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O'siyo Brothers and Sister!
NATIVE IOWAN KILLED IN BRIDGE COLLAPSE
LAID TO REST AUGUST 5, 2007
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An Iowa woman, killed in the Minneapolis bridge collapse, was laid to
rest today.
Friends and family of 32-year old Julia Blackhawk attended her funeral
in Winnebago, Nebraska.
Blackhawk was originally from Sioux City.
She was the mother of two young boys and attended a Minneapolis
cosmetology school.
Just a few hours before the collapse, Julia had lunch with her
ex-husband.
Khaf Ansari tells us Julia Blackhawk was a proud Winnebago Native
American, and cherished her childhood in Iowa.
Ansari says, "She just loved growing up there and it was part of her
personality, part of her character, and it was just the way she was."
Blackhawk's funeral was held at 2:00pm at the Ho-Chunk Community Center
in Winnebago, Nebraska.
She was one of five people killed, when the 35W bridge collapsed on
Wednesday.
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Julia Blackhawk and others died needlessly in the collapse of the I-35
bridge in Minneapolis. Had funds intended for the repair of this
nation's aging infrastructure not been diverted to finance George W.
Bush's misguided adventure in the mid-East, Julia might still be alive.
I have tried to avoid political stances in this newsletter, but only a
mindless, blind follower of the current administration could deny the
damage done to this country since George W. Bush was installed as
president a bit over six years ago by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. Does
anyone alive still believe any of the lies fed the United States
citizens to support this ultimate folly of wars? Where are the weapons
of mass destruction? Where is the promised head of Osama bin Laden?
Where is the Iraqui passionate embrace of Bushy democracy? Lies, lies
and damned lies.
Now the highways and bridges of the Eisenhower Interstate System are
crumbling from disrepair.
A Winnebago lady on her way home to her two little boys will not be the
last to pay the same price at home our warriors are paying in the
mideastern desert... a pointless death.
Dohiyi Ani Oginalii
Gary Smith (*,*)
wotanging@bellsouth.net
P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org
Marietta, GA 30006, U.S.A. ===w=w===
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