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The lion tamer
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Circus Roncalli, Germany’s most beloved circus, famously replaced all of its live animals with 3‑D holograms in 2018, a tech-savvy move to preserve the audience-loved animal acts while eliminating concerns of animal cruelty. I watched some YouTube videos explaining how they did it. The elephants are particularly mesmerizing; when the image of the elephant, shot…
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Shadows
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Walking through that amber fieldWith noonday sun cutting throughThe September day,I approached an old weatherbeatenBarn perched amid swayingTassles of autumn grass. The barn, with rusting metal roofAnd sideboards warped and bentCried of neglectAnd the ravages of time. Resisting the urge to run my fingersAlong the rivened boards,To osmose their years,To glean the stories held there,I glanced…
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The parable of Plymouth
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Historically, we’ve accepted a very whitewashed version of what happened in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. The story we were told as children was that the friendly local Wampanoag tribe swooped in to teach the struggling pilgrims how to survive in the New World, culminating in a three-day feast of thanksgiving. I bet most of us were actors in…
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Time to build this memorial
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About ten years ago the local Veterans Council began discussions about creating a World War II/Korean War memorial for Clark County. A design competition was held and a design was selected. Shortly thereafter, efforts were underway to secure funding for the memorial and numerous donations were forthcoming as well. Gates Precast volunteered to provide some of…
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Learning the way
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When I was very young, I had an older cousin, Dale Medford, who would loan me books to read. That is where I discovered the first three mainstays of my developing years. “The Three Musketeers” showed me how people, although very different, could be friends, could enjoy each other’s company while allowing each other to lead…
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On youth and grace
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I am still a bit shaken. I’ve been home three days now after a long weekend, and I still have their words and stories in my head and on my heart. They will probably stick around for quite a while. I can only hope. The weekend youth retreat is designed to help young people in their walk…
