Father factor in abortions

An Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change report, i.e. The Critical Influence of the Prospective Father on Abortion Decision Making said: "the attitude of the prospective father is an important factor in the stress, anxiety or depression of the pregnant woman." One study in the report said the two most important stresses on pregnant women are 1) pregnancy out of wedlock where the woman receives no help from the father of the baby, and 2) the husband does not want the baby she is carrying.

Abortion often appears to be a response to fear, pressure and insecurity resulting from a failed or unsupportive relationship with the father. In 1990, the Alan Guttmacher Institute reported 23% of women having abortions gave as their reason that their husband or partner wanted them to have an abortion. 51% gave "problems with the relation-ship" as one of several reasons for the abortion.

"It has been my experience in post-abortion counseling that most women desperately needed their partner to demonstrate a reassuring attitude that everything would work out, that the destruction of a baby that was the product of their love-making was out of the question, (and) that he would protect and care for her and the child." T Rieser ; Counselor

That 81% of women having abortions are single indicates that the relationship with the father of the child is not at the level of commitment that a mother needs. This lack of marital commitment is a strong risk factor for abortion. "Abortion has been a free passport for men to indulge in erotic relationships without commitment or responsibility, much more than it has been a ‘benefit’ to women." Choose Life; March/April, 2000

E-mail from Kathleen

Background: Life-Lines editor has long known a travel agent in California via phone and e-mail. He recently shared that a daughter was expecting twins, had a son and, as a teen had a child she had made available for adoption. The editor shared information about an ad RARTL had once run to say "Thank you, Mom" to birth mothers who had chosen adoption for their children.

Kathleen responded:

"I hope I am not being presumptuous by writing directly to you, but my father forwarded your mail to me. I am ___’s daughter – the one who is currently pregnant with twins and who gave up a child 13 years ago.

…what you did by placing the ad … was admirable. I find it sad that people can’t look at adoption as the gift and honor it truly is. I was told by many that I was being selfish by not keeping my baby or even aborting him. I was told no child should be made to suffer for my making a mistake.

I knew I hadn’t made a mistake. I had made a baby; now I was given a chance to turn what may have been a tragedy into a miracle for a childless couple. I even told my-self that this may be the only chance God would give me to experience childbirth. I didn’t want to turn down that gift.

Little did I know that about 8 years later I would find I had secondary infertility and would have to undergo IVF in order to conceive. Certainly we could have adopted but I had the desire to experience the miracle of childbirth again with the joy of being able to nurse and nurture this child."

 BREAKING NEWS: Assisted (Involuntary) Suicide in Oregon

Immediately after assisted suicide became legal in Oregon in 1977, an Oregon nurse is alleged to have killed four people against their wills. The case was reported by the Oregon’s Senior and Disabled Services Division. In the Sheridan, Oregon case, four patients died and one survived after Nurse Michael J. Coons allegedly gave them heavy doses of drugs.

Some patients tried to refuse the drugs. One patient had expressed wishes to remain alert to his surroundings. Nurse Coons was seen administering morphine to the patient who showed no signs of being in pain. Three days later the man died. Another alleged victim had hepatoma which prevented his body from processing morphine and led to death.

The Oregon department report stated that Coons, no longer a licensed nurse, suffered from memory lapses and multiple personalities that were not documented. The belief is that despite the criminal investigation, Coons will probably just say he was following "doctor’s orders" and not be indicted. Reporter Dana Tims who wrote the story for The Oregonian said: "The lives of the seriously ill have been stigmatized by the label of ‘terminally ill’ and, because of that", he said, "their lives are in danger.         National Catholic Register; 4/23-29/00

Anti-suicide bill in U.S. Senate

The Pain Relief Promotion Act, passed in the U.S. House last year, would make assisted suicide illegal by criminalizing the use of federally controlled drugs to end a patient’s life. On April 6, Sen. Ron Wyden D-Oregon, used a parliamentary procedure to prevent the Senate Judiciary Committee from working on the bill. Wyden explained his opposition as reflecting his thinking that bureaucrats 3,000 miles away should not be making decisions about health care. Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, hopes to break the hold on the bill with a committee vote. It could then go to the floor where it is expected to pass.

The 28^th annual National Right to Life Convention will be held on June 29, 30 and July 1 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va. Speakers include Deal Hudson, Editor: Crisis Magazine, Dr, Jean Garton, Dr. Pat Robertson, Rev. Frank Pavone, Kay James, Joni Eareckson Tada and more.

The block of rooms reserved at reduced rates remains available until 6/1. Call 703-418-1234 for rates/reservations.

For information about Convention registration and fees, call National Right to Life Committee at 1-202-626-8800, ext. 142.

For those willing to drive to Washington D.C. some passengers would lower expenses. If interested in flying, check Conventions in America at 1-800-929-4242; ask for group #691 for airline and car rental discounts.

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END OF LIFE ISSUES

In 1999, twenty-seven terminally ill persons used Oregon’s 2 year old assisted suicide law to end their lives. That was 11 more than in 1998. Fans of the Oregon law say the Health Division’s report supports their contention that the law is not being misused. Critics disagree. Dr. William Breitbart at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York suggested doctors may be reluctant to disclose information about suicides that do not go well.

Dr. Gregory Hamilton of Physicians for Compassion-ate Care and founder of Americans for Integrity in Palliative Care claimed the report was flawed. He said:

"The Oregon Health Department asked the wrong questions of the wrong people. In surveying only doctors who assisted suicides and family members, the report gathered information solely from those with an interest in justifying their recent contribution to or collusion in a patient’s death. No objective data was obtained. The report’s superficially reassuring conclusions are unwarranted and over-reach the data."

The OHD study said physicians and relatives of the deceased reported those who chose physician-assisted suicide did so not because of "poverty, lack of education or health insurance" or concerns about "poor care." Rather, they wanted to maintain control over their own destiny and the way they died. According to family members of 47% of persons dying from assisted suicide in Oregon, a common motivation was "concern about being a burden on others." RNS-Religion News Service; 3/11/00

Dutch experiences

"Assisted-suicides" lead to "inhumane deaths." Dutch experts reveal that 18% of physician-assisted suicides produce "complications" , e.g. nausea/vomiting, or fail to work as expected. Then, doctors kill patients directly by lethal injections. New England Journal of Medicine; 2/24/00

A "right" being pushed to a "duty"

The "right to die" is moving quickly, as predicted, to the "duty to die." In 1998, Derek Humphry, founder of the pro-euthanasia Hemlock Society said:

"Economics, not the quest for broadened individual liberties of increased autonomy, will drive assisted suicide to the plateau of acceptable practice." Suggesting that money spent on those who are ill or have disabilities might "be better spent" on other things, he asked, "Is there, in fact, a duty to die – a responsibility within the family unit – that should remain voluntary but expected nevertheless?"

Suicide solution?

The Northwest Brainstorm, March, 2000, carried "A story about a botched suicide" – a case reportedly known to assisted suicide proponents but never reported by the Oregon Health Division. Keynote speaker Cynthia Barrett, an attorney, described the case at a workshop.

Barrett told of "a man who completed the required state forms and then took a physician-prescribed lethal medication with his family looking on. Soon, he began suffering unsavory and disturbing symptoms. Symptoms were severe enough to traumatize his wife who called 911. Paramedics took the man to a hospital and revived him. He was later taken to a nursing facility…He died sometime later." His plan had failed and left his family disturbed.

Barrett concluded that the public has the right to know the whole story. National Catholic Register’ 3/11/00

Quick Message

"As a consequence of the current national debate on physician-assisted suicide, its opponents have predicted that if assisted suicide is legalized, people whose illnesses are costly and long-term may be convinced they have a duty to die. Feeling guilty because of the burden [they feel] they have become to their families, they – with suicide now approved by society – must ask their doctors to help them die." (Nat Hentoff, syndicated columnist)

A California Appeals Court decision held that life-sustaining tube feeding and hydration may be withdrawn from a disabled person at the direction of the person’s guardian. There is no requirement that the patient be unconscious, terminally ill, or ever said that he/she would want food and fluids removed.

This conflicts with decisions of Michigan and Wisconsin State Supreme Courts. Both ruled tube feeding and hydration cannot be withheld/withdrawn from a conscious person who is presently unable to make treatment decisions unless there is "clear and convincing" evidence that the person had refused it.

The California decision makes it clear that people need to take an active part in protecting their own lives and those of family members. Burke Balch, J.D., NRLC Dir. of Medical Ethics, said "The courts and the medical profession increasingly sanction withholding and withdrawing even the most ordinary forms of treatment and care from people based on their supposed lack of "quality of life." Thomas Marzen, J.D.; National Right to Life News; March, 2000

Death bill killed

Efforts to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in California are currently dead. Lacking sufficient votes, the bill’s sponsor, Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, decided not to bring it to the floor of the California State Assembly. Introducing the bill, Aroner said it was "an issue of choice and control" for people with terminal illness. Modeled on the Oregon assisted-suicide law, the bill would have let doctors give lethal prescriptions to "terminally ill" patients.

California’s Catholic bishops and a grass-roots coalition of disabled-rights activists, advocates for the poor and doctors had lobbied against this bill. David Pollard, an official of the California Catholic Conference, said the issue "isn’t going to go away." He warned of social and economic pressures that affect end-of-life decisions. "Everything that can be done to ease those pressures should be done," he said. Our Sunday Visitor; 2/20/00

Fear of "unbearable" pain is often given as a reason for people considering seeking physician-assisted suicide. Pain relief is, in fact, something doctors can do for patients. The following article contains information useful for you and family members of all ages and in all conditions.

Chronic illness need not be accompanied by chronic pain

"Effective pain management, using relatively simple techniques, is available for the vast majority of pain syndromes. However,: patients and care-givers must be persistent with physicians to get the pain treated. If pain continues , or if a physician does not take it seriously enough, ask a regional teaching hospital to recommend a pain-management clinic. Also, distressing symptoms that do not involve pain, i.e. nausea or shortness of breath, can be man-aged too – if patient, physician and care-giver take the time for regular discussions. A collaborative effort with a physician is the most effective way to manage chronic illness. S. Goldhirsch, Research Coordinator, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Printed in Bottom Line PERSONAL; 4/15/00

For your information: poll results

A recent, nationwide Zogby poll of 1,031 Americans reported 30.4% would choose assisted suicide if confronted with a painful, terminal disease. This March poll found a larger number, 63.5% would prefer to die naturally. 6.1% were uncertain as to what they would decide if faced with a painful, terminal disease. 4/9-15/00 National Catholic Register

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." --Beverly Sills

Under NY State Social Services Law 365, only "medically necessary" abortions qualify for Medicaid coverage. The NY State Department of Health figures for 1997 show 57,277, i.e. 41.2% of the total 145,334 abortions in New York State were paid with Medicaid tax dollars.

Medicaid calls for the federal government to pay 50% and the state and local governments to share the other 50% of abortion charges for Medicaid-eligible women. The federal government pays for only medically indicated abortions.

New York State does not seek federal reimbursement. It pays for abortion-on-demand. New York State taxpayers are forced to fund 100% of Medicaid abortions in this state.

Governor Pataki’s FY 2000-01 Budget again contains money to pay for abortions. As in the past, efforts to end state abortion funding failed. The Assembly again failed to pass a bill/amendment to end this use of tax dollars. Since both the Assembly and Senate must agree to restrict Medicaid funding of abortion, the Governor’s abortion funding decision remains in effect.

Here are the Mew York State Assembly votes on the two funding issues:

(1)	An amendment to a state budget resolution that would cut state health insurance funding for abortion.	Defeated 96-46
(2)	A motion to amend the budget bill to cut Medicaid funding for abortions.	Failed 98-43

Assembly Representative	1	2
James Bacalles R-Corning David Gantt D-Rochester Susan John D-Rochester Jerry Johnson R-Nunda David Koon D-Perinton Joseph Morelle D-Irondequoit Charles Nesbitt R-Albion Robert Oaks R-Macedon Joseph Robach D-Greece David Seaman R-Lockport	Y N N A N N Y Y Y Y	Y N N A N N Y Y Y Y

Pro-abortion Assembly Resolution withdrawn

On 4/10/00, Assembly Majority members introduced Assembly Resolution Number 2102 to "commemorate the 30^th anniversary of the New York State Legislature’s historic April 11, 1970 vote establishing legal abortion in the state. The resolution recognized a group called "Champions of Choice," scheduled to have a luncheon the following day to "celebrate the anniversary of legal abortion."

Local sponsors of this outrageous Resolution were:   Joseph Morelle (D-Irondequoit) and Susan John (D-Rochester). They should both hear from constituents.

After 7 members spoke on the floor to object to the resolution, Assemblyman Gottfried withdrew the resolution. George Winner (R-Elmira) was one of the 7 members who objected to the resolution, despite the fact that Mr. Winner’s voting record is pro-abortion. Constituents certainly should thank him.

On 4/24/00, the U.S. House again passed a ban on partial-birth abortions with a veto-proof margin of 287 – 141. An opponent of the ban was Rochester area’s Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, D. who said: :"Proponents of this bill are not just chipping away at the right to choose, they are taking a jackhammer to it."

If the House can reconcile its latest version with the Senate-passed version approved last fall, the partial-birth abortion ban would go to President Clinton for the third time. Clinton has said he will again veto this measure. The Senate appears to be 2 votes short of a veto override.

In a new poll by MarketFacts, responses showed 68% of Americans support a ban on partial-birth abortions. Fewer than 20% oppose such a ban and 13% said they didn’t know or refused to answer. This represents a 4 point increase from a January CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll in which 64% of respondents supported a ban.

Many point to this effort to ban a brutal practice as a clear sign of the importance of the upcoming presidential election. A pro-life president could ban this practice. A pro-abortion president would follow the Clinton lead of supporting partial-birth abortions.

On 4/25/00, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Steinberg vs. Carhart, which concerns Nebraska’s attempt to ban partial-birth abortion. 1992 was the last year in which the Supreme Court took a case dealing directly with abortion. A decision is expected in June.

The Clinton administration had attempted to express support for partial-birth abortion by having the Justice Department defend the procedure in the court case. The request was not unusual and is often granted. But on 4/3 the court refused the Justice Department request.

In March the Justice Department had submitted an amicus curiae brief which argued that the Nebraska law is unconstitutionally vague and "fails to provide an exception to preserve the pregnant woman’s health." That concern has been already refuted by the American Medical Association that endorsed the ban in 1997. AMA President, John Seward said that partial-birth abortion is a "procedure we all agree is not good medicine."

Numerous states, excluding New York, have passed bans on partial-birth abortions. Many have been ruled unconstitutional so the forth-coming court decision is anxiously awaited. New York’s bills to ban partial-birth abortions are S.1638 and A.2815. Neither is expected to receive attention in either house during this year.

Elliot Institute Director, Dr. David Reardon and Dr. Philip Ney, a British Columbia psychiatrist who specializes in post-abortion counseling conducted a study. The conclusion of the study was that women who have an abortion are five times more likely to report substance abuse compared to women who carry to term. The study was published in the April issue of the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

The study was drawn from a national reproductive history survey of 700 women, ages 24 to 44 years. Results indicated that each year, in the United States, there are at least 150,000 new cases of abortion-related substance abuse. Dr. Ney found the result disturbing, as substance abuse is the leading cause of neonatal death and malformation in subsequent planned pregnancies. Ney said:

Margaret Sanger: in her own words

Eugenics, i.e. "study of ancestry," was critically important to the founder of Planned Parenthood. She said: "[Eugenics] shows us that we are paying for and even submitting to the dictates of an ever increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all…"Pivot of Civilization; p. 187

In Birth Control Review, May, 1919, Sanger wrote: "More children from the fit, less from the unfit – that is the chief aim of birth control." In the 1921 edition she declared: "Birth control: to create a race of thoroughbreds."

Planned Parenthood promotes both abortion and euthanasia targeting the "unfit" and the "feeble-minded" as clients for their "services." Sanger did not confine her disdain to the poor, whom she called "human weeds." She and Adolph Hitler had much in common in their disdain for "minorities." He focused on Gypsies, then the Jewish people. Her targets were minorities such as blacks. Her goal of exterminating black people was widely known and, fortunately, not well received."

Certainly Margaret Sanger launched a thriving campaign against humanity in the past century. Above drawn from Pivot of Civilization, Margaret Sanger; 1922; Margaret Sanger: Father of Modern Society; Elisah Drogan; "Margaret Sanger’s Century" National Catholic Register; 2/13-19/00

The Barrenness of Success

The muffled explosions are the sounds of European populations crashing. Europe and Japan will undergo dramatic population declines over the next 50 years. Europe’s population will fall by 122 million to 600 million; Japan’s will shrink by 22 million to 105 million. 33 countries total will see their populations decline.

The accompanying aging of these populations will shrink the workforce, threaten to bankrupt pension programs and undermine health care for the elderly. Economies may be hobbled, national security compromised as the pool of young people dries up. Generational warfare may ensue as different age groups scramble for scarce government resources, e.g. greater funding for student education loans or medical care for the elderly.

How would the UN rejuvenate declining populations in the developed world? It plans to bring in massive numbers of young people from the developing world, in waves of "replacement migration," to maintain the work force at its current level. Japan would reportedly accept 32 million immigrants over the next 50 years, Europe a whopping 161 million.

Ironically the UN’s zealous promotion of population control, radical feminism, etc. helped create the depopulation problem. There are 2 additional concerns.

Birth rates are falling everywhere. As countries fall below replacement, there will be fewer sources of new migrants to make up the developed world’s birth reduction. "Replacement migration," is not a permanent solution to population decline in the developed world. It is a temporary fix. Also, how can we justify taking from the developing world many of its brightest young minds? (PRI Weekly Briefing, "Robbing from the Poor…" http://www.pop.org/briefings/robpoor.htm). What of the social problems that will accompany this massive influx of new immigrants? "In many countries," the UN report warns, "additional large volumes of immigrants are likely to face serious social and political objections…

It thus seems preferable that countries with a birth dearth enact pro-family, pro-natal policies to increase their birth rates. The overall pattern is too evident to ignore. Once countries join the developed world, their birth rates plummet. Once people reach a certain level of wealth, they can be easily convinced not to replace themselves. Then when Planned Parenthood says that "Babies are not sweet little things. They wet and dirty themselves, they get sick, they’re very expensive to take care of," the message hits home. Planned Parenthood, "The Perils of Puberty," Denver 1974, 15. PRI's Weekly Briefing Vol. 2 / No. 8 24 March 2000

Hillary Clinton’s campaign donors

What do Sean "Puffy'' Combs, Barbra Streisand and Tom Cruise have in common? They are donors to Hillary Clinton's campaign to become New York's next US senator. The entertainment industry has given a total of $437,000 to her Senate effort, according to a Center for Responsive Politics report. As a group, lawyers, already having given more than $667,000 to her campaign, are her top donors.

Walt Disney Co., especially its Miramax Films division, has been generous, i.e. sending a total of $56,650 in donations to the Clinton New York Senatorial Campaign. Even though Clinton is running to represent another state, $408,000 has been received from random Los Angeles people for the Clinton Campaign.

Larry Makinson: Center for Responsive Politics said it is highly unusual for Hollywood to be the second largest category of support for someone not running from or in California. She has a profile that makes it look like she is running from the heart of Hollywood.'' He said it should not be surprising that Mrs. Clinton has such high donors after spending eight years in the White House. "She has amazing connections.''

Contributors include actors Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Candice Bergen, Martin Short, Mary Steenburgen, Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson, Susan Saint James, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Diane Keaton, Harvey Keitel, Nicole Kidman, Cicely Tyson, Kyle MacLachlan, Blythe Danner, Jane Alexander, Kate Capshaw, Carrie Fisher and Jamie Gertz; directors Rob Reiner, Ted Demme and Martin Scorsese; executives Russell Simmons, David Geffen, Harvey Weinstein, Frank Biondi, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Lew Wasserman, Aaron Spelling, , Edgar Bronfman, Jr, Gary Goldberg, Norman Lear, George Stevens, and rockers Don Henley and Jimmy Buffett; fashion designers Oscar De La Renta, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang; rock widow Gail Zappa; author Richard North Patterson; former model Christie Brinkley, publisher Tina Brown; writer Elaine May, and humorist Al Franken. In 1999 Mrs. Clinton raised more than $8,000,000, the majority of which came from individuals giving $1,000 or more. Reuters/Variety

Oscars were given to The Cider House Rules writer, John Irving and actor Michael Caine, both men endorsed the abortion industry. They thanked Miramax for "having the courage to make this movie" and everyone at Planned Parenthood and NARAL. The film and awards were great public relations efforts for the pro-abortion movement.

Project Rachel

"Rachel mourns for her children; she refuses to be comforted because her children are no more. Thus says the Lord: Cease your cries of mourning. Wipe the tears from your eyes. The sorrow you have shown shall have its reward. There is hope for your future." Jeremiah 31:15-17, the Old Testament passage from which Project Rachel takes its name.

Project Rachel started in 1984 in Milwaukee by Vicki Thorn, a program coordinator for the diocesan anti-abortion program. She felt it was time for the Catholic Church to reach out to help women heal the trauma that abortion had caused in their lives. Thorn's program, in the Diocese of Rochester since 1996, became a national model for a Catholic ministry that now extends across the country. The coordinator of Rochester Diocese’s Project Rachel is Rev. Jim Hewes.

On February 27, 2000, nearly one and a half million copies of Hope and Healing, an educational insert on post-abortion grief and healing, were inserted as paid advertising in the Washington Post. This is being subsidized by the Archdiocese of Washington to supplement its Project Rachel program. Radio ads, billboards, bus and subway placards have been spread throughout Washington, D.C., Alexandria and Baltimore. There has also been some Project Rachel advertising in the Rochester area.

The program, with primary focus on Catholics, is open to all denominations. The Catholic Church has a long-standing, clear voice opposing abortion. When abortion happens, Project Rachel offers an incredible, confidential, non-judgmental process of healing, reconciliation and transformation for women of all faiths. Fr. Hewes said that fathers, boyfriends and other family members who have been touched by abortion have also gone through the programs.

Justice served by court action

Some may remember the case of Guadalupe Negron, a 33 year old mother of four who bled to death from a 3-inch rip in her uterus after an abortion. Dr. David Benjamin performed the abortion on July 9, 1993 at his Queen’s abortion facility. "The victim, anesthetized and sedated, bled profusely over a one to two hour period during which Benjamin, the defendant, failed to adequately monitor her," according to court records Benjamin was sentenced to a 25 year-to-life sentence for murder. In April, 2000, a NY State Appeals Court upheld Benjamin’s murder conviction. According to the Associated Press, this is "the first case of its kind in New York state." National Catholic Register; 4/9-15

Family Accepts Award on Kevorkian's Behalf

The family of Thomas Youk, a man whose assisted suicide led to Jack Kevorkian's prison sentence, accepted a $100,000 award on Kevorkian's behalf. "He risked his personal freedom,'' said Melody Youk at the presentation of the Gleitsman Foundation's Citizen Activist Award for Humanitarianism.

In 1998, Kevorkian helped Melody Youk's 53-year-old husband, Thomas, take his own life by lethal injection. Kevorkian, 71, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for Youk's death, which was videotaped and aired on CBS' ''60 Minutes.''

Kevorkian will share the $100,000 award with Alabama lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who was recognized for his career-long fight against the death penalty. Stevenson said he was unhappy about sharing an award with Kevorkian. Demonstrators opposed to assisted suicide - some with seeing-eye dogs and wheelchairs – protested.

The Gleitsman Foundation Citizen Activist Award is usually given by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. A Harvard University spokeswoman said: "It has nothing to do with Harvard this year,'' Judges who chose Kevorkian include actor Ted Danson, pro-abortion crusader Gloria Steinem, and Candace Lightner, a founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

To protest this decision write to: The Gleitsman Foundation, PO Box 6888, Malibu, CA, 90264; 310-457-6199, Email:gleits@ixnetcom.com. Associated Press, 4/ 11/0; Boston Herald, 4/10/0

In Memoriam Frank J. Beahan Stella M. Beahan Gussie Dries Milton & Dolores Dries John P. O’Meara, CSB Marilyn & Jack Doyle Jean Beyer Marilyn & Jack Doyle

In Celebration Matthew Thomas Lynch Jean Black, CPA Robert Dunning, Sr – 70th Birthday Thomas Yehl