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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin raised eyebrows when he told a conservative talk radio personalty that a lack of Bibles in schools is responsible for the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville.

West Virginia radio host Tom Roten asked the Kentucky Republican about a controversial bill he signed allowing the Bible to be taught in public schools.

When you go back a couple of hundred years, in most instances the only textbooks that were in our public schools were in the Bible, Bevin claimed.

And its interesting that the more weve removed any sense of spiritual obligation or moral higher authority or absolute right and wrong, the more weve removed things that are biblically taught from society, the more weve seen the kind of mayhem that we were just discuss, he continued.

Critics noted multiple problems with Bevins reasoning.

Say it all together now: The Bible was never banned from public schools, Hemant Mehta at Friendly Atheist. What Bevinis referring to are mandatory Christian prayers. How that rejects some part of our history, I dont know.

And why are we trying to replicate our education system from hundreds of years ago, Mehta added.

Bevins habit of relying upon the Bible and prayer as a public policy response has been labeled as, Kentucky-fried Christianity by critics.

Bevins official plan to reduce an epidemic of violence in Louisvilles troubled West End was for people to walk the neighborhood praying for two to three times a week during the next year.

The weekend following Gov. Matt Bevins prayer plan was marred by violence, leaving four dead in just three days, the Courier-Journal noted.

Nine additional homicides have been committed in Louisville since that tragic weekend.

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August 19, 2017 Community

Historic City News readers are patriotically invited to attend the St Augustine Tea Party General meeting Tuesday evening, August 22, 2017, starting at 6:30 p.m., held at the Village Inn located at 900 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard in St. Augustine.

Guests will be the Volusia County Teenage Republicans who are dedicated to advancing the cause of liberty among the youth in Volusia County.

The county level organization, composed of high school teenagers, promote conservative and Republican principles and involve themselves in educational, political, recruitment and fun events to bring the conservative Republican message to teenagers and to grow.

They are very active in the county by having monthly meetings and different events to provide conservative high school teenagers a venue to relate to their like-minded peers, help candidates in their campaigns and support the message of the current President of the United States.

The Chairman, Vice-chairman and the Political Director will be presenting in greater detail what VCTARS is all about and what exciting things they have in the works, including a political report, and to encourage the growth of teenage Republicans.

No admission charge, and open to the public.

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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to name the specific employees the agency blames for targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny and said the government must prove it has ceased the targeting.

Judge Reggie B. Walton also said the IRS must explain the reasons for the delays for 38 groups that are part of a lawsuit in the District of Columbia, where they are still looking for a full accounting of their treatment.

Judge Walton approved another round of limited discovery in the case and laid out six questions that the IRS must answer, including the employees names, why the groups were targeted and how the IRS has tried to prevent a repeat.

At a hearing earlier this week, Judge Walton said it was time to get everything on the table.

Lay it on the line. Put it out there, he told attorneys for the IRS, who are continuing to fight some tea party groups demands for full disclosure.

The targeting scandal burst open in May 2013 when the IRS admitted it had been pulling conservative-leaning groups nonprofit status applications out of the usual processing queue and subjecting them to extra scrutiny and extraordinary delays because of perceived political activity.

IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner initially said the problem was rogue employees at an Ohio office who botched the handling. But subsequent investigations revealed that IRS officials at the highest levels of Washington were aware of the delays and extra scrutiny.

Some applications are still awaiting approval, though the IRS as of late last month had agreed to a process for deciding on one of the key outstanding cases.

Still, some tea party groups say they feel they are being treated unfairly.

Carly Gammill, a lawyer at the American Center for Law and Justice, which is representing some of the groups in the lawsuits, told Judge Walton that they are concerned about an email sent by IRS employees during the initial targeting speculating that they would approve applications but would review them later for follow-ups.

We suspect we will have to approve the majority of the c4 applications, Holly Paz, a top Lerner aide, said in one 2011 email. We will also refer these organizations to the Review of operations for follow-up in a later year.

Ms. Gammill said the case against the IRS has been open for four years and that its time the agency explain what it did and whether its still treating tea party applications differently.

She had hoped for a broad series of inquiries that Judge Walton would make the IRS answer.

But Laura Conner, the Justice Department lawyer defending the IRS, said the inquiries would absorb too much time and effort, with no evidence that they would produce any new evidence.

The United States should not be held to respond to far-reaching inquiries, she said.

Judge Walton came down in the middle, writing his own set of inquiries for the IRS.

Why hide the ball? he asked the tax agency. If theres nothing there, theres nothing there.

Mr. Walton told the IRS to go beyond searching a basic agency database for records and ordered it to scour other relevant resources containing documents from the relevant time period.

The judge said that time frame runs from 2009 to March 27, 2015. The IRS had been arguing for a shorter period.

Furthermore, to the extent that the plaintiffs have already received information produced by the government indicating that the plaintiffs were allegedly discriminated against, and that information provides a basis to believe that other such documents exist, the government must search all relevant sources to ensure that all documents responsive to the document request is identified and produced, the judge wrote in his order.

He gave the IRS until Oct. 16 to finish the search.

In addition to the Washington cases, the IRS is battling a class-action lawsuit in Ohio against hundreds of groups that were on the agencys target list.

Ms. Lerner and Ms. Paz have given depositions in that case but have asked that their testimony be kept secret, saying they fear death threats.

The judge in the Ohio case is deciding what information to make public.

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The First Colorado Infantry Company D, a living history group out of Denver, returned to Gold Rush Days with a special treat. As the infantrymen practiced their musket demonstrations, the women gathered for a Victorian tea.

This marks the companys third year at Gold Rush Days. Each year, it presents something different to the public. This year, the company ladies decided to bring in more feminine appeal.

Were trying to bring different aspects of Victorian life to Gold Rush Days, said Rebecca Hunt, company member and history professor at University of Colorado Denver. The men are doing the Civil War military piece, and were showing that there was a civilian side as well. A tea is something that excites peoples imagination.

Personally, Ive been doing living history events for over 40 years in all kinds of settings, Hunt added. I think its really important to bring history to life for anyone whos interested in any kind of community that wants to host a living history event because people dont always understand the past. Its very interesting and very complicated.

A Victorian Tea for women in dress was held at the Civil War encampment on Aug. 12 at 1 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. the tea became open to any women who wished to participate, no matter the age.

As adult women sat together and conversed while sipping their tea, children sat at another table, trying out the tea, cookies and cucumber sandwiches and learning about life during the 1800s.

Many of the girls commented on their favorite cookies and what dresses they liked. Some came dressed up as well.

Meanwhile, two of the company women would explain to them the different kinds of dresses worn during the period, how children were educated at home and how girls would learn to sew by the age of 4.

I think its great. It gives us a great opportunity for people to see how things were in the past, said company member Kelly Hall.

While dressing in Victorian garments may seem a hassle nowadays, it isnt so for these ladies. I think its delightful. I do it whenever I can, said company member Jenny Wright.

Wearing a dress she made for herself, Hunt doesnt even think of it as dressing up. Ive done it so much, this feels like my normal clothing, she said. When I move into my 1860s clothing, I also move into my 1860s state of mind. I enjoy it; I wouldnt do it if I didnt enjoy it. I love the opportunity it gives me to talk to people.

Next year, the company hopes to come up with another new idea to try for Gold Rush.

For any men or women who would like to join these historians, the First Colorado Infantry Company D welcomes everyone.

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By Sherri Kolade

Posted August 15, 2017

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FARMINGTON HILLS Holistic health practitioner Sonja Ozog is ready to take todays tea drinking back a couple of centuries.

Ozog specializes in herbal medicine and wants to show tea-drinking aficionados and newbies alike how to use medicinal teas, herbs and spices to their benefit.

Ozog will share her knowledge at the Herbal Tea Party 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Longacre House.

I fell in love with herbs they are one of my favorite ... things, and I immediately started thinking, I should teach other people what they do, so I created a workshop, Ozog said of a workshop she held at the Farmington Hills Nature Center last year. The workshop was titled Cooking and Healing with Kitchen Herbs and Spices and was well-received, she said.

The upcoming class, which is designed for adults, will feature sample therapeutic herbal teas and will venture into the medicinal benefits and practical approaches to herbs, many of which are grown in the mitten state. Participants will also take home a booklet that describes two dozen herbs and details how to create herbal tea blends, according to a press release.

Ozog became a volunteer at the nature center almost two years ago, after asking Farmington Hills Nature Center Supervisor Ashlie Smith about volunteer opportunities.

Actually, still to this day I am taking care of the bird sanctuary in the nature center, said Ozog, who finished her holistic health practitioner degree in December 2016. Ozog received her holistic health practitioner degree, specializing in herbal medicine, from the Om Wellness Institute in Flint.

Ozogs second herbal workshop is going to talk about the art of tea drinking.

Our ancestors used herbs more (extensively) than we (do), she said, adding that they knew what effects certain spices would have, which led to the development of many common spice mixes still used today.

She will bring potted herbs to the event.

Herbalism used to be called the art of simpling, because herbs were called simples, Ozog said.

One of the main rules is to use the herbs that grow near you like the stinging nettle, which grows in our yard, she said. The idea behind it is that plants create fighter chemicals to protect themselves from their environment and we live in the very same environment. We need the very same protection.

Smith said in an email that Ozog is very passionate about natural healing.

Ive worked with her on other programs, and we thought a tea party event would be a great way to share herbal remedies with the community, empowering them to do something fun and healthy, Smith said via email, adding that the nature center will offer an herbal healing plant talk series in the fall and other herb/spice workshops throughout the year.

Smith said that attendees will learn about easily accessible Michigan herbs and their benefits, while discovering how to create their own herbal teas.

The upscale atmosphere at the Longacre House will help add to the fun of the tea party too, with real teacups, she said.

Program materials will be provided, and the event costs $35 for residents and $40 for nonresidents.

Registration is required at the Costick Center or at recreg.fhgov.com.

The Longacre House is located at 24705 Farmington Road, between 10 Mile and 11 Mile roads. Call the nature center at (248) 477-1135 or email asmith@fhgov.com for more information about this and other programs.

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Staff Writer Sherri Kolade covers Farmington, Farmington Hills, Farmington Public Schools, and Oakland Community College for the Press. Sherri Kolade has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2013 and graduated from Central Michigan University.

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