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ISSUE 46
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Fallon County General Election Unofficial Results
Rost successful as Write-In
Roy Rost
By Sherry Vogel In the only contested local race in the Fallon County General Election, Roy Rost was elected as Fallon County’s new county commissioner. Rost chose to enter the General Election as a write-in candidate on the ballot. It proved successful, as he sealed the deal with a * 772-661 margin. Rost had defeated two other candidates in the Dist. #2 primary election race on June 7, 2016. He lost to Dave Havens who won the primary bid by a margin of 335-272.
FRIDAY, November 11, 2016
Voter turnout 1525 77%
The Baker native brings business experience from the agricultural sector, business management skills from Rost Construction, LLC and a few real estate holdings. Rost also brings public service experience to the table. He has served on the Planning Board for the past five years, the Conservation Board for five years and the newly formed Zoning Commission for one year. Public service is not a foreign concept to Rost because it runs in the family. His father, Roddy, had served as County Commissioner, for a six year term, in the early 2000’s.
Clerk of District Court Jeraldine A. Newell (R) 1368 County Commissioner District II Dave Havens (R) 661 Roy Rost WRITE IN 772 State Representative District 37 Judi Cramer (D) 195 Bill Harris (R) 1189
District Court Judge, District 16, Dept. 2 Unexpired Term Shall Judge Nickolas C. Murnion be retained in office for another term? Yes 1142 No 177 Public Service Commissioner, District 2 Tony O’Donnell (R) 1273
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Gone But Not Forgotten A Veteran’s shield By Sherry Vogel An unusually warm autumn breeze rustled through the sparse row of birch trees aligning the Veterans Memorial Wall in the McClain park on 3rd Street SW, in Baker last week, as two laborers were carefully setting a stately, solemn monument in honor of All our Nation’s POW*MIA -Past – Present. A magnificent, piece of black granite slab derived from India, weighing 1,800 #, engraved with the somber words “Gone But Not Forgotten,” and bearing the silhouette of the bowed head of a captured soldier in the fore front of a barbed wire fence and guard’s tower grace its front. Set on top of the regal stone is a statue depicting the “Fallen Soldier Battle Cross.” The soldier has marked the final march to battle and will not be forgotten. The soldier’s rifle stuck in the ground or into the soldier’s boots with the helmet on top is to show respect for the dead at the battle site. In reality, it is used less today as a means to identify the dead, but more as a private ceremony among those still alive, as a way to mourn a fallen comrade for soldiers still in the fight. In The American Legion magazine, September 2016 copy, an accounting for POW/MIA from past conflicts is published. The numbers are astonishing. WWII counted 73,137, Korean War 7,807, Vietnam War 1,618, Cold War 126, Gulf War 5, and El Dorado Canyon War 1. (1986- Reagan’s undeclared war with Quddafi.) These soldiers are indeed “Gone But Not Forgotten” by their comrades and families and are honored by all those protected by their sacrifice. A magnificent, black granite monuEngraved on the bottom front of the statue, in ment honors the POW *MIA soldiers Fallon County’s War Memorial Park, are the words past - present. Photo by Sherry Vogel Memorial Day, 2016.
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in times of war
By Sherry Vogel Most school children by the time they are 5-6 years old know how to dial 911, the emergency phone number to summons help in times of distress. 911 is not an option for a soldier out on a battlefield, so Almighty God has made a provision for him. He gave him a Shield of Protection in a promise, found in the Bible in Psalm 91:1. Kind of cool to think that to remember where to find this verse in time of distress, you can easily remember your school training; turn to Psalm 91:1. This verse has gone into many a battle providing a shield of protection to all those who claim its promises and choose to trust and stand under His protection. So is the story of one such young Marine, who as a boy spent many summers on his grandparent’s farm south of Baker. Josh spoke of being “a soldier man” since he was in preschool. He had come from generations of proud military men on both sides of his fam-
ily. His family was proud as they stood in the warm California sunshine at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. The Morning Colors Ceremony, the pageantry of the Corp, was impressive as the Color Guard presented the American flag, followed by the Marine Band playing the National Anthem and the Marine Corps Hymn. The graduation stands were full as parents got their first glimpse of their recruit as he completed a four-mile run across the football length grandstand. The graduation ceremony held later that Friday morning, was heart wrenching as the Commanding General spoke of the ultimate sacrifice that many of these young men, standing in front of their parents, may be called on to make. The last move the platoon of Marine Corp grads made, at the closing of their graduation ceremony, is steeped in Corp tradition. They took one step back, did an about face
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and were then officially, one of the Few, the Proud a United States Marine. Josh’s expression on his face amplified Semper Fi. Not too long after this proud day, on March 20, 2003, President George Bush declared war and we all awakened one morning to “Shock and Awe.” This proud, young Marine who had been assembled with 100,000 other young American soldiers, in late February, in Kuwait, was ready to cross the Kuwaiti/Iraqi border into Iraq to fight a battle, on the shifting sands, in a world thousands of miles away from home. Times like these are when “the road meets the rubber” for a person of faith. The very first night of “Iraqi Invasion”, the 1st Marine Division, LAR Battalion, advanced under the cover of darkness, yet unaware of what strategy the enemy would employ. As the recon group moved in the cool of the night, under
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