Enjoy Thanksgiving Day, it dates back to the Pilgrams at the Plymouth Colony in1621 where they joined with the Wampanoag Indians to offer thanks and share a meager meal together. Thanksgiving became official in 1863 when President Lincoln proclaimed it as a time to bring peace back into the United States during the Civil War. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941 set the date of the fourth Thursday in November as the official date for the national observance. It is a time for families to gather and offer thanks for such a great nation and to share love and fellowship among all Americans. Thanksgiving is a time for thankfulness.
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I would encourage everyone to read our sports editor’s column this week. Denny Dressman had a long and successful career with the revered Rocky Mountain News in many prominent roles. His forte was sports, rising to the editor’s position. We have been most fortunate to have him as a weekly award-winning columnist for the Villager in recent years. Denny, at my urging, writes about his personal adventure as a cancer patient this week. It is a very memorable and moving column as he describes what havoc cancer can do to one’s life in a short span. He is making a good recovery and all prayers are welcome for he and his wife Melanie. Denny returned home from the hospital and rehab this past week. He never missed a column during his 30 days of medical treatments. His column this week is the best that I have every read. Thanksgiving, yes indeed! Let him know how great thou art: dennydressman@comcast.net.