Good Morning, Do, Today is Wednesday, October 19 Thanks Donnie!! Have FUN! DearWebby Todays Bonehead Award: Pennsylvania youth pastor demands divorce after raping and impregnating 15-year-old girl Details at Boneheads ______________________________________________________ Today, October 18, in  1812 Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces began their retreat out of Russia after a month of chasing the retreating Russian army. The Russians burned everything, leaving nothing for looting and feeding the French. See More of what happened on this day in history. 
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 ______________________________________________________ Reported by the Bausell Sailor An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Wesley Ryan Blackburn, 35, New Paris, Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania youth pastor demands divorce after raping and impregnating 15-year-old girl  A Pennsylvania youth pastor demanded a divorce after his wife confronted him about raping and impregnating a teenage girl he met through church. Wesley Ryan Blackburn, who served until last week as youth pastor at Faith Brethren Bible Church in New Paris, was charged with 84 felony counts of statutory sexual assault, 84 misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and one felony count of corruption of minors, reported The Tribune-Democrat. The 35-year-old Blackburn, a father of five, revealed his relationship with the girl Oct. 5 and told his wife he no longer loved her and wanted a divorce. Blackburns wife told church pastor James Espenshade the following morning that her husband had engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old member of his youth group and gotten the teen pregnant. Espenshade and church deacons confronted Blackburn, who refused to speak to them so they immediately fired the youth pastor and called police. We didnt even care what he had to say, Espenshade said. We dont tolerate this kind of stuff its inappropriate, its reprehensible. There was never a discussion of anything else. We had to do what was right. A state trooper went to Blackburns office, where he found the man packing up his belongings, and interviewed him about the case. Blackburn said he met the girl in 2009, when he first came to the church, but they grew closer after she joined his youth group in 2014, when she was 13 or 14 years old. He said the relationship became sexual in March, and investigators said he admitted to impregnating the girl this year. State troopers arrested Blackburn at that point. Blackburns wife said she refused to sign divorce papers presented by her husband. The former youth pastor remains held on $200,000 bond.  ______________________________________________________  Tech Support Pits >From Carol Re: Is ScanGuard safe to download? Dear Webby, Is ScanGuard safe to download? Thanks. Carol  Dear Carol Probably not very dangerous, but absolutely not necessary. Since you have McAfee and Malwarebytes, then you are already fully protected. Even just the Windows Firewall and Windows Defender will give you as much or more protection than ScanGuard. So far there are no legitimate positive reviews, and nobody except ScanGuard says it is necessary. Have FUN! DearWebby    The Sunday School teacher asked her students to draw a picture of their favorite Old Testament story, and as she moved around the class, she saw there were many wonderful drawings being done. Then she came across Little Johnny who had drawn a old man driving an old car. In the back seat, there were two passengers, both scantily dressed. "It's a lovely picture," said the teacher, "but which story does it tell?" Little Johnny seemed surprised at the question. "Well," he said "that's a Plymoth Fury like Uncle Ted's got up on blocks in his yard. And it says in the Bible that God drove Adam and Eve out of the paradise in a Fury!" 
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 ____________________________________________________ The local boat dealer has a beautiful boat in the front lot. On it is a sign that reads: "Your wife called. She said to buy whatever you want!" ____________________________________________________ >From Victoria After living in our house for four years, we were moving out of state. My husband had backed the U-Haul truck up to our garage door so that we could start loading all of the boxes. Just then one of our neighbors came walking across the lawn carrying a plate full of muffins. "Isn't that thoughtful," my husband said to me. "They must have realized that we packed our kitchen stuff." The neighbor stuck out his hand and boomed, "Welcome to the neighborhood!" ____________________________________________________  
  
 
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 Today on October 19 in 1765 In the U.S., The Stamp Act Congress met and drew up a declaration of rights and liberties. 1781 British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S. General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. It was to be the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces began their retreat out of Russia after a month of chasing the retreating Russian army. The Russians burned everything, leaving nothing for looting and feeding the French. 1814 In Baltimore, MD, the first documented performance of "The Defence of Fort McHenry" with music took place at the Holliday Street Theatre. The work was later published under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner." 1914 In the U.S. government owned vehicles were first used to pick up mail in Washington, DC. 1915 The U.S. recognized General Venustiano Carranza as the president of Mexico. The U.S. imposed embargo to all parts of Mexico except where Carranza was in control. 1933 Basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee. 1943 The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers began in Russia during World War II. Delegates from the U.S.S.R., Great Britain, the U.S., and China met to discuss war aims and cooperation between the nations. 1944 The U.S. Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). 1950 The United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. 1951 U.S. President Truman signed an act officially ending the state of war with Germany. 1960 The United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products in retaliation for Cuba nationalizing all foreign owned plantations and companies. 1969 U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew referred to anti-Vietnam War protesters "an effete corps of impudent snobs." 1977 The Concorde made its first landing in New York City. 1987 The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 508 points. It was the worst one-day percentage decline, 22.6%, in history. 1989 The U.S. Senate rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that barred the desecration of the American flag. 1993 Benazir Bhutto was returned to the premiership of Pakistan. 1998 In Washington, DC, Microsoft went on trial to defend against an antitrust case. 1998 Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got his boxing license back after he had lost it for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight. 2003 In London, magician David Blaine emerged from a clear plastic box that had been suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He survived only on water for 44 days. Blaine had entered the box on September 5. 2009 The international version of Amazon's Kindle 2 was released. 2016 Do smiled. 
 

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