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Out in Van Bur n County
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DID I TELL YOU about the time I
dreamed that I had died and gone. to
heaven? ell the way it happened wa
that .;: ell you e its like this, When
you die fir t-off your so_ul is rushed off
to a 'Counseling Placement Center,
The one ith obvious ill are
imrnedi tely sent on to their next destin -
tion - rnetirnes even before rigor
rnorti set in, Tho with le obviou
skills take little longer, and then you
have tho of us with no sable ills
(they+don't count motherhood becau
once you get up there you put all that
ind of stuff behind you) ( ell at le t
they TELL you to put it behind you),
Anyway, after a lot of que ions and
intervi sand t sts and counseling
ses:$I011lS they took aD of the information
d put it on card and put it in a big
computer. As soon as e aU ndent
pushed t e button the m rune started
to e, the light ent out, bell
rted ringing, there a loud thump-
ing sound, some 0 e came out of the
, e of the machine then BAM! 'this
card popped out of the slot. I
think it as mi take, but up there
you don't teD them that they n't
kno hat the are doing.. Anyho , I'
told that I as ' ed to play short-
op on the avenly Angel Baseball
Team. I art to complain (actually
the card id, "Heavenly Angels Unisex
Baseball Team" - I ju hadn't re d
the small print) but when I looked over
on the side of the field there as this
big hole with th arrow pointing raight
down ying "One Way". You would
be suprised at how f a person can
learn how to play baseball after they
BOARD ELIGIBLE IN CHIROPRACTIC ORTHOPEDICS
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Dr. John C.B. cOon Id,B.A.,D.C.
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see t 0 people pushed do n thru that
hoi when they dropped a pop fly.
The coach of the team (I thin hi
name was aul) came 0 er n told me
that if I do real good that h ould sisri
me to a rich contr ct . e the on t t
agic Johnson got. That m d
feel better so, I - but th t
ahead of the tory - . e I
thing ere going fin , then it
turn to come up and hit the ban.
I ent up to the pl e he e th
batter and ju before the pitch r
thre the ball, I felt a "pop' nd I n
then that there a run in my i.
aturally I looked do n t my I
Rather than ait, the pitcher ent
and thr the ball. Instead of thro ing
the ball at the bat, that ball hit me on
the neck and 0 e my up - it goe
without ying that when person e
up they don't be dreaming ny longer
- I can't tell you the re of thi
until I go b k to eep. But while
aiting, did you know that
s right up above V n Buren
County? ot all of it, but the East
I G t ay is. You can go out and look up
on a clear night and e it. Loo ju to
the right of that reddish looking tar.
that door knob on the left - ell,
that's here you go in. I will get back
to you fter I go back to sleep.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIO S are
coming up. If e could get at lea ne
person in Bangor, Dec tur and South
Haven to get petitions filled out next
week we might get somebody on e ch
of tho e Boards ho vie things from
OHr perspective. Like Rev. J Jackson
y 'if you don't run you can't win'
- Do it for the children's e ...
. . . The VanBuren United Civic
Organization's 23rd Annual Spring Tea
will be Sunday, April 15 th at the Civic
Center in Covert, , .
... Van Buren County Board of
Commi ioners eeting, Tuesday, April
10th at 9:30 a.m. at the Courthouse
in Paw Paw, Go over and see how yonr
money i spent.
Quote: Find out what people wil
submit to. and you have found out the
exact amount of in;u tice and wrong
\ which will be imposed upon them.
Fredrick Douglass
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Isn't it strange ho much some 90- ity - the people vote not with standing.
c Iled intelligent people can't se m to What to do? e have to learn the
under and some very simple thing. hole political proce ,including reading
like, for the t t 0 month or the fine print. If e re going to elect
erytime we are up in Covert there is people to office who e expect to
ay a lot of grwnblin about that repre ent our views r simply mu
South Haven Airport money. ft's Iik� elect people that we pick and not people
thi , la summer the people of Covert flo are pic ed by mebody else nd
Twp. had the opportunity to take p rt in presented to us.
an Adviaory Vote. "Did they ant to TIl" little episode i going to co
be included in the South Haven Airport eery home owner in Covert Twp. extr
Athority,? Yes or No." taxe or long a that airport need
The people 100 ed at the long-term money but if it result in each of them
co that they ould have to pay, the learning that "nobody is going to 100
number (?) of jobs t t ould be pro- out for you but you" then it will ill
ided for Covert citizens, the number of b a cheap price to pay. This ould
(or of) airplane owner in Covert seem to be the ideal time for new people
and really, hat good ould. do Covert to announce that they ill be conte ing
to p y for an airport in South Haven - for t on the To nship Board at it
for hat ever rea n. en that te next election.
en I ummer it as re undly
turned do n 0) by the voter. The
oter ent bac home happy and
ren , quite plea ed ith the selve
and confident th t their desire ere
kno n and that their' decision would
pre ail b c u fter all, this i Americ
( ith its Amber ave of grain and it
purple mountain m [e y and things)
and in America the ill of the majority
h t rule - you no , all that tuff
ut the po er of the ote d the
American y and the advantage of our
y em over other form of government
d no at ion ithout representation
nd G' e e Liberty or Give e Death.
ere the ery ord tha they used
to them lve and e ch other they
ed home from the polls on that
nice rm summer day.
Then on day 1 t faD tr gedy ruck.·
ilke ild fire the ord flashed thru
the itv. Unfortunately the
y s doe n01 publish
p per on edne ay bee if it did
t line ould ve i d "Politi
Dictatorship Ru
All of tho thing th t the voters.
ouldn't happen, did happen. All
of tho taxes that they eel not to
p y they ill no have to pay becau
obviou y their To nship Board decided
th the people didn't know hat as
for them Ives and that ju be-"
th y didn't 0 n any airplanes
no reason by they ouldn't
p y for mebody e to ha e an .•
port.
Ho wa thi done? Simple - the
To tp Board (speakingJ cling for the
people) . ed a document obligating
the people of Covert T p. to financially
upport . �he South Haven Airport Author-
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