Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Pre-emptive bidding causes more than its fair share of bother. Used judiciously it can create difficulties for even the most experienced of players. Such was the case with this month’s deal but fortunately for North and South they had a seldom used gadget in their arsenal that
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Those Damned Mosquitos! By Bruce Fraser Leading up to Canada’s centennial in 1967, the federal and provincial governments made grants available to communities to construct commemorative public buildings, sports facilities and art works. Some of the larger cities built new concert halls and museums, some of the towns constructed new arenas, murals and statues
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The Confederate Air Force Comes To Guadalajara By Michael Hogan Soldiers line the tarmac. Automatic weapons with toy-like plastic stocks, but real bullets, are borne by boys with coal black eyes. They flirt with las muchachas. The girls are excited by the fiesta mood of the crowd, the boys’ eyes drawn to their short
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The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “Remembering Sandy Hook” After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, one mother asked Governor Malloy in the funeral home to look at her son, six-year-old Noah Pozner. His mouth and jaw were blown off. The governor wept at the sight. The mother said if gun control legislation
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Letters To The Editor Dear Sir: First, I wish to congratulate you on your Benjamin Franklin award. Well deserved. And thank you for continuing to publish thought-provoking and, at times perhaps, provocative contributions to the Ojo. In the August issue Fred Mittag captures correctly the political climate of the US – a climate driven by paranoia,
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com (This past July 4th marked the 75th anniversary of what baseball historians call one of the greatest moments in all of American sport. In honor of that moment and of the man who today is widely considered one of the most beloved athletes of
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CHARLIE KLESTADT—Cruz Roja, and Blessings By Margaret Ann Porter Charlie and Ann Klestadt celebrated their 542nd month of marriage over dinner at Roberto’s the other night. I didn’t recognize him because he wasn’t wearing his green, white and red 16th of September top-hat, and his hands weren’t full of Cruz Roja raffle tickets. He
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum This question comes up frequently, asked by both “newbies” and non-newbies to lakeside. Is there a SPCA here locally, like we had in the US or Canada? The answer is a firm: No! There is no local formal agency that handles animal pick-ups, nor is there a formal housing
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU —Prophet of Silence, Simplicity and Solitude By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Today, 150 years after his passing, Henry David Thoreau still dares us to shred the scripts inflicted upon us by society and live lives of integrity and self-actualization. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps he hears
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