RE: 5th Annual Church Camp-out!

[garym053]

 
We just completed our 5th annual church camp-out! It was an especially hard one for us, as the first Vermont State Police Officer, Sgt Michael Johnson, 39,  to be killed by another person was a member of our chucrh and his funeral was Friday! Mike was very involved with our Sunday School kids, and had sang (The Newsboys, " It Is You" ) with them on June 1st, Children s Day, two weeks later on Father s Day, he was hit and killed by a drug dealer trying to outrun the state police! He leaves a wife and three young children under the age of 12!
 Anyway, it was a time for healing to begin, it s far from complete but we had pretty good weather and did some hiking, biking, paddling, and swimming and while I will miss Mike for the rest of my life, this camp out has helped me greatly.

[rjs826]

 garym053
it was sad to read about such a senseless killing. it is ironic that he graduated from
 the university of scranton and that is where his killer was arrested.

[garym053]

 garym053
Hi rjs826, It was indeed senseless and tragic. Mike wasn t even on duty at the time. He simply responded because he was in the area and wanted to keep this " person"  from entering a more populated area at speeds in excess of 100 mph! Mike was one of those one in a million cops! Even people he had busted sent flowers for the funeral! There are some in this community that haven t even begun to understand what s been lost! He had the personality to turn kids onto life, not drugs!