Three sisters in National Guard follow in Duluth grandfather s footsteps
All three of Jim Kunst s granddaughters have joined the National Guard and graduated from the same base where he trained back in the 1950s. 2:30 pm, May 6, 2021 ×
Anaka, Calie and Mya Kunst have followed in their grandfather s Jim Kunst s footsteps by serving in the U.S. military. (Teri Cadeau / tcadeau@duluthnews.com)
DULUTH Mya Kunst was a little disappointed to not have the traditional graduation ceremony when she completed her basic training for the Minnesota National Guard in December. Usually, you have about 10 people come and support you during graduation, but due to COVID, we could not have that, she said. But I got to go to both of my sisters , so I at least knew what it was like.
Howard Ball is what s known in Yiddish as a
kochleffel literally, a pot stirrer. He spent years fighting for civil rights and racial equality in the South and getting himself into what the late U.S. representative John Lewis called good trouble. Now 83, Ball has written 37 books, including several since his 2002 retirement from the University of Vermont, where he is professor emeritus of political science and a former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. His latest book,
Taking the Fight South: Chronicle of a Jew s Battle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, is a memoir of 1976 to 1982, when Ball; his wife, Carol; and their three young daughters lived in Starksville, Miss. Ball s family and friends were flabbergasted by his decision to teach at Mississippi State University. He writes that his mother called him
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14 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
For Chaplain (Maj.) Bitrus (“like ‘citrus’” he often jokes) Cobongs, head chaplain of the Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing, his life’s journey from a small tribe in West Africa to serving in the United States military serves as a testament to the above adage.
Cobongs grew up in the northern region of Nigeria in the state of Gombe as a member of the Tangale tribe, a majority Christian group of about 300,000, surrounded by significantly larger Muslim tribes like the Hausa and the Fulani.