The fat lady hasn't sung yet! Howdy Dave!I'm
baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! After several months of Chemo, blood transfusions,
and shots, I think I have whipped this Cancer thing. '05 was not a good
year to say the least, but according to my Oncologist, I have a clean
slate. I still have to be watched. CT scans, etc. I’d like to let everyone know that I’ll be starting my MinonkTalk page again very soon. I'm
not crying in my beer, I just want to let everyone know that Cancer can
be beaten. It's not always a death warrant. So for those who are going
through it, keep the faith. When I was told that I had it, I was
devastated, and thought my life was over, but with today's new drugs
and procedures, it can be conquered. So the fat lady hasn't sung yet! I'll be back soon, working on pages that make no sense at all. But, if they let a smile come out, or a laugh, it'll we worth it. Art Kettelhut Congratulations to Fieldcrest West 7th Grade
7th Grade STATE CHAMPS!!!!!! Congratulations to all the boys and
coaches on a wonderful season. And this is only the beginning West 8th
Grade starts State on Saturday at Monticello. Good Luck to them as
well. Jason Buchanan Congratulations to the Fieldcrest West
Congratulations to the Fieldcrest West Middle School 7th Grade Boys!!
They have been playing in the IESA State finals at Clinton, IL, and
have won the last 3 games. They will be playing Peoria Pleasant Valley
Thursday, Feb. 9th @ 7:30 p.m.. Good luck boys!!! You have done a great
job and it is well deserved!!!!Sherry Stalter Congratulations to Fieldcrest Knights Congratulations to the Fieldcrest Knights upon winning the Midstate Conference and continuing the undefeated basketball season. One of the Mohawk Ancestors, Gerry Schmidt
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7th Grade State Championship Game on Channel 13
Channel 13 will be playing the 7th Grade State Championship Game Wednesday (02/22) Night at 7:00 PM. It will be brought to you by Minonk & Super DVD Productions, Fieldcrest West Booster Club, Kirkton Electric & Meyer-Jochums Agency.Jason Buchanan
Wes Ford's 90th Birthday Dear Dave,Wesley
Ford was a long time resident of Minonk and ran Ford's Electric Shop on
main street for many years. He and his wife Alvina are now living in a
retirement home in Wisconsin. Wes will be celebrating his 90th birthday
on March 14 this year. If any of your readers would like to remember
his birthday, they are invited to send him a card at this address: Wesley Ford 1126 Main Street Apt No 8 Onalaska, WI, 54650 Thanks in advance Karen Ford Vallow Open suggestion to Minonk and participating communities
If it ain't snowing or tornadoing in Woodford County, where are all
those old and new basketball fans at? This year's unbeaten Fieldcrest
BB team is something they may not see again for another 50 years.
Forget saving your bucks for the Drag Strip and get to the playoff
games and fill those bleachers like your parents did in 1948. Signed,
"Now a player from the SECOND best team to ever play at Minonk High
School" Class of '48'.Albie Johnson More congratulations to Fieldcrest
I would like to add my congratulations to the Fieldcrest Knights for
their outstanding basketball season. These young men, and the entire
Fieldcrest community, have a great deal of which to be proud. Best
wishes for your continued success as you progress toward the State
Championship. Another Mohawk Ancestor, Jon R Johnson Class of '54 Government not taking away personal freedoms Dave,While I agree with you that we live in a great country, I have a few thoughts on your recent editorial
with which I do not implicitly agree. First, let me start by saying
that I do agree that it should be the parents' job to regulate what
their children view on the internet. That being said let's take a look
back through history and the historical development of the laws that
are put in place to regulate people. Laws very often appear for one
very simple reason. Laws are established to regulate people when they
lack the ability to self-regulate in a civil manner. Parents are not
monitoring what their children are viewing on the web. This is a
blanket statement of course and there are parents that monitor their
children's internet access. If this society has gotten to a point that
the parents are not monitoring children's access to pornography for
instance, then it is up to a regulatory agency to step in. We are not
talking about relinquishing our civil rights or freedoms here. This
discussion is about how we as a society have chosen to behave in such a
way that requires regulation. If you see it differently I will need
more evidence that what you have presented in your editorial because
I'm not convinced this is a governmental ploy to take away my personal
freedoms and right. Later Jeffrey Carver Editor's
reply: While inspecting internet files to gather information on
pornography is not in of itself an objectional motive, what is
objectionable is that it sets a dangerous precedent which could lead to
who knows what in the future? Given this power a government employee
could use snooping for the purposes of blackmailing an adversary
similar to what the late J. Edgar Hoover try to do to Martin Luther
King. That possibility could certainly subdue the use of the internet.
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