• Rambling along history’s highways,Deuel Woodward

    Rambling along history’s highways

    George Washington was a general at the head of American forces when they beat the British army creating a new nation. Then he was the first President for two terms-it lasted until FDR broke the limit.Dwight Eisenhower was the leader of Allied forces in Europe which defeated Hitler. Eisenhower also s

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  • Public libraries are worth supporting,Carlos Davalos

    Public libraries are worth supporting

    I’m embarrassed—maybe, even a little ashamed—that I’ve failed to adequately celebrate what should be a bigger deal.By the time this paper hits the streets we’ll be at the tail end of National Library Week. The number of times I’ll have visited my local library: zero.In my defense I tend to visit “ou

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  • Aguirre, McCann headed for July  runoff in county Supervisor race,snstaff

    Aguirre, McCann headed for July runoff in county Supervisor race

    Voters in County Board of Supervisors District 1 have seen a wide selection of candidates narrowed.Democrat Paloma Aguirre, mayor of Imperial beach, and Republican John McCann appear headed to a July runoff to fill the seat left vacant by former District 1 Supervisor Nora Vargas.McCann is the curren

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