2009 was a VERY tough year for most of us.  The economy was the worst in living memory, politics have been divisive and nasty, unemployment has been at unprecedented levels, world conflicts continue to threaten us all at home and abroad, medical costs are going through the roof, and so much more…  But, we’re still standing!  Maybe a bit battered and bruised, but we WILL recover because we are a people of strength and resolve.  We’ve been through tough times before and we’ve always bounced back.  And so we will this time, too.  Recall that old adage:  “that which does not kill us will only make us stronger”.  So………………..

Welcome to 2010.  It’s a brand new year and we all get to start anew.  It’s a fresh canvas onto which we can each set the tone that will determine the direction in which we will move.  You, me, each of us, gets to paint our next year in both thoughts and deeds.  Be careful in your thoughts and deliberate in your deeds; make your time here on earth mean something positive.
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[October 31, 2009]:  This annual event is a reminder of the best in our country.  It began in 1999 and every year the attendance grows.  This year homeless veterans (and other homeless) attended this festive gathering.  Festive, yes, but also a strategic and well executed array of services designed to assist those brave Americans who laid it ALL on the line for the rest of us.  They truly are the very best of us.  We are all here because of the sacrifices made by our brave military personnel.  What I witnessed this day makes me proud beyond description.

 

At the time, the Bantings were in the midst of a monumental struggle to rescue this historic landmark from the hands of The Ontario Historical Society – the group charged with the responsibility to preserve it in perpetuity. Instead, OHS violated its sacred trust in the interests of commercialism by selling this property to real estate developers.  More

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