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Apology for Hanes, but none for Barrera
I would like to apologize to Catherine Hanes for implying that she, or any other member of the Glenn County Board of Education, knowingly did anything illegal. When I re-read my previous letter to this paper (“Barrera recall vital for county,”...
Good local support for mission project
Special thanks for the community’s support of our “Kenya Mission Project.” The yard sale fundraiser was very successful. Our goal of $1,000 was reached and many in our community received help. Adel, our beloved, will be leaving this...
Mondragon family appreciates support
We would sincerely like to thank the community of Orland and many surrounding counties for their support over the past few months. Many businesses and organizations were kind enough to help with the benefit and the memorial service, donating raffle prizes,...
Better ways to solve problems than recall
The recent recall efforts regarding Mr. Barrera are misguided. As former superintendent of the Stony Creek Joint Unified School District there have been many occasions when I have worked with Mr. Barrera. Whether it is a SELPA workgroup, superintendents’...
Letter gave 'false witness'
Dear Editor,I have served on the Glenn County Board of Education for 17 years. Never have I witnessed the animosity and false accusations that I have seen recently.Just a couple weeks ago, I read a letter in the newspaper accusing three of the board members,...
Time to lift offshore oil drilling ban
President Bush has lifted the executive ban on oil drilling on the outer continental shelf. The public increasingly sees the reasonableness of such a policy change. But no new drilling will occur as long as the Democrat congressional leadership remains...
Immigration debate leaves agriculture in limbo
he confluence of events was striking: On the same early summer day that the U.S. Senate’s powerful appropriations committee killed a bill allowing farmers to legally import badly needed foreign workers, President Bush’s labor secretary issued...
Tax dollars, faith don't mix well
It is widely acknowledged that President Bush’s program of “faith-based initiatives” – supplying government grants to religious organizations performing social service activities the government approves – has been something...
Got flag? Well, now you do
was driving around Orland on Memorial Day, looking for homeowners flying U.S. flags to do a short story. It was shorter than I expected because most of the homes were, shall we say, flag-challenged. That’s no disrespect to Orland; you could see...
Dreams, rights not the same
In the light of a modest civil liberties victory last week with the Supreme Court’s acknowledgment (barely) of the Second Amendment, it’s important to remember this Independence Day that rights are not assigned to us or given to us by the...
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