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“It was the darndest thing I’ve ever seen. It was big. It was very bright. It changed colors and was about the size of the moon. We watched it for 10 minutes but none of us could figure out what it was. One thing’s for sure, I’ll never make fun of people who say they’ve seen unidentified objects in the sky.”

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Along with the engraving, Glasser included a description of what he saw. He said he and many other men and women witnessed the objects fly back and forth, seeming to fight amongst themselves for over an hour.

Once they had apparently run out of steam, Glasser claims they all fell from the sky, crashed to the ground and burned to ashes.

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and just so happened to be a professional illustrator as well. He depicted the sighting through an engraving which showed the objects ranging from huge globe-like shapes to massive cigar-shaped ones. They appeared to be battling each other. Part of the engraving showed two of the U.F.O.s (since they really are unidentifiable) having smashed into the ground with smoke spiraling up from the wreckage.

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The acronym “U.F.O.” stands for “unidentified flying object.” That’s not very specific but the bottom line is that whatever object people are reporting to have seen is unidentifiable and usually is attributed to some sort of alien life form. And these sightings occur pretty frequently. The National U.F.O. Reporting Center is located in a former underground nuclear bunker in Harrington, Wash. According to its records, an estimated 5,000 new U.F.O. sightings are reported each year and their records contain as many as 70,000 total reported sightings from as far back as the 1950s.

MASSACHUSETTS 1639 Colonial governor John Winthrop made an entry in his journal that described the account of James Everall. Winthrop wrote that Everall saw a great light in the night over the Muddy River, more formally known as the Charles River. Winthrop made sure to state that Everall was a sober, discreet man so as not to confuse his sighting with that of any drunken hallucinations reported around that time.

While the Reporting Center may have records from over 50 years ago, that doesn’t mean sightings hadn’t occurred until then.

In fact, there are some well-recorded accounts that go back as far as the 1560s.

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“great light” was about nine feet long and flew up and down the length of the river for up to three hours. The object supposedly contracted and took on the shape of a pig, a rather unusual shape for a U.F.O. but who are we to judge, really? Anyway, Winthrop goes on to say that a variety of other credible witnesses also saw the same light in about the same place. Naturally, no one could explain it and although the sighting was attributed to “some operation of the devil” by James Savage, who edited the journal in 1835, others firmly believe it was a genuine U.F.O sighting.

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Alien Sightings... Continued from Page 2 also claimed that tagging along about 100 feet behind the principle object were three glowing red balls. Once the object turned south over the Delaware River, a fourth ball apparently joined the parade and the caravan flew around for a while before heading east and disappearing from sight.

WASHINGTON STATE 1947 Pilot and businessman Kenneth Arnold was flying his small two-seater plane near Mt. Rainier on June 24, 1947 when he supposedly saw nine U.F.O.s flying nearby. He said the objects looked like pie plates, sort of saucer-like and that they moved erratically. When he gave his report to a newspaper reporter, the writer changed Arnold’s description to that of a “flying saucer” and thus, the first flying saucer sighting was recorded into the pages of history.

Arnold claimed to have had the objects in his sight for up to three minutes. In 1977, Arnold attended an international conference on U.F.O.s in Chicago and added more descriptive language to his previous statement about his sighting. He said the objects were moving at a speed of around 1,700 miles per hour and that they were shiny and appeared to be pulsating. He added that the objects “seemed to be alive in the center, to have the ability to change their density.”

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He claimed the light then crossed directly in front of the moon which, by that time had been fully eclipsed. He then said the light shot off to the right of the moon and disappeared. In his report, the event only lasted about five seconds.

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Oscar Wilde stated “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

The true mystery of the world is in the visible, not the invisible.” Of course, this is debatable. Since this is a style column, we’ll leave that debate out and stick to style. The point is that we are judged by appearance. As an example, when I lived in Oklahoma City, I took my cat to a vet for surgery. Of course the Veterinarian was an expert in the care of animals. She had her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)!

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sk any group of people “What three qualities make for a great relationship?” and “communication” will usually be listed first. Reverse the question and ask, “What three qualities do you believe are most destructive to a loving relationship?” and you’ll get listed as #1: the lack of communication.

If communication is the most important aspect of a meaningful relationship, why do so many couples make every effort to avoid talking with each other?

Here is what I consider to be the top ten excuses both men and women utilize to avoid meaningful personal inter-action. The list is not in any particular order except excuse # 1, which shall be revealed in next week’s column.

Here are six of the ten most common excuses for NOT talking to your mate.

Excuse # 10: The Smarthone.

How often have you seen a lovely couple sitting in a restaurant not talking, but gazing at their Smartphone. What happens? Then all of a sudden it rings. “I’m sorry honey, I really need to take this call.” The other person doesn’t really care because they are checking their email on their phone. Whatever meaningful conversation they hoped to have died a quiet death.

Excuse # 9: The job. “I’m sorry, but I have to work late again tonight. I’ve must get these contracts in the mail.” For many couples, the dirty little secret is that one partner is happier at the office than at home so he or she seeks out projects that keep them at work. The person at home can complain, but they can’t say, “You don’t have to get that project finished tonight.”

The job becomes an easy, irrefutable, conflict-avoidance alibi.

Excuse # 8: Exercise. Health is important and a good-enough excuse to ignore the difficult issues that often crop up between people who love each other. “I’ve got to get in my 5k run again tonight or I’ll loose my edge” may really mean, “I prefer the quiet solitude of jogging over the noisy

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Excuse #7: Television. No other invention of man has done as much to inhibit human conversation as the television.

The late Ann Landers opined, “Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.” The vital matters a family may need to face can be quickly set-aside in favor of the re-runs of a favorite TV show. Dad’s favorite sports team or mom’s favorite mystery are an easy replacement for the challenge of consequential communication.

Excuse # 6: Computer. If someone is busily working at a computer it means they are doing something important, right?

Interrupt them and you’ll find out just how welcome your invitation to conversation is.

“Stop interrupting!” they will snap, “I have 127 unopened e-mails!” If you peek over their shoulder you’ll find they are probably reading one of 47 old jokes forwarded to them by their college-roommate.

Excuse #5: Do-Good. Another absolutely legitimate excuse to be incommunicado is to volunteer for something more important than everyone in your family; something like world peace, or global warming, or assistant coach for the kid’s soccer team. I was able to escape from my family on Saturday mornings for an entire year because I had to attend the Men’s Prayer Breakfast at Village Inn. My wife couldn’t argue with me because it was about prayer and what could be more important than talking to God? Well, maybe, talking to your family! But it’s much easier to talk to God than to the wife and kids. Besides that, God doesn’t talk back and he doesn’t ask me any of those thorny questions.

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AN AUGUST CHECKUP

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ugust is a great month for a financial checkup. By now you should have a pretty good feel of how the year is playing out. Here are a few items that you may want to consider to make sure you’re financially on track.

Where’s The Debt

Unfortunately, for too many of us, debt is one of our biggest expenses. Too often we push our debt obligations aside, paying the minimum balance and hoping it will go away. For too many it not only is not going away, it is increasing. Where does your debt stand? Do you have a plan for paying it down? A good goal is to have all of your debt, excluding your mortgage, paid off within the next five years. Talk show host, Dave Ramsey, promotes the snowball effect, where one makes the minimum payment on all obligations and applies any extra money to the loan with the lowest balance. When that loan is paid off those payments are compounded with the minimum payment to the next largest debt creating a snowball effect. Whatever plan you use to get rid of debt stick to it; debt is cheating you out of so much life.

Is Spending On Track

Hopefully at the beginning of the year you created a spending plan. A plan that recognizes the income you will be bringing in and the decisions you have made on how to spend it. If you are like many your intentions were set aside as life got in the way.

Now’s a good time to brush off that plan

and see how things are going. Are you on track? Has your income changed? Have expenses stayed in line? Were there any large unplanned expenses? Make the time to review your plan, make the necessary changes and get on track. A well thought out spending plan puts you in control of your money.

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Have you ever wondered what Medicare covers versus what you pay privately?

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I’m finding that many families are saving faithfully. However too many are just hoarding cash as opposed to saving and investing with purpose. Given the turmoil that we have seen in the marketplace, that is understandable. Unfortunately stockpiling cash because of fear of risk is short term thinking and can limit your longterm success. A better approach is to save for those short-term needs and emergencies and select long-term investments that support your goals. We live in the greatest country in the greatest time in history.

For the wise investor the opportunities are limitless. Sadly, no investment, including cash, comes without risk. By balancing your attitude towards risk with your longterm objectives it becomes easier to select investments that support what it is you want out of life.

Long-Term Care Insurance is a valuable tool to protect your family’s assets. If your loved one has purchased a policy, the next step is to understand and strategize how to best utilize the policy.

The Veterans Aid & Attendance Pension provides wartime veterans and their surviving spouses with tax-free financial aid for senior care needs.

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(719) 377•9121 www.AmadaSeniorCare.com/ColoradoSprings have a financial plan, review it, evaluate where you are and make the necessary changes. If you don’t and you don’t know where to start, I would encourage you to meet with a financial planner who can help you put together a plan based upon what it is you want out of life.

The Financial Plan

A sound financial plan is critical to one’s financial success. Of course you would expect me to say that, I am, after all, a financial planner. A good financial plan takes into account your current financial situation (balance sheet and spending plan), recognizes the everyday risks that you face (insurance planning), defines the investments that will need to be made to achieve your goals (portfolio management), the tax consequences of those decisions (tax planning) and includes a plan for distribution of those assets (estate planning). If you

A Visit With Your Advisors

Whether you’re working with a financial planner, and I hope you are, a banker, insurance agent, stockbroker or whoever, make the time to visit with them. Have them explain to you what you own, how it is meeting your needs and what changes, if any, need

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to be made. Make sure that they understand your goals and objectives and what success looks like for you. As you work your way through your August checkup, seek their advice.

After all, you’re paying for it – use their knowledge and experience.

“Financial success is achievable even in these volatile times if we will make the time to appreciate what it is we already have and recognize what it is we truly want out of life.” I penned those words in the early 2000’s as the tech bubble exploded and the markets collapsed. I believe them now today more than ever.

For those who plan and are

diligent, success is all but assured. Make the time for an August checkup.

“Remember, where your treasure is, there your heart is also.” Matthew 6:21 Chuck Maher is a Certified Financial PlannerTM practitioner specializing in Christian values based financial planning and investing. He can be reached at chuck@ chuckmahercfp.com, locally at (719) 481-0549.

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• On Aug. 22, 1776, the British arrive at Long Island -- between Gravesend and New Utrecht -- with 24,000 men, and on Sept. 15 captured New York City. It would remain in British hands until the end of the war. • On Aug. 20, 1862, New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley publishes a blistering editorial, “The Prayer of Twenty Millions,â€? calling on President Abraham Lincoln to declare emancipation for all slaves. Unbeknownst to Greeley, Lincoln was already moving in the direction of emancipation. • On Aug. 24, 1873, William Henry Jackson becomes the first person to photograph Colorado’s elusive Mount of the Holy Cross, providing reliable proof of its existence. Two deep snow-filled ravines at 90-angles form a large cross on the steep northeast face of a 14,000-foot mountain peak. • On Aug. 19, 1909, the first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana, now the home of the Indianapolis 500.

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Nick-Snips ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 12-YEAR OLD? (Trivia Edition)

By Nick Yanez

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hese days in America, it’s not uncommon to hear people complain about our education system. Usually (though not always) the older generation grumbles about how easy it is to get a High School diploma in 2013. It’s hard to blame them, we’ve watched countries like China grow at an incredible rate economically because of their advancements in technology and science. It seems like the innovation in the world is at an all-time high; while America is slumping.

Then again, I think back to when I was in High School. If I had an algebra question or a quiz on the Periodic table, my parents were the last people who could answer for me. It’s not that they were unintelligent, but they would openly admit that they had never learned that advanced of material when they were in school. So exactly where is this education criticism coming from? I think it’s safe to say that schools have gotten more difficult and more advanced over the last 50+ years. Despite that point, the education system in America has slumped; but it’s not parents or even grandparents who can complain about it.

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A recently discovered quiz from the year 1912 proved rather difficult to many adults when the Bullitt County History Museum posed the questions online. The following are questions that were asked to 8th graders over 100-years ago in a standard test covering all academic subjects. Here are just four of several of the questions: 1. ARITHMETIC: Write in words, the following - a) .5764; b) .00003; c) .123416; d) 653.0965; e) 43.37 2. GRAMMER: Adjectives have how many degrees of comparison?

3. PYSIOLOGY: How does the liver compare in size with other glands in the human body? Where is it located? What does it secrete?

4. HISTORY: Name the last battle in the Civil War, War of 1812, and French and Indian War; name the commanders in each battle (on each side).

I find it highly unlikely that anyone reading this article answered all of those questions without flaw. If you did, you either deserve a round of applause from the community, or great shame for using google (because that’s the only way you pulled it off).

I will no longer accept complaints about how much harder school was for my parents back in the day (I looked up a quiz from the 70’s too. I’m not impressed). I will also never pretend that my schooling was the most difficult challenge I’ve ever faced.

I will however give credit to the brave little souls who faced the 8th grade final exam in 1912. It was a heck of a test. If I ever happen to come across such a person, I’ll give them a swift shake in the hand. Due to high likelihood that such an encounter will never occur, I’d like to go on record here in print – kudos fair citizen and congratulations on that middle-school diploma. You really earned it.

And now, loyal reader, I present to you the answers (according to BullittCountyHistory.com). I know you were curious: QUESTION 1: a) five thousand seven hundred sixty-four ten-thousandths; b) three millionths; c) one hundred twentythree thousand four hundred (and) sixteen millionths; d) six hundred fifty-three and nine hundred sixty-five ten-thousandths; e) forty-three and thirty-seven one-hundredths QUESTION 2: Adjectives have three degrees of comparison (example: Good, Better, Best) QUESTION 3: The liver is the largest gland in the body. It lies below the diaphragm in the abdominal-pelvic region of the abdomen. It secretes bile.

QUESTION 4: a) Civil War: Battle of Columbus, Georgia on 16 Apr 1865; commanders were Union General James H. Wilson and Confederate Major General Howell Cobb b) War of 1812: February 1815 at Fort Bowyer, British Force (no known commander) attacked American force led by fort commander William Lawrence who surrendered on 11 Feb 1815 c) French and Indian War: Battle of Signal Hill on 15 Sep 1762 with British forces led

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BORN THIS WEEK: Your sense of what’s right can inspire others if you remember not to push too hard to make your case. Moderation works best for you.

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