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Do you remember all of the chaos and concern as the new millennium approached? Everyone feared their computers and appliances with dates would shut down and fail to work again, as they only were set up to go to 1999 when they were created. What would happen when the first two digits changed to 20? No one knew, but a large amount of fear ensued.
We all survived that chaos, and here we are…
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If you love your country, thank a vet.
If you cherish freedom, thank a vet.
For the price they paid, for the sacrifice they made.
If you love your country, thank a vet.
— From “Thank a Vet” by Mike Wilson
I first heard this song when my daughter sang it with her choir in the Veterans Day program in elementary school. My husband and father-in-law,…
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Habakkuk 1:1-4 (NRSV)
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?
Why do you make me see wrongdoing
and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
So the law becomes slack
and justice never prevails.
The…
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School has started and Labor Day is fast approaching. Where has the summer gone? It has been quite an eventful one for Salem!
As I picture fall, I see a dirt path covered in leaves that can head in a multitude of directions when a sudden gust of wind approaches. Which way will the leaves blow?
There is so much opportunity for Salem now — let’s get to know our Salem family and neighbors.…