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Editor:

Orleans County Democrats are alive and well. We are not in a “mess or shambles.” I’m not sure where Mr. Capurso is obtaining his information but obviously has not been given all the facts.

In July we held our 65th picnic which was attended by David Wagenhauser for Congress (24th District) along with some local Republican candidates who always support us. Earlier this year, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli was at the Hoag Library in Albion for a reception.

We have had a booth at the 4-H Fair for years, distribute literature and have registration forms available.

We have a website and Facebook and both are updated almost daily. We have emails for Friends of Democrats which we contact when we have events.

In the past we have attended Legislative Sessions and have tried to enact changes regarding the county legislators at large and we continue to try to make a change on this subject.

We have held pizza parties for Young Dems in Medina which was well attended.

At this time we are getting out information and signs for Harris/Walz, Gillibrand and Wagenhauser. I do admit that getting candidates to run for County offices is a daunting task. We do try.

 I’m not sure how many relatives you have in Orleans County but do encourage them to join us. Contact any committee member for time and place, we meet monthly.

Jeanne Crane

Waterport

Former Chairwoman of Orleans County Democratic Party

Editor:

It will take a strong and very accomplished woman like Harris to flush this toilet.

I was surprised a 30-year-old book on press limitations was recently cited to run down mainstream media. The problem analyzed was the economics behind what readers want to read about and how it’s reported. It was insightful at the time before there were any conservative outlets.

Unfortunately committed was the fact mainstream media have substantially beefed up their compliance departments in response. Omitted too was that newish conservative media seized on the paradigm and have proved willing to pay hundreds of millions in defamation settlements as a price of biased reporting and a big following.

In that vein I was sad to see someone I very much like say with definiteness that crime is up.  When Waltz said it was down, Fox had a big headline it was up but when I read the article is cited types of crime in three cities.

The Brennan Center at Columbia University has put together a multi-year trend analysis. Click here for the link.

The official reports for full year 2023 and midyear 2024 are not final as not every department nationwide is prompt. Also they have to be adjusted for state laws and categories. But the data so far show 11 of 12 categories down and the 30-year very sharp downward trend in both violent and property crimes continuing again. (Click here for link.)

Fox ignores this. Trump lies about it.

Fox did not report that when asked about his plan for child care  all Trump could say was we would have a great economy. Harris would use the proven child care credit.

Fox did not analyze that in his Biden debate Trump said we could give up on Ukraine and NATO since we “have” an ocean to protect us. But in this day of missiles, submarines satellites etc. he and his press forgot that is the same line we heard from some Reps and American Nazis in the 1930s before WW 11. (Biden – Harris keeping Russian aggression in Europe, with NATO help, contained is working. We started small and each time we let Ukraine get more aggressive Russia squeaks but it keeps backing down. The strategy is working and certainly not WWIII stuff as Trump now claims.)

The thought that if Trump goes away, his dangerous personality driven mishmash of lies and attempts to seize power regardless of our laws goes away. That is wrong, I think. By always playing both sides – Proud Boys, Christians Nationalists who would rewrite text book and the Constitution and lies generally, Project 2025, women’s issues, the fact his layers help pick a jury with several Republicans on it – he has allowed all sorts of fringe ideas to gain a strong American following. We have to consider this danger too as Fox and that ilk are not going away.

In some ways it’s similar to Reagan’s tax cut and “trickle-down economics.” That was always bad economics and only a short-term stimulus but the mantra persists in various form to this day as an article of faith. The middle class – lemmings marching to the sea – keeps voting for an economic program that puts more and more of the burden on it.

Trump and commercial enterprises like Fox and the expanded ultra rich Robber Baron class have let the genie out of the bottle. People you know and like have fallen for it and are too convinced to convince.

Remember every time Trump claims he would do something the first day, it means he is doing a Project 2025 end run on Congress  where he could get little done with permanent laws just like last time when both Republican houses for 2 years refused to pass his half-baked and nasty proposals other than the huge tax cut.

Alternately this weekend’s threat to personally jail election officials if he wins is possible. (One circulating fantasy is that 20% of Pa. mail-in voted are fraudulent but of course they have not been mailed out yet.) Trump could carry out his Day One threats if he declares an insurrection and suspends the law as he talked about last time.

On Tuesday listen to Harris. She is a proven executive. She has detailed plans to present to Congress  that are not based on third-world style hate and retribution. And the next day fact check both with a real independent fact-checking organization.

See who will work to lift us up to a better future. Who says the world stinks and everything revolves around him – who lets grudges consume him to the point the old Republican Party is extinct and the good things it stood for in that toilet.

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion

Editor:

This election is essentially between one candidate who wants to create an authoritarian state and a candidate who will defend and protect our democracy.

Donald Trump has already attempted to overthrow our democracy by using illegal electors and political pressure to refuse to certify a fair and free election. We know that Mr. Trump gave classified information to Russia, stated he takes Vladimir Putin’s word over the entire U.S. intelligence community, and saluted a North Korean General while disrespecting U.S. military personnel.

We also know that Mr. Trump is a liar, a convicted felon and convicted sexual offender. Mr. Trump has not presented any policy positions other than to politicize the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense and other independent agencies. Furthermore, Mr. Trump wants to revamp civil service under Schedule F making employees loyal to him, not to the Constitution or the citizens they serve. Mr. Trump poses a serious threat to the rule of law, to our democracy and to the Constitution of the United States. He is running to be an authoritarian.

The Biden-Harris administration brought back manufacturing with the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act. Edwards Vacuum chose Genesee County for their new manufacturing plant because of that law, passed by Democrats.

Monroe County Republicans, in a recent comment section in Westside News (Aug. 25th issue), touted the benefits of the American Rescue Plan, (also passed by Democrats without any support from Republicans), which they stated allowed local communities in western New York to enhance transportation for seniors, enrich after school programs for our youth and provide more services for veterans among other benefits. Democrats passed the Pact Act, providing veterans with needed medical care over the objections of Republicans, like Elise Stefanik and Claudia Tenney.

On the immigration issue, President Biden proposed almost $14 billion to bolster security on the U.S. border with Mexico making this legislation one of the strongest immigration bill ever written. Both President Biden and Kamala Harris stated they would sign this bill but Republicans refused to vote for it because they plan to campaign on the issue rather than solve the problem.

If you are voting for the party that supports manufacturing, rebuilding our infrastructure, and respects law and order, our democracy and the Constitution, you are voting for Democrats.

William Fine

Brockport

Editor:

Over the past week, two noteworthy events happened to open our eyes.

First, Congresswoman Claudia Tenney brought forth her Border Security and Law Enforcement proposals. As stated in her article, she has visited both the northern and southern borders and convened with Customs and Border Protection.

Her Law Enforcement Plan will lend support to police so they can carry out their duties more effectively. Both plans were clearly explained if you clicked on the provided links.

In her news release, she cited the following:

“Since the start of the Biden-Harris administration, over 10 million illegal immigrants have entered our country, abusing our taxpayer-funded resources and wreaking havoc in our communities,” Tenney said. “Our law enforcement officers are also facing unprecedented challenges as violent crime surges and the Left seeks to undermine their ability to do their jobs safely and effectively. My plans offer a commonsense approach to securing our borders, stopping the influx of illegal immigrants, and supporting the brave men and women in law enforcement. I am committed to holding criminals accountable and ensuring our nation’s laws are upheld.”

For those people who still believe that Harris has effectively dealt with the border crisis, think again. The Mexican Cartels have not only brought in the drugs but military grade guns as well. The gun-running cartels act like terrorist cells.

The Central America Forward Program (which was previously cited as one of Kamala’s accomplishments) is still a work in progress and has met major setbacks due to corruption in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It was also mentioned that Blas Nunez-Neto has worked out an arrangement with Mexico, permitting the US to send back (to their home countries) non-Mexican migrants. Good luck hunting them down.

The second major announcement this week was that The FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) has officially endorsed Trump as their candidate.

“Public safety and border security will be important issues in the last months of this campaign,” FOP National President Patrick Yoes said. “Our members carefully considered the positions of the candidates on the issues and there was no doubt—zero doubt—as to who they want as our President for the next four years: Donald J. Trump.”

As many of us have seen an uptick in local crime, it is probably safe to say if any emergency which threatened our safety emerged, we would call  911. This endorsement confirms that most policemen and women find their support with Trump. Therefore this statement is worthy of attention.

I am staying alert and as informed as possible. Weeding out the truth has become a daily mission for me.

Mary Mager

Fairport, formerly of Albion

Editor:

Most would agree that a strong and active two-party system is vital to our country.  The Orleans Republican Party is alive and well.

However, the Orleans Democratic Party may be another story. A number of observers have said the county Democratic party is in a mess and in shambles.

The party website lists a Jeff Lewis as Chairman. One way to show his party is alive and well would be for Mr. Lewis to post items in The Hub on his party’s campaign strategy, where he could discuss the issues and show how his party intends to get out the vote prior to the Presidential Election.

Posting items in The Hub, and writing letters to the Editor could be indicators the Orleans Democratic Party is alive and well. No word from Mr. Lewis

could mean the observers are correct.

Jack Capurso

Albion High School 1960

Ashburn, Va.

Editor:

In a previous letter to the editor on Aug. 27, I outlined Harris’s ongoing efforts to keep home illegal immigrants by creating jobs in Honduras, Guatemala, among others.

The second part of the Biden-Harris program has focused on the US-Mexico border and has reduced illegal crossings by 80%.

Harris adviser Blas Nunez-Neto has worked out an arrangement with Mexico. The deal allows the US to return large numbers of non-Mexican migrants back to their home countries.

In short, the two-part Harris plan of creating jobs to keep people home, and smart tough restrictions at the US-Mexico border is ongoing and working.

Ref: Washington Post, Sept. 1, 2024, page 1, “Little-known adviser helmed Biden’s bid to tighten border.”

Jack Capurso

Albion High School, Class of 1960

Ashburn, Va.

Editor:

Going back to its opening the Martin-Linsin Hospice Residence in Albion has been the “Shining Star” of Orleans County’s health care system. Following its grand opening ceremony in November 2012, The Daily News proclaimed, it’s the “Birth of a Miracle!”

We can be proud of the fact that it opened following an incredible community-based fundraising campaign which raised $2.3 million; a good share of it was local funding provided by those in our community who were from the beginning very proud of what their efforts and contributions brought to Orleans County.

I was privileged to be on the Board of Directors from 2014 until July 2021. I was part of a team that had a true passion for the mission of Hospice. My motivation in taking on this responsibility was very personal. In 2003 my little sister Melody Lape passed away from cancer and had been a Hospice patient. Her husband Craig would eventually become the President of the Hospice Board which led The Martin-Linsin Hospice Residence construction project. Both he and I helped to fund one of the eight rooms in her honor.

The Martin-Linsin Hospice Residence was born of a vision into the future as a health care facility which the Orleans County community could be proud of. It was funded essentially by a localized fundraising effort, and until recently it has been locally staffed and led by members of our community and under the guidance of a Board of Directors that are your friends, neighbors, or fellow employees.

And now according to the Hospice of Orleans website, the current Board of Directors is now led by Mr. John Lomeo. He has served as the President and CEO of Niagara Hospice for 24 years until his retirement in July 2024.

The remaining members of the Hospice of Orleans Board are now also Niagara Hospice Board members, except for one local representative. With a “Board” and “Team” of five members combined, all except one are from Niagara County and they have no apparent link whatsoever to our community.

I am dismayed to think that what began as a community founded, community based and community supported hospice residence now may have an uncertain future?

If you have been following this calamity the Hospice of Orleans authorities have denied closing the Martin-Linsin Residence, but states that it is on “pause.” I have stopped in several times recently. The Residence is not staffed, there is no maintenance going on, there is no housekeeping underway, the employees are otherwise reassigned or laid off, and the doors are locked; trust me, it’s closed! If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck … it’s a duck!

When I was on the Board, we worked diligently to promote all of our services to the public. We worked very closely with the social workers in the neighboring hospitals to let them know we were available to help if needed.

We personally contacted key medical professionals in the area to remind them of what we could offer their patients who were facing an end-of-life diagnosis. We maintained a very close contact with the hospice agencies of every neighboring county to let them know when we had a room available per chance they needed our help.

And now all of a sudden there are no patients in Orleans County or in the seven counties of Western New York in need of residential hospice care? Are the good citizens of Orleans County all of a sudden healthier; I would suggest likely not!

However, very sadly we must accept this “pause” dictated to us by a group of people that ostensibly have absolutely no personal or professional interest in providing a respectful and honorable end-of-life experience for members of our community; the residents of Orleans County.

Apparently, The Miracle is over.

Doug Miller

Albion

Editor:

As the days wind down before the November Presidential election, Americans are once again faced with a choice. The choice is not about who the most likable candidate is, but who will do the best job.

For the most part, we can no longer trust mainstream media for the truth. They have evolved into an amoral institution; no longer able to meet the standard of excellence of just telling the truth. Instead they serve their own interests and a culture of lying has been born as Paul H. Weaver states in News and the Culture of Lying: How Journalism Really Works, Paul H. Weaver (The Free Press, 1994).

Both the media and government are married to a ruthless network of manipulation and egotism. As a result of this decadent union, the need to create crises to arouse the interest of the public has emerged. Journalists capitalize on this as the government, in turn,  follows suit to showcase their role as protector.  Many times these so-called crises are purely joint concoctions to lie to the public instead of telling us what is true and preventing the government in ruling accordingly.

Many Americans are now faced with a conundrum – who to believe?

As for me, I have established my own criteria to help me make the best decision. Having been vigilant over the last four years has allowed me to see the light, to weed out the smokescreens – so I can get to the truth.

It is vital that our freedom of speech and religion always be a given for all of us and future generations.

As a former teacher, it is imperative that teaching math, history, and science return to the classroom instead of indoctrination of our children.

Peace in the Middle East and returning our troops from foreign countries to end America’s involvement in foreign conflicts must start. Focus on what needs to be cleaned up here in our own nation: the domestic war of homelessness, drugs, poverty, a broken welfare system.

Instead of outsourcing a lot of jobs overseas, keep jobs in America to rebuild our economy and add credibility to the label: American Made.

Securing borders and legal immigration is a must.

The police need to be respected once again. They are on the line every day to risk their lives to protect us. Again, the media has done extensive damage to these men and women. Dramatizing one part of an incident only shows one part of the story.

Law and order must be maintained everywhere. Looting, violent protests, burning businesses and cities should carry the highest penalties, so these violent acts are stopped in their tracks. Criminals being put back on the streets is nothing short of insanity.

The military and veterans who fought for this country should be afforded the greatest honor and respect.

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights must be protected.

For me, these standards define a better America, and I will vote for the candidate who has repeatedly upheld them, along with our national security and the Constitution.

Mary Mager

Fairport, formerly of Albion

Editor:

MAGA is needlessly frightening people telling them their houses and unrealized gains in danger and going to be taxed away. Poppy cock.

Like the British and Germans if you make over sic. a hundred million a year you might have to pay an extra tax. But (big BUT) they will avoid the tax by investing in domestic jobs through loans, deductions, and credits to offset it. That is how an economy grows.

It makes sure some money keeps getting invested in the very people who made them rich in the first place.

Also on the issue of fright, campaigning in a prohibited area of Arlington Cemetery is less an issue in some ways than the use of force to push an employee out of the way. It reminds me of all the 2015 rallies with fist fights. Back then, until the liability lawyers got involved, Trump promised to pay the legal bills of supporters who beat up reporters and opponents. That’s mob rule.

Threats, violence, false claims, and things like stacking partisan Election Boards are contrary to a honest government entrusted with our freedom.

Debunking stuff like this is exactly why other countries look up to us. We have, and always will, fight off enemies of freedom within and without to ensure that our freedom remains joyous.

In FDR’s time the motto was “We do our part.” We lift each other up. That attitude made us the greatest nation on Earth!

Being careful to not needlessly scare people with bad facts or superficial analysis and fastidiously avoid placing anyone in fear by associating with, or encouraging, thugs is essential to ensuring freedom survives. That is part of a leaders part of doing their part.

Respectfully

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion

Update from Conrad Cropsey on Sept. 3 at 3:22 p.m.:

Editor:

When I wrote about the tax on the top 10,000 peoples unrealized gains. I should have said that it’s proposed in Britain and Germany and enacted in Spain and Norway.

Further, I should have been more clear that there is a practice among these 10,000 people of living off of loans on their immense wealth in order to reduce their taxes. Like anything with tax, ways to avoid tax are immensely complex and that loophole would have to be addressed.

Editor:

A handful of giant corporations such as Cargill and JBS have control of agriculture, from what farmers pay for seeds and fertilizer to what they are paid for their finished products.

As a result farmer gets squeezed at both ends from input to output. I explained in my last letter how the Trump administration prioritized these corporations over small family farms. In this letter, I would like to outline some of the ways the Biden-Harris administration is helping small farmers. The Biden-Harris administration strengthened farmers’ bargaining position when dealing with these large corporations and has made antitrust a central theme.

For example, the Trump administration greenlit both the Bayer-Monsanto merger, which created the world’s largest company for vegetable seeds, cotton seeds and herbicides, and the Dow-DuPont merger, which created the largest ag-biotech and seed firm in the U.S.

The Biden-Harris administration sued to block the merger of supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons. Farm Action stated: “A successful merger between the two companies would leave dairy farmers with fewer places to sell their milk, and grant Kroger-Albertsons with untold power to command lower prices. As a result, independent producers would inevitably be forced out of business.”

The Biden-Harris administration also filed legal action against Koch Foods Inc. to prevent them from requiring chicken farmers to pay a “termination penalty” for switching to a different processor. President Biden has issued an executive order directing the FTC to go after corporate “right to repair” restrictions that prevent farmers and ranchers from doing their own maintenance on equipment.

It is no accident that under the Biden-Harris administration, net farm incomes have gone up from $94 billion in the years between 2017 to 2019 to $165 billion between 2021 to 2023. Our local farmers and farm communities are economically more healthy under the Biden-Harris administration.

William Fine

Brockport

Editor:

The State of West Virginia, the cities of Cumberland, MD, Tulsa, OK and Rochester, NY have created programs to lure people who already have jobs, and work remotely, to their cities.

Cumberland is giving $20,000 to people who agree to buy a home and live in the community.

The Rochester program, called Greater ROC Relocate, grants up to $9,000 towards purchasing a home. In addition the State of West Virginia has started the Ascend program which offers $12,000 to people willing to live in the city of Morgantown and the Greenbrier Valley areas.

The Tulsa, Oklahoma program now has 3,000 people working remotely which has added $62 million to its economy.

Perhaps the Orleans County Government, the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce and the 10 Orleans towns could consider creating such a program.  It could be called OR Relocate.

Jack Capurso

AHS 1960

Ashburn, Va.

Editor:

I agree with Ms. Mager, VP Kamala Harris’s record needs mentioning. Biden decided early in his administration he would concentrate on foreign affairs and the economy, among others.  He assigned Harris: abortion, the US-Mexico border problem and voting rights.

On the abortion issue, Harris has visited 18 states, made countless speeches, and worked one-on-one with state legislators to convince them of the importance of a woman’s choice.

Regarding voting rights, she has worked to require federal approval of any changes to voting rights in localities and states. This is because some local areas are trying to restrict Black and Hispanic Americans from voting in local and state elections.

In her most impressive achievement to date, in May 2021 she created the Central America Forward Program (CAFP). Most observers have long known that if provided good-paying jobs, illegal immigrants in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador would stay home.  The CAFP has $4.2 billion to create jobs in these countries. CAFP is an ongoing program: see US State Department, Progress on CAFP.

Jack Capurso

Albion High School 1960

Ashburn, Va

Editor:

On August 1st, I read an interesting Letter to the Editor by Mary Mager regarding her thoughts on Kamala Harris. The letter was extremely well crafted, so I was not surprised to learn that Mager is a former English teacher.

She addressed Harris’ unremarkable career as part of the political machine with which she has been involved most of her adult life. As Mager listed the Harris failures, she methodically backed up each point with specific examples. In writing about Harris, Mager was under no obligation to discuss Trump. Her letter was concerned only with her thoughts about Harris. Letters submitted to the editor are not required to compare candidates, as Capurso later suggests.

On August 16th, Capurso made a statement which I, and others, found hard to believe. Just as Mager gave examples to back up her claims, in this instance the same standard should apply to him. In order to back up his claim regarding Republican women, he needs to list their names.

I have friends from both major parties, as well as independents, and I have yet to meet anyone so unhinged that they cannot speak President Trump’s name. Until Capurso reveals names, his statement is incomplete, and must be dismissed as splash and hyperbole. Listing Mager as one of those woman is slight of hand and has no merit.  As it stands, when he attempted to hijack her letter and put words in her mouth, he made himself look like a bully, and his presumption that he was in a position to grade her letter certainly fortifies my opinion.

I am two things, each as important to me as the other. I am a feminist and an independent voter. Capurso’s implication that republican women are unhinged, along with his snide attempt to twist Mager’s words to include her in that group, left me with the clear impression that he is a throwback to the male chauvinist days.

That, along with his constant ranting and raving about President Trump on this venue, may well steer me to cast my vote for Trump on November 5th. That is the unintended consequence of belittling the views of others. The women I know and share friendships with belong to all different political parties, and not one of them is so fragile as his alleged cadre of Republican lady friends.

Mary Hare

Medina

Editor:

Under the Trump administration, farm policy prioritized large farms and farm corporations over small family farms. For example, the Trump administration revoked rules to protect livestock producers from exploitation by big agricultural operators.

Mr. Trump also weakened oversight of meat packers to the detriment of individual small farmers. After attempts to eliminate the Undersecretary for Rural Development, (the position was left vacant during the Trump administration), the budget was slashed. The mission of Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), Rural Development provides financial resources to rural communities improving the life in rural America.

Another way the Trump administration hurt small farmers was by reducing the workforce and the budget of the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Beyond cutting available services and resources to rural farmers the Trump administration started a trade war, closing markets and raising consumer prices.

A study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that agricultural exports were reduced by $27 billion from mid-2018 when the tariffs were imposed to the end of 2019. These policies led directly to the soaring farm bankruptcies that erupted under the Trump Presidency.

In his next administration he will continue these policies more aggressively and will cut crop insurance policies. Recently, a hail storm damaged the apple crop in Orleans County, cutting or repealing crop insurance, as Project 2025 proposes, will devastate farmers and local communities. A second Trump administration will devastate rural America.

William Fine

Brockport

Editor:

To add some insight to a recent Letter to the Editor, reader, if you don’t want to believe what the press prints then take a few moments to reflect on what Donald Trump, the man himself, posted to his own “Truth Social” concerning R.F. Kennedy Jr.

In his own words:

“Don’t waste any Republican or Conservative votes on Junior. He’s one of the most Liberal Lunatics ever to run for office. He caused massive high energy pricing in New York and New England. He just admitted that he was actually OK with the Vaccine. A Phony Radical Left fool whose poll numbers are TERRIBLE, and getting worse. His campaign is falling apart, great dissension!!!” – Truth Social on May 25

“So bad that FoxNews puts RFK Jr., considered the dumbest member of the Kennedy Clan, on their fairly conservative platform so much. Competitive networks don’t want anything to do with him. He’s a Radical Left Lunatic whose crazy Climate Change views make the Democrat’s Green New Scam look Conservative. He’s polling badly, 8% at best, but says he does well against Crooked Joe and me, one on one. WRONG, he gets trounced! Junior said I’m the ‘best debater’ in generations, and I want to debate him, and Crooked, but first he’s got to get his bad poll numbers up – a lot! He would be ‘easy pickins.’ Republicans, don’t waste your precious vote on this phony Liberal Activist. With all of that said, he probably hurts Sleepy Crooked Joe more than ‘US!’” – Truth Social on May 1

“RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He’s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other economy killing disasters. I guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America. His running mate, Nicole Shanahan, is even more ‘Liberal’ than him, if that’s possible. Kennedy is a Radical Left Democrat, and always will be!!! It’s great for MAGA, but the Communists will make it very hard for him to get on the Ballot. Expect him, and her, to be indicted any day now, probably for Environmental Fraud! He is Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, not mine. I love that he is running!” – Truth Social on March 27

We are all allowed our own opinions, but not our own facts. Voters, please take the time to separate the “Truth” from the fiction.

Bob Furmanski

De Kalb (Weston), MO

(Furmanski has many family members from Orleans County.)