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For the last couple of days, the wonderful sound of rapid semi-automatic or automatic weapons going off midday has graced the relative stillness of my neighborhood. I understand the shooting club...
DATE: May 25, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
If only those brave men more than 200 years ago who gave us the Constitution could see us now, tackling the tough issues of our time. I am an individual who tries to pay attention to our times and...
DATE: May 25, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I was the aircraft commander of an Air Force HC-130 aircraft that came to Durango to participate in the airport's emergency response exercise; codename: Operation Thunderbird.I need to tell you how...
DATE: May 24, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
"Black granite stretches its harsh, tapering wings up to pedestrian-level grass but sucks me down, here, at the intersection of names. I forgive, I must, though I wish something could heal this...
DATE: May 24, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Have you been to Haviland Lake Chris Park area lately? If so, you will have witnessed the suffering of a pristine forest, heard the cacophony of chain saws felling live pines by the hundreds (some...
DATE: May 22, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Miller Middle School is no place for hate anymore, and that's refreshing. Both of my children, and a number of others, have been bullied, picked on, insulted, taunted and assaulted at Miller all...
DATE: May 22, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Here in America, we kids are extremely fortunate. However, there are less fortunate people around the world. An example of this is the child soldiers in some Third World countries.Rebel groups...
DATE: May 22, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
All over the world, children and adults alike suffer from diseases that can stop their lives in their tracks. Diseases such as big-bone disease, which breaks down cartilage in joints at an early...
DATE: May 22, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Memorial Day used to be a day of remembrance, a solemn day to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Towns used to hold parades, businesses closed for the day. It is...
DATE: May 22, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Stew Mosberg's letter (Herald, May 13) stated well the problems local artists have with the Durango Arts Center. It seems the organization has little interest in promoting local artists - and it is...
DATE: May 21, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
When you make something creative, you are saying something that you want others to see, hear and experience. This is common to all humans. In Durango at this very moment, there is a grass-roots...
DATE: May 21, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This letter is in response to the letter written by Stew Mosberg about how the Durango Arts Center focuses too much on kids (Herald, May 13). Well, I'm one of those kids who has benefited greatly...
DATE: May 21, 2009 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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