<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">The Hill We Climb</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">by Amanda Gorman (at President Biden’s inauguration)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">So let us leave behind a country</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">better than the one we were left with</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Every breath from my bronze-pounded chest,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We will rise from the gold-limbed hills of the west,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">we will rise from the windswept northeast</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">where our forefathers first realized revolution</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">we will rise from the sunbaked south</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We will rebuild, reconcile and recover</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">and every known nook of our nation and</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">every corner called our country,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">our people diverse and beautiful will emerge,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">battered and beautiful</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When day comes we step out of the shade,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">aflame and unafraid</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The new dawn blooms as we free it</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">For there is always light,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">if only we’re brave enough to see it</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If only we’re brave enough to be it.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>