Mark Kennedy: “I would like to close by sharing a story that is in my heart, a story and some thoughts on a community in my district…”

“I would like to close by sharing a story that is in my heart, a story and some thoughts on a community in my district that has recently shown us all the way that we should respect each other, that we should respect life itself. When I heard for the first time that a shooting had occurred at Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minnesota, last week, my first thought was disbelief. That is the last place in the world that I would have ever expected something like that to happen. Cold Spring is a community with well-maintained homes, clean-cut students, and active parents. When I heard that the coach at that school bravely averted further bloodshed, I was not surprised. The Rocori school staff and the Cold Spring community reacted to the incident in a commendable fashion. I have met many of the people from the community there and the St. Paul Parish community, including Father Clydis, at a pro-life dinner hosted in the parish school last year.”