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Way of the World Christmas in Keenesburg
Annual Holiday Breakfast by the Wiggins Old Fashioned Christmas Free Family Event Sons of the Legion at the American Saturday thisA past week, December 7 , the Town of Wiggins hosted it annual Wiggins Old Fashioned Christmas. Emceed by Town Manager, Legion Post 180 in Keenesburg Paul Larino, it was a delightful event that was extremely well attended th
The Sons of the American Legion held their annual Holiday Christmas Breakfast to raise money for their scholarship program. 93 paying customers supported the event which was its usual biscuits and gravy (which, as always, was delicious) bacon and scrambled eggs with coffee and juice available. Thank you to the sons for what they do and our local citizens who support them.
by the citizens, several hundred at least. The largest town event I have seen. There was something for everyone. Many of the town organizations participated. The police provided smores and marshmallows for toasting, with three fire pits. The young people really enjoyed that and quite frankly, some older folks too. Hot Ham and Bean soup along with Hot Chili were provided from three huge caldrons with all the fixings. It was great in the cool evening air. Hot chocolate was provided at the model church facility as well as a booth offering Christmas cookies. Inside the youngsters were offered the opportunity to do crafts and color. Outside there was a train ride the young people and a hay wagon for all. Christmas music was played through out the evening. Paul gave ongoing updates for Santa’s arrival. Live Christmas Caroling was provided by 5 students from UNC . Mayor Mac Leon lit the official Christmas Tree Lights. Soon after Santa arrived. The line for the young people to see Santa stretched for a while. Patient parents and grandparents waited with their children. A great event requiring the support and cooperation of a lot of people. Wiggins should be proud of its citizens both those helping put the event on as well as the many, many citizens that arrived to participate. Well done to the people of Wiggins. A lot of folks could learn from you! A side note December 7th was the 78th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. It is good to remember the sacrifice so many made to help protect our freedom. Allowing us to celebrate the Holidays in peace. God Bless our veterans who served and our troops who serve now, protecting us at home! God Bless America.
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– Way of the World – by Bob Grand Well another year is rolling by. It is amazing how fast it seems to go. A time of year when people think a little bit more about others. A shame that is not the standard all year. But you have to deal with reality. Try and remember those less fortunate than you. The latest on the Road Runner tales in Washington. There will probably be an impeachment vote this week. Looking back at comments that some Democrats made during President Clinton’s impeachment you have to wonder where the perspective is. There are many Democrats who would rather see a censure rather than a formal impeachment as they know where this is going in the Senate. The radical Democratic base and more importantly their donor base needs to be pacified, facts aside. We will see what this brings in the 2020 elections. Meanwhile the President’s efforts continue to provide results. The stock market is up almost 10,000 points since he took office. Do you know how many pension funds are invested in the market, as there are not a lot of alternatives that can begin to meet their earnings projections, for example, PERA. The announcement of the first phase of the China trade agreement looks promising for our farmers. We have now become energy self-sufficient and with the new LNG facilities coming online out LNG exports will be growing. Our illegal southern border traffic has been significantly reduced. Looking back on the President’s campaign promises, whether you approve of him or not, his track record is good and getting better. So, what about our Congress? It appears the House of Representatives will vote to approve the United States, Mexico and Canada Trade agreement. One has to ask with the tremendous amount of time focused on their long-stated goal of impeaching the President when will we get back to doing the people’s business. There are tough issues out there that require robust debate, healthcare, the national debt, immigration, changing work force, infrastructure, cyber security to name a few. Unfortunately, we are continuing to see a trend of further remoteness of elected officials and the people. The major political parties have, by virtue of not having term limits, we find that rather than the best and brightest we have party loyalist becoming in charge because of seniority. Nothing against the people of California and New York but do you believe that Jerry Nadler or Adam Schiff represent the best those states have to offer? So, what you have by default, is the staffs of these people being more responsible for creating substance. This aggravates the distance between the people and what goes on in government. This trend seems to be alive and well in Colorado. Be it the Capital in Denver, or the County, or even at some town levels. Listening to the people is uncomfortable for many politicians, as they are asked tough questions whose answers are even tougher. We need to figure how to get government back closer to the people, and just maybe we might have an improvement in government. Just maybe. Watching Weld politics this next couple of months will be interesting. There appears to be a bit of a revolution in the Republican party with challenges to existing elected officials surfacing and challenges to the Republican Assembly process, which in theory represents a fair way to represent the County’s Republican population but which in reality is a method to control who gets nominated by the entrenched party apparatus. Looking forward to reporting on how this develops. Hope you are all looking forward to the new year and here is wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year. As usual; your comments and thoughts are always appreciated. publisher@lostcreekguide. com
December 18, 2019
TRIVIA Does the equator cut through Hawaii? NO Who’s the Winnie-the-Pooh song If He Never Eats Nothing He’ll Never Get Bigger about? TIGGER Which of James Buchanan’s relatives was his First Lady - his mother, niece or sister? HIS NIECE What tiny animals does Tyler make stew from, in Never Cry Wolf? MICE How many pairs of wings does a mosquito have? ONE What professional athlete’s story is told in Martina? MARTINA NAVRATILOVA’S What Disney theme park is owned and operated by the Oriental Land Co.? TOKYO DISNEYLAND What Disney song declares: I build my house of straw”?” WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF? Who was the only U.S. President inaugurated in two different cites? GEORGE WASHINGTON What watery Disney movie presents brother Allen and Freddie Bauer? SPLASH How many decks are there on the Space Shuttle Columbia? THREE What game do German kids know as “Ringelrose”? RING AROUND THE ROSIE Is Morocco a kingdom? YES What bubbly song reports: “They fly so high, nearly reeach the sky, then like my dreams they fade and die”? I’M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES How many of every four U.S. familes have two color TVs? TWO
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Also on This Day
WORLD WAR II 1941 Japanese troops land in Hong Kong on December 18, 1941, and slaughter ensues. A week of air raids over Hong Kong, a British crown colony, was followed up on December 17 with a visit paid by Japanese envoys to Sir Mark Young, the British governor of Hong Kong. SLAVERY 1865Following its ratification by the requisite three-quarters of the states earlier in the month, the 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution, ensuring that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States. ART, LITERATURE, AND FILM HISTORY 1961 The Tokens earn a #1 hit with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” The song that topped the Billboard pop chart on December 18, 1961, was an instant classic that went on to become one of the most successful pop songs of all time, yet its true originator saw only a tiny fraction of the song’s enormous profits. GREAT BRITAIN 1912 Fraudulent “Piltdown Man” fossil discovered After three years of digging in the Piltdown gravel pit in Sussex, England, amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson announces the discovery of two skulls that appear to belong to a primitive hominid and ancestor of man, along with a canine tooth. U.S. PRESIDENTS 1915 President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt in Washington, D.C. The bride was 43 and the groom was 59. It was the second marriage for Wilson, whose first wife died the year before from a kidney ailment. CRIME 1878 John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires, is executed in Pennsylvania. The Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society that had allegedly been responsible for some incidences of vigilante justice in the coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.
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This Day in History - December 18, 1620 Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Harbor
On December 18, 1620, the British ship Mayflower lands at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony. The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Puritans in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers–dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony– crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World. On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower anchored at what is now Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod. Before going ashore, 41 male passengers–heads of families, single men and three male servants–signed the famous Mayflower Compact, agreeing to submit to a government chosen by common consent and to obey all laws made for the good of the colony. Over the next month, several small scouting groups were sent ashore to collect firewood and scout out a good place to build a settlement. Around December 10, one of these groups found a harbor they liked on the western side of Cape Cod Bay. They returned to the Mayflower to tell the other passengers, but bad weather prevented them from landing until December 18. After exploring the region, the settlers chose a cleared area previously occupied by members of a local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag. The tribe had abandoned the village several years earlier, after an outbreak of European disease. That winter of 1620-1621 was brutal, as the Pilgrims struggled to build their settlement, find food and ward off sickness. By spring, 50 of the original 102 Mayflower passengers were dead. The remaining settlers made contact with returning members of the Wampanoag tribe and in March they signed a peace treaty with a tribal chief, Massasoit. Aided by the Wampanoag, especially the English-speaking Squanto, the Pilgrims were able to plant crops–especially corn and beans–that were vital to their survival. The Mayflower and its crew left Plymouth to return to England on April 5, 1621. Over the next several decades, more and more settlers made the trek across the Atlantic to Plymouth, which gradually grew into a prosperous shipbuilding and fishing center. In 1691, Plymouth was incorporated into the new Massachusetts Bay Association, ending its history as an independent colony.
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Christmas in Keenesburg 2019
Christmas in Keenesburg was celebrated in downtown Keenesburg with a parade following. Local merchants participated; many had decorated their store fronts. Fortunately, the weather cooperated.