I know it’s the beginning of summer when the fruit trees all blossom in the same week. It must be God that sends all the trees a message to shower the nation with the beautiful blossoms that promise another day.
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I also note that it is the beginning of summer when a bug splashes on my windshield, always right in front of my face on the windshield and the spray and wipers can’t wash the spot. I used some cold coffee to clean the windshield last week, coke also works well.
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The Villager is enjoying their location at the Streets of Southglenn.We’ll keep on, keeping on, enjoying our work and the wonderful readership that we enjoy from our subscriber base. I think we’ve had some really good newspapers this past year. At least the newspaper judges thought so and readership remains at a high level. We’re really pleased with the tribute edition to iconic figure John Madden Jr. who celebrated his 93nd birthday at his residence in Greenwood Village. He is truly one of the pioneers of the area and a visionary for our South Metro area.
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I’m glad the masks have disappeared, very few spotted these days. Most of the senior care centers now do not require masks to enter. It’s been a tough two years dealing with Covid19, but most of us made it through. My nose still runs slightly, which never occurred prior to my two inoculations. Any of you have strange maladies from the shots?
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I work at home most of the time and then make my rounds for meetings and events. The Cancer League Hope Ball is on the schedule for Saturday night. The event is an extraordinary event put on by volunteers to support cancer victims and research. Gary and Barbara Reece are stellar leaders of the organization, along with dozens of volunteers.
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Western Conservative Summit is arriving with a bevy of powerful speakers kicking off June 9-10 at a new location from last year’s Gaylord Event Center. This year the Summit will be held at Hyatt Regency Denver. The event is a chance to hear notable speakers from across the nation and keep abreast of national political activities. The presidential election is already starting to dominate the national news. It appears to me at this point in time that we’re going to have a rerun of the Trump/Biden contest that will be political warfare.
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On other fronts, I arose at 3:30 a.m. Saturday to witness the King Charles III Coronation. The British Empire still loves their royalty and the pomp and pageantry was magnificent. The impressive ceremony went off perfectly with massive crowds jubilantly cheering on the new king and queen. One of our writers, Anna Lee Frolich, is a 17th great niece related to British royalty and was invited to the resurrection of King Richard III’s tomb discovered in a parking lot. I’m reminded that the founding fathers asked General George Washington if he wanted to be king and he declined the offer. We became a Republic with Democratic principles guided by the Constitution.
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The Nuggets looked tired in Phoenix Sunday night, losing two games, and now come back to Denver tied at 2-2 with the Suns. The Suns shooting has been phenominal. Hard to defeat a team that keeps making three-point shots. Games are really entertaining to witness and Jokic is terrific but looking exhausted.
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I’m predicting that the Congress will pass a new budget and our government will kick the national debt down the road to September.
Best way to reduce the debt would be to sell all the vacant government lands in the west to private citizens and eliminate the debt and put that property on the tax rolls. It was once proposed as the “Sagebrush Rebellion.” A movement in the western United States in the 1070s and 1980s that sought major changes to federal land control, usage, and disposal policies in 13 western states.
Let Americans own a piece of our country.
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