Updates

Well, quite a bit has happened since I brought you all news of different events, so I thought I'd take a moment to get you caught up.

Henryville High School

The students finished out this school year at a facility about 10 miles away. The new school building is expected to be finished in time for classes to start this fall.

The Serial Killer

Instead of waiting for more bodies to turn up, the county prosecutor has decided to charge that guy with three counts of murder, seeking the death penalty for two of those counts.

Now, I know that some of you might have strong feelings concerning the death penalty. I'm not going to share my opinion on this. But I do want to let you know how it is in Indiana, since each state that has the death penalty has a differing attitude and set of rules.

If this guy had simply murdered the women, the prosecutor would have gone for a life sentence per charge. But the women whose remains have been found were sexually assaulted and mutilated before they were killed. (The specifics weren't released to the general public -- it was agreed the details were far too gruesome....and, given the current state of the media, that's saying something!) So the prosecutor believed the death penalty is justified in this case. (I'm sure the fact that the creep has a tattoo commemorating the date he killed a woman 10 years ago helped!)

My Dad

This afternoon I signed the paperwork for having my dad buried at sea near Hawaii. His remains will be shipped to Honolulu Tuesday.

This is better than he hoped for -- he was certain that the best I could do was get a local VFW chapter to scatter his ashes off the coast of San Diego. He never dreamed he'd get a full military burial near Pearl Harbor. (I guess he figured that was reserved for those who were there when the place was attacked in 1941.) Anyway, it might be another 3 to 6 months before the actual ceremony, but I'll let you know when it's happened.

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sounds like everything is working out for the best!! Hope all goes well for your father's ceremony, EW!

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. - HELEN KELLER

So glad to hear you father is getting what he wanted.

And that everything else is working out as well.

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EW, that's great news about your dad's burial.

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"The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." -- Blaise Pascal

I'm so glad everything is working out as it should. It's things like this that give us faith and hope when things go wrong.

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EW, glad to hear things worked out for your dad's burial. So he fought in the war?

As for the serial killer issue, I don't even want to think about it, so I won't comment.

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They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally, they became heroes -- Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan.

That's very exciting! Where was he with the UN special envoy?

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They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally, they became heroes -- Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan.

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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." --Ray Bradbury