If you recently moved here from out of state you should check with Christine Calvert, Page two in this newspaper. You may be eligible for Florida Healthcare Insurance now. Give her a call I trust her, 352-572- 8510 she won’t steer you wrong.
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I have had several people say 2000 was a clean election, well it was not! I already printed the story about 2,000 mules now this one. They just convicted a women in Texas of 26 counts of voter fraud. She was in charge of voter harvesting operation who’s job was to change the results of the election. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a new election integrity law in the state.
I heard that Dr Faui said the COVID shot was not a vaccine. So I did a search and could find Dr.Fauci name anywhere near the word COVID. Interesting!
The differences in Presidents when meeting the Oil Sheik
Obama bowed to the Oil Sheik.
Trump made the Sheik Bow to him.
Biden gave him a fist bump then begged for oil!
His handlers/trainers should not let him do that.
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Everything flows, nothing abides,
everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.
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LOOKING BACK
Remembering our writers from the past
Robert Balfour retired military.
Avid golfer, ex-military seen in many picture with President Eisenhower. Balfour was a writer for the Star and Stripes during Eisenhower’s time. His civilian job after military was to promoted EZ-GO Golf carts. Lived in the Villages and wrote articles for the Lady Lake Magazine / Village Spectator. When I say avid golfer I mean that he lived for the game. My story begins with me meeting him over the phone. I knew about him by some of his articles in the Sun, so it was easy to talk to him. We struck a deal for him to write for my papers. Things were great for many years then one day he called me and explained he had cancer. There was an 50/50 chance operation that might give him a year or two more but came with a long recovery with no golfing. The Doctor told him he might have a year without the operation. He choose the later. He said I love to write my column / story’s. I would like to send you two or three columns a month. You store them and use what you want but keep my column alive as long as you have fresh unused columns. I was saddened by his news but agreed to do as he wished. I had several years of columns when he passed. I ran them in his memory for several years, he was a great writer. I am blessed to have such a writer, writing about history. I thanked him for his services every chance I got!
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Writers from the past
Ken Tipper,
Ken was in the Royal Navy and wrote for the Seniors Voice and Ocala DownTown newspapers. He wrote for his own satisfaction and was well accepted by our readers especially Veterans. He was always volunteering at Veteran Park Ocala. He recalled one time, when I could get him to talk about his service, he said the ship he was on was blown up and hundreds of men were in the water at night praying for a rescue ship. He recalled the Sharks were taking men around him. It was very scary for a time but he and many others were rescued by an American ship. After several years Ken left TomL Publishing to write his own blog, I recalled after his wife passed away he said he did not like to deadline write any more even on a monthly. We thanked him very much for his service and for writing his column.
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One more story with me as an eye witness. I was invited to the Rotary Club Breakfast in the Villages some years back by a some veteran’s from the Villages. I think he was a retired Marine officer himself. He was bringing a special speaker who had a special story and they wanted me to hear it! Sorry I can’t recall the name, as he started his story he said he was the last man alive that put up the flag at Iwo Jima . That day the battle was raging, bullets were flying all around them they climb this mountain their job was to take position of the island and claim it as American victory against the Japanese, once that was done they would go help with the clean up of the enemy forces on the island. There were several ships watching the battle from the sea, a cargo ships Admiral looking through his Binocular saw the men raising the flag and was so inspired that he thought that a picture of that would make a good inspiration for the American people to see back home and the troops fighting on the Island. So he ordered a photographer to find a Big Flag and off load to the mountain where the smaller flag was raised recreate the event with the original troops. When the photographer got there the men who actually raised the flag were off fighting on a different part of the island. With the original men gone the photographer was ordered to get some men to reenact the event which he did. Actually three of the men that raised the first flag died in combat soon after that. So the picture you see is a reenactment. When ask why did you come forward to tell your story now he said I’m the last one left alive and I want people to know the truth in honor of the marines who really raised the flag.
The iconic photo that went viral was taken by Joe Rosenthal. The photograph won the Pulitzer prize in 1945.
When I look at the history of this event there were several accounts. I tend to agree with this man account he seemed very siencere. The Retired military man who brought him said he was the real deal!
