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CINNAMON ROLLS CINNAMON ROLLS ARE BACK! ARE BACK! First, I want to thank my daughter, Vicki, granddaughter, Melody, daughter-in-law, Tammie and granddaughter-in-law, Courtney. For getting together my 80th Birthday Celebration, held at the community room at Brookfield apartments. I want to thank every one of my grandchildren and great friends that showed up! I especially want to thank my nieces who showed up with my sister from the Linton nursing home. I want to thank everyone who made my 80th birthday a special day. A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors... 2022 Sponsor Plate List 1st Franklin Group AES All Trade Heating & Air Amber Manor Care Center Bath Bombs & More Benner & Co. Heating & Air CRS Optical Deaconess Medical Group Doug Glass Service, Inc. Evans & Son RV Sales Ficklin Auto Supply Fish Hut Pizza Four Star Fabricators German American Bank G E Tree Service Harris Funeral Home Harris Real Estate Home Building Savings Bank Howard L. 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Everyone was fight- ing back in the 90's, even farmers had machine guns. There was ethnic cleansing and the president was Serbi- an. The war was over when I got there and he was convict- ed of war crimes." Former Yu- goslav President Slobodan Mi- losevic went on trial, charged with 66 counts of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Cro- atia and Kosovo. In 2003, Collier's unit was deployed to Iraq. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The in- vasion phase began on March 19 -20, 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat oper- ations, in which a combined force of troops from the Unit- ed States, the United King- dom, Australia and Poland in- vaded Iraq. "I was deployed in February or March to Kuwait, but that was before the ground war started," Collier said. "I was a specialist. A machine gun- ner on a truck in Iraq. I had a Mark 19, which is a fully au- tomatic grenade launcher. We went into Iraq about a week after we invaded. The United States got to Baghdad pretty quick. I remember watching it on T V, while I was in Kuwait. They tore down the statues of Saddam Hussein. Everyone was cheering. We went into Iraq shortly after that on an escort mission. Then we came back to Kuwait, then 24 hours later, we were back in Iraq to secure an area 30 miles south of Baghdad, to provide secu- rity while a resupply base was set up for fuel, food, and con- voys, heading towards Bagh- dad." Collier served as securi- ty patrol for the area around the supply center, which was the CSC Scania. It was the second largest military fa- cility in Babil Province and once housed approximately 1,300 U.S. service members and contractors. Scania was a major refueling point for con- voys traveling north and south in Iraq. Collier was part of the heavy weapons infantry for ap- proximately one year. A con- tracting company came in and set up squad tents with air conditioning after Collier had spent a great deal of time sleeping outside in the tre- mendous heat, which he was extremely grateful for. "In Iraq, I remember we were at Kalsu and I remem- ber us waking up to being shelled," Collier said. "Every- one was fine that day though, one of our sergeants were in a Humvee and they got hit by an IED (improvised explosive de- vice), but he was also fine. The front passenger seat had no one sitting in it. Usually there is someone sitting there, but not this time. The hole in the seat was the size of a grape- fruit. None of our vehicles were armored. It wasn't un- til the United States took over the country, that small groups would use IEDs." According to CNN News, approximately $7 billion of military equipment the U.S. transferred to the A fghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in A fghanistan after the U.S. completed its withdrawal from the country in August, accord- ing to a congressionally man- dated report from the US De- partment of Defense viewed by CNN. This equipment is now in a country that is controlled by the very enemy the U.S. was trying to drive out over the past two decades: the Taliban. The Defense Department has no plans to return to A fghan- istan to "retrieve or destroy" the equipment, reads the re- port, which has been provid- ed to Congress. Collier was visibly upset over leaving vehicles and weapons in A fghanistan for the Taliban, following the U.S. withdrawal. "I was mad that we spent all that time there and those A fghanistan peo- ple we were trying to protect, were loyal to the U.S., and we just left our equipment," Collier said. "We could have helped A fghanistan. The Ar- my has procedures in place, to take care of vehicles and equipment, so it becomes in- operable." "I retired in 2019," Collier said. "I served 20 years in the military. For people consid- ering joining the military, I would say look at all the jobs they have and find something you will be really interested in, and stick with it for 20 years. If I could do it again, I would find a job on the active duty side and stay with that. The retire- ment plan is immediately after 20 year. Training in the mili- tary helped me become a po- lice officer. I just transferred from Pike County Sheriff's Department to Petersburg Police Department in the last few months. There was an op- portunity available so I want- ed to try it out." A fter just celebrating Me- morial Day recently, Collier feels strongly about the hol- iday. "Memorial Day is not about me," Collier said. "It's about the people we've lost, our friends, our brothers, guys we were close to." The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 8, 2022 A-5 By Alex Mahrenholz ANR/4-H Extension Educator amahrenh@purdue.edu Farmers are taking advan- tage of the warmer and drier conditions and are working tirelessly to finish up a long and difficult planting sea- son along with other spring- time activities like cutting hay and hauling grain. All of this means that farmers and their equipment are spending more time on our county roadways moving from one field to the next. Indiana State Police state there are over 1,000 motor vehicle accidents a year be- tween pedestrian vehicles and tractors or other large farm- ing equipment. It is important that drivers practice extraor- dinary caution when encoun- tering these types of large ma- chinery on the road. Accord- ing to NACTO, it takes five seconds for a car driving at 55 mph to cover the length of a football field when coming up on a tractor moving at 15 mph. Distracted driving is danger- ous at any time, but especially when traveling behind a vehi- cle that is moving substantial- ly slower than the typical flow of traffic. Remaining attentive and patient is vital to keep pe- destrian drivers and their pas- sengers safe, as well as, our farmers who are working dil- igently to feed a growing pop- ulation. It is important to re- member that farmers don't like a line of traffic behind them anymore than the driv- ers do. It is a stressful expe- rience for everyone involved. The state of Indiana enforces a slow poke law, which means if three or more vehicles are be- hind the farm equipment, the farmer must pull over and let the cars pass. Most farmers will pull over to allow any traf- fic to pass at the first opportu- nity that it is safe to do so. Rural road safety is every- one's responsibility. Farm- ers must remain highly alert and drive defensively ev- ery moment they are behind the wheel of a piece of equip- ment. Farmers and heavy ma- chinery operators should ob- serve the following protocols to help keep everyone safe as we travel our rural roadways this spring and summer grow- ing seasons: • Avoid highly-trafficked roads whenever possible, even if travel time will be longer. • Observe road travel pre- cautions for specific equip- ment. Some tractors may free- wheel in higher gears, which can be very dangerous when coming down a hill. Use low- er gear ranges when climbing or descending hills. • If possible, drive on the shoulder of a paved highway. • When cars are lined up behind you, and there is a suit- able shoulder or other safe ar- ea available, pull over to let the traffic pass. • If possible, it is best to move equipment in daylight during periods of light traffic. • Travel after dark only if absolutely necessary. Remem- ber that you need proper light- ing for night driving. • If your view is ever ob- structed, don't take chances! Enter, travel, and exit road- ways with the up-most cau- tion. • Obey all traffic laws and signs. Courtesy is a key com- ponent of road safety.