Our View on Veterans Day and the Citizen Army
Our View reflects on Veterans Day and the idea of a Citizen Army made up of everyday Americans who serve to defend freedom. It emphasizes sacrifice, diplomacy, and the enduring bond among veterans, noting wars’ costs and the pride veterans carry in peacekeeping and democratic ideals.
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Valley Forge
Baghdad
America
California
Colfax High School
Justice for all? Juror swallows self defense claim in Wright case
A Sacramento juror accepted a self defense theory in the Dundell Wright murder trial, leading to a hung jury after 11 jurors saw no merit in the claim. The case centers on a February 15, 1999 confrontation in Del Paso Heights in which Wright killed Officer Bill Bean Jr. during a police pursuit.
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Sacramento
Sacramento Defense
Donald Masuda
Copkiller
Dundell Wright
Wright
David Hogge
Bill Bean Jr
del Paso Heights
Hogge
Bean
Hooge
Colfax
Bill
Sierra College Bond Debate Prompts Faculty Split
Letters urge approval of a bond to repair aging Sierra College facilities while countering criticism from instructor Scott Suneson who accuses college leadership of stifling the student newspaper. An opinion piece suggests Suneson enroll in courses to study free press and argument.
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Sierra College
Scott Suneson
Suneson
Sierra
Scott
Local government officials contact details listed
State Senator Rico Oller and State Assemblyman Rick Keene provide Sacramento and district office addresses and phone numbers. Placer County Board of Supervisors member Rex Bloomfield and Colfax City Council members Sherrie Blackmun Joshua Alpine Sandra Kellams Sharon Gieras Bryan West are listed with office lines.
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Rico Oller
State Capitol
Sacramento
Douglas Blvd
Granite Bay
Oller
Sen
Placer County Board of Supervisors
Rex Bloomfield
Fulweiler Ave
Auburn
Colfax
Sherrie Blackmun
Joshua Alpine
Sandra Kellams
Sharon Gieras
Bryan West
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Citizen Army
Freedom
Colfax Record
Colfax Sentinel
Colfax Enterprise
California Newspapers I Publishers Association
National Newspaper Association
Craig Dennis A. Thomas Homer Mike Ray
Joan Meyers
Linda Shuman
Sharon
Carter Townshend
Placer County
United States
Auburn Journal, Inc
CASS
Peliodtions
Pee
Cain
Auburn Journal
Jie
A. Thomas Homer
Alan Shuttleworth
Lolfnx English
Rob Chip
St. Dominic’s Church
Lazzarini
Eden Valley
Paul Norton
Mrs. Boodt
Boodts
Narciso
Rose Lazzarini
Dorene
CHS
Colfax High
Rick Keene
Memorial Way
Chico
Keeneassembly