Hello everyone!  I bet you will agree with me, we have had one of the best Septembers ever!  I have even heard some of you say... “if it would only stay like this until next September!”  Well if it did that, we would miss the beautiful season of winter.  But as I see it, we all have our own point of view and that’s what makes the world go round.

Now that we are on the subject of one’s thinking, we need to get ready for this year’s election.  As I was preparing for your column, I read some fun information about George Washington.  When he was chosen to be the first leader of the new country, some people wanted to call him “His Highness, the President of the United States and Protector of the Rights of the Same.”

Some thought that title sounded too much like a king so they all agreed he should be called the President of the United States.  The word “president” comes from the word preside which means “to hold the position of authority.”

Each one of our votes is important, not only for our future but also for those of our children and grandchildren.  If we don’t stand up for what we believe in...who will?

Until next time, read all you can about the candidates that are running for office.
Your friend,
Sherry

Sherry Kline Bolitho
Adult Book:
Title:  Man of the People: The Life of John McCain
Author:  Paul Alexander
Publisher:  John Wiley & Sons
Price:  $27.95

Available at the Carroll County District Library
This book starts like this:  “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.  It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”   Ronald Reagan, March 30, 1961

John McCain has evolved over his 25-year political career into the one current politician who best articulates the hopes and dreams of every man and woman in the United States.  He is an authentic American hero who knows what it’s like not to be free.

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