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Opinion : Mike Heath
Last Updated: Sep 26, 2008 - 9:05:16 AM


Honoring the Bubars
By Mike Heath
May 28, 2008 - 4:56:04 AM

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Virginia Bubar and Mike Heath
Yesterday I enjoyed myself.  I honored the League's legacy.  I spent some time visiting with Virginia Bubar.  Virginia is Ben's widow.

A columnist recently pointed out the similarities between Benjamin Bubar Jr. and me.  He remarked on our willfulness, and commitment to moral principle.

I can never hope to achieve Ben's stature, of course.  He is gone to heaven now.  He was known for a smile that wouldn't quit.  Ben smiled no matter what his political adversaries said  about him.  Before Ben died over a decade ago I visited with him nearly a dozen times in his home.  He taught me an old truism which I've learned is basically true.  He said of the critics in the media, "Don't worry about it as long as they spell your name right!"

Ben and Virginia made the League the powerhouse that it is today, much to the chagrin of those who want to see Biblical definitions of the common good disappear.

Ben's grandfather -- inspired by Billy Sunday -- spread the gospel near the turn of the twentieth century, and his father after him.  Ben Jr. kept the fire burning, and the League carries on!

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