Life in a small town...
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:52 am
It's been a crazy ride here in Cadiz. We had a bank robbery one day and a few days later some long time family friends were murdered. I'm sure most of you heard about the quadruple murder here. Growing up here we didn't even lock the doors to our homes. Those days are over.
The Champions were long time family friends. My grandparents and my great grandmother lived next door to them all my life until they passed. My cousin live right across the road. I grew up spending much of my time at my grandparents. They were really good people and our little community is torn up over the tragedy. My oldest and I got home Sunday from camping for three days with some other fathers/sons over at LBL for the youth quota deer hunt and I had all these messages waiting for me once I got signal again on my phone. It was just unbelievable at first.
Mr. Champion was a rather serious gun collector and I'm surprised he was not armed. If he was perhaps he just didn't have time to react. I don't know.
As far as I know the robber of the bank hasn't been caught. The details surrounding the murders are verky sketchy but I won't get into spreading the rumors. One thing is for sure, it was yet another affirmation this week that the decision to carry a concealed weapon ALL THE TIME was the correct decision. You just never know when or where something will happen. It may not be when you're on the wrong side of town or somewhere unfamiliar. Potential harm can be waiting for you at your own home when you get home from church one day, like it happened here just this week.
TC
The Champions were long time family friends. My grandparents and my great grandmother lived next door to them all my life until they passed. My cousin live right across the road. I grew up spending much of my time at my grandparents. They were really good people and our little community is torn up over the tragedy. My oldest and I got home Sunday from camping for three days with some other fathers/sons over at LBL for the youth quota deer hunt and I had all these messages waiting for me once I got signal again on my phone. It was just unbelievable at first.
Mr. Champion was a rather serious gun collector and I'm surprised he was not armed. If he was perhaps he just didn't have time to react. I don't know.
As far as I know the robber of the bank hasn't been caught. The details surrounding the murders are verky sketchy but I won't get into spreading the rumors. One thing is for sure, it was yet another affirmation this week that the decision to carry a concealed weapon ALL THE TIME was the correct decision. You just never know when or where something will happen. It may not be when you're on the wrong side of town or somewhere unfamiliar. Potential harm can be waiting for you at your own home when you get home from church one day, like it happened here just this week.
TC