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By Shelia Sitzlar

My father-in-law, Loyd “Pops” Sitzlar, runs a small farm in Kingston, where he has a small herd of cattle, of which he mainly feeds the family.

Everyone in the family has always appreciated his farming efforts and his fantastic beef, especially at dinner time.

When Pops gets an idea in his head, it tends to stay there and he will continue thinking about it until the issue is resolved to his satisfaction.

By Flo Charles

Surely, we can all agree it is time to earnestly pray for our nation, our law officers and our president, as God’s Word says. (1 Timothy 2:8) and other Scriptures tell us God wants everyone to pray - without anger, resentment, doubting or judging peoples’ faith or their expressions of faith.

Eleven fatalities and four police officers were wounded at Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue where families gathered for a Child Blessing Ceremony.

This week gentle reader, we have no great overriding theme, but instead a collection of random observations on the passing scene:

By Sheila Sitzlar

“Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter” Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970.

Intelligent dissent indicates that people are thinking with their brains, not blindly following any designated leader or person in power.