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‘The Contributor’ means a lot BY JUSTIN A., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR The Contributor means a lot. I’m homeless right now. I just got out of prison like a month ago. Everything I had planned on and had worked for with me getting out got shot. I signed everything over to my aunt and they sold everything. If they hadn’t done that I would have a place to live. I actually met some nice people selling The Contributor downtown. Yesterday I helped a woman out. She dropped
her bag, and everything she had went everywhere. This guy was fixing to grab her bank bag and run off with it. I stepped on his hand. Four hundred pounds stepping on your hand, that don’t feel good. She actually treated me to lunch. She said, “eat whatever you want.” Then she went and bought me two shirts. It was fun. I’ve had a wonderful experience. A lot more no’s than yes’s, but I’m not going to let that discourage me.
What’s been troubling me BY ANDY L., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR
THEME: BOTA N Y 101 ACROSS 1. Capital of Ghana 6. Paris in Tour de France 9. Wild ox of India 13. Admiral’s group 14. “Mele Kalikimaka” wreath 15. Julian Barnes’ “The ____ of an Ending” 16. Telephone company 17. Acronym in a bottle 18. Birth-related 19. *Set briefly on fire 21. *Separate solids from fat in melted butter 23. *Crusty dessert 24. Uncouth person 25. Westminster broadcaster, acr. 28. Coffee break spot 30. *Scald quickly in boiling water 35. Like desert 37. Like Civil War reenactment battle 39. *Like old chips 40. Delhi dress 41. Subculture language 43. *Good or bad it emanates from stoves
44. “As the World ____” 46. Like Jekyll and Hyde’s personality 47. This over matter? 48. Encryption device, a.k.a. ____ machine 50. Practice in the ring 52. Low-____ image 53. Competitive advantage 55. NBA coach “____” Rivers 57. *Dissolve browned food bits with liquids 61. *Thicken by simmering 64. Love, to Catherine Deneuve 65. Pigeon sound 67. Pianist’s exercise 69. Resembling a fish 70. Hawaiian Mauna 71. Smart candy? 72. Tire swing holder 73. Bruin legend Bobby 74. *Yummy reward DOWN 1. Back of the boat 2. Staff symbol
3. Text messenger 4. Short version 5. Like number 1 to hydrogen 6. Besides 7. Opposite of paleo8. ‘70s music genre 9. Wheel in grandfather clock 10. ____-perspirant 11. Defender of skies 12. Count on 15. Growls angrily 20. What lighthouse does 22. Williams sister’s return 24. On account of 25. *Turkey action 26. Hitler’s Eva 27. Wispy clouds 29. *Incorporate an ingredient 31. Niels Bohr’s study object 32. Rock bottom 33. Star Wars attacker 34. Shepherds’ flocks 36. Sound at door 38. ____sack 42. Clearing in the woods 45. Viscous 49. Wood-shaping tool 51. Capybara, e.g. 54. GEICO’s mascot 56. Like a button, but more so 57. Cuckoo 58. Dubai dignitary 59. Departed 60. Debussy’s “Clair de ____” 61. Serengeti sound 62. *Preserve by adding salt 63. Old Norse texts 66. “____ the ramparts...” 68. D.C. time
Something’s been troubling me about what happened way back in March when a tornado came through here. You could see, people lost their houses. Then after that COVID-19 came about. Now we’re just wondering how long they’re going to help us with money that people need to survive and live.
If we can get organizations and the president of the United States and Democrats and Republicans to sign off on this bill for people that need help all over, we’ll be OK. It’s for the second stimulus check. I’d like to see that pass and I’m praying for it to pass to the people struggling to pay rent, buy food and take care of their children.
Love and Obey BY JOHN H., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR God loves us so much he gives us our daily bread each day, through his word (the Bible), through meditation, a neighbor, our consciousness, and many times he speaks to our heart. Why is it so hard for us to do the right thing? He’s constantly revealing himself to you but somehow it’s uncaptured. Remember when you was little and your first relationship (girlfriend or boyfriend), you’d write each other letters. Famous word, “I love you, do you love me?” As time passed by you matured in the relationship, words changed. Well, it’s the same in our relationship with Christ. We begin to have more love, more trust, and we believe the things God speak to us. Why is obedience such a problem? Why do we ignore the things of God? We’ve been blessed so much till
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we actually think we can do whatever we please, even though God did speak differently. At some point we must find that quiet place and give it some thought. I found an easier way to do things, and I find that if we live by these first two commandments, mostly everything else falls behind it. Ya see if we are obedient to the first two we wouldn’t commit the other eight. To me that’s simple enough. We learn. Thing of it is, we must put into practice what we’ve learned. For instance love, it’s an action word not a noun. I say noun because it’s how many of us live it. We say the word love, but we somehow have a problem showing it. So in the future, if you can learn to love God and your neighbor “hey!” You’ll be on your way in the right direction. “Love Changes Things.”
