Without wise leadership, a nation fails; with many counselors, there is safety.[i]

—Proverbs 11:14

2/10/2015

By Randall A. Liberty, M.A.

Sheriff Liberty serves with the Kennebec County, Maine, Sheriff’s Office and is president of the Maine Sheriffs Association.

Good morning. On behalf of all 16 sheriffs throughout the state of Maine, I would like to congratulate all graduating cadets. As we begin the Memorial Day weekend and pause to thank members of the military for their service, I think that it also is important that we remember the sacrifice of the law enforcement fallen.

Last week many of us attended the Maine Law Enforcement Memorial Service in Augusta. We paid tribute to all of Maine’s fallen law enforcement officers from many agencies. At the National Law Enforcement Memorial this year, 286 new names have been added to the number of fallen. Just 2 weeks ago, New Hampshire Police Officer Steve Arkell was fatally wounded by a firearm during a domestic dispute.

Yesterday many of us attended the memorial service for Washington County, Maine, Chief Deputy Shawn Donahue. For those of you unaware, Chief Donahue died at age 41 of heart failure this weekend.

by Mike Jordan Laskey 

For as long as I can remember, my mom has given up sweets for both Lent and Advent. As a kid, this struck me as bizarre, but I never asked her about it. I also never followed her example. Mom’s rigorous discipline seemed more than enough for one family. Plus, someone had to eat the leftover Halloween and Christmas candy.

The spiritual practice of fasting from food continued to befuddle me as I got older. Whether it’s a meal on Ash Wednesday, meat next Friday, or a certain favorite food throughout all of Lent, what’s the point? Wouldn’t God want us to use the energy and commitment fasting requires to do something positive for the world instead? Because you don’t have to look hard to see that in so many ways, the world is not how God wants it to be.

Louisa W. Llewellyn

AGE: 82 • Gloucester City

Louisa W. Llewellyn, 82, of Gloucester City, New Jersey, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 26, 2014 in her daughter\’s home in Orem, Utah.

She was born to the late Walter and Louisa Finger on Nov. 18, 1932, in Camden, NJ. Louisa graduated from Gloucester High School in 1950 and received a BA in Education from the Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) in 1954, qualifying to teach both elementary and secondary education. 

Following college graduation, Louisa worked for a brief time in Fairview, NJ, as an elementary school teacher until the opportunity came to teach at her high school alma mater, Gloucester City High School, where she was a teacher until she retired in 1989. Mrs. Llewellyn was passionate about making a difference in the lives of her students through education and was the advisor to many student clubs and organizations. She was always proud of the students she worked with on the school newspaper, yearbook, and other creative literary clubs. As a teacher she was known for being tough but supportive with the expectation for all of her students to work hard and learn to their full potential. Mrs. Llewellyn was particularly passionate about history and often included epic historical battle reenactments that took place on the practice fields outside her classroom. She was so interested in the history of her own home town that she became an author and editor of the book, First Settlement on the Delaware River: A History of Gloucester City, New Jersey, published by the Gloucester City American Revolution Bicentennial Committee 1976.

Louisa will be remembered in Gloucester City as a lifelong community servant. She attended City Council meetings on a routine basis, worked at the community food bank and thrift shop, sang with the Community Choir, was the treasurer for the Police Athletic League, supported the Girls Softball League as a Commissioner, was on the Mayor\’s Advisory Board, and actively supported many other city organizations. After she retired from teaching Louisa was elected to and worked tirelessly on the Gloucester City School Board where she served until she recently resigned due to declining health. She always placed the children of Gloucester City at the forefront of any Board of Education decision and relentlessly pushed for improving education opportunities which included the new middle school. Over the course of her life, Louisa was recognized on several occasions for her dedicated service to the community that she loved.

Louisa was an active member of Trinity Methodist Church of Gloucester City where she sang in the church choir, served as a Sunday School Teacher to children and adults along with being the Church Treasurer for many years. She was a dedicated servant of her faith and loved her church family as they loved her.

Louisa is survived by two sisters: Faith Piasecki, of Pompano Beach, FL and Sandra Juckett of Gloucester City, NJ; her two children: Glynneth Llewellyn Bockholt and husband Robert (Orem, UT) and Mark T. Llewellyn, Sr. and his wife Muriel (Tallahassee, FL). She was preceded in death by one granddaughter and one great grandson, and is survived by five grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be sent to the Gloucester City Board of Education, 1300 Market Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030 with a notation \”in memory of Louisa Llewellyn\”. The donations will support the scholarship funds distributed to graduating students of Gloucester City High School.

A Memorial Service is being planned for early 2015 to be held at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Gloucester City. The date and time for the service will be announced at a later date.
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Washington, D.C. —Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) for violating House ethics rules by using campaign funds to pay for a trip to England last fall unrelated to any campaign activities.

Click here to read CREW\’s complaint against Rep. Gohmert.

In its most recent report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Rep. Gohmert’s campaign committee listed expenses related to a trip the congressman took to England in November and December of 2014, including $5,451.39 to the five-star Andaz Liverpool Street hotel in London, $396.12 to the Old Bank Hotel in Oxford, and $234.54 for a taxi ride in Cambridgeshire. While in England, Rep. Gohmert held speaking engagements with groups including the Cambridge Union Society, the Rothermere American Institute, the Federalist and Henry Jackson Societies, and a joint group from the U.K. House of Lords and House of Commons.

Jonathan Johnson operated 27,000-member child exploitation network, largest in ICE history

NEW ORLEANS — An Abita Springs man who pleaded guilty last year to operating a worldwide child pornography network that was the largest ever discovered in the history of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in federal prison for operating a child exploitation enterprise. The sentencing follows an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and multiple U.S. Attorneys across the country.

 

Kelsey Harkness / @kelseyjharkness / DAILY SIGNAL February 09, 2015

 

The owners of an Oregon bakery who declined to make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding celebration were found guilty last week of violating the state’s anti-discrimination law.

 

The bakery owners, Aaron and Melissa Klein of Sweet Cakes By Melissa, contend they were adhering to their Christian beliefs that marriage is between a man and a woman.

 

On February 15, 2015. Age 68. (nee Ward) Of Gloucester City. Loving wife of 50 years to Charles W. Renshaw. Loving mother of Kelly Hillman (Bill) and Tammy DeJesus (Nestali). Cherished grandmother of Katie, Drew, Danny and Taylor. Dear sister of James \”Gimpy\” Pennington (Kathy) and Henry Ward (Mija). Predeceased by her brother Warren Pennington and her special dog, Smitty.

Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing on Thursday evening, February 19, 2015 from 6 to 8 PM at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Interment will be private.

 The family would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Daniel Hyman and his staff as well as Holy Redeemer Hospice for the tremendous care they gave to Jessie.

 Condolences and Memories may be shared at www.mccannhealey.com under the obituary of Lucetta J. Renshaw. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ. Phone: 856-456-1142

 

 

The State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) is a strategic and cost-effective mechanism to preserve the state\’s wildlife resources for the future. Recovery of species that have reached threatened or endangered status is typically more costly than preventative actions that keep species populations from reaching such declines. Proactive management actions identified in the SWAP are intended to keep species from becoming federally (and state) threatened and endangered.

 

WOODBURY NJ–Carlos Calderon (DOB 10/16/83), of Deptford NJ, was arrested and charged Wednesday (2/11) with sexually assaulting a girl under age 13 in Deptford on various dates in 2014.

 

Following an investigation by the Major Crimes Unit of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Calderon, a restaurant worker from Guatemala, was arrested by GCPO officers in Woodbury. He is being held in default of $800,000 bail.

 

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Service was notified of Calderon’s immigration status,. The New York embassy of Guatemala was notified of his arrest.

 

Calderon is charged with three counts of sexual assault; three counts of criminal sexual contact and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

 

The suspect is presumed innocent until proven otherwise. 

 

 

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Editors Note: Every Sunday morning at 7AM we will post a weekly comic strip provided by cartoonist Dave Wolfe, age 14. Dave has been drawing since he was 5 years old, he knew he wanted to be a cartoonist at the age of 8. He’s been distributing his comics in school since 3^rd grade. (click on the image to enlarge)