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Carolyn Niebruegge May Michael L. May 
Vol. 3, Is. 14 Oct.
18, 2013
From the
Editor
ICYMI (in case you missed
it), let me give you an update on what extending the debt limit and re-opening
the government really means to you.
Also, as usual, included is a little of my own “unbiased” opinion.
1) Due to the combined actions of the Senate, House, and
the President, funding has been extended to keep the government open and
running for a matter of weeks at the SAME, and most likely a slightly higher
spending level than the level that has allow us to amass a near $17 trillion
dollar debt. The reason I say “slightly
higher” is that we know there was at least some “pork” added to appease both
sides of the isle--the content of that pork is not yet totally clear. In other words, NO spending cuts!
2) We can now continue to borrow more money and run up
an even higher debt than we have now as a result of increasing the debt limit.
3) In case you haven’t noticed, the liberal media sees
this as a big win for the Democrats and the President and the “beginning of the
end” of the Republican Party.
4) I do believe that through the Republican’s efforts to
cut spending by attempting to not fund “Obamacare” their “brand” has been
tarnished. Why? Not because it actually has, but because the
American people are being told by the media that it has been tarnished. Obviously, as one who has insurance, I am not
a supporter of Obamacare and I have a hard time believing that there are many
“in my boat” that do. I am not a
believer that it is my responsibility to furnish health care for ones who can’t
afford it by adding to my premiums to pay for theirs. Again, I don’t think I’m alone “in that boat”
either.
5) I would have still been “standing” if the Republicans
would have pushed the President until he either “blinked” or let us go over the
edge. He clearly has the upper hand
because he has not been taken to the limit.
I for one believe in the very end, he would have blinked rather than
seeing us default on our debit. Yes, I
know, that’s a “high stakes” game of “Chicken.”
At this point it’s still so easy for him to stand back and proclaim, “If
it weren’t for those Republicans, everything would be good.
6) I must admit that I am sorry that the Republicans
didn’t think they had the votes to at least furnish a “clean” CR except for
requiring that the President, Congress, and all the legislative aides be forced
participate in Obamacare. I would have
loved to see them explain why what’s so wonderful for the rest of the country
is “not so wonderful” for them. If
forced upon the Senate by the House, that’s exactly what they would have had to
do or accept the CR to open the government and extend the debit limit.
7) Contrary to what has been implied, the Senate and
President had few concerns over shutting the government down as they were given
several opportunities to open important portions of government on a “piece
meal” basis and rejected all of those attempts.
I don’t want to suggest that the “shutdown” and furlough of Federal
employees didn’t have significant impact, but remember--all those employees
furloughed will receive “back pay” for their furloughs. The non-recoverable services provided by the
Federal Government which were shut down are the factions that cannot be
recovered.
8) In a “Monday morning quarterback mode” I actually
believe that rather than trying to defund Obamacare, the Republicans would have
been much better off to focus on it’s failures--only ½ of 1 percent of those
who tried were successful in signing up and due to American’s inability to get
on the website, traffic from the first to the second day decreased by 88
percent. If the issues with the roll-out
aren’t a sign that Obamacare isn’t ready for “Prime Time” I don’t know what is.
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Content
Contributors for the Week
Linda
Melton
Kate
(Roberts)
All
those who sent messages to the Email “Bag”
Thank
you all!
Remembering…
Tribute at
This
moving tribute to those lost on
Thoughts from
the Squirrel Lair
The Lord’s Clinic
This is very inspiring. Read the words as you listen you the music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwdWr3PTVdE
Alumni Website
We have renewed the account that Wanda
Jackson had set up at the photo sharing website, picturetrail.com for the
Roosevelt Alumni: http://www.picturetrail.com/rooseveltalumni. She had posted many pictures from past
reunions, class panels, and old schools buildings along with write ups about
them. We thought you might find these
interesting if you haven’t visited this site in the past.
Cooperton Valley Picture Trail
The “
Interesting
Tidbits
Where Are the Chairs
This is very interesting and
entertaining to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6HfDeTVpinU&vq=medium
News
The
Roosevelt Senior Citizens has reopened from the summer break. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. Lunch for Seniors is $4 and for the
younger generation is $5.
The
menu for next week is as follows:
Tuesday,
October 22: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed
Potatoes/Gravy, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Thursday,
October 24: BBQ Brisket on Roll, Potato
Salad, Corn, Salad Bar, Dessert
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Fall Festival
The Southern Kiowa Chamber had
perfect weather for the 4th Annual Fall Festival on Saturday,
October 12, in Snyder. A large crowd
came out to enjoy the various activities throughout the day. There were 25 entries in the car show from Snyder,
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Yes, the
time for the Roosevelt Haunted House is just around the corner. Begin planning now to have an evening of fun
there. The Haunted House will be at a
new location this year, the Kimray place northeast of
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The
Kiowa County Historical Essay Competition deadline is Monday, October 21 at
4:00 pm. Email essays to kiowacomuseum@cableone.net
or mail or hand deliver to Kiowa County Historical Museum, 518 S Main, Hobart,
OK 73651.
The Kiowa
County Historical Society is pleased to announce the first annual Kiowa County
Historical Essay Competition. This
contest is intended to encourage High School students in
There will
be First, Second,
First
through
The rules
are as follows:
1.
Essays
must be no less than two single-spaced machine-written pages. No maximum length is specified.
2.
The
font shall be Times New Roman, the size of the font shall be eleven. There shall be a one-inch margin top and
bottom and on both sides.
3.
Quotes
and passages from other published works are allowed, but must be correctly
attributed, set off in italic, and properly footnoted.
4.
Plagiarism
will cause rejection of the submission.
All essays will be subject to checking through accredited sites that
identify incidences of plagiarism.
5.
Essays
must be the original work of the student.
Submissions of original drafts may be submitted to others for comment,
but any major changes made by those others will not be allowed. In case of suspicion, the student may be
subjected to questions by the judges.
6.
Spelling
errors in the age of Spell Check are inconceivable. However, the student should edit the document
before submission to ensure the wrong word (i.e. for-four) which spell check
will not catch, should be corrected before submission.
The judging
criteria are as follows:
1.
Originality
- All things being equal, choosing a subject that has not been extensively
explored by other writers will be given extra consideration.
2.
Composition
- The essay should flow properly, tell the story in a coherent manner, and
without the addition of “filler” included to meet minimum page count.
3.
Grammar
- Properly composed sentences and paragraphs.
4.
Punctuation.
5.
Historical
accuracy.
SUGGESTIONS:
1.
People
- Some current and former
2.
Events
- An event can be life-changing or as simple as the memory of a particular
picnic or town fair. Attempt to pick an
event that has not been covered extensively by other writers.
3.
Places
- An example would be the numerous schools which have closed down in
4.
Historical
Trends -
There are
many resources available to students when researching their chosen
subject. The
Submissions
will be forwarded to the Kiowa County Historical Society no later than October
21, 2013. Electronic submissions are
encouraged.
E-mail:
kiowacomuseum@cableone.net
Regular mail:
Celecia
Stoup
(580)
726-6202
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
We
have compiled all of the birthday and anniversary information we could from
Wanda’s files. We are sure we are
missing some. Please send us the
birthdays and anniversaries for your family and friends so that we can have as
complete as list as possible. We are
going to start with what we have from Wanda’s files so if we miss you, please
send us the information so we have it for the news next year. In addition, should any of the birthdays we
list be wrong, also please let us know.
Happy Birthday
To:
October 18 – Max
Buchanan, Class of 1978
October 19 – Judith (Brown)
Conrad, Class of 1961
October 19 – Alicia Neyers
October 19 –
October 20 – Jeannie (
October 20 – Judy Stockton,
Class of 1966
October 20 – Ross Jackson, Class of 1967
October 21 – Wanda Simmons
October 21 – Danny Lou Cole
October 21 – Jonathan Reeves
October 21 – Denise Mahoney
October 22 – Cathy (Ragsdale) Vidalles, Class of
1977
October 22 – Terry Davis
October 23 – Katrina Richardson
October 23 – Chris Hayes
October 23 – Thesha (Callen)
Anson, Class of 1993
October 23 – Cathy (
October 24 – Paul Krehbiel
October 24 – Joey Thurmond
October 24 – Peggy (Watson) Wallis, Class of 1950
Happy Anniversary To:
October 18 – Darrell
& Angela Suanny Block
October 20 – Stan &
Shirley (Collmer) Funkhouser, Class of 1973
October 21 – Linda
(Phillips) & Andy Goodson, Class of 1966
Humor
80 YEARS, EXPLAINED
On the first day, God
created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark
at anyone who comes in or walks past.
For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's a long time to be
barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
And God saw it was good.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do
tricks, and make them laugh. For this,
I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog
did?"
And God, again saw it was
good.
On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the
field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and
give milk to support the farmer's family.
For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years." The cow said, "That's kind of a tough
life you want me to live for sixty years.
How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"
And God agreed it was good.
On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry
and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give
you twenty years." But the human
said, "Only twenty years? Could you
possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey
gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God,
"You asked for it."
So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy
ourselves. For the next forty years, we
slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the
grandchildren. And for the last ten
years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone. Life has now been explained to you. There is no need to thank me for this
valuable information. I'm doing it as a
public service. If you are looking for
me I will be on the front porch.
From the Email
Bag
Hello Mike &
Carolyn,
Thanks for your
information on the alumni and all the news on you trip. Just want you let you know that I did make
contact with the other classmate in our Class.
So sorry she did not make it to
Just a reminder
that
Our Love &
Friendship
Mabel (Block) &
Clyde Blackwood of
Food for
Thought
The following quotes, many
from years ago, certainly give us something to think about in today’s political
scene.
1. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. Voltaire (1764)
2. Just because you do not
take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in
you! Pericles (430 B.C.)
3. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at
one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan
4. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the
blessings. The inherent blessing of
socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill
5. There is no distinctly American criminal class - - except Congress. Mark Twain
6. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have. Thomas
Jefferson
7. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs
when it's free. P.J. O'Rourke
THE FIVE BEST SENTENCES
A. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy
out of prosperity.
B. What one person receives
without working for - - another person must work for without receiving.
C. The government cannot
give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody
else.
D. You cannot multiply
wealth by dividing it.
E. When half of the people
get the idea that they do not have to work, because the other half is going to
take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good
to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the
beginning of the end of any nation.
Obituaries
Useful
Links:
Becker
Funeral Home of Snyder, OK
http://www.beckerfuneral.com/?page=snyder
Peoples
Cooperative Funeral
http://www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com/who-we-are/history
Ray
and Martha’s Funeral Home of Hobart,
http://www.234enterprises.com/Roosevelt%20Cemetery%20Layout.htm
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/rooseveltcemetery
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2176228
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?=cr&CRid=99577&CScn=Springhill+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=38&
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98525
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99399&CScn=Hobart+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2246374&CScn=Resurrection&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99042&CScn=Mountain+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99397&CScn=roosevelt&CScntry=4&CSst=38
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99439
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