July 2012
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Editor’s Page – July 2012
Editor’s Page Guest Editorial By Maggie Van Ostrand The Unsung Mexican Heroes Of WWII Until yesterday, I had never heard of Charlie Foster. Today, I’m writing about him. One of the benefits of being a writer is the fact-checking, because you can end up with provocative information. That’s how I found out about Charlie Foster.
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Come Fly With Me! (A true Story)
Come Fly With Me! (A true Story) A woman was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes. Everybody got
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Lakeside’s Master of Murals—Javier Zaragoza
Lakeside’s Master of Murals—Javier Zaragoza By Rob Mohr In 1994, Javier Zaragoza and thousands of other artists lost their jobs when studios producing hand-painted billboards to entice buyers cruising the highways of the United States, closed because of the advent of computer-generated graphics. Removed from his lucrative career, after a brief stint painting the
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Uncommon Common Sense – July 2012
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com The Case for Literature I was listening, recently, to some kind of an expert who was advising students and parents on how to prepare for college. He was making the very reasonable point that students ought to consider majoring in mathematics, science, or engineering. His point was
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Bridge By The Lake – July 2012
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson One of the most exciting contracts to bid and make is the Grand Slam. It is a very rare occurrence – the statistically minded have calculated that it only happens in about 0.02% of the hands or roughly 1 in 5,848 deals. But when you are fortunate
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At The Cemetery
At The Cemetery The dead below, the living above We dance our dance and then we die The sun is shining on the stones With messages of hope and joy. The baby sleeps within her crib We come each year with flowers She’s always young while we grow old We dance around our
Joyful Musings – July 2012
Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC The SMART Road to Recovery There are more paths to sobriety than I have fingers to count them on, but until this month the only local program available has been Alcoholics Anonymous. While AA and its 12-step program has been phenomenal in its success reaching and
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“MISH-MOSh”
“MISH-MOSh” By John Ward A Not-So-Brilliant Idea for a Movie Script The scene opens on a carwash owned by Geraldo… this is not that important since Geraldo never appears in the film and the Car Wash is never seen again. 1. Jennifer, whose real name is Heather reaches for a Coke. 2. Rex the
Welcome to Mexico – July 2012
Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt If it bleeds it leads… The Houston Chronicle ran an article on April 29th announcing, yet again, how dangerous life is in Mexico. “Expatriates Caught in the Crossfire” was their headline, first page, above the fold. This was a particularly frustrating article for me to read, as the
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