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Show Page 2 The Ogden Valley news Volume XXV Issue XIII September 15, 2018 The Ogden Valley news Staff: Shanna Francis Tel: 801-745-2688 Fax: 801-745-2688 Cell: 801-791-4387 E-Mail: slfrancis@digis.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 801-745-2879 Fax: 801-745-2879 E-Mail: crwendell@digis.net crwendell@msn.com Opinions expressed by advertisers, columnists or letters to the editor are not necessarily the opinions of the owners and staff of The Ogden Valley news. guidelines for Letters to the Editor Letters should be 300 words or less. Letters must be signed and the address of the writer submitted. The Ogden Valley news reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The Ogden V alley n ews will print local birth, wedding, obituary, anniversary and missionary farewell & homecoming and Eagle Scout announcements free of charge. 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Note: The contents of The Ogden Valley News are copyrighted. To protect this publication and its contributors from unlawful copying, written permission is required before any individual or company engages in the reproduction or distribution of its contents, by any means, without first obtaining written permission from the owners of this publication. The deadline for the OVN October 1 issue is September 15. Letters to the Editor Blue River Fest: Community Benefit Concert Building bridges and connecting people is the reason I’m running as a candidate for Utah House District 8 (which includes the upper and parts of lower Ogden Valley), and sponsoring the upcoming Blue River Fest. As a candidate knocking doors across House District 8, I’ve realized there are many things we value greatly that can be supported when we work together right here in our local community. To support the efforts of great people like Terry Murphy, Director of the Ogden Valley Balloon and Arts Festival, Hannah Goodrich with Encircle Ogden and the North Ogden Cherry Days Pageant, and Amir Jackson of Nurture the Creative Mind, we are sponsoring the Blue River Fest, a night of local performers and local people coming together to raise money for their charities and the people they serve. The concert will be at the Ogden Amphitheater Saturday, September 15. Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; music begins at 6:00. We have a wonderful slate of local talent stepping up, including The Band Vera from Logan who does a soulful mix of rock and R&B tunes, Blue Sage, a perennial local favorite with a bluegrass, folk-rock mix that is led by banjo master Mikel Iverson with a guest appearance by his former student, Sammy Brue. And headlining the evening will be Ogden’s own “next Bob Dylan,” Sammy Brue who heads back out on tour the next day. It’s going to be a great event for all ages—we invite everyone to grab a seat or a spot on the grass. Net proceeds will be split evenly among the three charities, supporting access to health care for single moms, a support network for LBGTQ families, and ongoing free education in the arts for area youth. The Blue River Fest supports my campaign focus to find common ground by connecting people and building bridges within the community. All are welcome, regardless of political leanings, to lean into this opportunity to support local charities focused on making our community a better place for everyone. Please visit froerer4house.com/BR to get a ticket and be part of the most uplifting thing going on in this midterm election. For additional information, contact me at deana@froerer4house.com or 801-388-7162. for the “Screaming Eagles” the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. On “D-day” he was dropped behind enemy lines and, seven days later, was wounded in a “hot potato” grenade fight. After recovering from shrapnel wounds, he rejoined his outfit in the Netherlands and survived battles on “Hells Highway” then was trucked to Bastogne to help hold off the Nazis in the Ardennes and spent a cold Christmas there; the Americans held on and the Battle of the Bulge was a key turning point. The 101st went on and successfully fought the Battle of the Rhineland. He came home in June of 1945 and was a civilian, but for a brief time before re-enlisting. And in 1950, he was fighting with a special Airborne unit in Pyongyang when the Chinese almost overran them. He survived and finished out his Army career in 1957. It’s doubtful he would have had the success in civilian life as John McCain did. Ernest was not the son and grandson of Navy Admirals; his father died when he was 5 years old. His father was a sawmill foreman and his grandfather a farmer in south Alabama. He did like to write and penned a couple of epic poems about the Screaming Eagles, as well as his memoirs. Uncle Son was likely more typical of American military heroes than John McCain is; however, both deserve the respect of the American people, as do their comrades who paid the price of freedom—yours and mine. Deana Froerer, Huntsville The Late Senator McCain Senator John McCain’s grieving daughter Cindy eulogized him as a loving father, war hero, humanitarian, and statesman—all descriptions most Americans can agree with. In a thinly-veiled reference to President Trump, she also chastised privileged Americans who live the life of luxury, yet have the audacity to criticize her father. Her grief is understandable and warranted but that is not how it works in the real world. War heroes, including several in the Trump administration, are of all stripes and are not immune from criticism. Her father was a genuine war hero, and very few have had to endure what he did in a POW camp. Others have endured this anguish and more. One such hero was Ernest “Son” King, my uncle. He re-enlisted in the army in 1942 and qualified John W. Reynolds, Pleasant View Quotes fromThe Late Senator McCain Military war hero Senator John McCain of Arizona, who died August 25, 2018, is being described as a “true patriot” who “lived and died a proud American.” McCain stated, “We are citizens of the world’s greatest republic, a nation of ideals not of blood and U.S. Senator soil. We are blessed and are John McCain a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world.” Recently McCain stated, “We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.” He added, “We are three-hundred-andtwenty-five million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country, we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do.” He also stated, “Do not despair of our present difficulties but believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Farewell, fellow Americans. God bless you, and God bless America.” |