my country’s history. Last week, with self-satisfied glee, savages tore down the 14-foot statue of Robert E. Lee designed by the French sculptor Antonin Mercie and installed in 1890 on land deeded to the state — in return for a promise that the Commonwealth of Virginia “will hold said Statue and pedestal and Circle of ground perpetually sacred to the Monumental

purpose to which they have been devoted and that she will faithfully guard it and affectionately protect it.” But Virginia’s supreme court ruled that the state had a “free speech” right to violate the deed. On that theory, no contract can ever be enforced. I have a free speech right to say that I will NOT deliver 20 pounds of bananas! It’s not just “Southerners” who revere Lee, as his Wikipedia page implies. Franklin Delano Roosevelt called Lee “one of our greatest American Christians and one of our greatest American gentlemen.” Dwight Eisenhower said Lee was “noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.” Even Ulysses S. Grant called him “the acknowledged ablest general in the Confederate army.” The son — not grandson — of a hero of the American Revolution, Lee graduated second in his class at West Point, then distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War. Lee’s reputation was so great that President Lincoln asked him to take command of the Union forces against the South. But Lee was a Virginian and felt compelled to take Virginia’s side, so he resigned from the U.S. Army. (For my illiterate readers and

anyone who gets his news from MSNBC: That makes Lee the opposite of a “traitor.” A traitor is someone who pretends to be on your side, while secretly working with the enemy, not someone who loudly announces, I quit. My friends and I are leaving.) Among his accomplishments, there’s also the minor fact that Lee saved the country. Immediately after a bitter, bloody civil war, pitting brother against brother — four of Mary Lincoln’s five brothers fought for the Confederacy — the landscape littered with the dead, Lee ensured that the South would accept defeat. When Lee surrendered at Appomattox, he was at the height of his powers, idolized throughout the South. The president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, wanted to fight on, telling his officers, “I think we can whip the enemy yet, if our people will turn out.” But Lee, not Davis, held the hearts of his countrymen. When one of Lee’s own officers urged him to lead a guerilla war against the North, Lee remonstrated, “as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation; these men must go home and plant a crop, and we must proceed to build up our country on a new basis.” He could easily have pulled a Trump and told his supporters, We got screwed! Take to the hills! They would have followed. Hundreds of thousands more lives would have been lost. The country might never have recovered. But Lee said no, it ends now. In his biography of Grant, Ron Chernow says the Union general believed that “had Lee resisted surrender and encouraged his army to wage guerrilla warfare, it would have spawned infinite trouble. … Such was Lee’s unrivaled stature that his acceptance of defeat reconciled many diehard rebels to follow his example.” Thanks to Lee, we became a functioning country again within about 15 years, instead of becoming Serbia, Afghanistan, Korea, Vietnam, Rwanda and on and on and on. After Lee’s surrender, Union soldiers saluted their defeated foes. Erstwhile warring officers embraced one another. One Confederate officer said: “Great God, thought I to myself, how my heart swells out to such a magnanimous touch of humanity! Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?” When told of Lee’s surrender, Lincoln ordered the Union band to play “Dixie.” Years later, Grant spoke of his deep affection for Lee’s army, second only to that for his own men. Never has a civil war ended with

such love between the former enemies. That’s our history, our country, our war — North and South, black and white. The vandalizing of American history has absolutely nothing to do with black people or slavery. Lots of historical figures had slaves. Not only American heroes like Washington and Jefferson, but Kamala Harris’ ancestors — according to her own father. Barack Obama is the only president who might be descended from slave traders, a particularly repellent group, inasmuch as Kenya was a major player in the slave trade. How about these white saviors demand a box on their Ivy League admission forms: “If admitted to Harvard, would you be willing to give up your place to a black person?” That will NEVER happen. Instead, we get: I went out and courageously defaced a Confederate statue! Because some things are more important than my personal comfort. No, the moving force behind this frenzied destruction of American history isn’t black people suddenly offended by monuments that have been around for a century; it’s pushy newcomers, bitter that their ancestors had nothing to do with the creation of this country. After other people’s ancestors carved a nation out of the wilderness, they just kind of showed up. Now they go around obliterating anything that reminds them that this country was up and running long before they got here. America’s leading hate group, the Southern Poverty Law Center, titles its report on Confederate symbols “Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy.” Yes, exactly, it’s not their heritage, so it must be destroyed. My ancestors fought on the Union side, but they were involved, and it matters to me. MSNBC’s smirking Chris Hayes can get weepy about some ancient Roman ruin, and Rachel Maddow about a building in Warsaw, but I care about my history. These savages are smashing and graffitiing my antiquities. How would they like it if we took a sledgehammer to “Piss Christ”? COPYRIGHT 2021 ANN COULTER

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Are You Spending Too Much on Your Medicare Coverage?

Winds of the Spirit

(Washington, DC) – An estimated 39 million Medicare beneficiaries spend up to 29 percent of their Social Security benefits on healthcare costs, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). “That’s a huge chunk of one’s household budget, and chances are that many of those people are paying too much for premiums, through your State Health Insurance deductibles, and out – of – pockProgram (SHIP) et costs,” says Mary Johnson a Medicare policy analyst for The * Get your health expense records up Senior Citizens League. “One to date and review the Annual Notice of the best financial moves that of Change from your current plans Medicare beneficiaries can make is to review health and drug plan * Learn all your options for health and coverage and compare options drug plans by using Medicare’s health during Medicare’s Fall Open plan finder FIRST Enrollment Period, which starts October 15 and runs through * Search for health and drug coverage December 7, 2021,” Johnson based on the drugs you actually take says. With inflation soaring in 2021, The Senior Citizens League has received dozens of emails from retired and disabled adults With 1.2 million supporters, The Senior who say they have cut back on Citizens League is one of the nation’s prescription drugs to cope with largest nonpartisan seniors’ groups. The rising costs, because they have Senior Citizens League is a proud affilino savings. Said one disabled ate of The Retired Enlisted Association. retiree, “My husband and I Visit www.SeniorsLeague.org for more have Social Security as our only information income. All of our savings went to pay my medical bills. I have seven prescriptions and my -husband has three. They are each a minimum of $12 co-pay per month. We have no extra money. Our grocery budget is the only place we can cut from if we want to pay medical bills.” “Splitting pills, taking prescriptions every other day, or simply not refilling prescriptions is hazardous to health, especially when the drug is an essential one for conditions such as diabetes,” says Johnson, whose mother was a diabetic. “The process of comparing plans can be a chore and confusing. But there are Medicare counselors in every state who are available to help beneficiaries compare and select the best choice of coverage, with free one - on - one counseling,” Johnson explains. For the past 16 years, Johnson, has been helping friends and family members with the job of comparing health and drug plans. “It takes patience, but this is likely to be the best return on comparison shopping that you do all year,” Johnson says. Here are some pointers:

"But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary.” Isaiah 40:31 We see the winds of nature moving over our land, but what we need to experience is the wind of the Holy Spirit as He moves in and through our lives. When this wind moves, God’s Spirit not only brings about changes on the inside of us, but in our community as well. Now as never before, we need the breath of God, or the wind of the Holy Spirit to blow freshly upon us. It’s an awesome thing when we allow God’s Spirit to work and move in our lives, and one of His purposes is to bring conviction to our human spirits. The Holy Spirit makes us aware of the need to “get things right” when we have sinned and gives us the privilege of coming to God for forgiveness. 1 John 1:9 says, “He (God) is faithful and just to forgive all our sins and to continually cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” But when we feel condemned for the things we have done, we know it’s not from God. Condemnation keeps us from approaching God in prayer and enjoying the intimate fellowship that God so desires to have with us. God loves us and wants us to have the freedom to come to Him. The Gospel of John tells us that “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but that the world

through Him might be saved.” Feeling bad about ourselves or believing that God is angry with us separates us from His love and presence. He doesn’t leave us, but we often feel fear or shame, and withdraw from Him. It’s important to know the difference between conviction and condemnation. Conviction is a precious gift of the Holy Spirit that will lift us up and lead us back to the heart of God. Condemnation says you are a terrible person without any hope of change. So today, let the winds of the Holy Spirit work in your heart. Come to God’s throne and receive pardon for those sins that so easily beset us. And remember, God is good – all the time – and He loves you with an everlasting love. Kay Owen-Larson is the co-founder and President of Crossroads Ministries and the founder of the Crossroads School of Chaplaincy. This year marks her 58th year in ministry. An author, speaker, teacher and pastor, she has a heart for the elderly and would like to see many of them come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in their last days.

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SENIOR SAFETY

Tips to Reduce Risk for Falls During Prevention Month AS WE AGE, WE

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REELING

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ACTION THRILLER STARRING OSCAR WINNER ANGELINA JOLIE BETTY JO TUCKER Pueblo award winning film critic

ovies about children in jeopardy always get to me. And THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is no exception. Watching this action thriller starring Oscar® winner Angelina Jolie and Australian Finn Little raised my blood pressure and held my complete attention from start to finish. It’s a very scary movie! But I have to admit being a Jolie fan for many years now. She almost never disappoints me. (In fact, I can think of only three times out of around 50 performances.) I had the good fortune to interview Jolie at the beginning of her film career when she and Jonny Lee Miller were in San Diego on a press tour for “Hackers.” Although I consider it unprofession-

al to be photographed with the celebrities being interviewed, she convinced me to sit between her and Miller for a photo. Jolie is that persuasive!!! And from that day on I have followed her incredible journey to movie stardom. This time Jolie portrays Hannah, a storm jumper who feels guilty for not saving some lives in her latest forest fire experience. Hannah gets another chance when she finds Connor, a youngster (Little) who needs all the help he can get to escape the villains trying to kill him. Two assassins chase a young boy. Some evil plans they must deploy. He carries secrets from his dad. They’ve murdered him and boy is sad.

Through forest fires the lad runs fast. A woman finds him; she’s help at last. But she feels down from her mistakes. You’ll see Jolie has what it takes. Lara Croft not Maleficent seems more like the role she was sent. No glamor here right from the start. She’s rough and sweats in this new part. Young Finn Little also stands out. A career boost for him, no doubt. This action film boasts many thrills and proves that fires can bring on chills. “Those Who Wish Me Dead” offers

terrifying scenes of forest fires and lots of violence involving the hitmen played by Aidan Gillen and Nicholas Hoult. It’s especially tough viewing one particular scene where Jolie’s character suffers a brutal beating. All of that is balanced by the tender relationship developing between Hannah and Connor as they try to outwit and outrun the assassins. A subplot featuring Jon Bernthal and Medina Senghore -- as a courageous couple trying to help others as well as to survive the fiery disaster -- adds depth to the story, and both actors deliver excellent performances. I must add that Finn Little is a real find! He can break your heart with just one sad look. He’s already earned praise for his work in Australia. Here’s hoping he gets many more important roles before he grows up.

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Measure 2F on November's Ballot and how it may affect you DENVER, CO – Denver residents

will vote this November on a ballot measure that would repeal an or-

dinance passed overwhelmingly by the City Council to expand group living and to reform rules around residential care facilities. The Group Living Ordinance was passed after a three-year process and had the support of 11 council members, over 50 organizations, and over 1,000 residents whose input helped shape the final package. Before this measure passed, Denver had among the most restrictive rules in the country about who can share a home together.

2. This initiative would make it harder to live in Denver than any other city in Colorado.

3. This initiative is funded by

dark money sources that want to undo the progress that Denver has made to house everyday people. 4. It would make it illegal to have “more than one other” roommate (more than two unrelated adults) in a house. 5. The capacity of some homeless shelters could be reduced, giving even fewer options for Denver's unhoused population. 6. It would undo the progress made that helps provide support for the elderly, those with physical or developmental disabilities, or others who need care. Denver can’t afford to take away

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Our online services at www.ssa. gov/employer will save you valuable time when you need information on filing electronic W-2s and verifying Social Security numbers. Small business owners can also take advantage of our Business Services Online at www.ssa.gov/bso/ bsowelcome.htm. You must register to use this free service, which also offers fast and secure online W-2 filing options to Certified Public

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socialsecurity.gov: • Retirement; • Medicare; • Spouses; and • Disability. If you don’t want to apply for benefits online, or if you need to speak to us for any other reason, you Answer: can schedule, reschedule, You’ll usually receive or cancel an appointment your replacement card in by about 10 days. We work • Calling us at hard to protect you, to prevent identity theft, and 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) between to ensure the integrity 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday of your Social Security through Friday; or number. To do that, we • Contacting your have to verify documents local Social Security ofyou present as proof of fice. identity. In some cases, Question: we must verify the docuI applied for my child's ments before we can issue Social Security card in the card. For more information about your Social the hospital but have not Security card and number, received it. How long does it take? visit www.socialsecurity. gov/ssnumber. Answer: In most states, it takes Question: an average of three weeks How do I schedule, to get the card, but in reschedule, or cancel an some states it can take appointment with Social longer. If you have not Security? received your child's card in a timely manner, please Answer: visit your local Social For many things, you Security office. Be sure to don’t need an appointment to transact business take proof of your child’s citizenship, age, and with Social Security. For identity as well as proof example, you don’t need of your own identity. And an appointment to file remember, we cannot for benefits or appeal a divulge your child’s Social disability decision. You Security number over can file for the following the phone. Learn more at benefits online at www.

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Question: Can I use the metal or FROM SAFETY PAGE 7 plastic versions of Social Security cards that some classes.* companies make? Talk to Your Provider - A health care provider can help assess and Answer: We don’t recommend reduce your fall risk. Medicare-eligible individuals can access care it. There is no need to have a replica of your through an Annual Wellness card. In most cases, the Visit, which is free to anyone only time you may need on Medicare. UnitedHealthcare to produce your Social Security card is when Medicare Advantage members can you apply for employtake advantage of the HouseCalls ment. At other times, we strongly recommend program, which brings an annual that you keep anything health assessment to the convenwith your Social Secuience and privacy of home, at no rity number on it with additional cost.** your other important Footwear – Make sure your papers. Do not carry shoes fit, have good traction, and your Social Security card with you. Also, we are comfortable. See a doctor if strongly advise against you are experiencing foot pain. laminating your card. Check Your Home – Most falls Your Social Security card has many security happen at home. Remove clutter, features which cannot fix steps that are uneven and make be detected if it is lamsure there is adequate lighting. Ininated. Those features stall grab bars and handrails in the include latent images you can only see at an bathroom and on stairways. Use angle and color-shifting a cane, walker, crutches or other ink. You should quessupport if needed. tion anyone else other Falls can present a more signifithan your employer who asks for your Social cant health threat than many may Security number or your realize, but by understanding risk card. Not everyone you do business with needs factors and how to reduce them, it. Learn more at www. older adults can empower themsocialsecurity.gov/ssselves to live healthier lives. number.

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Question: Can I get a new Social Security number if someone has stolen my identity? Answer: We do not routinely assign a new number to someone whose identity has been stolen. Only as a last resort should you consider requesting a new Social Security number. Changing your number may adversely affect your ability to interact with Federal and State agencies, employers, and others. This is because your financial, medical, employment and other records will be under your former Social Security number. We cannot guarantee that a new number will solve your problem. To learn more about your Social Security card and number, read our online publication on the subject at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10002. html.

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now doing more than you did at first” (Revelation 2:19). Sometimes it seems I am doing much less than I did at first. Perhaps because my energy level isn’t where it was then. How about you? 10. “May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance” (2 Thessalonians 3:5). This is my prayer for you as well as for myself. I told Rick about my struggle to know what God wanted me to write. Thoughtfully, he offered, “Write on something positive. There is too much negative going on. It should be about Jesus.” We had devotions and confirmation came when I read a quote from Woodrow Kroll: “Let others report bad news: we’ll share the good news!” The GOOD NEWS is that Jesus is alive. He is preparing a place for us and will come for those who eagerly await His returning and take us to be where He is. Are you ready? You CAN be sure. None can get to heaven without Jesus. He said, “I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me” (Romans 6:23). “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We all need a Savior and only while we still live do, we have a choice. Today is the day of salvation. “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Here is the GOOD NEWS. . . “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Acts 2:21). © 2021 Jan McLaughlin. Jan can be contacted at 719-649-2937 or by e-mail Jansmail@reagan.com Most Scripture is from the NIV.

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play together, and occasionally share common meals, but most importantly figure out the next step necessary to a better life and to support each other. Too often municipalities seek to address the problem of housing the homeless without realizing that these future residents can be a wonderful resource for each other and the community at-large if a feltsense of community is intentionally built into the overall design of the project. One of the most surprising and inspiring aspects of Durrett’s story is how the obvious human need created by the ever growing problem of homelessness forged a synergistic bond between city officials, architects, contractors, and future residents that motivated all involved to build a community that everyone could point to with pride saying, “We did this ourselves.” A Solution to Homelessness in Your Town goes way beyond the nuts and bolts of “getting it done”, creating not just houses for the unhoused, but homes for human beings. As one resident, Matt, a Vietnam veteran put it, “When I came to see my new home for the first time, I thought I had gone to heaven.” How wonderful it would be if every homeless person could experience that overwhelming sense of finally arriving home. Carl Hall, Professor of Philosophy, Housing Activist

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GLEN VOLLMECKE Author: "Intermission a Place in Time."

Mainly in Europe green is the Leprechaun color linked with May spring customs, rituals and fancy dress. This little chap could easily become a candidate for patron saint of Ireland...

Faeries, Elves, Goblins, and Leprechauns are just a few entities of familiar poems dreams dramas, and enchantments. Most of us immersed ourselves in these cultures/stories when children. Assuredly these tales will revive the virtuousness of childhood. A means of stimulating your imagination, the credibility in the invisible realm, which support the now present beings from the past. Childhood, the most poetic period of life for some… but sadly not for all. Speaking for most of us, much of our youth entailed limited idealistic legends of lore. Hard work and insecurities were our only certainty. Only a few snatches of enchanting recollections are recalled via The Grimm Brothers' or other story books, and if we were lucky maybe by childhood movies. We hope to elaborate on ancient mythology as philosophers emerge reconciling opinions with tales of belief, which are challenging to comprehend, as their perceptions are scientific and already proven. Enter now an accurate world of knowledge with an open mind. The brothers Grimm wrote one of my favorites…Rumpelstiltskin, who singlehandedly converted bales of straw into skeins of gold overnight. Superstitions still govern many countries in Europe. Homes of spinners

were and are today engulfed in tradition. Advised to remove wool from their spinning wheels overnight, they'd be assured to 'trick' the souls/spirits. These entities emerged in the darkness and cast spells which then entered the loom and the yarn. A hardy folk the Leprechauns, they mainly work as cobblers on Elvin shoes when only the softest leather is used. Tiny tools, nails and the best resources are applied to their utmost satisfaction. Often seen are these inebriated little people, who stagger around the forest, falling into nettles, and thorn bushes, but they immediately complete their cobbler tasks without delay or apparently severe headaches. Mainly in Europe green is the Leprechaun color linked with May spring customs, rituals and fancy dress. This little chap could easily become a candidate for patron saint of Ireland, Celtic lands, the northern hemisphere adore Leprechauns as much as the shamrock. Despite their shoe making abilities, the wee Leprechaun remains cognitive of human greed. Pretending to guard a crock of gold he inevitably hoodwinks the unsuspecting mortal. So avoid his gifts as the 'found' gold coin is a distraction from the original pot of gold. Once tricking someone he disappears amid howls of laughter, so does the gold coin, so don't be taken in. Bribery is his objective, yet the gold shilling inevitably returns to his purse. Don't approach his pot of gold, as his vanishing act is predictable… and rapid. His offered gifts overwhelm the emotions of their human counterparts. Although despite the extensive

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Irish celebrations, St. Patrick was not Irish. Yes, we're encountering 'quick sand' here…but valiantly we move on. Apparently born in Glamorganshire in the U.K. his sole aim was missionary work on the emerald Isle…Ireland. Miraculously an angel appeared to him in Wales, urging him to 'leave this place to one who is not yet born.' Obediently, he sailed to Ireland to achieve greatness, although annoyed and even angered he surrendered his home and familiar surroundings. Meanwhile… keep the faith. A monastic theory to this story slightly differs. During A.D. 42 Britain wasn't appropriately ruled, so the Irish took advantage of the state of affairs. Multiple invasions were rampant, women were raped. Corn and cattle among many other atrocities were also stolen. According to this story, St. Patrick was abducted from the college at Llantuit Major. Subsequently it fell in disrepair. Dilapidated and neglected the building never fully recovered. Consequently St. Patrick remained in Ireland dissolving all his former ties to Britain and Wales. Human vulnerability considered… although completely confident of my facts, it's unlikely I'd repeat them in an Irish pub on St. Paddies' Day!

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

DAVID SHRIBMAN

David M. Shribman is a North Shore native and Pulitzer Prize winner

TWO PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES, 80 YEARS APART, SPEAK TO THE NATION The 20th anniversary commemorations of the terrorist attacks of 2001 stirred passions deep and wide. They reminded us of the fear that gripped us, the urgency we felt and the sense we had of sharing a perilous moment of history. And the remarks uttered to mark the passing of two fraught decades reflected both the tensions of that time and ours. But we might gain even more profound perspective if, before the anniversary’s fervor passes and the moment is lost, we pause and examine two Sept. 11 speeches: one from 1941, the other made just the other day. It is all the more appropriate to linger over these addresses — part history lesson, part current events — now, when about seven-eighths of Americans were born after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and with about a quarter of the country’s population born after the attacks on New York and Washington. These two addresses are separated in time by 80 years — a passage that saw the nation move from a middling power on the sidelines of the major struggle of the 20th century to a superpower that prevailed

in the Cold War that concluded at century’s end, only to see the frustrating limits of its power in Iraq and Afghanistan in the new century. Indeed, embedded in President Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chat of Sept. 11, 1941, and then in former President George W. Bush’s speech at the Shanksville, Pa., site of the Flight 93 crash on Sept. 11, 2001, are America’s most cherished values, widely embraced but not always practiced, and in jeopardy. These remarks speak of the America FDR helped shape and, in the words of Bush, “of the America I know.” They speak of courage, forbearance and above all of the determination to live up to our founding precepts, even if the speakers themselves — and we — did not always do so. These remarks, too, are reminders of the fragility, faults and failures of leadership, for no president is without blemishes, or worse, on his historical reputation. These presidents are not exempt; Roosevelt sent Japanese-Americans to internment camps and desperate shipbound Jews to European concentration camps, and Bush prompted an invasion of Iraq on false pretenses and permitted the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” that were nothing short of torture. Then again, on another Sept. 11, some 160 years ago in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln, in what he regarded as a strategic imperative but which was also a moral calamity, ignored the plea of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass (“To fight against slaveholders, without fighting against slavery, is but a half-hearted business …”) and revoked the Fremont Proclamation, in which the western commander of Union forces freed Missouri’s slaves. ** ** **

There was horror at the scale … of destruction, and awe at the bravery and kindness that rose to meet it. There was shock at the audacity — audacity of evil — and gratitude for the heroism and decency that opposed it. In the sacrifice of the first responders, in the mutual aid of strangers, in the solidarity of grief and grace, the actions of an enemy revealed the spirit of a people. And we were proud of our wounded nation. This was Bush’s comment eight decades later, on Sept. 11, 2021, speaking of a threat to the United States entirely different but in its way equally dangerous. His remarks paired defiance of the threat and praise for Americans’ sense of purpose. ** ** ** The American people have faced other grave crises in their history — with American courage, [and] with American resolution. They will do no less today. They know the actualities of the attacks upon us. They know the necessities of a bold defense against these attacks. They know that the times call for clear heads and fearless hearts. This was FDR’s plea for strength for a struggle he knew was growing closer — and in fact, 87 days later the Japanese would attack Hawaii, ending the isolationism that the aviator Charles Lindbergh advocated in an antisemitic rant in Des Moines, Iowa, also delivered on Sept. 11, 1941. ** ** ** We have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within. To be sure, some have criticized the 43rd president, arguing that, as New York Times columnist Jamelle

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Bouie put it, “You can draw a straight line from the ‘war on terror’ to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.” But there is no mistaking either the meaning or the target of Bush’s remarks, or his disdain for mob rule and attacks on democratic values, or his commitment to religious tolerance and to America’s “welcome to immigrants and refugees.” And with that inner strength that comes to a free people conscious of their duty, and conscious of the righteousness of what they do, they will — with Divine help and guidance — stand their ground against this latest assault upon their democracy, their sovereignty, and their freedom.

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