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Greetings:<br><br>
I join with all of you in grieving this tragedy, right here in our own
little town. <br><br>
Gail and I were in the sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church on Saturday
for a memorial. This morning there were some missing kids in my
Sunday School class (we are two blocks away), but five kids and two
teachers had a good discussion about how we can better secure our nation
and our communities. These young Unitarians are bright
intellectually and emotionally strong, but this hit them very
hard.<br><br>
My heart goes out to the families directly involved. I too am very
proud of our police force. Dan Weaver is the finest police chief
I've ever known.<br><br>
One question: could keeping the ban on automatic rifles prevented the
buying of this weapon, assuming that it was bought in the last several
years? 20-30 round magazines are necessary only for war!<br><br>
Nick Gier<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">We never know, do we, when we
will be called on to put aside those issues <br>
which divide us and seek healing for ourselves, our community and the
<br>
families who have been so tragically harmed.<br><br>
It reminds us to be grateful for what we have and to mourn together what
we <br>
have lost. I think Moscow will never be the same. This is the
day which <br>
all of us who live here will always remember as a defining and tragic
<br>
moment.<br><br>
My heartfelt condolences to the members of the Police Force who have lost
an <br>
honored member, the Newbill family who has lost a loved one; and to the
<br>
other members of the hospital community and the civic community my
gratitude <br>
for the response meant to heal the wounded and protect the rest of
us.<br><br>
And thank you Ghazi, for the beautiful words.<br><br>
Sue<br>
----- Original Message ----- <br>
From: "Dr. S.M. Ghazanfar" <ghazi@uidaho.edu><br>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com><br>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:41 PM<br>
Subject: [Vision2020] Grief, condolences, hopes, prayers......<br><br>
<br>
> My Dear Community:<br>
> Our daughter called from Atlanta this morning around 6.00a.m., and
said,<br>
> "Dad, do you know what is happening in our Moscow?" Her
words were<br>
> frightening; the rest is horrendous news for our town.<br>
> I have personally known several of our local Police Force. Having
lived<br>
> here and loved this community for decades, this is by far the
most<br>
> tragic event that I can recall. When<br>
> some suffer, we all suffer; and when some die, part of us
dies....and we<br>
> agonize as to why......<br>
> Our grief is enormous......heartfelt condolences to the family of
the<br>
> bereaved, brave Lew Newbill...and our most sincere good wishes,
hopes,<br>
> and prayers for the recovery of Officer Brannon Johnson.<br>
> Let's also sincerely hope that a tragic event such as this can
encourage<br>
> all of us to think in terms of community harmony and to be
genuinely<br>
> more tolerant and accepting of others.....<br>
> Ghazi family<br>
><br>
> -- <br>
> _______________________<br>
> Dr. S.M. Ghazanfar<br>
> Professor Emeritus/Economics (Emeritus, 2002; Dept.Chair, ’79-81;
’93-01; <br>
>
Director,
International Studies Program, ’89-93)<br>
> University of Idaho<br>
> Moscow, Idaho 83843 (USA)<br>
> Phone: 208-885-7144(Office); 208-882-7619(Home)<br>
> Homepage:
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