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Remember the Heroes

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I was thinking and I'm sure a lot of other people are saying it too. We should remember the people who did heroic things in the middle of a dangerous event and never mention the offender by name or show their picture. This last idiot who ended innocents peoples lives imagined he could go down in history with everyone knowing his name. There is nothing I hate worse then people who think that doing a horrible act of violence will let the very mention of their name bring back their awful deed and never be forgotten. I think the media should all adopt the policy that the name and picture of the idiot not be said over and over again. They should only be refereed to as the "Shooter" or "The one who shall be forever unnamed". The act of what they did will be mentioned but their name and picture will be forever forgotten. Only the name and pictures of the heroes will be prominent.   Like Chris Mintz. His name should be forever remembered. But we should let h...

Remembering the past

I was going to write another random sentence yesterday but I got busy and then tired so maybe I'll do something later this week. As I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to write I start thinking about how things have changed around here over the years. This Friday Wal-Mart will be opening. For the past couple years we have only had one grocery store and believe me they have taken full advantage of people having very high prices. It's the main reason I've been going to Marshfield to shop every two weeks. I've seen allot of changes happen in this town. Like when I was little we had no stop and go lights. Now we have six. My parents house is on a hill over looking town and the river. Growing up the road below the hill that runs along the river, was dirt. Along the river it was all grown up . Now the road is paved and they planted trees and mow the grass. All of the trees have signs that say they are donated in the memory of someone. There is a gazebo that is ri...