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➄➅➆➇➅➈➆➉➊➋ ➌➉➊ ➍➎➋ ➏➐➍➑ ➒➓➔ →➣↔➔↕➙➔↕ áâãäå ãæçåèéçêë ìéèí åîã êëïêðñ æãíèòéêåóîãéêëæ School money, PERS reform joined at hip ♥✔ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✙✕✚✚✕♥ ✗✘✔✚✔✛ ✜✕✢ ✘✔✣✤✦ ✧✣✛✗ ★✔✔❡ ✣✛ ✗✔✣✙✘✔✤✛ ✣✙✤✕✛✛ ❤✤✔✩✕♥ ✤✣✧✧✪✔✦ ✖✕✤ ✣ ✫✤✕✫✕✛✔✦ ✗✣✬ ✕♥✭✢✛✪♥✔✛✛✗✘✣✗✮✛ ✫✤✕s✔✙✗✔✦✗✕✤✣✪✛✔✯✰✭✪✧ ✪✕♥ ✣ ✜✔✣✤ ✖✕✤ ✱✲✰✷ ✛✙✘✕✕✧✛ ★✣✛ ✗✘✪✛✳ ✴✗✮✛ ♥✕✗ ✣✭✕✢✗ ❤✤✔✩✕♥✮✛ ✵✢✭✧✪✙ ✉✚✫✧✕✜✔✔✛ ✶✔✗✪✤✔✚✔♥✗ ✸✜✛✗✔✚✹ ✗✘✔ ✛✗✣✗✔✮✛ ✭✣✦✧✜ ✢♥✦✔✤✖✢♥✦✔✦ ✫✔♥✛✪✕♥✛✜✛✗✔✚✺ ➇✻✘✪✛ ✪✛♥✮✗✣✭✕✢✗✵✉✶✸✹➈ ★✣✛✣✗✜✫✪✙✣✧✙✕✚✚✔♥✗✖✤✕✚✔✦✢✲ ✙✣✗✪✕♥ ✕✖❝✙✪✣✧✛✺➇✴✗✮✛ ✣✭✕✢✗ ✔✦✢✙✣✗✪♥✩✗✘✔❡✪✦✛✺➈ ✼✔✧✧✹ ♥✕★ ✗✘✣✗ ✗✘✔ ✽✔✩✪✛✧✣✗✢✤✔ ✘✣✛ ✫✣✛✛✔✦ ✗✘✔ ✛✕✲ ✙✣✧✧✔✦ ✸✗✢✦✔♥✗ ✸✢✙✙✔✛✛ ❆✙✗ ✿✣✖✗✔✤ ❀✔✚✕✙✤✣✗✪✙ ✧✔✣✦✔✤✛ ✛✗✤✢✙❡ ✣ ✦✔✣✧ ★✪✗✘ ✶✔✫✢✭✧✪✙✣♥✛ ✗✕ ✧✢✤✔ ❁❤✵ ✛✔♥✣✗✕✤✛ ✭✣✙❡ ✗✕ ✗✘✔ ❦✣✫✪✗✕✧❂✹ ✗✘✔✤✔✮✛ ✧✪✗✗✧✔ ✦✕✢✭✗ ✗✘✣✗ ✱✲✰✷ ✙✧✣✛✛✲ ✤✕✕✚✛ ★✪✧✧ ✛✔✔ ✣♥ ✪♥✖✢✛✪✕♥ ✕✖ ✙✣✛✘ r ✣✛✛✢✚✪♥✩ ✗✘✣✗ ✗✘✔ ✩✤✕✛✛ ✤✔✙✔✪✫✗✛ ✗✣✬ ✣✗ ✗✘✔ ✘✔✣✤✗ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✫✧✣♥ ✛✢✤✈✪✈✔✛ ✣♥ ✣✧✚✕✛✗✲✙✔✤✗✣✪♥ ✣✗✗✔✚✫✗ ✗✕ ✤✔✖✔✤ ✪✗ ✗✕ ✈✕✗✔✤✛✺ ❇✢✗ ✗✕ ✫✤✔✗✔♥✦✗✘✣✗ ✗✘✪✛ ✚✔✣✛✢✤✔ ✦✕✔✛♥✮✗ ✘✣✈✔ ✣♥✜✗✘✪♥✩ ✗✕ ✦✕★✪✗✘✵✉✶✸✪✛ ✗✕✙✕♥✗✪♥✢✔ ★✘✪✛✗✧✪♥✩✫✣✛✗ ✗✘✔✩✤✣✈✔✜✣✤✦✹✣✛ ✛✗✣✗✔ ✧✔✣✦✔✤✛ ✘✣✈✔ ✦✕♥✔ ✗✪✚✔ ✣♥✦ ✗✪✚✔ ✣✩✣✪♥ ★✪✗✘ ✗✘✔ ✫✔♥✲ ✛✪✕♥✛✜✛✗✔✚✺ May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day ✻✘✔ ✩✤✕✛✛ ✤✔✙✔✪✫✗✛ ✗✣✬ ✕♥ ✙✔✤✗✣✪♥ ❤✤✔✩✕♥ ✭✢✛✪♥✔✛✛✔✛ ✘✣✛ The month of May is Me- ✟✆✄✠✛ ✄✓✒ ✝✔✍ ✟✔ ✏ ✎✎ ✟✔ ✗✕ ✭✔ ✙✕♥✛✪✦✔✤✔✦ ✘✣♥✦✲✪♥✲✘✣♥✦ ★✪✗✘ ✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧✛ ✗✕ ✿✣✗ ✧✔✣✛✗ morial My Voice month. We all cel- ✄✂✞ ✝ ✖✝✔✂ ✝ ✔✜✄✠✁ ✝✔✍ ✁✚ ✗✔✚✫✕✤✣✤✪✧✜❂✛✘✪✔✧✦ ✛✙✘✕✕✧✛ ✖✤✕✚✙✕♥✗✪♥✢✔✦✪♥✙✤✔✣✛✔✛ ✪♥ ✗✘✔✪✤ ebrate Memorial ➛➜➝➞➟➟➠➡ ➛➞➟➠➝➢ on the ✂✄ ✂✞ ✞ ✝✄✕✒ ✟✠✁ ✔ ✎✩ ✔✔ ✵✉✶✸ ✫✤✔✚✪✢✚✛✺ ❤✗✘✔✤★✪✛✔✹ ✗✘✕✛✔ ✪♥✙✤✔✣✛✔✦ ✫✔♥✛✪✕♥ ✫✤✔✲ last Monday in the Day month ➤➥➦➧➨➩➫➧ ➭➯➲➳➵➥ ➫➸ ➺➻➵ ➼➦➸➺➽➥ ➽➾ ➚➯➲➲➵➥➪➫➩➩➵ ➶➦➼➺➫➸➺ ☎✡ ✂✞ ✔ ✜✝✄✑ ✔✔✕✄✠ - ✚✪✢✚✛ ★✕✢✧✦ ✔✣✗ ✣★✣✜ ✣ ✩✤✕★✪♥✩ ✙✘✢♥❡ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✗✣✬ ✚✕♥✔✜ May. Memorial Day is a fed- of als ☛✄✝✂✔ ➹➻➯➥➘➻ ➫➧ ➚➯➲➲➵➥➪➫➩➩➵➴ rescue people in the ➷➬ ➮➽➫➘➵ ➘➽➩➯➲➧➸ ➥➵➱➵➘➺ ➺➻➵ ➪➫➵✃➸ ➽➾ ➺➻➵ ➦➯➺➻➽➥ ✔✣✤✚✣✤❡✔✦ ✖✕✤ ✛✙✘✕✕✧✛✺ ✴♥ ✖✣✙✗✹ ✭✜ ✛✕✚✔ ✔✛✗✪✚✣✗✔✛✹ ✵✉✶✸ eral holiday, but it is intend- 9/11 to World Trade Center ➷➬ ➮➽➫➘➵ ➘➽➩➯➲➧➸ ➸➻➽➯➩❐ ➳➵ ❒❮❮❰Ï❮❮ ✃➽➥❐➸➴ ✫✤✔✚✪✢✚✛ ★✕✢✧✦ ✘✣✈✔ ❃✢✪✙❡✧✜ ✣✭✛✕✤✭✔✦ ✢✫ ✗✕ ✘✣✧✖ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✁ ✂✄ ☎ ✆✄✝ ✂✞✟✠ ✟ ✁✟✡ ✄☛ Towers attacks by terror- ➽➧➩➬➴ Ð➯➺➻➽➥➸ ➦➩➸➽ ➸➻➽➯➩❐ ➫➧➘➩➯❐➵ ➺➻➵➫➥ ➾➯➩➩ ➧➦➲➵Ñ ➦Ò➵Ñ of work or school and even ists. In the past 10 years, we ✚✕♥✔✜ ✤✣✪✛✔✦✭✜✗✘✔✗✣✬✺ ➽➘➘➯➼➦➺➫➽➧ ➦➧❐ ➥➵➩➵➪➦➧➺ ➽➥Ò➦➧➫Ó➦➺➫➽➧➦➩ ➲➵➲➳➵➥➸➻➫➼➸➴ than the beginning of have had several years with ✸✕✗✘✣✗✮✛ ✗✘✔✧✪✩✘✗✪♥ ★✘✪✙✘✗✕✔✬✣✚✪♥✔✗✘✔✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧✛ ✪✛✛✢✔✦ more Ô➵ ➵❐➫➺ ➸➯➳➲➫➸➸➫➽➧➸ ➾➽➥ ➳➥➵➪➫➺➬Ñ Ò➥➦➲➲➦➥Ñ ➺➦➸➺➵ ➦➧❐ summer camping sea- spikes in the deaths of those ✧✣✛✗ ★✔✔❡ ✭✜ ❀✔✚✕✙✤✣✗✪✙ ✧✔✣✦✔✤✛ ✗✘✣✗ ✣✗✗✔✚✫✗ ✗✕ ✤✔✪♥ ✪♥ ✗✘✔ the ➩➵Ò➦➩ ➥➵➦➸➽➧➸➴Ô➵ ➥➵Õ➵➘➺ ➺➻➽➸➵ ➼➯➳➩➫➸➻➵❐ ➵➩➸➵✃➻➵➥➵➴ or a good excuse for a who serve to protect us. The ✙✕✛✗✛ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✫✔♥✛✪✕♥ ✛✜✛✗✔✚✹ ★✘✪✙✘ ✙✢✤✤✔♥✗✧✜ ✖✣✙✔✛ ✣ ✛✗✣✩✲ son ➚➵➧❐ ➘➽➩➯➲➧➸ ➺➽ Ö➦ ×➥➦➧❐➵ Ø➳➸➵➥➪➵➥Ñ ÙÚ❮Û ❒➺➻ ➚➺➴Ñ It is intended to worst of those years, during Ö➦ ×➥➦➧❐➵Ñ Ø➥➵➴Ñ ÜÏÝ❒❮Ñ ➾➦Þ ➺➻➵➲ ➺➽ ❒ÚÙ❰ÜÛß❰ÏÝ❮Ú ➽➥ ✩✔✤✪♥✩ ✯✷❣ ✭✪✧ ✪✕♥ ✦✔❝✙✪✗✺ ❆✛✻✔✦ ✸✪✙❡✪♥✩✔✤ ✕✖✻✘✔ ❤✤✔✩✕♥✪✣♥ barbecue. be a time of remembrance the Obama administration ✤✔✫✕✤✗✔✦✹ ✗✘✔ ✫✧✣♥ ★✕✢✧✦ ✫✤✕✈✪✦✔ ✛✘✕✤✗✲✗✔✤✚ ✙✕✛✗ ✤✔✧✪✔✖ ✗✕ for those who have passed era, were 2010 and 2011 ➵➲➦➫➩ ➺➻➵➲ ➺➽ ➧➵✃➸à➩➦Ò➥➦➧❐➵➽➳➸➵➥➪➵➥➴➘➽➲➴ presence, es- when more than 180 were ✫✢✭✧✪✙ ✔✚✫✧✕✜✔✤✛✺✴♥✖✣✙✗✹ ✗✘✔✛✜✛✗✔✚✮✛ ✣✙✗✢✣✤✜ ✤✔✫✕✤✗✔✦✗✘✣✗ on from for our those who have killed each year. In 2016 and ✗✘✔✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧✛ ✙✕✢✧✦ ✘✕✧✦ ✫✢✭✧✪✙ ✔✚✫✧✕✜✔✤✛✮ ✤✔❃✢✪✤✔✦ ✫✔♥✛✪✕♥ pecially served our nation. 174 law enforcement tion of respect of others, es- service of those in our mili- ✙✕♥✗✤✪✭✢✗✪✕♥✛ ❄✣✗ ✪♥ ✗✘✔✗★✕✲✜✔✣✤✭✢✦✩✔✗ ✙✜✙✧✔ ✗✘✣✗ ✭✔✩✪♥✛ ✪♥ There are several other 2017, professionals were killed in pecially those in authority. tary, but it is a startling re- ❏✢✧✜ ✷❅✷✰✺ ❆✛ ✜✕✢ ★✣✗✙✘ ✙✪✗✜ ✩✕✈✔✤♥✚✔♥✗✛ ✣♥✦ ✛✙✘✕✕✧ ✦✪✛✲ days of remembrance dur- the line of duty each year. In a recent meeting, I ality about the condition of ✗✤✪✙✗✛ ✪♥ ✗✘✔ ✚✪✦✲✈✣✧✧✔✜ ✛✗✤✢✩✩✧✔ ✗✘✪✛ ✜✔✣✤ ✗✕ ✙✕✈✔✤ ✪♥✙✤✔✣✛✔✦ ing the month of May. Ev- The sad reality is that of- was serving as a volunteer our society. In 2019, 39 law ✵✉✶✸✙✕✛✗✛✹✜✕✢✙✣♥✛✔✔✘✕★✗✘✪✛ ✙✕✢✧✦ ✭✔★✔✧✙✕✚✔✺ ery year since 1963, on May ✖✒ ✝✔ ✟✝ ✄✑✂ ✠ ☎ ✕✠✛ ✢✕✎✎ ✁ chaplain for our local law enforcement professionals ☞✌✍ ✎✟✏ ✠✑✄✝✒ ✆ ✠✂ ✄✓✒ ✝✔ because of the uniform they enforcement profession- have already been killed in ✻✘✣✗✮✛ ✗✘✔✩✕✕✦ ♥✔★✛✺ have died in the line of are wearing. In many of als, and Capt. Craig Ward the line of duty. ❍✔✤✔✮✛ ✗✘✔ ✭✣✦ ♥✔★✛✳✻✘✔ ✚✣s✕✤✪✗✜ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✛✣✈✪♥✩✛ ✕✖✖✔✤✔✦ who duty are recognized and re- these deaths of law enforce- made this staggering state- as parents and guard- ✭✜ ✗✘✔ ✫✧✣♥ ✿✣✭✕✢✗ ✗★✕✲✗✘✪✤✦✛❂ ✙✕✚✔✛ ✖✤✕✚ ✤✔❝♥✣♥✙✪♥✩ ✗✘✔ membered for their service ment personnel, the inves- ment: “In the calendar year ians, We, must to teach ✵✉✶✸✦✔❝✙✪✗✺✻✘✔✫✤✕✭✧✔✚★✪✗✘✗✘✣✗✪✛ ✪✗ ✦✕✔✛♥✕✗✘✪♥✩✗✕✗✤✪✚ ✟✠✁ ✂✞ ✕✝ ✔✟✒✝✕✖✒ ✗ ✘✄✞✠ ✙✗ tigation has shown the at- ✥✫☞✬✍ ☞✭✭ ✄✓✒ ✝✔ ✏ ✝ our children begin to respect those ✗✘✣✗ ✯✷❣ ✭✪✧ ✪✕♥ ✦✔❝✙✪✙✗✺ ✴✗ ✚✔✤✔✧✜ ❡✪✙❡✛ ✗✘✔ ✭✢✧❡ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✫✤✕✭✲ Kennedy signed the bill into tacker was targeting those killed in the line of duty who serve in a uniform that ✧✔✚ ✦✕★♥ ✗✘✔ ✤✕✣✦✺ ✿✻✘✔ ❀✔✚✕✙✤✣✗✪✙ ✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧ ✣✧✛✕ ✙✣✧✧✛ ✖✕✤ law on Oct. 1, 1962, after the who serve in law enforce- from all causes. According represents professionals ✚✜ ✕✠ ment. In some cases, they ✂✄ ✮✓✒ ✝ ✯✄✏✠ ✰ ✆✄✝✕✟✎✍ who put their lives in harm’s ✧✔✩✪✛✧✣✗✕✤✛✗✕✗✣❡✔✙✕♥✗✤✕✧✕✖✕♥✔✕✖✗✘✔✛✜✛✗✔✚✮✛ ✙✤✢✙✪✣✧✔✣✤♥✲ ✕✁ ✟ ✏✟✔ ✖✝✔✂ in ☎✝✄✚✛✞✂ October the were lured into an ambush ✏✞✕✒✞ ✕✠✒✎✚✁ ✔ ✄✓✒ ✝✔ ✏✞✄ way to protect law-abiding ✪♥✩✛ ✣✛✛✢✚✫✗✪✕♥✛✹ ✣ ✗✣✛❡✗✘✣✗ ✙✢✤✤✔♥✗✧✜ ✭✔✧✕♥✩✛ ✗✕✗✘✔✵✉✶✸ Congress year before. attack with the intent to kill ✁✕ ✁ ✟✔ ✟ ✝ ✔✚✎✂ ✄✑ ☛ ✒✂✔ ✄✑ citizens, including those ✭✕✣✤✦✺✻✘✪✛ ★✕✢✧✦ ✛✔✔✚✗✕✭✔✣♥✪♥✈✪✗✣✗✪✕♥✖✕✤✚✪✛✙✘✪✔✖✺❂ Since records have been those who responded to the the 9/11 attacks, 52 of those who serve in our military. ✴✗ ✣✧✛✕ ✪♥✙✤✔✣✛✔✛ ✗✘✔ ✛✜✛✗✔✚✮✛ ✈✢✧♥✔✤✣✭✪✧✪✗✜ ✗✕ ✣ ✫✤✕✧✕♥✩✔✦ kept, beginning in 1791, 911 call. One incident of a ✁ ✟✂✞ ✏ ✝ ✑✝✄✆ ✛✚✠✖✝ ✗ ✦✠ As you think of memori- ✔✙✕♥✕✚✪✙ ✛✧✕★✦✕★♥✹★✘✪✙✘✙✕✢✧✦ ✭✔✣✈✔✤✜✭✪✩ ✦✔✣✧✹ ✙✕♥✛✪✦✲ there have been 23,721 law ✢✕✎✎✕✠✛ ✄✑ ✄✓✒ ✝✔ ✕✠ ✪✟✔✞ - the same year there were als this month, please do ✔✤✪♥✩ ✘✕★ ✔✙✕♥✕✚✪✛✗✛ ♥✕★ ✔✬✫✔✙✗ ✛✢✙✘ ✣♥ ✔✈✔♥✗✹ ✪✖ ♥✕✗ ✣♥ ✠✑✄✝✒ ✆ ✠✂ ✄✓✒ ✝✔ ✢✕✎✎ ✁ ington state took place 15 combat duty deaths for not forget to remember in the line of duty. The worst while they were on their our U.S. military branches, those who serve in our lo- ✣✙✗✢✣✧✤✔✙✔✛✛✪✕♥✹ ✫✕✛✛✪✭✧✜ ✣✛ ✔✣✤✧✜ ✣✛ ♥✔✬✗ ✜✔✣✤✺ of history for violence lunch break at a café. These all in Afghanistan, accord- cal community. There is ✻✘✔❀✔✚✕✙✤✣✗✪✙ ✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧✛ ✣✧✛✕✙✣✧✧ ✖✕✤✤✔✦✪✤✔✙✗✪♥✩✣✫✕✤✗✪✕♥ period against those who serve in are crimes of hatred toward ing to Stars and Stripes a memorial monument ✕✖✫✢✭✧✪✙ ✔✚✫✧✕✜✔✔✛✮✤✔❃✢✪✤✔✦➆✫✔✤✙✔♥✗✤✔✗✪✤✔✚✔♥✗✙✕♥✗✤✪✭✢✲ law enforcement was 1927- people who represent the and Army Times. There at the entrance of the La ✗✪✕♥✛ ✗✕✣ ✫✔♥✛✪✕♥ ✛✗✣✭✪✧✪✗✜ ✖✢♥✦ ✪♥✛✗✔✣✦ ✕✖ ✗✘✔✛✢✫✫✧✔✚✔♥✗✣✧ ☞✣✤✥✗ ✦✠ ✖✧ ✄✑ ✂✞✄✔ ✔✕★ laws of our land and who are roughly twice as many Grande Police Department ✦✔❝♥✔✦✙✕♥✗✤✪✭✢✗✪✕♥✫✧✣♥✹ ★✘✔✤✔✗✘✔✜ ✩✕✗✕✦✣✜✺ years, there were more 300 serve to protect law-abiding combat troops in the U.S. ✟✠✁ ✲✞ ✝✕☛✳✔ ✮✓✒ ✂✞✟✂ ✝ - ❇✢✗ ✗✘✪✛ ✫✣✤✗ ✕✖ ✗✘✔ ✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧ ✚✣✜ ✣✧✤✔✣✦✜ ✭✔ ✦✔✣✦ ✪♥ ✗✘✔ each year killed in the line citizens from those who de- military as there are law minds us of those who have duty, with 1930 being the sire to bring others harm. ✠✑✄✝✒ ✆ ✠✂ ✄✓✒ ✝✔ ✄✠ ✂✞ died in the line of duty in ★✣✗✔✤✹ ★✪✗✘ ✫✢✭✧✪✙ ✔✚✫✧✕✜✔✔ ✢♥✪✕♥✛ ✈✕★✪♥✩ ✗✕ ✩✕ ✗✕ ✙✕✢✤✗ ✪✖ of worst when 335 were killed. As our society erodes and streets of America.” the history of our own com- ✧✔✩✪✛✧✣✗✕✤✛ ✩✕✣✘✔✣✦ ★✪✗✘✗✘✔ ✫✧✣♥✺ The next worst period of our civility declines, attacks So, you can see from the munity. Let us make sure ❍✔✤✔✮✛ ✗✘✔✢✫✛✘✕✗✳✻✘✔✵✉✶✸✫✤✕✫✕✛✣✧✛ ✚✕✛✗✧✪❡✔✧✜ ✗✕★✪✗✘✲ was 1970-1975, the on law enforcement profes- math, last year was about to remember the fallen and ✛✗✣♥✦ ✧✔✩✣✧ ✙✘✣✧✧✔♥✩✔✛ ✕✖✖✔✤ ✚✣✜✭✔ ✗★✕ ✜✔✣✤✛ ✕✖ ✤✔✧✪✔✖✹ ✭✢✗ history worst during that stretch sionals are worsening along seven times more danger- thank those who serve to ✦✕♥✮✗✙✕✚✔✣♥✜★✘✔✤✔ ♥✔✣✤✣ ✛✕✧✢✗✪✕♥✺ being 1973 with 278 killed with attacks on schools. It is ✄✚✔ ✑✄✝ ✟✠ ✄✓✒ ✝ ✕✠ ✱✆ ✝ - protect us and are willing ✉✈✔♥ ✗✘✔ ✧✔✩✪✛✧✣✗✕✤ ★✘✕✮✛ ✭✔✔♥ ✚✕✛✗ ✣✙✗✪✈✔ ✪♥ ✫✪✗✙✘✪♥✩ and 1974 with 285 killed. the result of the devaluing ica than for a soldier in Af- to put their lives on the line year 2001 saw another ✄✑ ✎✕✑ ☎✡ ✆✟✠✡ ✁✕☛ ✝ ✠✂ ✕✠ - ghanistan. 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