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SMOKE ON THE WIND

October 8, 2010 Rev. Thomas “Dancing Feather” Ebbing

My hero, and perhaps yours also if you are old enough to remember, never smoked, used drugs, bad language or had bad manners. He was a good friend to all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

I had a most wonderful time growing up and going to the movies with my buddies at the Rialto Theater on Calhoun Street. Every Saturday there was an hour of cartoons followed by a double feature western.

One time I took my cap pistol and a couple rolls of caps to the movie with me. All I wanted to do was to help protect my hero from harm. When some bad guys were shooting at him, I pulled out my brand new cap pistol and let them have it. I shot up a whole roll of caps. The theater was full of gun smoke from my blasting away at the bad guys. I saved the day and my hero.

Happy Trails to You, my friends, and to you, my hero – Roy Rogers.

Blessings of love and respect,

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Rev. Thomas “Dancing Feather” Ebbing

He was born & raised in Ft. Wayne is of Mohawk Indian ancestry. Dancing Feather is an ordained Christian minister & he have been a teacher of the Native American Medicine Wheel for over 20 years. He writes the "Smoke on the Wind" column in the newspaper.

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