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Give families time to practice their faith

September 30, 2008

I am the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Johnstown. I discovered this weekend that a member of our Teen Bible Study will no longer be able to attend Sunday morning classes because the Fonda-Fultonville marching band, which she belongs to, has scheduled practices for all day Saturday and most of the day on Sunday, starting at 9 a.m. I fully support extra-curricular activities, and I belonged to a drum and bugle corps when I was a teen. However, that band would never have dreamed of forcing a family to choose between practice and church. I understand the importance of the separation of church and state and church and school. However, we seem to have come to a point of separation of school and family. There must be a way where we can provide the necessary access to extra-curricular activities without families having to choose to sacrifice their involvement in their faith communities. Could we make 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Thanks for show of support

September 30, 2008

While we do not know the names of everyone, my sister and our families would like to thank each and every one of you for all the love, prayers, support, cards, contributions, memorials, flowers, food, etc.

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Art students did great job

September 29, 2008

Johnstown High School should be very proud of the community service that its advanced art students Emmie Blacutt, Mario Balzano and Gretchen Derwyn have just performed.

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Columnist left out facts to mislead readers

September 29, 2008

Once again, Cal Thomas, Republican journalist/surrogate, in his Friday opinion, has jumped to a conclusion by leaving out some key facts with intent to mislead us. That is defined as lying by omission, and it is vintage Cal Thomas.

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Thanks for making benefit a perfect day

September 28, 2008

We found out who our friends are.

We would like to thank everyone for coming to my brother Jim Lavery’s benefit. This was a huge success. Jim was very happy to see everyone and was very overwhelmed with the turnout.

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Rett Syndrome poses many challenges

September 27, 2008

Living with a child with Rett Syndrome is very scary and challenging, requiring so much love and understanding. Our days are unpredictable with our girls’ many challenges.

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