Category: West Burlington

WB/ND JH Track Teams

Post author By Falcon
Post date April 30, 2013

West Burlington / Notre Dame JH Girls’ Track Team

Photo by Dan Hockett Front (l-r): Caitlyn Spencer, Christina Hunter, Lydia Vance, Kiera Brown, Katlyn Kent, Sydney Stout. Middle (l-r): Jessica Bloomberg, Kathleen McAtee, Jashira Baylark, Anna Tillo, Ariella Zang, Cecilia Crozier, Jalayna Miles, Savannah Swanson. Back (l-r): Gaby Price, MacKenzie Petty, Meghan Ryan, Carly Huffman, Catherine Todd, Mary Rose Roundy, Zoe Wehrle. Not pictured: Hope Wolkenhauer, Sarah Stockdale, Haley Rogers, Katie Conner, Erica Lofthus. Coached by: Erin Redlinger — Photo by Dan Hockett
Front (l-r): Caitlyn Spencer, Christina Hunter, Lydia Vance, Kiera Brown, Katlyn Kent, Sydney Stout.
Middle (l-r): Jessica Bloomberg, Kathleen McAtee, Jashira Baylark, Anna Tillo, Ariella Zang, Cecilia Crozier, Jalayna Miles, Savannah Swanson.
Back (l-r): Gaby Price, MacKenzie Petty, Meghan Ryan, Carly Huffman, Catherine Todd, Mary Rose Roundy, Zoe Wehrle.
Not pictured: Hope Wolkenhauer, Sarah Stockdale, Haley Rogers, Katie Conner, Erica Lofthus.
Coached by: Erin Redlinger

West Burlington / Notre Dame JH Boys’ Track Team

Photo by Dan Hockett Front (l-r): Chase Juarez, Easton Williams, Daniel Crooks, Rel Greer, Luke Shipley, Brockton Tate, Bren Magel, Dalton Machholz. Middle (l-r): Dayton Johnson, Jamar Lewis, Landen Greer, Christian Schwenker, Mason Hartman, Donovan Ross, Guy Thompson, Chase Graham, Kaleb Moore, Brice Mennen. Back (l-r): Rooks DeRosear, Rodrigo Ramos, Isaiah Trousil, Jett Tjaden, Cody Juarez, Jonathan Gavin, Jack Giannettino, Matt Meeker, Ryan McEldery, Brian Brem. Coached by: Mike Radloff — Photo by Dan Hockett
Front (l-r): Chase Juarez, Easton Williams, Daniel Crooks, Rel Greer, Luke Shipley, Brockton Tate, Bren Magel, Dalton Machholz.
Middle (l-r): Dayton Johnson, Jamar Lewis, Landen Greer, Christian Schwenker, Mason Hartman, Donovan Ross, Guy Thompson, Chase Graham, Kaleb Moore, Brice Mennen.
Back (l-r): Rooks DeRosear, Rodrigo Ramos, Isaiah Trousil, Jett Tjaden, Cody Juarez, Jonathan Gavin, Jack Giannettino, Matt Meeker, Ryan McEldery, Brian Brem.
Coached by: Mike Radloff

Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon West Burlington

Democrat Braley’s Support for Gay Scout Leaders Alarming

Post author By Falcon
Post date April 30, 2013

Falcon,

If this is Bruce Braley’s judgement on picking your son’s scout master, just wait until Senator Bruce Braley judges Supreme Court appointees.

-Concerned

To the Boy Scouts of America:

For more than 100 years Scouting has been one of the great traditions in America. Since it’s foundation millions of Americans have learned how to become leaders in their community and have embodied important moral values like honesty and service, constantly seeking to build a better community for themselves and generations to come.

Unfortunately, Boy Scouts of America continues to stand by a discriminatory policy that excludes gay Scouts and Scout leaders. Not only are many young Americans excluded because of this policy, countless non-gay Scouts are being told that their parents can’t participate. It’s time to stop teaching our youth that discrimination is acceptable.

I want Scouting to continue to be an American tradition and shape future generations by instilling the core values of Scouting in them, but I know it will not remain relevant unless it lifts the ban on gay youth and parents.

By signing this letter we recognize the importance of Scouting and the need to teach America’s youth the value of service, integrity, and leadership. We also ask that you lift the discriminatory policies that are preventing everyone from participating in Scouting activities when your National Council meets on May 23rd.

Yours in Scouting,

Bruce Braley

http://www.brucebraley.com/boy_scouts_equality

Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

Post author By Falcon
Post date April 30, 2013

Tammy L. Howell, 55, Burlington, died Sunday, April 21, 2013

Burlington Iowa News West Burlington

HOPLOPHOBIA: Gun Fear, The Most Dangerous of All Phobias

Post author By Falcon
Post date April 29, 2013

Click Here: Hoplophobia, the morbid fear of guns, is a real, extremely dangerous, widespread and clinically recognizable complex specific phobia with a number of unique characteristics, described. It has caused and continues to cause grievous harm in America. Dr. Sarah Thompson, M.D., author of two seminal papers on gun phobia, claims hoplophobia is little more than name calling and rare, points we dispute. Because one of the avoidance mechanisms of this phobia uniquely involves politics, its effects and importance are greater than for other phobias. Co-morbidities include suppressed rage, post-traumatic stress disorder, delusional disorder and panic disorder, with implications for society at large. Some behaviors heretofore written off because they seemed irrational may be explained.

Hoplophobia

Hoplophobia is far and away the most dangerous of all phobias, because of its unique nexus to political action. Because sufferers act out their fears in the political arena, it represents a significant and under-appreciated threat to the nation.