Dick Johnson was asked to give the Memorial Day address at the Gobles (Mich) ceremony at the Veteran's Memorial at the city park in Downtown Gobles. His address remembers friends he served with, and the life-long repercussions of serving our country at a time of war. Dick and his son-in-law, Corey Harbaugh, worked together to put Dick's memories and message together to serve as the Memorial Day address.

The new indoor waterpark a few miles down the road got the author thinking about living life in "almost" paradise.

This summer in New York a Holocaust survivor asked those of us assembled to hear her brave story to pledge to stand up when we became aware of injustice. Another survivor asked us to be vigilant, watching "the signposts on the road to Auschwitz." I found myself thinking about both Gisa and Irving when I read of the new law in Arizona that addresses immigration concerns with alarming injustice. This is the beginning of my response to those survivors, those witnesses to history.