Pattisue rang this morning and asked if I would like to go with her to the local Democrat's monthly meeting; well, I am always up for any outing, or experience, whether it is Episcopal Women on the other side of Texas, or the local Democrats down the road in Tecumseh.
There were lots of people I knew there; Cecil and Louise, three members of Emmanuel - four with me - and people I knew from Sustainable Shawnee. After the business part of the meeting there was a speaker who is in charge of voting in this particular part of the county. The whole voting procedure sounded very complicated, it is of course, all electronic. I've been here for five years now so I guess our voting system has moved on from putting a cross beside a name on a voting slip, and dropping it in the box.
On the television this afternoon there has been a massive manhunt going on. It all started last Sunday, a guy set fire to his friend's house, and the wife and son inside died, then he kidnapped the 16 year old daughter and has been on the run all the week. Later his car was found abandoned in a very wild area - millions of acres of land without roads, in Idaho, the wildest most remote area in the nation. Then this afternoon someone on horseback spotted them, and when he got home he realised who they were and reported it to the police. Hundreds and hundreds of police and FBI agents turned out, also it is believed they sent up drones to look for them, and finally this evening we heard the girl was safe, she had been rescued and taken to hospital to be checked over, and probably to have a psychiatric evaluation. The guy was shot by a police marksman, which was a bit unfortunate, the police prefer to take them alive and make them accountable through the justice system. There will probably be more details released tomorrow. But it is a drama I think most people would have been following. There was tremendous relief in the news rooms when it was heard the girl was safe.
This evening I have been working on my presentation on Alfriston. Nancy, who is helping me with it was at the Democrat's meeting, and Pattisue said she would like to see it. I am really not sure how long it will take, so far I have about 50 photos lined up.
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