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The Press-Dispatch Opinion Wednesday, Januar y 8, 2020 A- 7 who is the local pastor of a church in the movie High Noon, wrestles with the question. Marshall Will Kane comes to the church and asks for help organizing a citizen's posse to face a gang of outlaws returning to Hadleyville, New Mexi- co, to extract revenge. The pastor's opinion is asked as the question is debated about killing, "The com- mandments say 'Thou shalt not kill,' but we hire men to go out and do it for us. The right and the wrong seem pretty clear here. But if you're asking me to tell my people to go out and kill and maybe get themselves killed, I'm sor- ry. I don't know what to say. I'm sorry." And that is where we have to leave it. Not a neat and tidy ending because evil resides within man- kind. Each person must take stock of how to address evil, and how to react when it breaks down your door. Think about it, and pray for the congregants of West Freeway Church of Christ, and Keith Kinnunen's fam- ily. Continued from page 6 SIN Court Report FELONY Pike County Circuit Court Joseph R. Singer charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 4 felony, and count II operating a vehicle after being an habitual traffic offender, a level 6 felony. Kelly R. Hopkins charged with pos- session of methamphetamine, a level 5 felony. Stacey Dee Murphy charged with count I possession of methamphet- amine, a level 5 felony, count II carry- ing a handgun without a license and count III possession of paraphernalia. Tyler J. Snyder charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony, and count II possession of a controlled substance. Terry Cockerham charged with count I operating a vehicle while in- toxicated, endangering a person less than 18 years old, and count II operat- ing a vehicle with schedule I or II con- trolled substance or its metabolite in person's body. Jason T. Jones charged with count I possession of a controlled substance, count II operating a vehicle while in- toxicated and count III operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated, prior convic- tion, a level 6 felony. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR Pike County Circuit Court Race M. Britton charged with illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage. Amanda M. Cox charged with op- erating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more. Derrick Allen charged with posses- sion of marijuana. Khalifia Jackson charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. Jacques Sturdivant charged with count I possession of marijuana and count II possession of paraphernalia. CIVIL Pike County Circuit Court OneMain Financial Group, LLC sues Darrell Adams and Martha Ad- ams on complaint. First Federal Savings Bank sues Jer- ald Charles on complaint. LVNV Funding, LLC sues L. Sherri on complaint. LVNV Funding, LLC sues Linda Waxler on complaint. LVNV Funding, LLC sues Danny Ro- land on complaint. Citibank, N.A. sues Richard Bishop on complaint. SMALL CLAIMS Pike County Circuit Court Michelle L. Redmond sues Colton DeJarnett on complaint. INFRACTIONS Pike County Circuit Court Martha J. Wilkens charged with speeding. Ethan R. Jackson charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Dustin Hupp charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Abbey J. Dardeen charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Jared M. Pfaff charged with speed- ing. Noah R. Ackerman charged with speeding. Jarvis I. Hand charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Linsley A. Laforest charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Mariah D. Marcuson charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Khalfani M. Kamau charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Paul T. Clark charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Soledad H. Casio charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Darrell Carter charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Sandria R. Sawyers charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Ryan N. Gordon charged with speeding. Jason E. Bovenkerk charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Jacob A. Martens charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Brielle L. Brown charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Peyton M. French charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Robert L. Stroud, Jr. charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Megan L. Beaty charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Elizabeth D. Grant-Kermode charged with open alcoholic beverage container during operation of a motor vehicle. Lucas C. Isenbaqrger charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Chad L. Blackburn charged with seatbelt violation. Michael A. Scott charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Mitchell R. Arnold charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Larry W. Cox charged with speed- ing. Alexandria E. Brown charged with seatbelt violation. Debby J. Neubauer charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Joseph A. Faulk charged with speed- ing. Beverly S. Monts charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Richard E. Johns charged with driv- ing while suspended. Jimmy C. Edgington charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Justin McMasters charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Jay G. Ewing charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Marquise A. Jones charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Stephan T. Hayes charged with speeding. Justin R. Crow charged with speed- ing. Odalis A. Arias charged with driv- ing while suspended. Sandy M. Young charged with driv- ing while suspended. Reece C. Lamey charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Zane P. Snyder charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Lerie A. Ridenour charged with speeding. Joshua V. Hopf charged with speed- ing. Jennifer M. Sandoval charged with speeding. Misty A. Gray charged with operat- ing with expired plates. Lillie N. Pancake charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Mark K. Rainford charged with speeding. Kara L. Meyer charged with improp- er or no tail or plate light. Adam P. Gress charged with speed- ing. ble, creative agent. My God issued a com- mandment against envy. What others have is not our business. Our business is conducting our own affairs and building our own life. We must care about those in need, but individuals make this decision, not gov- ernment or a self appointed God-politician. There is also a com- mandment against theft. In the universe created by my God, there is private property, and there is sin and punishment in steal- ing what belongs to others. Politicians who think they are God, mobilizing power by inspiring sinful envy of what others have le- gally achieved and then us- ing political power to legal- ize theft to steal the prop- erty of some in order to re- distribute to others, is not only not Christian but also not American. In the universe created by my God, life is sacred, as is property. This pro- vides the basis for a free and prosperous country. As we enter the new year and continue rebuilding our great country, I pray for a rebirth of American Christianity. Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renew- al and Education and au- thor of the new book "Nec- essary Noise: How Donald Trump Inflames the Culture War and Why This is Good News for America," avail- able now at starparker.com Continued from page 6 WARREN ments with friends, even when they hurt us. To be happy is to let live the crea- ture that lives in each of us, free, joyful and simple. It is to have maturity to be able to say: "I made a mistake." It is the courage to say "I am sorry." It is to have the sensitivity to say, " I need you." It is the ability to say "I love you." May your life become a garden of oppor- tunities for happiness. . . That in spring may it be a lover of joy, in winter a lover of wisdom. And when you make a mistake, start all over again. For only then will you be in love with life. You will find that to be happy is not to have a perfect life. But use the tears to irrigate tolerance. Use your loss- es to train patience. Use your mistakes to sculptor serenity. Use pain to plas- ter pleasure. Use obstacles to open windows of intelli- gence. Never give up….. Never give up on people who love you. Never give up on happiness, for life is an incredible show. —Pope Francis in his homily. • • • May everyone have a blessed 2020. Continued from page 6 HAPPINESS er education. "Diversity" is the highest goal of students and profes- sors who openly detest those with whom they disagree. These people support the very antithesis of higher ed- ucation with their withering attacks on free speech. Both in and out of academia, the content of a man's character is no longer as important as the color of his skin, his sex, his sexual preferences or his political loyalties. That's a vision that spells tragedy for our nation. Walter E. Williams is a pro- fessor of economics at George Mason University. Continued from page 6 COLLEGES ed across the European Union. The relatively slow network rollout is due to a variety of factors, includ- ing the European Union's plodding bureaucracy and suffocating regulatory re- gime. Meanwhile, some cellular network opera- tors there also lack ready access to capital because of a sharp decline in their valuations in recent years. The high prices for spec- trum in recent auctions have raised concerns that European telecom firms will be left short of the capital needed to deploy 5G infrastructure, and the costs of service necessary to cover outlays will prove prohibitive for many con- sumers. However, Europe does benefit from being home to Nokia (Finland) and Ericsson (Sweden) — among only a handful of 5G equipment suppliers world- wide. Both companies have secured multi-billion-dol- lar contracts with Verizon and AT&T—the two larg- est U.S. telecom compa- nies, while third place T- Mobile has likewise con- tracted with Nokia and Er- icsson for $ 3.5 billion each to build components for its 5G network. The telecommunica- tions market will under- go dramatic changes as 5G innovation drives new commercial and industri- al applications to a much greater degree than previ- ous generations of wireless technology. In the months and years to come, vari- ous countries will trade the lead in 5G deployment, but America's entrepre- neurial spirit—unless ex- tinguished by continued expansion of the admin- istrative state—will drive the creativity and ambition that are essential to tech- nological leadership. Diane Katz, who has an- alyzed and written on public policy issues for more than two decades, is a Heritage Foundation research fellow in regulatory policy. Continued from page 6 5G CRAWL Grain dryer has minor fire Petersburg firemen work to extinguish a fire in a grain dryer near Bowman. Petersburg Fire Chief Ross Elmore said when the grain dryer was being started, the first burner did not ignite, but the second burner did and when it ignited, the residue gas from the first burner caught fire and set some of the grain in the dryer on fire. He said fireman had to unbolt the access covers to remove the burning grain from the dryer. It happened at about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at 4170 W. SR 56, Petersburg. Elmore said he did not know the owner of the dryer. net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year.