Global warming does exist, be proactive against it
by DAVID F. SHERMAN Managing Editor
      Whether it's Al Gore, the state Department of Environmental Conservation or the many manufacturers now making "environmentally friendly" products, they are all saying the same thing in the end - the Earth has a global warming issue. And it isn't a problem that will go away by ignoring it.
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      + OPERATION LEGACY - From May 1 through May 16 the Montgomery Park retirement community will be collecting supplies and assembling care packages through Operation Legacy for active-duty soldiers serving in Iraq. Many of Montgomery Park's residents are veterans who have served in all branches ...
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Out of the Past
      125 Years Ago April 27, 1882 If fishermen, who are unlawfully catching fish with nets in this and adjoining towns, do not stop the practice, they will get into trouble. State officers are on the track of net fishermen, and fines have been imposed ranging from $25 to $300.
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Spirit of Earth Day lost; plenty of trash remains in Albany
BRIAN ACKLEY Political Columnist
      This past Sunday was celebrated as Earth Day, a chance for the socially conscious to scour parks, beaches and roadsides for beer bottles, syringes and hamburger wrappers. It gets, deservedly so, oodles of feel-good media coverage.
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Foundations of American society found in our families
SATISH MOHAN Amherst Supervisor
      In addition to Waco and Oklahoma City, our country has, in the recent past, suffered from two heinous massacres: Columbine and now Virginia Tech. They were all committed by our own citizens.
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