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Jim Ross, Minister

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Obituary: Jerry Benda

Susie Santistevan

The Spiritual Side: The Gospel is for all - Part 2

From the desk of Susie: Terrorists among us in America

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I think that the doors

to Immigration should

be shut. All our borders

should be closed. Terror-

ists are not sweet young

people. They are a mon-

sters in the making. They

will kill without blinking

an eye. The danger is real.

I remember the Oklahoma

City bombing so well.

All American children

should have to go to mil-

itary training before they

leave high school. They

need the discipline. It

will make them physi-

cally strong and educat-

ed to what terrorists can

do. One day they will

need that training. I know

some of you think I am

crazy. We would have fit

children who can defend

themselves if needed.

This is not the world we

grew up in. I remember

being told to get under my

desk if there was an attack

by a nuclear bomb!

They are finding all the

info on the Internet to

make weapons that kill. I

think that trackers should

immediately find those

people. America should

know if one is living in

our neighborhood. It is

time for us to toughen up.

America use to be a force

of great knowledge and

strength. How did we let

America become so weak?

Evil is everywhere.

America is filled with

drugs of every kind. How

the world has changed. I

never took anything when

I was a kid unless the doc-

tor gave it to me. I never

even took aspirin. My

mom did give us cod liv-

er oil. I won’t go into the

moaning and groaning to

get it down us.

I refuse on my Face

book site to share the pho-

tos of the Boston brothers.

I will not give them glory

or honor in what they did.

I believe they are the evil

of all evil. I do not com-

mend evil people who kill

with no mercy.

I never thought there

would be time where I

feared our rights to bear

arms. They must think we

are stupid. Thugs are not

going to get background

checks. It is the honest

who suffer from this stu-

pidity. We The People are

the ones who want God

in every place we walk in.

God plays a big part in our

lives. They will never take

God from me. I will go to

my grave knowing if I die

in vain he will come for

me. He will come for me

anyway.

The rain we got was

nice. Of course those

spring storms can be bru-

tal. I still have not plant-

ed any of my veggies. It

seems some of my fruit

trees will make it. I love

fresh veggies and fruit. I

am thinking about getting

a hand full of chickens too.

I love fresh eggs. I will

just have to animal proof

my chicken coop.

Have a great week.

Drive safe and sober.

Don’t text and drive.

Peace, Love and Lots of

Hugs.

Susie Santistevan is a Minco resident and enjoys writing about issues rele-vant to the community.

to each youth in the room,

not always an easy feat

when dealing with ages as

young as the 3rd grade or a

group of High School Fresh-

man.

“Reaching Across the Plains”, the theme for

this year’s Annual Down

Syndrome Association of

Central Oklahoma’s 2013

Conference, will welcome

Mr. Ellison, along with

speakers addressing a wide

range of subjects including

motor development, speech

pathology, rights of working

individuals with disabilities,

among many others, on May

4th, 2013 at the Reed Con-

ference Center in Midwest

City, OK.

Mr. Ellison is a strong

bel iever that chi ldren

should always feel safe in

at least two places: school

and home. He asserts that

education is paramount; if

a child is being bullied at

school, they can’t focus on

learning, which cheats them

out of their education.

If you would like more

information on the Canadi-

an County Juvenile Bureau’s

Bullying Prevention Program,

please call 1 (405) 262-0202.

For more information of the

upcoming Down Syndrome

Conference of Central Okla-

homa, please visit their web-

site at http://www.dsaco.org.

Jerry Benda was born

October 16, 1927, on his

family’s Kingfisher farm.

Jerry was the youngest of 5

sons born to Tony and Bes-

sie Benda who were Czech

immigrants. Jerry graduated

from Cashion High School

in May 1945. He enlisted

in the army in 1946 and

was discharged September,

1947. In 1948 he married

Sylvia Zoubek at the Yukon

Czech Hall. He served as

an officer of the Union City

School Board, Lions Club,

and Canadian County Water

Board. He continued farm-

ing and welding up until his

death. Jerry was preceded in

death by his parents, Tony

and Bessie Benda, and broth-

ers, Tony, Stanley, Henry,

and Victor, and son-in-law,

Danny Carlisle. He is sur-

vived by his wife, Sylvia, of

64 years, and four children:

daughter, Nancy Novosad

and husband, Sam Novosad,

son Gary Benda and wife

Dianne, daughter Colleen

Benda-Carlisle, and son

Paul Benda and wife Bekki.

He is survived by 6 grand-

children: Chris Novosad,

Sammy Novosad and wife

Gena, David Novosad and

wife Chloe, Alan Benda and

wife Christine, Ashleigh

Benda, and Jessica Benda,

as well as many nieces and

nephews. Services were held

in The Chapel of The Good

Shepherd at McNeil’s Funer-

al Service, Mustang, OK on

Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 2

p.m. Burial was at the Czech

National Cemetery in Okla.

City.

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News and sports, 24/7!In the last article we dis-

cussed the story of Jesus

and the Samaritan wom-

an at Jacob’s well. The

account is in John, chap-

ter four. In verse four,

we read that Jesus “had”

to go through Samaria.

Why did he have to? We

know there were alternate

routes. We know that for

centuries, Jews avoided

Samaritans. When Assyr-

ia conquered Israel in 721

BC eventually leading to

Jews intermarrying with

the pagan idol worship-

ping Gentiles, Jews did

not like half-breed Samar-

itans.

However, Jesus ends

this encounter talking

with a woman of Samaria.

Now understand, wom-

en in Jesus’ time wheth-

er Jewish or Samaritan

of full-fledged Gentiles,

were often deemed unwor-

thy of respect, education

and religious training. In

particular, Jewish rabbis

were noteworthy for not

speaking with women in

public settings during this

era. They even debated

the appropriateness of a

rabbi speaking to his own

mother or sister in settings

outside the family circle.

From the story in John,

we see that Jesus disciples

had gone into town to buy

some food while Jesus is

engaging the Samaritan

woman in a conversation.

Upon their return to the

well, the Bible says that

they “were amazed” that

Jesus was talking to this

woman.

The disciples had been

bred on prejudices that

salvation was for the

Jews and only the Jews.

Look what happened here

in verses 39 – 42. “Many

Samaritans from the city

believed in him because

of the woman’s testimo-

ny.” Jesus was asked to

spend more time with the

new believers and he ends

up spending two days.

The result: “And many

more believed because of

his word”.

The disciples learned

that the gospel is for all of

society. This event affirms

the value of people we

tend to marginalize. This

story should challenge our

racism. It should rebuke

us from our attachment to

tradition over truth, help

us see our propensity for

playing church and split-

ting hairs and learn to wor-

ship the Father in truth and

Spirit.

Jim Ross

Minco Church of Christ

Oklahoma Blood Insti-

tute (OBI) is partnering

with Canadian Valley

Technology Center to

host a blood drive from 8

a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednes-

day, May 1, at 1401 Mich-

igan Ave, Chickasha.

With blood donors’

support, those in area

hospitals won’t have to

be concerned about the

availability of blood.

Donors with Oklahoma

Blood Institute provide

every drop of blood need-

ed by patients of Grady

Memorial Hospital, Medi

Flight of Oklahoma and

140 others across the

state.

Each donor giving

Wednesday will receive

an OBI T-shirt, free

health screenings and

Donor Reward Points.

Donors may choose to

forgo the T-shirt to sup-

port the Global Blood

Fund (GBF).

Funds so designated

will then be contributed

to GBF for supplies and

equipment for blood cen-

ters in the world’s poorest

countries.