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Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. <\/strong><\/em> Talked with Phil Zeber, owner of the Rock Creek Country Store in Rock Creek, Ohio. He’s had the store for almost three years, but can’t get a bank loan because he’s just barely breaking even, he said. It’s a Catch 22, he went on, because the bank loan would save him some $400 a month. I then entered into a debate with one of the regulars at the Rock Creek Cafe next door. (The group meets most mornings here and calls themselves the ROMEOS — “Retired Old Men Eating Out”.) In response to a question about what I’d do about terrorism, I said I’d work to fight it at it’s roots. That is, as kids grow up seeing no way out of poverty in the inner cities here, some join gangs. The same with some of the kids in the Third World, only there some ‘gangs’ are called: “terrorist cells.” I said to fight terrorism at it’s roots, you have to get more humanitarian help into the Third World. “Why would you want to help them<\/em>,” one man shot back. And the “debate” ensued… (And unlike the nationally televised Debates of late, I had more than two minutes to answer.) Later in the day I met Rita Linehan. Fascinating story. In order to help a diocese in El Salvador, the family decided to do a fund raiser to get a priest there a 4×4 vehicle to traverse the highlands. They ended up raising money for five vehicles! What’s more, the family’s initiative sparked 10 sister church projects between the Youngstown Diocese the the Diocese of Chaltaenango in El Salvador. (Light ‘one candle,’ and look what happens.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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