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Commentary: On a mission to save a mission
The public comment period for the Historic Wintersburg (Warner-Nichols) draft environmental impact report (DEIR) closes on Nov. 19. The DEIR analyzes a proposal to re-zone the roughly five-acre property at the corner of Warner Avenue and Nichols Lane from...Tags: Judges, Justice System, World War II (1939-1945), Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest
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City Lights: Time to leave the 'colors' out of voting
There's a hilarious song by the Orange County folk singer Michael Ubaldini called "World Peace in 10 Easy Lessons," in which the narrator journeys from one potential guru to another in hopes of discovering the secret to a strife-free world. At one...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Democratic Party, Dennis J. Kucinich, Same-Sex Marriage, Gun Control
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'We did our part'
Masao Masuda keeps a notebook in his dining room drawer containing a photo of the last time he saw his brother Kazuo.
The picture, which Masao took in 1941, shows Kazuo and their brother Takashi, along with several sisters and a niece, at the Santa Fe...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, Memorial Day, Minority Groups, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Triangle Park en route to becoming official
A subcommittee of Huntington Beach Community Services met Tuesday to begin the process of officially naming a city park that already has an unofficial name.
The park, which surrounds the Main Street Library, has long been known informally as Triangle...Tags: Marketing, Elections, Politics, Human Interest
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So, is candidate 63, 69 or 73 years old?
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan, the oldest man ever to occupy the White House, quipped during a debate with Walter Mondale that he wouldn't make an issue of his opponent's "youth and inexperience."
Few in Huntington Beach would doubt City Councilman...Tags: Elections, Huntington Beach, White House, Walter Mondale, Local Elections
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City Lights: The 2010 oddball awards
This is our great high-minded issue of the year. The last week of December, the Independent ranks the top 10 stories of the past 12 months and pays tribute to the major figures in the community who passed away. The year-end retrospective can be joyful...Tags: Elections, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment, Television, Ocean View
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In The Pipeline: Finding a piece of H.B. in Arizona
"Clark Gable spent his honeymoon with Carole Lombard right at the top of those stairs back in 1939." Susie Clark is standing at the bottom of a staircase in the historic Oatman Hotel in the Route 66 town of Oatman, Ariz. and recounting its somewhat...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Clark Gable, Family, Metal and Mineral, History
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Reynolds runs for Bethlehem mayor
Years before he became Bethlehem's youngest city councilman, J. William Reynolds found his inspiration in music. A Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan fan, Reynolds first learned to play the clarinet, and then picked up the guitar at Moravian College,...Tags: Geraldine Ferraro, Lobbying, Bethlehem Steel, Moravian College, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Reagan the Berkeley basher
Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley, FBI, Students, Education
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, Christopher Stevens, Crime, Law and Justice
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The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich
The Baltimore SunThe public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....Tags: Sandra Day O'Connor, Bill Clinton, Elections, George H.W. Bush, Dwayne Johnson
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Readers take on guns, taxes, 'sex camp' and more
Time to let you guys sound off about taxes, guns, my weekend at sex camp and more. I wish I had been invited to go along ["My weekend at sex camp"]. You are one of the funniest people on the planet. Sister Ann Kendrick Sister, not only does that...
Tags: Periodicals, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Criminals, George W. Bush
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