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Our View
This is generally the page in the newspaper where commu-
nity members air-- and sometimes even solve-- their differ-
ences, and that's a good thing.
There are a couple of Letters to the Editor below this space
from frequent contributors that are just that, and we should
all value the willingness of those letter writers to challenge us
with their thoughts and ideals. The Opinion Page is just one of
the tools (one of the best, we think) that communities across
Wyoming use to motivate residents and spur improvement.
In fact, those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to
read opinion pages from a number of community newspapers
across the state are often struck by how similar they can seem
from week to week. Regardless of which town you are in, or
which newspaper you read, it seems the opinion page will more
than likely have a submission or two each month that complains
about local government and how tax dollars are spent, a warning
about the erosion of societal mores and maybe even a lecture
to fellow residents to clean up their act (or maybe their yard).
You'll generally find an occasional tip of the hat to an individual
or local volunteer group that went the extra mile as well.
What you won't find in those papers (at least the good ones)
is anything written by somebody from outside the community--
unless they are writing about an issue of specific concern to the
community the newspaper calls home. That's because, in a true
community newspaper, the opinion page, more than any other,
belongs to the community and should be focused entirely on the
issues and personalities unique to that community.
We chose to break that rule this week by including a column
written by a reporter from Lusk because it reveals how remark-
ably similar Wyoming's small communities are-- regardless of
how unique we like to believe we are. Lusk responded to Mother
- Nature's onslaught in much the same way as we did when this
community mobilized to survive and overcome the Oil Creek
Fire just a couple of years ago, and we hope you'll not only rec-
ognize that fact but also celebrate the indomitable spirit and
unselfish desire to provide aid and comfort to others that small
towns breed in their populations.
We also chose to include the column because many of our
readers have friends and relatives in nearby Niobrara County,
and they are naturally curious about the events that occurred
there and how the community is faring as flood waters recede.
We would have written the account ourselves, but honestly
couldn't have done it nearly as well.
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For a person that makes her living by safety.
the written word, I struggle from the effort Before the break of dawn, word had
of describing the definition of such abject spread that everyone was accounted for.
devastation. Nobody died. Nobody was seriously
Most of us were circumspect to corn- injured. The eyes of Niobrara County
plain about the extremely wet month of looked upward and forward.
May. Rain brings grass, grass feeds cattle The wrathful fury of the Niobrara
and cattle feed us, both figuratively and River receded and paled in the face of
literally, the ferocious counter attack launched by
I suppose many of us, including myself, this county. Nature cracked the hornet's
had become desensitized to the late after- nest with its best shot and was met with a
noon thundershowers and frequent weather swarm of determined individuals. Niobrara
alerts. We retired that night confident in County stood at the flood line and as by
our security, illuminated intermittently by will, step-by step reclaimed their home.
the flashes of lightening and the distant Their broken, damaged, destroyed home.
rumble of thunder. We awoke to a surreal Personal property losses span from
reality, minimal to everything. Within a few short
By the time we were jolted awake in hours our community lost so much. We
Lusk, Manville had already been battling lost material possessions. We also lost
rising floodwaters. Lusk emergency hate, jealousy and selfishness.
responders, law enforcement and A common sight on the mud
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citizens answered the noble call of and debris congested streets was
duty to assist our western neighbors self-sacrifice. One person that
and then raced back to continue the had lost everything comforting
confrontation with Mother Nature. their neighbor with a mud filled
There was a hierarchy in the : basement. A ruined business
method of confronting overwhelming Lori ' ' owner forgiving the debts of other
calls to duty with limited resources. H~es community members so they
The citizens of the least populatedLusk could concentrate on the task at
county in the least populated Herald hand. A child handing out water
state in the nation are exceptional and snacks to fuel the recovery
multi-taskers, not by choice but process.
by necessity. The Lusk Volunteer Fire There was no rioting. There was no
Chief is also the Town of Lusk Water looting. Well to be honest, there was the
Department Supervisor. The Town of Lusk smattering of dissent over the 48 hours
Mechanic holds the dual title of Lusk/ of curfew directive that was compared
Niobrara Ambulance Service Director. The to martial law, however most Wyoming
Niobrara County Emergency Management residents would agree, we do not like to be
Coordinator interlaces his duties with the told what to do. And we as a community
responsibilities of Town of Lusk Parks and abided by the edict. Actually, we were
Cemetery Supervisor. Firemen and EMTs tired anyways.
work for the town and county as well as We embraced the many national,
their own businesses. The list goes on. federal and state agencies deployed. We
When this county sounded the call to welcomed them into our fragmented com-
action, all responded without hesitation, munity with grace and appreciation. We
without thought to individual needs. They understand that they will have to leave
faced their tasks fully confident that when to assist other communities with similar
they stepped away in the service of others, issues. We grasp the concept that recovery
away from their families and property, is a long process.
someone would immediately stand proxy If I may be so bold as to ask for One
in their stead. And it happened time after more courtesy.
time through the darkest hours before ~ ~ President Obama, would you be so kind
dawn. as to expedite declaring Niobrara County,
There were no tears, no wailing or Wyoming a natural disaster area. The
gnashing of teeth. Just stoic community resilient, God-fearing, tax paying citizens
strength. There would be time for tears of the least populated county in the least
later. Communication was concise and populated state in our nation will take it
generally focused on reports of personal from there.
(307)746-8899 Hans.Hunt@wy01eg.g0v
(307)283-1891 Tyler, Lindh01m@wy01eg.g0v
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must know our roles and
:recognize our limits
~)ear Editor,
eFirst of all, I want to express my appreciation
r Todd Bennington's courageous and insightful
~ssay in this paper last week entitled, "No Honor
In Putting Women in Combat". My sentiments
gxactly!
ii2 The refusal or our current culture to recognize
~nd accommodate the distinctive roles ordained
~y God our Creator to the respective genders will
~lways foster and produce serious and traumatic
onsequences. It is the kind of idiocy that thinks
$,ou can put flame and fuel in close proximity
~nd then complains when fire and explosions take
blace.
The brainwashing from a demonically perverted
~nedia telling us that men and women are actu-
ally the same when they are not is a refusal to face
}eality that results only in discontent and perpetual
]'rustration as the different sexes attempt
~,ainly to fulfill functions in society for
~hich they were never and can never be
uitable.
. Genuine happiness in life comes
~rom choosing to do exactly what our
i-Ieavenly Father designed us to do; not
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m trying to play a part that is contrary
nature and also God's will.
But I must go on to express my near
~isbelief that letters from prospective
reunion attendees continue to insist that
some level of inebriation is absolutely essential
,~o the enjoyment of their socializing.
i Their childish wailing and ridiculous conten-
',tion that this reunion will be a disaster and really
]aot worth attending without the promiscuous avail-
~bility of liquid insanity to befuddle their brains
hs they converse and reminisce indicates a level of
~degeneracy that should be embarrassing to their
~,former classmates. When alcoholic intoxication
iis considered necessary to relish the company of
iothers, it is clear evidence that the people involved
aave never reached maturity.
,And how contemptible that our own president
~hould recently be seen and publicly broadcast
downing an alcoholic beverage with other similarly
deluded world leaders. No more decadent example
could he set before our young people and society as
a whole.
Our leaders make grand speeches of their plans
to improve the lot of mankind and then nonsensi-
cally openly encourage the use of alcohol, which
has done more than any other single habit to
degrade, deprave, and destroy theprecious lives of
people made in the image of God. Basic conclu-
sion: live in harmony with the infallible injunctions
of God's word that forbids the use of intoxications
(Proverbs 23:31-32), not the example of our morally
corrupted leaders in government, society, and even
our churches.
--Leonard Lang
Better learn something from
the riots in bigger cities
Dear Editor,
Reliably Right Wing Cal Thomas, in his
Column of Sunday, May 17, opined that "The Roots
of the Problems" in Baltimore were,
among other things: raising taxes,
failed liberal policies, donations from
teachers' unions, attacks on the rich,
stories about racism and injustice, and
on and on.
Obama's Attorney General Loretta
Lynch has announced a Justice
Department investigation to deter-
mine whether the Baltimore Police
Department is racist and does other
misdeeds.
Mr. Thomas references former Congressman
Allen West extensively. Politifact has "scored" Mr.
West's statements and it appears that there may be
some bias.
Of his 36 statements, 12 were either half, mostly
or entirely true. Of the remaining statements, 13
were judged to be false, seven mostly false and the
last four to be "pants on fire" outright lies.
This obfuscation of these serious problems in
our society serves only one purpose-- to further
inflame the economic warfare inflicted by the
obscenely rich on the rest of us.
Those in the upper strata of our society have
already exhausted every possible benefit, luxury,
palliative for erupting paranoia and effulgent man-
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E-maih editor@newslj.com
ifestation of egregious ego disorder. It seems that
they can not curb this addiction.
Unless that dramatically changes, I'm afraid it
will be all downhill for us. The prognostications
of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell will seem
benevolent but puny when compared to our likely
fate.
Those clever devils have already stripped us of
our first line of defense (an informed electorate)
and are well on their way to making that a perma-
nent condition.
Let Wisconsin be "fair warning."
For those of us who do not follow national poli-
tics: Wisconsin has been put in the pocket of the
biggest of businesses. Now, state politics are pretty
much owned, lock, stock and barrel by the pluto-
crats. Voting rights have been severely restricted,
higher education defunded, public services cur-
tailed and writing or canceling of state laws turned
over to ALEC.
This writer and his brother, Glen David,
arrived in Los Angeles 50 years ago, during the
summer of 1965, just in time for the Premier of
massive citizen unrest demonstrations - the Watts-
Willowbrook Riots.
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We lived just inside the "curfew zone." My :
place of employment had a National Guard When
machine-gun mounted on the roof- "just in case."
My brother-in-law to be, a reporter for the
Los Angeles Herald Examiner, was stationed on
"Central" in Watts. We swapped observations and
good stories at family get-togethers.
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