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History repeats
To the Editor:
History repeats. Honest
history must be preserved,
so mankind can avoid the
tragedies of the past. That is
why the Marxist/left wants
to rewrite and/or destroy
history to take advantage of
historic blunders of the past
to use them again to gain
power and control of the
present. Vietnam is a classic
example of why forthright
history must be preserved
so historic tragedies are not
replicated.
Had President John F.
Kennedy not been assas-
sinated, America would
never have initiated the
horrendous war in Viet-
nam. Kennedy was ada-
mant that a war against
Vietnam would never be
tolerated on his watch. The
first major act for President
Johnson was to declare
war against Vietnam. An
American President was
ruthlessly and clandestine-
ly removed from office in
order to initiate the most
divisive and disingenuous
war in American history.
Hundreds of thousands of
America’s finest young men
were sent to the jungles of
Vietnam to fight a war their
own country had no intent
to win. In like manner, Pres-
ident Donald Trump was
ruthlessly and clandestinely
removed from office to
re-ignite the leftist agenda
to destroy the American
Republic, one nation un-
der God. President Trump
would have never tolerated
appeasement in the face of
Communist aggression in
Hong Kong, Ukraine, Tai-
wan, and Islamic brutality
in Afghanistan and Iran or
the systematic destruction
of the American Republic.
President Biden left our
soldiers and our weapons
behind in Afghanistan just
like the traitors that left our
boys and the soul of Ameri-
ca behind in Vietnam.
The Vietnam war fos-
tered a rebellion against law
and order in America. Our
returning Vietnam heroes
were spit at as baby killers
when they came home, save
60,000 that never came
home. The police and mili-
tary were hailed in the press
and media as pigs and racist
hate mongers. America to-
day is Vietnam on steroids.
Law and order has been
replaced with defunding
the police, feminizing and
neutering the armed forces,
and watching media incited
‘peaceful’ protests burn
down America and disman-
tle our ancient landmarks.
Vietnam fostered black
power and racial division.
Dr. Martin Luther King’s
vision of a color blind
America was assassinated
with him. Dr. King’s dream
was for his children to “one
day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by
the color of their skin but by
the content of their charac-
ter.” (Martin Luther King,
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“I have a dream,” Aug. 28,
1963) Today in America, ra-
cial division has never been
more agitated, pronounced
or inflamed. The press, me-
dia, Hollywood and much
of our educational system
are the authors of current
class and race warfare (crit-
ical race theory) basing
human progress and justice
on the color of a person’s
skin. Dr. King’s vision was
to “lift our nation from the
quick sands of racial in-
justice to the solid rock of
brotherhood.” (King op. cit)
Barack Obama’s dream (of
his fathers) was to inflame
racial division, not racial
brotherhood. Dr. King end-
ed his sermon to America
with, “when all God’s chil-
dren, Black men and White
men, Jews and Gentiles,
Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands
and sing the words of the
old Negro spiritual: Free
at last. Free at last. Thank
God Almighty, we are free
at last.” (King op.cit)
Canada’s courageous
truckers have stood for the
“free at last” banner in front
of a watching world placing
their lives and their families
in harm’s way. That banner
of sacrifice is coming to
America, it is coming to
Oregon, it is coming to
our very own homeland in
eastern Oregon. Thank God
Almighty for those willing
to pay the price of freedom
so the rest of the world
may one day be “free at
last.” In honor and grateful
thanksgiving: David Clark
(Heppner), Greg Gessle
(Hermiston), Tom Brehm
(Ukiah), Tim Strom (En-
terprise) who never came
home from Vietnam, R.I P.
Stuart Dick, Irrigon
This year, she is gathering
information on the railroad
depot that once existed
in Lexington. Jeanne re-
ports that most people with
whom she has discussed it
are not aware that a depot
was sited in Lexington, but
she is finding definite, reli-
To the editor;
Spanish flu, our world was
able information about it.
As our governor has in a Great Depression. We,
She invites everyone with
decided that March 31 is as a nation, are in one of the
knowledge and/or pictures
the magic day that they worse inflation rates that we
of the Lexington depot to
will lift our mask mandate have seen in decades, how
contact her at jeancres-
on “some” things, is this a can we not compare the two
wick@earthlink.net.
time to rejoice? Now after time frames.
As another “boomer-
going into our 3 rd year of
I have been just as
anger,” I am pleased to
a “pandemic” we need to angered by going shopping
recently be joined for my
“learn to live with the Covid as the rest of you with the
walks by a classmate who
virus” and be a “free” so- empty shelves, the prices
is familiar with the history
ciety again. You feel safe of products, stopping at
I missed while being gone
that that this is not all a plan the gas station to fuel up
for about thirty years. So,
of a bigger picture? I have and needing to take a loan
we have been walking Hep-
spent many hours watching, out just to afford the gas
pner’s several neighbor-
reading, listening to fellow prices. We can blame the
hoods, reminiscing about
Americans about what can facts on people not working
where friends and families
really be the reasoning be- or supply shortages, but in
lived when we were grow-
hind the original mandates fact this is also a form of
ing up, noting the many
and this upcoming relax on control. Some people do not
changes that have occurred
mandates. I am sure in my want to work as they are be-
since our school days. And,
heart that there is something ing required to participate
of interest to other walk-
bigger going on behind the in the mandated vaccine,
ers, in case they haven’t
scenes that we are not see- the gas has not stopped
noticed, we can walk on
ing or being told.
flowing in our own land,
sidewalks from the front of
The Covid virus is not but they shut down our
the dam all the way through
dying down, as no virus own pipelines, so we are
town to the little league
does. They mutate, they reliant on elsewhere. This
baseball field.
change, they become resis- is going to cause our world
Good news for local
tant to medication. There to collapse, make us reliant
athletes: Both the Ione and
really is no reason to fear on a government that can’t
Heppner girls’ and boys’
this virus compared to fix our world no matter
basketball teams saw action
any other virus that has what lies they tell us. We,
at district-level competi-
ever been around. The fear as a nation, are doomed for
tions last weekend, and
should lay in the fact that another “Great Depression”
the Mustang boys will be
we have been divided as a at the rate things are going.
playing again in this week’s
nation. We are not allowed
Now is the time to
state-level competition.
to think for ourselves, make come together, gather re-
The wrestling team also
our own decisions, live our sources and stand strong
went to district competi-
lives as we want to or speak against the political non-
tion and again, its small
freely about this. The dam- sense. I don’t think we are
team of eight wrestlers
age is done. The division seeing the end to anything,
placed fourth among 13
of our nation has been ac- only a lull in control.
schools. Going to state-lev-
complished. A concern we
Our monthly meeting
el competition this week
should all have right now of Freedom of Choice will
will be Cade Cunningham
is history repeats itself, as I be held on February 27 at
and Conor Brosnan. Good
have compared this virus to 3 p.m. at Two Old Hags
luck all.
the Spanish flu many times, Pizza.
Jace Coe’s knee was
look back on facts. Spanish
Staying Loud and
badly injured during last
flu lasted 36 months, Covid Standing Proud beside you
fall’s football game with
Virus we are in our 24 th and for you,
Kennedy, resulting in a
month (beginning our 3 rd
Dawn Brosnan
need for two surgeries. At
year). Ten years after the
least some good news is that
Jace had his second surgery
on the 15 th , is recovering
well at home and can now
look forward to successful
rehabilitation.
As often happens, on
the same weekend of these
high school district sports
competitions, the local Elks
Annual featured a ladies’
afternoon tea while the Elk
members held a meeting,
followed by an evening of
socializing, fine foods, and
live music. The black and
red decorations were ex-
tensive, starting with a “red
carpet” entry, and striking.
The incident/person
that brought a smile to your
face can do the same for the
GT readers when you share
by sending your tidbit to
dbrosnan123@gmail.com
or calling 541-676-5382 or
541-223-1490.
Here’s hoping that
some good news comes to
Pictured (L-R): Home Health and Hospice Director, Molly Rhea, RN, Claudia Hughes and everyone reading this.
Time for rejoice or time
of concern?
By Doris Brosnan
Some of Nancy Ek-
strom’s entertainment
includes playing various
card games with friends.
She seems to take in stride
having long spells of “flat
cards,” but recently, after
enduring a long, dry spell,
she was delighted to play a
winning hand at Bridge that
contained nine of thirteen
possible trump cards. Of
course, her delight contin-
ued then in recalling this
whenever she could corner
a listener, and just when she
was hearing “Yeah, yeah,
yeah. You already told us,”
she had a lucrative round
of Loo, and a couple days
later, another successful
round of Loo. Hanging onto
this good news will prob-
ably help her get through
her next long, dry spell,
though it might be hard on
her friends.
Reminder to pinochle
players: Tomorrow at 1
p.m. at the St. Patrick’s
Senior Apartments, and on
Tuesdays, Bingo at 1 p.m.
And don’t forget exercising
on Mondays at the Ione
church at 11 a.m.
Sharon Harrison and
Nancy Anderson have cre-
ated a car-themed quilted
throw that will be featured
as a raffle item this spring
at car shows. The winning
raffle ticket for this quilt
that was inspired by Betty
Burns will be drawn at
the Ione July 4 car show.
Tickets will be sold at the
car shows preceding the
4 th and are now available
by calling Harrison at 541-
989-8496 or Anderson at
541-422-7581. Proceeds
will support the local clas-
sic cars group’s endeavors.
Jeanne Creswick, a
“boomerang” HHS gradu-
ate of 1961, has written sev-
eral articles for the Morrow
County Chronicles since
returning, as she is greatly
interested in the history of
our area and in genealogy.
Book donated in memory of Jepsen
The Heppner Book-
worms, represented by
Claudia Hughes, Heppner,
donated the book “Reflec-
tions of a Peacemaker,”
to the Pioneer Memorial
Hospice library in memory
of the late Suzanne Jepsen,
who was a Bookworms
member.
The book is a young
boy’s poetry and story de-
picting hope, love, sadness,
humor and gratitude while
he struggled with an in-
curable disease. “Author,
young Mattie J.T. Stepanek,
hoped his poems would
touch people and bring
them peace.” (Edited by
his mother, Jennifer Smith
Stepanek.)
We “liked it because it
seemed to encompass all
our world,” commented
Hughes.
Jackie Alleman, Volunteer Coordinator. -Photo by April Sykes.
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