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Month: October 2024

REMEMBERING FRIENDS IN NOVEMBER: MICHAEL SCHMITT, JOE VOEGTLIN, JACK DEIERLEIN & JOHN WILSON

REMEMBERING FRIENDS IN NOVEMBER: MICHAEL SCHMITT, JOE VOEGTLIN, JACK DEIERLEIN & JOHN WILSON

November is a time the Catholic Church remembers the dead. It’s a fitting to remember good people who are no longer with us. Here are a few special people who died during this November periord of time and who played a special role in my life.  The reverend Michael J. Schmitt was born in 1929 in Port Angeles. He died at age 58 on November 10, 1987 in Auburn, Washington in an auto collision when a driver was using his…

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WHO WERE THOSE TWO MEN AT LAST NIGHT’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?

WHO WERE THOSE TWO MEN AT LAST NIGHT’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?

I watched the entire debate and kept wondering what happened to the Vance of wild claims about immigrants eating pets and the Walz with sharp down to earth responses? While it is true that the debate is unlikely to change the trajectory of the presidential race, the two participants were almost totally inconsistent in demeanor and presentation then they have presented on the public campaign. Vance, the Yale educated lawyer, worked to present himself as a reasonable, genial person while…

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