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• Last Sunday, Lynn andRita Officer visited withBetty Dewey in Ellinwoodand were overnight guestsof Glenn and Kathy Deweyof Ellinwood. Monday theywent to Abilene and wereovernight guests of Larryand Pam Rothfuff and fam-ily. Larry taught Industrial

Arts in McDonald in theearly 1970s. The Officers re-turned home Tuesday afterkeeping Rita's doctor ap-pointment.• Rita Officer attended a

bridal shower Saturday forher granddaughter, ArielRegier, at the home of Mar-ilee Gundlach in Mingo.

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– McDonald News –• Remember the men's

prayer breakfast Saturdaymorning at 7 a.m., at theWesleyan Church, Bird City.• Joan Tongish, Eleanor

Swihart and Betty Lewis at-tended Amelia Banister's102nd birthday party Sun-day afternoon at the GoodSamaritan Society in At-wood.• Art, Erika and Emily

Atchison of Eulus, Texaswere weekend guests of Kar-lyne Atchison. They allhelped Amelia Banister cel-ebrate her 102nd birthdayand Karlyne Atchison's 70thbirthday Sunday afternoonat the Good Samaritan Soci-ety in Atwood.• Twila Miller was a Sat-

urday evening caller onMarlene Johnson.

• Kenneth and PhyllisWilkinson called on AuntVera Kacirek at the GoodSamaritan Home in OberlinFriday.

• Jerry and Betty Knappvisited with Vernon Davis inKanapolis Thursday. Theywere weekend guests ofTravis Knapp in Hutchison.On their return trip, Jerryand Betty called on JimKnapp in WaKeeney andBrenda Knapp in Colby,Sunday.

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• Lucille Sramek's visitorsduring the week were MaryLouise Levesque of Omaha,Neb., the daughters of thelate Frank and Beata Vrbas,Jeanette, Nadine and Elaine,Pat and Betty Finley, TessWilkinson of Wake Forest,N.C., and Berdean Wilkinson.• Tess and Berdean

Wilkinson visited ViolaJanousek Thursday morn-ing.• Diane Sis and Marci and

Luke Sis joined KathieSchroeder, Dominic,Gabriel, Jonathan, Josephand Maria Sunday after-noon at the Colby swimmingpool.• Merry Reeh and Delores

Reeh attended the wake andfuneral Sunday evening andMonday morning for Char-lotte Wahrman. Edna Reeh

and son, Bob Reeh, of Cen-tennial, Colo., came for thefuneral.• Mary Wilkinson of Cen-

tennial, Colo., returnedhome Sunday after spendinga few days visiting Tess,Danny and Berdean Wilkin-son.• Tess Wilkinson and

Karen Threlkel of Haysdrove to Wichita Sunday tomeet Abby Ridge and KelseyJo Gast of Holly Springs,N.C., who will be visiting theWilkinsons.

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Rally for Religious Freedom —Continued from Page 1

draw only in the hundreds,though anti-abortiongroups have musteredlarger crowds.”Brownback said freedom

was a gift, not a privilegethat the government maytake away when it pleases.“This unconscionable

mandate must not be al-lowed to stand,” Brownbacksaid. “By your prayers andwork, it will not be allowedto stand.”Keynote speaker Cathy

Ruse, senior fellow for legalstudies at the Family Re-search Council, said the“war on women” is a con-trived political tool to di-minish religious freedom.“Put America on the pill

and send the Catholics thebill,” she said was the pres-ident’s agenda. “Is there a crisis in the

availability of contracep-tives for women in Amer-ica?” she asked. “No.Anyone who wants contra-ceptives can buy them. TheObama administration’shidden mandate is abor-tion.”Before the end of the

rally, those in attendancewere urged to support reli-gious freedom by textingFREEDOM to 377377.Naomi Reeh, 20, attended

the rally, riding on the Tri-Parish bus. She shared theexperience with her mom,Jolene. The Reeh family at-tends St. John’s Church.“The rally was such a

moving experience,” Naomisaid. “It was great to be ableto stand up for the cause ofreligious freedom for our

country.”Naomi will be starting

her third year at Benedic-tine College this fall. She isstudying elementary educa-tion and theology. She plansto continue to be involved inthe pursuit of religious free-dom.“I’ve already signed

some online petitions incontinued support of thestand for freedom,” she

said. “I also plan to write toour senators and other offi-cials about the issue.”Sacred Heart Church

parishioner Pat Skoloutsaid she was impressed bythe number of young peo-ple, including small chil-dren, attending.“I thought [the rally] was

great,” she said. “I was im-pressed and inspired. I en-joyed the speakers.”

Pat said that she was gladshe attended even thoughthe weather was very hot.Also catching a ride on

the bus was Don Antholz ofAtwood, who attendsCourts of Praise Church.“It was well worth it [to

attend],” he said. “I’m reallyglad that I went.”“I was proud of the show-

ing from Rawlins County,”Fr. Nick said. “ In such arare and unprecedentedtime we’re in with this man-date, the rally provided animportant platform to ex-press our opinions.”St. Mary’s parishioner

Ron Beims agreed.“The rally showed that a

lot of people were con-cerned with the obviousgovernment infringementon the freedom of people topractice their religion,” hesaid. “This was an opportu-nity to stand up and beheard. You have to stand upand be counted and say,‘Hey, that’s enough.’”Beims said he was im-

pressed with the number ofRawlins County people whoattended the rally.“We had solidarity in

showing our concerns,” hesaid.Chartering a bus to take

area participants to therally was originated at anAtwood Knights of Colum-bus meeting. Sacred Heartparish paid for the bus andreceived donations from theKnights of Columbus, theTri-Parish's ChristianMothers Altar Societygroups, First CatholicSlovik Ladies Associationand a number of individual,according to Fr. Nick.

Photo by Mary Holle

Andy Sramek, left, visits with Jolene Reeh, who is holdingthe St. John’s Church banner, before the Rally for Reli-gious Freedom held on the south lawn of the State Capitolbuilding in Topeka. Kirk and Sue Easterday of Atwood,pictured in the background, also attended the rally Friday.