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Lincoln Courier Memorial Day weekend is a time to remember our fallen veterans. It is an opportunity to pause to remember and reflect upon the service and sacrifices made by all men and women who have served in the U.S. military. For those still looking for ways to honor veterans a list of events scheduled the weekend of May 29-31 is below: Atlanta The community of Atlanta will host a Memorial Day event Monday, May 31 starting with a concert by the Atlanta Band at 9:30 a.m., on the lawn of th...

Laura Elliott Special to The Courier How can you not be inspired by gestures of kindness, especially when they meet up with moments of synchronicity—those moments when everything seemingly flows in divine order. These moments make good stories—the kind that feel so good you just wanna pass ’em on. I recently caught wind of such a story and met up with Ethan Hoinacki to catch the finer details. Many know Ethan as the owner of Guest House Coffee & Pastries in downtown Lincoln, IL. Together ...

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Canadian you mentioned being held in north korea? and did the obama administration exercise too much strategic patience? >> well, i think the obama administration -- i worked with them with susan rice. they pushed on otto. the problem was the north koreans saw trump winning, won the election. they didnt want to deal with the obama administration. the obama administration set up a hostage office within the state department to talk to the parents of hostages. i think thats the right thing. the mai...

>> what happened when your delegation went to pyongyang in september? >> well, my delegation went and we offered the north koreans humanitarian assistance. we offered to pay through private funds if for remains of some of our soldiers in exchange for otto. the north koreans listened but didnt tell us there was something wrong with him. they didnt tell my chief of staff mickey bergman that he was in a coma. they said well let you know and they never did. they were very silent. it was obvious they...

They tell you? what was it like for them? >> for my family, oh, they were very happy to see me. >> no, but i mean, the time of waiting. >> great reunion. oh, the waiting -- the six months that i was in detention, it was pretty rough. kids didnt have a dad and my wife didnt have a husband and i was worried about my job situation during that whole time, and just a lot of black questions on the horizon for me. and for them too. >> jeffery, on ottos case, you know, when you heard the news that he ha...

>> this is a rogue pariah regime. they are terrorists. they are brutal.e there is no sense to anything here. they have crossed a line with my son, otto. so, it would be very difficult to look for a lesson here amongst this insanity. >> tucker: that was the interview last week with fred warmbier. we have a sad and final update on his son, otto. he is of course the american college student in prison for a year in north korea. o otto died this afternoon in a hospital in cincinnati six daysn after h...

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It will be easy at a moment like this to focus on all that we lost, the future trend that wont be spent with the warm, engaging, brilliant young man with curiosity, enthusiasm for life. we chose just broke on time we were given to be with this remarkable person. when otto returned to cincinnati late on june 13, he was unable to speak, see, to react, to hear verbal commands. he looks very comfortable, almost english. although we would never hear his voice again, within a day, the countenance of h...

Loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. >> this is a rogue parietal regime. they are brutal. there is no sense to anything here. they have crossed a line with my son, otto. so, it would be very difficult to look for a lesson here amongst this insanity. >> tucker: that was the interview last week with fred to warmbier. we have a sad and final update on his son, otto. he is of course the american college student in prison for a year in north korea. otto died this afternoon i...