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CONTACT US OPINION OTHER VIEWS PHONE: (605) 665-7811 (800) 743-2968 NEWS FAX: ISIL: A War With (605) 665-1721 ADVERTISING FAX: (605) 665-0288 ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ WEBSITE: www.yankton.net BOSTON HERALD (July 8): President Obama put the best face he ––––– could on his strategy to defeat the Islamic State. SUBSCRIPTIONS/ After a rare visit Monday to the Pentagon, the commander in chief CIRCULATION said, “ISIL is opportunistic, and it is nimble. In many places in Syria Extension 104 and Iraq, including urban areas, it’s dug in among innocent civilian [email protected] populations. It will take time to root them out, and doing so must be CLASSIFIED ADS the job of local forces on the ground, with training and air support Extension 108 from our coalition.” [email protected] Yesterday it was Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who offered some hard NEWS DEPT. but necessary truths. Is Your Church Abetting Extension 114 “While our coalition may own the skies, as the president said [email protected] yesterday, our air campaign against IS continues to be limited signifi- SPORTS DEPT. cantly by overly restrictive rules of engagement and a lack of ground Extension 106 intelligence, which only gets worse as IS moves into urban areas to avoid coalition bombing,” McCain said at the start of a congressional ‘Sanctuary Nation’? [email protected] ADVERTISING DEPT. hearing on the subject. BY MICHELLE MALKIN church is harboring illegal alien Sulma Franco Extension 122 “Pilots will tell you that they are only as good as the targets they Creators.com after the feds denied her deportation appeal. [email protected] receive,” he said, and “when three-quarters of our air missions against IS still return to base without dropping weapons, that is indicative of In Denver, illegal alien Arturo Armando Her- BUSINESS OFFICE The random, heartless murder of a young nandez Garcia has taken up long-term residence Extension 119 a fundamental problem with our air campaign.” It is an embarrassing statistic, clear evidence that this White tourist on San Francisco’s Pier 14 by a five-time at First Unitarian Society of Denver church. [email protected] In Chicago, illegal alien Elvira Arellano settled House-run “war” on ISIL is little more than smoke and mirrors. illegal alien deportee who benefited from the NEW MEDIA: “progressive” city’s sanctuary policy has law- at the United Methodist Church of Adalberto Extension 136 The other ugly truth Defense Secretary Ashton Carter was forced abiding Americans, law enforcement for a year before finally being ejected [email protected] to admit was that the moderate rebels Obama is counting on to fight officials and political opportunists of back to Mexico. Last year, the serial COMPOSING DEPT. both the Islamic State and the dreaded Assad regime in Syria — all stripes up in arms. law-breaker somehow returned to the Extension 129 however belatedly — now number about 60. Yes, you read that right. But for decades, feckless govern- Windy City to protest her status “in the [email protected] The region is a powder keg, the civil war has claimed hundreds of ment leaders ignored the pleas of shadows.” thousands of lives and displaced millions, but this administration has families who suffered the bloody The Catholic Church has been at * * * finally settled on a handful of recruits it trusts to arm and train. consequences of open borders. the forefront of the 1960s-era sanc- MANAGERS It’s a half-assed way to fight any conflict. Even Obama can’t truly For every Kate Steinle who died at tuary movement, with top officials believe this is the way to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic the hands of an illegal alien sanctuary openly promoting immigration anarchy Gary L. Wood and lawlessness among their flock in Publisher State as he has pledged to do. And if he doesn’t believe it, then he beneficiary, there is a Tony, Michael must be lying to the American people — again. and Matthew Bologna in San Francisco. the name of “humanity” and “compas- Michele Schievelbein A Jamiel Shaw (age 17) or Xinran Ji Michelle sion.” Advertising Director (age 24) in Los Angeles. As I’ve long noted, it’s one thing to A Martin Kudlis (age 3) in Denver. MALKIN show compassion to legal immigrants, Jim Gevens An Iofemi Hightower, Dashon Har- legitimate refugees and asylees, and Circulation Director D.C. LAWMAKERS vey, Terrance Aeriel, or Natasha Aeriel those abused and mistreated by smug- Tonya Schild in Newark. glers. It’s quite another to conspire Business Manager SOUTH DAKOTA A Zina Linnik (age 12) in Tacoma. against an orderly immigration and entrance A Vanessa Pham (age 19) in Fairfax County, system that imposes common-sense limits, Tera Schmidt SEN. JOHN THUNE: United States Senate SR-493, Washington, D.C. 20510; Va. eligibility requirements, criminal background Classified Manager Washington Phone: (866) 850-3855; Sioux Falls Phone: (605) 334-9596; Fax: (202) 228-3855; Web: thune.senate.gov. As I’ve reported time and again, liberal “sanc- checks, medical screening and a commitment to Kelly Hertz SEN. MIKE ROUNDS: 502 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; tuary” programs in these metropolitan areas assimilation. Catholic groups have contributed Editor Washington Phone: 202-224-5842; D.C. Fax: 202-224-7482; Sioux Falls Phone: have protected, harbored and enabled criminal hundreds of thousands of dollars to building 605-336-0486; S.D. Fax: 605-336-6624; email: N/A illegal aliens who disappeared into the deporta- shelters for illegal aliens from Central America James D. Cimburek REP. KRISTI NOEM: 2422 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. tion abyss. Both Democrats and Republicans, and way stations in southern Mexico. Sports Editor 20515; Washington Phone: (202) 225-2801 or (855) 225-2801; Sioux Falls Phone: The unholy alliance between church leaders (605) 275-2868; Fax: (202) 225-5823; email: visit https://noem.house.gov goaded by Big Government and Big Business Beth Rye interests, collaborated to turn America into a and the open-borders lobby extends from the Vatican to Rev. Jim Wallis’ Faith in Public Life Digital Media Director NEBRASKA collective sanctuary nation. Non-enforcement is SEN. DEB FISCHER: 825 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. the rule, deportation evasion is the game, and (FPL) network, the Los Angeles-based Clergy and Kathy Larson 20510; Washington Phone: (202) 224-6551; email: N/A the country is a safe haven — for law-breakers Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) and Composing Manager SEN. BEN SASSE: B40E Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC from around the world. the George Soros-tied Interfaith Worker Justice 20510; Washington Phone: (202) 224-4224; email: N/A Yet, even as born-again tough-on-borders (IWJ). It’s a web of nearly 100 interfaith commit- Sarah Lynde REP. ADRIAN SMITH: 503 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. grandstanders now race in front of cameras to tees, campus agitators and “workers centers” Circulation District Manager 20515-2703; Washington Phone: (202) 225-6435; Fax: (202) 225-0207; District Phone: (308) 633-6333; email: log on at www.house.gov/writerep/ condemn these dangerous policies, churches steeped in the organizing tactics of Saul Alinsky * * * across the country are brazenly thumbing their on behalf of millions of illegal aliens filling the noses at our immigration laws. And political pews and coffers of their abettors. DAILY STAFF phonies are doing nothing to stop them. Capitol Hill’s abdication of its duties to pro- Reilly Biel In Northeast Portland, Ore., the Augus- tect and defend our borders is bad enough. But Cassandra Brockmoller IN HISTORY tana Lutheran Church is shielding illegal alien if people of faith choose to sit silently as a “new Brandi Bue Rob Buckingham By The Associated Press Florida Keys. A panda cub, later named Francisco Aguirre-Velasquez after he commit- sanctuary movement” of tax-exempt houses of Caryn Chappelear Today is Thursday, July 9, the 190th Tai Shan, was born at the National Zoo ted drunk driving and drug crimes and violated worship defiantly and recklessly undermines Randy Dockendorf day of 2015. There are 175 days left in the in Washington. deportation rules. our immigration laws, our national sovereignty year. Five years ago: The largest U.S.- In Tucson, Ariz., illegal alien Daniel Neyoy doesn’t have a prayer. Jeannine Economy Today’s Highlight in History: On Russia spy swap since the Cold War took Rachel Frederick July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independ- place on a remote stretch of Vienna air- Ruiz took open, public refuge at Southside Pres- Jeremy Hoeck ence was read aloud to Gen. George port tarmac as planes from New York and byterian Church and then First Christian Church Michelle Malkin is author of the new book Nicole Myers Washington’s troops in New York. Moscow arrived within minutes of each to avoid deportation. Fellow illegal alien Rosa “Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of Ameri- Robert Nielsen On this date: In 1540, England’s other with 10 Russian sleeper agents and Robles Loreto has been living at First Christian can Tinkerpreneurs.” Her email address is malkin- Diana Smallwood King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old mar- four prisoners accused by Russia of spy- [email protected]. David Stephenson riage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, ing for the West. for nearly a year. Cathy Sudbeck annulled. One year ago: President Barack In Austin, Texas, First Unitarian Universalist JoAnn Wiebelhaus In 1816, Argentina declared inde- Obama began a two-day visit to Texas, Brenda Willcuts pendence from Spain. where he met with state officials, includ- In 1850, the 12th president of the ing Gov. Rick Perry, to discuss the influx Writer’s Block Alissa Woockman United States, Zachary Taylor, died after of unaccompanied children at the U.S.- serving only 16 months of his term. (He Mexico border. Stephen and Katie Stay was succeeded by Millard Fillmore.) and four of their five children were shot * * * In 1896, William Jennings Bryan de- to death at their suburban Houston home; Published Daily livered his famous “cross of gold” speech the couple’s 15-year-old daughter, who at the Democratic national convention in survived by playing dead, identified the Monday-Saturday Chicago. shooter as her aunt’s ex-husband, Ronald Periodicals postage In 1918, 101 people were killed in a Lee Haskell, who faces multiple charges BYSome JAMES L. VAN OSDEL Historicalman Trail was Tracings opened up. His daughter, Lura paid at Yankton, South train collision in Nashville, Tennessee. of capital murder. Modeling agency found- For the Press & Dakotan Van Osdel, married Frank Frick, son of Thomas The Distinguished Service Cross was es- er Eileen Ford, 92, died in Morristown, E. Frick, a comrade in arms of Will and Sam in Dakota, under the act of tablished by an Act of Congress. New Jersey. March 3, 1979. In 1938, Supreme Court Justice Ben- Today’s Birthdays: Actor-singer While reading a current best seller, Margaret the Dakota Cavalry. Their son, Franklin Frick, Weekly Dakotian jamin Cardozo, 68, died in Port Chester, Ed Ames is 88. Former Defense Secre- Mitchell’s book came to mind because the novel was a bachelor genealogist to whom the Van established June 6, 1861. New York. tary Donald H. Rumsfeld is 83. Neurolo- (I have my mother’s very early edition) and the Osdel families owe a great debt of gratitude for In 1945, architect Frank Lloyd Wright gist and author Oliver Sacks is 82. Actor Yankton Daily Press and resultant movie, “Gone With the Wind” have researching and transcribing their family history. unveiled his design for the Solomon R. James Hampton is 79. Actor Brian Den- Sam Van Osdel was only 13 when Dakotian established April Guggenheim Museum, a spiral structure nehy is 77. Actor Richard Roundtree is 73. always intrigued me. It is an earthy saga 26, 1875. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side that was Author Dean Koontz is 70. Football Hall- of the American Civil War and another he signed on with Co. B, Dakota Cav- Postmaster: Send completed in 1959. of-Famer O.J. Simpson is 68. Actor Chris in which our family members served a alry, as a messenger. address changes to Yankton In 1951, President Harry S. Truman Cooper is 64. TV personality John Tesh part. After his service and several rug- asked Congress to formally end the state is 63. Country singer David Ball is 62. ged “employment opportunities”, he Daily Press & Dakotan, of war between the United States and Business executive/TV personality Kevin Our Low Dutch ancestors were 319 Walnut, Yankton, SD Germany. (An official end to the state of O’Leary (TV: “Shark Tank”) is 61. Rhythm- among the working class in Holland and his family spent 20 years develop- 57078. war was declared in October 1951.) and-blues singer Debbie Sledge (Sister who built dikes around the sloughs, ing a 1,000-acre farm just north of In 1965, the Sonny & Cher single “I Sledge) is 61. Actor Jimmy Smits is 60. Ac- built windmills to pump water and filled Omaha, only to lose it to the ravages * * * Got You Babe” was released by ATCO tress Lisa Banes is 60. Actor Tom Hanks in the swamps to create their fields. of the “wild and scenic” Missouri Records. is 59. Singer Marc Almond is 58. Actress MEMBERSHIPS In 1974, former U.S. Chief Justice Earl Kelly McGillis is 58. Rock singer Jim Kerr Those were my ancestors who came to River. After striving, again at many The Yankton Daily Warren died in Washington at age 83. (Simple Minds) is 56. Actress-rock singer America in the 1660s to settle along the jobs, to raise enough cash, he bought Press & Dakotan is a In 1986, the Attorney General’s Com- Courtney Love is 51. Rock musician Frank Hudson River Valley and create New another farm and settled in far south member of the Associ- mission on Pornography released the Bello (Anthrax) is 50. Actor David O’Hara Amsterdam. Ever read Rip Van Winkle? Jim Gayville township, again right on the final draft of its report, which linked hard- is 50. Rock musician Xavier Muriel (Buck- ated Press, the Inland core porn to sex crimes. cherry) is 47. Actor Scott Grimes is 44. Ac- Washington Erving was writing about Missouri. Daily Press Association In 1995, Jerry Garcia performed for tor Enrique Murciano is 42. Rock singer- the Low Dutch immigrant families he VAN OSDEL Sam Van Osdel and his wife had and the South Dakota the final time as frontman of the Grateful musician Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) is knew along the Hudson. nine children. Their third youngest, Newspaper Association. Dead during a concert at Chicago’s Sol- 40. Musician/producer Jack White is 40. One of our relatives owned a farm William L. “Will” Van Osdel, was born The Associated Press dier Field (Garcia died a month later). Rock musician Dan Estrin (Hoobastank) Feb. 12, 1892 and married May Morri- is entitled exclusively Ten years ago: A purported Taliban is 39. Actor-director Fred Savage is 39. near a village called Greenwich, now referred to to use of all the local spokesman in Afghanistan said the group Country musician Pat Allingham is 37. Ac- as Greenwich Village, New York City. I also have son. He owned and operated Van Osdel Produce news printed in this had beheaded a missing American com- tress Linda Park is 37. Actress Megan Par- ancestors buried in a New York city park. These in Yankton, I believe at the corner of Second and newspaper. mando, but he offered no proof and the len is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kiely ancestors had to fight for everything they ever Douglas. He served on the Yankton City Council U.S. military said it was still searching for Williams (3lw) is 29. Actor Mitchel Musso owned and they fought in every battle in which during the time the “new” city hall was built as * * * the Navy SEAL. (The body of the com- is 24. Actress Georgie Henley is 20. mando was found the next day; officials Thought for Today: “If writers were America was involved, including the Civil War. a WPA project in 1932-1933. The former Yankton SUBSCRIPTION said it appeared he died as a result of good business men, they’d have too much “Gone With The Wind” discusses the issues city hall served for many years as the home of RATES* fighting, and was never abducted.) Hur- sense to be writers.” — Irvin S. Cobb, on both sides: the romanticism of the South- Moose Lodge 1536. ricane Dennis dealt a glancing blow to the American humorist (1876-1944). (Payable in advance) erners, who thought the North would quickly The Will Van Osdels moved to California be- CARRIER DELIVERY capitulate to their bravery and the realistic ap- cause of poor health. He died in 1966. Both Will 1-month...... $12.09 FROM THE BIBLE proach of those who sided with the much more and May Van Osdel are buried in Yankton. 3 months...... $36.27 mechanized North. Because Sam and Anna Oliver Van Osdel had 6 months...... $72.53 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that My great-great grandfather had moved from a large family, as did most of his family members, Arkansas to Indiana, then to Minnesota, most we have a great many cousins. While decorating 1-year...... $133.09 is poured out of you is the new covenant in My blood.” Luke 22:20. MOTOR ROUTE likely to avoid the conflict. His oldest sons, John the family plot in the Mission Hill Cemetery last (where available) Portals of Prayer, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis. and Henry, remained in Arkansas and fought year, I had the good fortune to renew acquaint- 1 month...... $14.51 with their friends for the South. Henry was killed ance with a third cousin, Mary Ann Ryken, as 3 months...... $43.53 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR leading a Confederate cavalry charge against the well as to meet her daughter and grandchildren, 6 months...... $87.05 North at Newtonia, Missouri, near Springfield. fourth and fifth cousins. They are part of Sam 1 year...... $139.14 ‘A Class Act!’ tion, and the volunteers kept the This was the last Civil War engagement west of Van Osdel’s extended family. MAIL IN RETAIL day running smoothly. We had the Mississippi. His brother, John, survived the Reading and enjoying many such family Trade Zone Shari Brasel, Sioux Falls some great competition, and top war and came to South Dakota to farm with his histories in the 1987 issue of “Yankton County 1-month...... $16.93 What a class act you have in notch umpires. younger brother, my great-grandfather, on Sec- History”, authorized by the Yankton County 3 months...... $50.79 the Yankton Girls Softball Associa- Not only did we have a great tion 18, Gayville Township. He is buried some- Historical Society, are much akin to examining 6 months...... $101.57 tion! weekend at the ballfield, but where on what was the 1862 family homestead a family quilt or tapestry which changes colors 1-year...... $148.82 On June 20-21, my daughters found the business we patronized seven miles east of Yankton. with the light of day. My second cousin, Bennett MAIL OUTSIDE 16U team traveled from Sioux to be equally as welcoming. My great-grandfather served on the Western Van Osdel, longtime county commissioner, was RETAIL TRADE ZONE Falls to participate in the YSGA Special shout out to Kim, the front with the Minnesota Cavalry. His younger president of the historical society at the time 1 month...... $19.35 Tournament. From the moment Yankton Extreme 16U coach for brothers, Sam and Will, served with the famed and, with Don Binder, served as co-chairman of 3 months...... $58.05 we hit the fields at Sertoma Park taking great care of one of our Dakota Cavalry in helping settle the West for the the history book committee. 6 months...... $116.09 Saturday, it was clear we were in players who suffered an injury. advancing pioneers. And did you know our great-great grand- 1-year...... $186.33 for a great tournament. Every- That is teamwork at its best. Will Van Osdel, at age 15, signed on with Com- mother was the first woman school teacher in * Plus applicable sales tax thing was extremely organized, We look forward to playing in pany B of the Dakota Cavalry in 1862, serving as Yankton? for all rates the fields were in fantastic condi- Yankton again! a scout. In 1865, he was a scout when the Boze-