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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Del,<br>
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As we here in Australia come slowly out of a 'cold' (for us)
winter, looking forward to warm weather we also prepare for the
'bush fire season'.<br>
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Here is an unsung hero from last summer:<br>
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<div align="center"><img alt=""
src="cid:part1.01040301.05090003@tpg.com.au" height="350"
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Australian Country Fire
Association Volunteer rescuing a koala<br>
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On 1/09/2015 5:49 AM, Del Morrill wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ones,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday was a memorial service in
Wenatchee, Washington (across the mountains from us) for the
three firefighters who died in wildfire fighting (got
trapped). These men remind me of all those people who choose
jobs in which our own safety depends, at risk of life – hard
on families, yet how seldom do I take note of their sacrifice
unless something tragic hits the news. How many fire
fighters, rangers, police, etc., have died in efforts to keep
us safe? How many reporters have risked their lives to keep
us aware of what’s happening in the world? Many have died in
that effort. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And I think this morning, as well of the
“silent ones” who work at jobs that carry risk, but probably
get no real public recognition – workers on highway
construction who are hit by careless drivers; the ones who
clean up after storms and try to restore services by handling
hot lines; coal diggers who have died so we could have heat
and all the rest that comes from that mineral; tunnel diggers
and bridge builders, so our cars could get somewhere faster;
and so many others that I probably have never heard of. They
may have merited a line or two in the paper, or given no
recognition at all except by family members and a few friends.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I sit here in my warm, dry, comfortable
home aware that, despite rain AT LAST, after an exceptionally
dry year here, there are still fires not controlled in this
area, and in so many other places in our country – which means
there are many more who continue to risk their lives for our
sakes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then, along with remembering the death of
3, the same paper this morning reports the death of a child,
killed in her own bedroom while doing homework, from a stray
bullet by a gun fired outside. A recent statistic states that,
in the USA, there have been more deaths by guns than in ALL of
the wars and other conflicts in which our nation has
participated! Men (and women) are fighting natural disasters
like fires today, but how do we fight this particular
disaster?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With affection,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
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MT";color:#1F497D">Del<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script
MT";color:#1F497D">Change of any sort requires
courage. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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