The annual Memorial Day program at the Swift County Historical Museum in Benson included a presentation by Rob Wolfington, who told the stories of several Civil War veterans buried in the city cemetery.
It all started with a friendship between a rock collector and silversmith.
Heather Rieder s grandfather loved uncovering Oregon stones, a passion she shared as a 9-year-old growing up in the Boring area. Rieder would scour her backyard finding stones she would send through a tumbler to polish and smooth. She was drawn to the brilliant colors and intricate patterns.
She built up quite the collection, storing them in a box she kept with her through the years.
Rieder eventually would marry the son of the silversmith Alan Stockam a pairing that would prove to be a match made in jewelry-making heaven. About 7 years ago, the couple brought out Rieder s box of rocks, and decided to see what was inside.
in liberal hollywood. a few members of the curve group have gone public including movie, writer and producer lionel chapman. he choice us. he joins us. nice to see you, sir. nice to see you, greta. friends of abe, i know you are north going to tell me who are the members. let me ask you first, are they really fearful they will be blacklisted if they are named as members of the sort of loosely conservative group? this loosely gathered group? many are. i mean, a lot of it depends on what stage of your career that you are at. hollywood blacklist as a white list. and a career in hollywood to build it requires getting yourself positioned so that you are perceived as someone who can can be useful, who is employable. who part of the seed who belongs. one of the easy ways to do that is to be politically active, particularly on the left. in fact, only on the left. beginning in the 60 s, i suppose. but with increasing vigor, you know, politics became
know that there was a lookout list, right? we know that be on the lookout for. and people who ended up on that list were treated to much for dilatory process than those who weren t. we have been at this over two years. and it you know, nobody wants to sit on fox news and denounce the irs, at least i don t, in any event. in this particular we are very vulnerable because almost everyone here is an independent contractor and therefore we all sort of everyone is a walking s corporation. but i think it s fair to say that we have been subjected to a scrutiny that goes beyond what might be reasonably expected yeah, by far. lionel, thanks for joining us. my pleasure. straight ahead, the height might, it catches everything including what richard sherman and michael crabtree said to each other at the end of the nfc championship confrontation on sunday.