Well, let’s start out today with a hopeful story; I don’t know about you, but I need one.
14-year-old Connor Halsa of Moorhead, Minnesota was fishing with his family on Lake of the Woods when he hooked an Iowa farmer’s lost wallet that had come to rest about 20 feet under the surface of the large ( 85 miles long and 56 miles across at its widest point) lake. The previous summer, Jim Denney’s boat had capsized in rough waters, and when he dried out later, he discovered that his wallet was gone along with the $2,000 vacation money he had stored there.
After Connor discovered the wallet and the cash and had dried it all out, he agreed with his father that the next step was tracking down the money’s owner.The only clue inside the wallet was a faded business card with a phone number belonging to a livestock owner in western Wisconsin. The number led them to Denney at his Mount Ayr, Iowa farm. The astonished farmer tried to give Connor a reward, but he refused, saying that he should not be rewarded for doing what was obviously the right thing.
Isn’t that nice? Well, get over it; now its time to start wallowing in the usual muck….
PS. Connor wearing a T-shirt that appears to honor my dog had nothing to do with his selection as today’s Ethics Hero.
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Source: The Star Tribune
Ethics Alarms 
I can’t make the same claim. I did find a wallet left behind in a bank branch one town over from mine. When I yelled after some departing people, they said it did not belong to them. I opened it and saw that there was money and identification documents in it, so all I did was hand it over to the local police to return anonymously, since I did not want to seek out a stranger or chance being accused of taking money from the wallet.
I can’t even imagine what the odds are of snagging a lost wallet at the bottom of a lake that size. It’s nearly impossible. Think about it! This didn’t happen by chance. It is a story like this that makes me believe in divine intervention. There was a reason and purpose for this event. It may simply be we needed such a story to brighten our day in such a weary world. Maybe there is hope. Thanks, Jack for using your platform to showcase this story. I for one appreciate it.
Obviously, the wallet WANTED to be found.
God works on mysterious ways…
Nice story Jack. Keep walking Spuds. It is good for him, you, and a great way to stay in touch with the neighborhood. From a fellow dog(s) walker; one hour/day.
And here I thought people from Iowa and Minnesota don’t much get along with each other…