Michael Troy Wieser race set for April 9, 2011

The Michael Troy Wieser 5k run/walk is set for 9 a.m. on Sat. April 9 at La Crescent Community Arena. Money raised from the race will go toward the Michael Troy Wieser scholarship and the Rich and Barb Kaiser family of La Crescent, this year's "honored" family. The Kaisers have two students at La Crescent High School, 11th grader Jordan and ninth-grader Kaleb.

The family has endured several medical challenges this year, including several heart surgeries for Rich and a severe car accident in which Kaleb was involved. Furthermore, the family has moved in with the childrens' grandmother to care for her after their grandfather recently passed away. Event organizers say Jordan has been a positive inspiration for the family, as she tries to keep an upbeat attitude and works hard in school. Kaleb is working to make up the time missed due to his accident last fall.

Registration is $12 before March 25 or $15 after, including the day of the race. All entrants receive a t-shirt and awards will be given to top overall finishers and the top finishers in each age division.

Entry forms and pledge sheets are available at Curves in La Crescent, Snap Fitness, the La Crescent High School office, or by calling (608) 317-7749. The face is sponsored by the La Crescent High School Community Leadership Class and Lancer Link Crew. Pledges will be split between the Wieser scholarship and the Kaiser family.

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Michael Troy Wieser race set for April 9, 2011

The Michael Troy Wieser 5k run/walk is set for 9 a.m. on Sat. April 9, 2011 at La Crescent Community Arena. Money raised from the race will go toward the Michael Troy Wieser scholarship and the Rich and Barb Kaiser family of La Crescent, this year's "honored" family. The Kaisers have two students at La Crescent High School, 11th grader Jordan and ninth-grader Kaleb.

The family has endured several medical challenges this year, including several heart surgeries for Rich and a severe car accident in which Kaleb was involved. Furthermore, the family has moved in with the childrens' grandmother to care for her after their grandfather recently passed away. Event organizers say Jordan has been a positive inspiration for the family, as she tries to keep an upbeat attitude and works hard in school. Kaleb is working to make up the time missed due to his accident last fall.

Registration is $12 before March 25 or $15 after, including the day of the race. All entrants receive a t-shirt and awards will be given to top overall finishers and the top finishers in each age division.

Entry forms and pledge sheets are available at Curves in La Crescent, Snap Fitness, the La Crescent High School office, or by calling (608) 317-7749. The face is sponsored by the La Crescent High School Community Leadership Class and Lancer Link Crew. Pledges will be split between the Wieser scholarship and the Kaiser family.

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Mourner's Kaddish or Prayer for the Beloved

May His great Name grow exalted and sanctified (`Cong: Amen.)
in the world that He created as He willed.
May He give reign to His kingship in your lifetimes and in your days,
and in the lifetimes of the entire Family of Israel,
swiftly and soon.

Now say:
(Mourners and Congregation:)
(Amen. May His great Name be blessed forever and ever.)

Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled,
mighty, upraised, and lauded be the Name of the Holy One

(Mourners and Congregation:)
Blessed is He.
beyond any blessing and song,
praise and consolation that are uttered in the world. Now say:

(Mourners and Congregation:)
Amen

May there be abundant peace from Heaven
and life upon us and upon all Israel. Now say:

(Mourners and Congregation:)
Amen

He Who makes peace in His heights, may He make peace,
upon us and upon all Israel. Now say:
(Mourners and Congregation:)

Amen

2nd Annual Michael Troy Wieser 5K Run/Walk

This year it's on Saturday, April 24th in La Crescent, MN and benefits a local girl, Olivia Baker, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. More on her story here.

The second annual Michael Troy Wieser 5k run/walk is Saturday, April 24, at the La Crescent Community Arena. Registration is from 8 to 8:45 a.m. and the race begins at 9 a.m.

Cost is $12 with registration before April 9 or $15 after or on the day of the race.

All entrants will receive a race T-shirt, and awards will be given to top overall finishers and top finishers in each age division.

Entry forms and pledge sheets can be picked up from Curves in La Crescent, the La Crescent High School office, Snap Fitness or by calling (507) 317-7749 to leave an address and receive a form by e-mail.

The event is sponsored by the LCHS community leadership class and the La Crescent Lancer Link Crew. All pledges will be split between scholarships in Wieser’s name and a donation for the family of Olivia Baker, a La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School student diagnosed with leukemia in December 2009.

Anniversary of Michael's Passing

I found this memorial to Michael on Names of the Dead

Michael Wieser
27, La Crescent, MN

Jeff Conway writes:

"Michael has been a role model in this community since he was in elementary school. He was big for his age, athletic, smart, well-behaved with a great sense of right and wrong that was instilled in him by his parents. He was the all-american boy who was a stand out football, basketball, and baseball player. Michael led his football team to its' only Coulee Conference title in school history. He was also the leader of conference championships in basketball and baseball. He received a football scholarship from North Dakota State University. Michael was on track to become an NFL player until he came down with Wilson's disease. Doctors in North Dakota saved Michael's life and he was able to finish college. He was never able to regain enough weight to have a NFL career, but he was an All-Conference and All-Region TE. After college Michael moved to Las Vegas and worked in the entertainment industry there, along with a local healthclub. Michael no longer qualified to be under his parents healthcare plan, but was unable to get insurance of his own because of his medical history. His Wilson's disease was a pre-existing condition that made insurance unaffordable. Mike also could not afford the expensive medication he was required to take and tried to get by on generic substitutes. Regular doctors visits were also beyond his ability to pay. Last spring Michael's Wislon's disease came back. he was hospitalized in Las Vegas because his kidney's were failing. His family flew out to Vegas to try to get him the help he needed to survive. Because Michael used generic drugs and did not go to the doctor regularly hospital admisnistrators (a real death panel) sentenced Michael to death by refusing to give him the transplant he needed. For three long days Michael's parents fought to save his life trying to find any hospital in the country that was willing to take Mike and give him the tranplant he so desparately needed. A number of institutions ignored the hypocratic oath and turned Michale down. The Mayo Clinic finally accepted Mike only to have his departure held up by the hospital in Las Vegas because they wanted to know who would pay his medical expenses. They held his body ranson and delayed his parents attempt to save his life until they got their "0 pieces of silver". Michael arrived at the Mayo Clinic and was moved to the top of their donor list due to the critical nature of his condition. As he was going through testing for his transplant, Michael's fever spiked to a level that made it impossible for him to receive a transplant. He died the next day. This country lost one of it's best and brightest young men because it was more economically benefitial to insurance companies and hospital adminitrators to let him die. Why do we continue to let this happen? Why? In the name of Michael Troy Wieser, please change this system so that he did not die in vain. Keep fighting the good fight. God bless you, and have mercy on the rest of us who have allowed this immoral system to continue."

- Jeff Conway

Oh Captain! My Captain!

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


2

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.

3

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
...

Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900

Michael, your great spirit will live forever in our hearts.

Michael Wieser Memorial Basketball Court completed

The Senate passed the Health Care bill on Saturday morning at 7:00 am. It's worth noting that if this bill had passed 8 years ago Mike would probably still be with us today. He could have remained on his parents insurance coverage until age 26. That would probably have been long enough keep him alive until he could get coverage of his own.



Unfortunately, we cannot just turn back the clock and always try to do what is right or reasonable, but it seems unbelievable to me that we have had fifteen 9/11's every year of people suffering in the same position as Michael and done nothing about it until now.

Please work for publically-funded elections and simple vote counting so we can have our democracy back from the special interests that control it.

Happy Holidays!

Bob

This is the Mike Wieser Memorial Basketball Court in La Crescent, Minnesota that was recently completed for our friend.