Golfer wins title for his dead teammate
Here's a tear-jerker about our loss at Boyer Valley
Friday, May 21, 2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
I always like to tell my former cheerleaders who the new squad is. Here they are:
Heather Lawson (class of 2008), Moe Clemon (2005), Rena Hayden ('08), Randi Stephens ('05), Rosmary Wacheldorf ('05), and our 'token rookie,' Aleigh Beam ('05) and don't forget Mascot Brett Malone ('07)
While you're my student or athelete at a public school I always want to respect the separation of church and state, and now that you've graduated I still don't want to force my faith on you, so if you're not a Christian, just ignore the rest of this email. The rest of you know how important my faith is to me. It's kind of become a tradition that I ask my former cheerleaders to pray for me and my current squad.
Please pray for us. You know, this will be my 12th year coaching. Heather has cheered on JrHi for 2 yrs, Rena for one, Rosie & Moe have each cheered for a year already and I think that next year will be Randi's 4th! Consequently, I need to do a lot of things different to keep everyone motivated. So PLEASE pray that God will make me a better coach and that we can work more on cheers, routines, stunts, and spirit-related stuff and not just technique and chants.
Pray that the upperclassmen will not only accept the freshmen, but "adopt" them and mentor them and care about them.
Pray for Moe, she's also next year's yearbook editor and she's looking into foreign exchange programs to Ghana in West Africa, for Rosie who'll be traveling all this summer, and for Randi. As you know, for 10 of the last 11 years I haven't had "Captains," but lets face it, she is the default "defacto-captain," due to her experience. Pray that she handles the mantle of leadership well. Pray that it doesn't go to her head, but instead she'll be a servant-leader. Pray that she doesn't become a target of the student body because she is so outgoing and extroverted. Pray that she will be a good teacher and "assistant coach," for me working with the other girls on squad as well as our JrHi squad. That she & I would get along together and work well as a team. And just pray that she can handle the stress.
Of course, please pray that they're all healthy, safe and injury free durring the upcoming season, and please, please pray that they will get along and work together as a unit, that they'll grow close as sisters and that together they'll set examples of sportsmanship and raise the level of school spirit and pride at Boyer Valley and encourage a positive climate of enthusiasm and optimism in Moorhead, Soldier, Dunlap, Dow City, Arian and the whole conference.
In fact, would you just pray for each of them the "B.L.E.S.S." prayer? Pray for their Body, Labor, Emotional, Social, & Spiritual blessings. Here's a prayer I wrote for our Church's baccalaureate service"
"To bless is to hallow or consecrate by religious rite
To hallow or consecrate is to pronounce holy, We ask God to set you apart for His purposes, so that God can use you as His instrument.
To bless to ask God’s divine care for someone, so Let we pray.
Lord, grant Terry and Ivy prosperity and happiness.
Lord, grant them health, protection, and strength
Lord, grant them work, income, and security
Lord, grant them joy, peace, and hope
Lord, in due time, grant them love, marriage, family, and Christian friends
Lord, continue to grant them grant them Your salvation, faith, and grace.
In Jesus' name,
Amen."
Thank you,
COACH
Heather Lawson (class of 2008), Moe Clemon (2005), Rena Hayden ('08), Randi Stephens ('05), Rosmary Wacheldorf ('05), and our 'token rookie,' Aleigh Beam ('05) and don't forget Mascot Brett Malone ('07)
While you're my student or athelete at a public school I always want to respect the separation of church and state, and now that you've graduated I still don't want to force my faith on you, so if you're not a Christian, just ignore the rest of this email. The rest of you know how important my faith is to me. It's kind of become a tradition that I ask my former cheerleaders to pray for me and my current squad.
Please pray for us. You know, this will be my 12th year coaching. Heather has cheered on JrHi for 2 yrs, Rena for one, Rosie & Moe have each cheered for a year already and I think that next year will be Randi's 4th! Consequently, I need to do a lot of things different to keep everyone motivated. So PLEASE pray that God will make me a better coach and that we can work more on cheers, routines, stunts, and spirit-related stuff and not just technique and chants.
Pray that the upperclassmen will not only accept the freshmen, but "adopt" them and mentor them and care about them.
Pray for Moe, she's also next year's yearbook editor and she's looking into foreign exchange programs to Ghana in West Africa, for Rosie who'll be traveling all this summer, and for Randi. As you know, for 10 of the last 11 years I haven't had "Captains," but lets face it, she is the default "defacto-captain," due to her experience. Pray that she handles the mantle of leadership well. Pray that it doesn't go to her head, but instead she'll be a servant-leader. Pray that she doesn't become a target of the student body because she is so outgoing and extroverted. Pray that she will be a good teacher and "assistant coach," for me working with the other girls on squad as well as our JrHi squad. That she & I would get along together and work well as a team. And just pray that she can handle the stress.
Of course, please pray that they're all healthy, safe and injury free durring the upcoming season, and please, please pray that they will get along and work together as a unit, that they'll grow close as sisters and that together they'll set examples of sportsmanship and raise the level of school spirit and pride at Boyer Valley and encourage a positive climate of enthusiasm and optimism in Moorhead, Soldier, Dunlap, Dow City, Arian and the whole conference.
In fact, would you just pray for each of them the "B.L.E.S.S." prayer? Pray for their Body, Labor, Emotional, Social, & Spiritual blessings. Here's a prayer I wrote for our Church's baccalaureate service"
"To bless is to hallow or consecrate by religious rite
To hallow or consecrate is to pronounce holy, We ask God to set you apart for His purposes, so that God can use you as His instrument.
To bless to ask God’s divine care for someone, so Let we pray.
Lord, grant Terry and Ivy prosperity and happiness.
Lord, grant them health, protection, and strength
Lord, grant them work, income, and security
Lord, grant them joy, peace, and hope
Lord, in due time, grant them love, marriage, family, and Christian friends
Lord, continue to grant them grant them Your salvation, faith, and grace.
In Jesus' name,
Amen."
Thank you,
COACH
Friday, May 14, 2004
KRT Wire | 05/13/2004 | Berg's father demands answers from Bush
"Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld." ~Mike Berg, Nicholas Berg's father.
"Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld." ~Mike Berg, Nicholas Berg's father.
Angels Cried
By Rosemary Wacheldorf
I’m so lost without you
My days go long with sorry and pain
I lost a friend so true
Without you I may go insane
Missing you by day
Mourning by night
Dreaming in any way
To make all this right
Will we ever meet again?
I can only hope we do
Everyday is now full of sin
The angels cried ‘cause they knew
All the pain we all have inside
It was raining as if God was sad
It rained as soon as I cried
Now the days are going bad
It’s as if your face is on a shirt
I see you more when I dream
We’ll always be thinking of you, Kirk
By Rosemary Wacheldorf
I’m so lost without you
My days go long with sorry and pain
I lost a friend so true
Without you I may go insane
Missing you by day
Mourning by night
Dreaming in any way
To make all this right
Will we ever meet again?
I can only hope we do
Everyday is now full of sin
The angels cried ‘cause they knew
All the pain we all have inside
It was raining as if God was sad
It rained as soon as I cried
Now the days are going bad
It’s as if your face is on a shirt
I see you more when I dream
We’ll always be thinking of you, Kirk
TheOmahaChannel.com - News - One Teen Dead After Head-On Crash: "One Teen Dead After Head-On Crash
Dunlap Is Mourning Student's Loss"
This is KETV ABC &'s coverage
Dunlap Is Mourning Student's Loss"
This is KETV ABC &'s coverage
Fatal Accident Devastates Dunlap, Iowa
This is the web coverage of FOX 42 KPTM Omaha's coverage on Kirk and the boys
This is the web coverage of FOX 42 KPTM Omaha's coverage on Kirk and the boys
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Accident site outside Dunlap, Iowa, popular for hills
This is a link to the Omaha World Herald Story about Kirk Sturgill
Here's another poem by a student
You walk down the hallway
By Aaron Riester
You walk down the hallway
And hear the people cry
You see the sadness everywhere
As tears fall from each eye
To lose one that was loved
To have to let him go
Strikes such feelings and emotions
That one should never have to know
And you want nothing more
Than to have him back with you
You’d rather swim in memories
Than face what’s really true
Wounds will eventually heal
Though a scar may still remain
Remember that where he is now
He can feel no pain
So let his memories bring you joy
Let the stories raise a laugh
Because forever will we think about
The good times that were had
This is a link to the Omaha World Herald Story about Kirk Sturgill
Here's another poem by a student
You walk down the hallway
By Aaron Riester
You walk down the hallway
And hear the people cry
You see the sadness everywhere
As tears fall from each eye
To lose one that was loved
To have to let him go
Strikes such feelings and emotions
That one should never have to know
And you want nothing more
Than to have him back with you
You’d rather swim in memories
Than face what’s really true
Wounds will eventually heal
Though a scar may still remain
Remember that where he is now
He can feel no pain
So let his memories bring you joy
Let the stories raise a laugh
Because forever will we think about
The good times that were had
What must God think of us?
With apologies to Lee Greenwood.
If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom…
Well- at least for white, upper-middle class, Christian men who were born citizens of the United States and have a Anglo sounding surname.
And I’m SAD to be an American…
when we treat our prisoners like animals and make them pose as if engaged in perverted acts.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave my rights to me…
but somebody, I don’t know if it’s the independent contractors in charge of the military prisons or Military Intelligence officers or some Pentagon brass or Bush administration officials or just the low-level personnel – but SOMEBODY has pretty well spat all over the honor of the veterans who’ve fought before them by doing these vile, heinous things. What were they thinking? Obviously they weren’t.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today…
And I can’t get past the fact that this administration lied to us to make us think that Saddam Hussein had something to do with September 11 when he didn’t and that the War on Iraq is the same thing as the War on Terror and it isn’t. I don’t think we needed to defend ourselves against Iraq. Will somebody please stand up next to me and defend America against the irresponsible, reckless policies of this inept President?
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land, God bless the U.S.A.
But how could you blame Him for not blessing us when Americans can do such FOUL and BRUTAL things to other human beings? Is it any wonder that some of our young soldiers thought that this was funny when Pornography is a $10 billion-a-year industry in the United States? No wonder the Muslim world thinks that the supposedly “Christian” West is so decadent and self-indulgent, and perverse.
From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,
across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,
From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,
Well, there…
0ught to be deep shame guilt in every American heart for this fiasco. I don’t care how horribly Saddam Hussein’s regime treated any of their victims- there’s no excuse for this, none. We are supposed to be the moral leaders in the world. But instead we are seen as selfish, spoiled, sexually sick, and totally insensitive.
What has happened to the Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points after WWI? What happened to the United States that was responsible for the recovery of whole continents and promoted Democracy, Dignity and Human Rights after WWII? The United States that helped to found and led the United Nations for decades? Who sent thousands of men and women to help underdeveloped countries through the Peace Corps?
First of all, we “preemptively” attacked a third world country without provocation- who’s done that in the history of the world? Napoleon? Hitler? Stalin? Not America--- And now, we treat our captives like this? How has this made us safer? Don’t you think Muslims will have even more rage and hatred for us?
and it’s time to stand and say:
Enough!
God FORGIVE the U.S.A.
If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom…
Well- at least for white, upper-middle class, Christian men who were born citizens of the United States and have a Anglo sounding surname.
And I’m SAD to be an American…
when we treat our prisoners like animals and make them pose as if engaged in perverted acts.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave my rights to me…
but somebody, I don’t know if it’s the independent contractors in charge of the military prisons or Military Intelligence officers or some Pentagon brass or Bush administration officials or just the low-level personnel – but SOMEBODY has pretty well spat all over the honor of the veterans who’ve fought before them by doing these vile, heinous things. What were they thinking? Obviously they weren’t.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today…
And I can’t get past the fact that this administration lied to us to make us think that Saddam Hussein had something to do with September 11 when he didn’t and that the War on Iraq is the same thing as the War on Terror and it isn’t. I don’t think we needed to defend ourselves against Iraq. Will somebody please stand up next to me and defend America against the irresponsible, reckless policies of this inept President?
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land, God bless the U.S.A.
But how could you blame Him for not blessing us when Americans can do such FOUL and BRUTAL things to other human beings? Is it any wonder that some of our young soldiers thought that this was funny when Pornography is a $10 billion-a-year industry in the United States? No wonder the Muslim world thinks that the supposedly “Christian” West is so decadent and self-indulgent, and perverse.
From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,
across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,
From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,
Well, there…
0ught to be deep shame guilt in every American heart for this fiasco. I don’t care how horribly Saddam Hussein’s regime treated any of their victims- there’s no excuse for this, none. We are supposed to be the moral leaders in the world. But instead we are seen as selfish, spoiled, sexually sick, and totally insensitive.
What has happened to the Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points after WWI? What happened to the United States that was responsible for the recovery of whole continents and promoted Democracy, Dignity and Human Rights after WWII? The United States that helped to found and led the United Nations for decades? Who sent thousands of men and women to help underdeveloped countries through the Peace Corps?
First of all, we “preemptively” attacked a third world country without provocation- who’s done that in the history of the world? Napoleon? Hitler? Stalin? Not America--- And now, we treat our captives like this? How has this made us safer? Don’t you think Muslims will have even more rage and hatred for us?
and it’s time to stand and say:
Enough!
God FORGIVE the U.S.A.
Must have touched a nerve
Charter Oak-Ute NEWSpaper Column for Thursday, May 20, 2004
"This administration cannot be trusted to govern if it cannot be counted on to think and, having thought, to have second thoughts." ~Conservative columnist George F. Will
“Oh,” Bethany worried “You’re gonna get burned on this one” she said, looking at me over the NEWSpaper after reading last week’s column.
“What do you mean? Was it a little strong” I asked.
“I mean, you’re gonna get what the Dixie Chicks got!”
I am worried. I can’t stand having people angry with. It made me a little uncomfortable that that column was placed right next to the story and picture of the Kuhlmahn Sisters receiving an award from the National Guard.
I love the Kuhlman Sisters, I admire their work and support inspired by their father’s service.
And I am proud of the men and women in our Nation’s service. Please know that I feel pathos and compassion on the American guards, not hate.
I still believe in supporting our troops, I would NEVER advocate spitting on GIs or calling them names like “baby killer.” There are over 150,000 American troops serving in Iraq , and so far as we know only 7 or 8 prison guards responsible for the atrocious acts of torture.
Those 150,000 men and women are responsible for countless acts of kindness to the majority of Iraqis and they’re representing America and our ideals well. Unfortunately life is about perception. Psychologists suggest that it takes 10 positive comments to overcome one negative one. So those few bad apples have made a helluva mess for us to try to overcome.
Did you hear Rush Limbaugh excuse the abuse as little more than a fraternity prank? What if Americans were treated that way? Any one victim is now traumatized for life. Limbaugh said that it was no worse than any of the hazing pledges would have to go through to enter the “Skull and Bone” society at Yale.
THAT horrified me. Is THAT what fraternities are like? How would Rush Limbaugh know? Is he the kind of bully who’d abuse underclassmen in dehumanizing ways when they’d come out for football? Remember that both President Bush and Candidate Kerry were members of Skull and Bones.
Congress has now reviewed nearly 1,800 pictures and several videos. There is speculation that someone may have planned on making a pornographic film out of the footage.
I sent a copy of last week’s column to my former Pastor in California.
“What must God think of us?” was the headline.
”God must think we are poor miserable sinners; knowing we are only deserving of His wrath and judgment, yet forgives us through the blood and sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ” wrote back Rev. Martin Brauer.
He reminded me that God probably is not tolerant of those who want to destroy His children. I know that’s how I’d feel about anyone who would try to harm my children.
I haven’t read the Koran, although I’ve heard people claim that Muhammad calls for followers to kill every infidel. I have read the Bible a few times and Jesus tells Christians to “love thy neighbor, and pray for those who persecute you.”
I am appalled that Americans have treated our prisoners as poorly as their former dictator would’ve. I would hope that every American is too. Yet I do apologize to readers who feel like I went too far or who feel that last weeks column was somehow unpatriotic.
Saddam Hussein ran and hid, terrified in a hole because he knew that what he had done was wrong. Thank God we live in a country where we are shining light on our wrong doings, we want to get to the bottom of it and dig it out. So that we can move on and hopefully prevent it from getting worse or happening again.
We are society that allows open and honest criticism and debate.
Even as divided as we are and as passionately as we hold our opinions, we can continue to work together, in spite of our differences. Pastor Marty assured me that even though he and I are on different sides of the fence on many issues, “absolutely no chance of a wedge coming between us,” he told me.
What must God think of us?
”God must think that all those who are proud to be Americans have the God-given right to BE proud living in a country whose foundation was built on the laws of Christ and whose freedom stems from the freedom Jesus, Himself, has given us from the curse and power of sin in our lives,” said Pastor Marty.
I mostly agree, though as a History Major I know that there are plenty of “Christians” who are good at misinterpreting and misapplying God’s Word and His laws. And Free Masons and Deists who’ve pretended to be Christian over the course of our 200+ years. Which is why it’s important to know the difference between Church and State. The America system is a great blessing, but it’s still a human and fallible institution. God may use us, but that doesn’t make us somehow perfect and give us a right to become arrogant.
I also agree with Pastor Marty that the most important thing we can do as Americans is to pray.
Rev. Marty Brauer’s prayer is this "Father in heaven: We pray You to continue to uphold our President and his administration as they continue to strive to do Your will. Grant them Your wisdom and Your protection as they continue to stand strong in the face of political attacks and the arrows of Satan. In Jesus' Name. Amen...so shall it be!”
And I’d add, God bless and protect our troops, forgive us and help us when we err, and let our differences and diversity continue to be our strength
I’d also add Irving Berlin’s famous prayer, God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above.
"This administration cannot be trusted to govern if it cannot be counted on to think and, having thought, to have second thoughts." ~Conservative columnist George F. Will
“Oh,” Bethany worried “You’re gonna get burned on this one” she said, looking at me over the NEWSpaper after reading last week’s column.
“What do you mean? Was it a little strong” I asked.
“I mean, you’re gonna get what the Dixie Chicks got!”
I am worried. I can’t stand having people angry with. It made me a little uncomfortable that that column was placed right next to the story and picture of the Kuhlmahn Sisters receiving an award from the National Guard.
I love the Kuhlman Sisters, I admire their work and support inspired by their father’s service.
And I am proud of the men and women in our Nation’s service. Please know that I feel pathos and compassion on the American guards, not hate.
I still believe in supporting our troops, I would NEVER advocate spitting on GIs or calling them names like “baby killer.” There are over 150,000 American troops serving in Iraq , and so far as we know only 7 or 8 prison guards responsible for the atrocious acts of torture.
Those 150,000 men and women are responsible for countless acts of kindness to the majority of Iraqis and they’re representing America and our ideals well. Unfortunately life is about perception. Psychologists suggest that it takes 10 positive comments to overcome one negative one. So those few bad apples have made a helluva mess for us to try to overcome.
Did you hear Rush Limbaugh excuse the abuse as little more than a fraternity prank? What if Americans were treated that way? Any one victim is now traumatized for life. Limbaugh said that it was no worse than any of the hazing pledges would have to go through to enter the “Skull and Bone” society at Yale.
THAT horrified me. Is THAT what fraternities are like? How would Rush Limbaugh know? Is he the kind of bully who’d abuse underclassmen in dehumanizing ways when they’d come out for football? Remember that both President Bush and Candidate Kerry were members of Skull and Bones.
Congress has now reviewed nearly 1,800 pictures and several videos. There is speculation that someone may have planned on making a pornographic film out of the footage.
I sent a copy of last week’s column to my former Pastor in California.
“What must God think of us?” was the headline.
”God must think we are poor miserable sinners; knowing we are only deserving of His wrath and judgment, yet forgives us through the blood and sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ” wrote back Rev. Martin Brauer.
He reminded me that God probably is not tolerant of those who want to destroy His children. I know that’s how I’d feel about anyone who would try to harm my children.
I haven’t read the Koran, although I’ve heard people claim that Muhammad calls for followers to kill every infidel. I have read the Bible a few times and Jesus tells Christians to “love thy neighbor, and pray for those who persecute you.”
I am appalled that Americans have treated our prisoners as poorly as their former dictator would’ve. I would hope that every American is too. Yet I do apologize to readers who feel like I went too far or who feel that last weeks column was somehow unpatriotic.
Saddam Hussein ran and hid, terrified in a hole because he knew that what he had done was wrong. Thank God we live in a country where we are shining light on our wrong doings, we want to get to the bottom of it and dig it out. So that we can move on and hopefully prevent it from getting worse or happening again.
We are society that allows open and honest criticism and debate.
Even as divided as we are and as passionately as we hold our opinions, we can continue to work together, in spite of our differences. Pastor Marty assured me that even though he and I are on different sides of the fence on many issues, “absolutely no chance of a wedge coming between us,” he told me.
What must God think of us?
”God must think that all those who are proud to be Americans have the God-given right to BE proud living in a country whose foundation was built on the laws of Christ and whose freedom stems from the freedom Jesus, Himself, has given us from the curse and power of sin in our lives,” said Pastor Marty.
I mostly agree, though as a History Major I know that there are plenty of “Christians” who are good at misinterpreting and misapplying God’s Word and His laws. And Free Masons and Deists who’ve pretended to be Christian over the course of our 200+ years. Which is why it’s important to know the difference between Church and State. The America system is a great blessing, but it’s still a human and fallible institution. God may use us, but that doesn’t make us somehow perfect and give us a right to become arrogant.
I also agree with Pastor Marty that the most important thing we can do as Americans is to pray.
Rev. Marty Brauer’s prayer is this "Father in heaven: We pray You to continue to uphold our President and his administration as they continue to strive to do Your will. Grant them Your wisdom and Your protection as they continue to stand strong in the face of political attacks and the arrows of Satan. In Jesus' Name. Amen...so shall it be!”
And I’d add, God bless and protect our troops, forgive us and help us when we err, and let our differences and diversity continue to be our strength
I’d also add Irving Berlin’s famous prayer, God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above.
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