Editorial
July 4 Traditions Still Hold
     We'll still have the fireworks and the concerts, the parades and the picnics. Some people will go out of town for a four-day weekend; others will stay behind to participate in local festivities. Still others will spend the Fourth of July holiday and the weekend working so that the rest of us can enjoy our leisure time to the fullest. All the same, there's no doubt about it
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Letters
Nation Always Under God
     With regard to the issue out West of removing the words. "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance I believe that this is totally wrong. If the parent of the child feels so strongly then tell your child to just not salute the flag. But, remember the flag is our country-all 50 states. Perhaps those who feel the way that this parent did should consider taking their children out of school and educate them at home so that their sensitive" ears won
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Op-ed
Court
By Richard J. Santos
     The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. We should have seen this coming. The United States Supreme Court has already ruled that desecrating the Flag of the United States is "protected speech."
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Roving Photographer
By Rev. Austin H. Armitstead
     What is special about Independence Day for you this year?
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