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RED SOX VS. CARDS: BRING IT!

My little brother lives in Boston. Everybody’s going nuts over the Red Sox making it to the World Series, especially since they were down three games to none in the playoffs series, then won four straight.

‘’This entire region is on celebration overload,’’ Danny says. ‘’The local car dealers are running promotions: ‘Come on down! Why not FLIP OVER one of our pre-owned vehicles, or START A FIRE in our large, expansive lot?’’’

Somehow, I think he’s kidding.

Don’t tell him, but personally, I’m for the Cards. We named Maddy after my best friend from college, Madeleine, and she’s a St. Louis belle, so that’s that.

Attended a town hall meeting last night with big shots from the County Attorney to the head of the N.U. Med Center’s ER telling why it would be a huge mistake to allow casinos and video slots across the state.

Since a lot of the people I know say they’re not really for it, but they might vote for it because they think expanded gambling is ‘’inevitable,’’ I asked one of the speakers, Tom Teckmeyer, a financial planner, how he would answer that.

‘’It’s not inevitable!’’ he retorted. ‘’Forty-three out of 46 recent gambling ballot initiatives across the country have been defeated.’’

I was impressed, but not convinced. Then he added:

‘’Nobody thought the Red Sox would come back!’’

That did it. The crowd beamed.

I wouldn’t flip over cars or start fires in celebration if gambling loses in Nebraska . . . but I’d be happy.

(NOTE: SUNDAY WILL START A WEEKLONG SERIES ABOUT GAMBLING ON DAILYSUSAN THAT I HOPE WILL BE CIRCULATED AMONG NEBRASKA VOTERS AND ELSEWHERE BECAUSE, AS MADDY SAYS, IT’S ‘’PORTANT’’)

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Praise reports: Two dear people are doing better, health-wise. A pastor named Paul is home after having a cardiac catheterization to relieve a blockage that was 99%. The stent is doing its job and he feels wonderful. He will no doubt preach on Sunday, praise the Lord. Then the neurosurgeon showed Pam (Sept. 30, Oct. 9, Oct. 11) how the clot in her brain had extended down into her jugular vein. If it had been one centimeter higher, she would be dead. Her friend and prayer chief Chris says, ‘’Isn’t it wondrous that the God of ALL creation, limitless, immeasurable, unfathomable, STILL works in itty bitty measurements like centimeters, too?!?’’ We thank You and praise You for Your awesome ways. (Lamentations 3:31-33)