Memorial Day reflection on American valor and sacrifice
Daniel A. Ludwig notes Memorial Day honors Americans who died serving in wars from World War I to Bosnia. He stresses the cost of freedom, the duty to remember, and the Legion’s role as he affirms veterans’ bravery, sacrifice, and the nation’s reverence for those “home of the brave.”
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America
Bosnia
Imo
William Shakespeare
Hamlet
Horatio
Korea
Vietnam
Panama
Grenada
Kuwait
Ludwig
American Legion
The Hidden Scrolls of Qumran and First Century Israel
In 1947 Bedouin shepherds found eight jars in a Judean cave near Jericho. Three leather scrolls emerged with fragments of a monastery nearby show a large messianic Jewish community that rejected Jerusalem's hierarchy and foreshadowed Christianity. James Vanderkam notes believers’ suspicions about preservation and purpose of these texts.
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Judea
Jericho
Dead Sea
Israel
Josephus
Vespasian
Nero
Titus
Jerusalem
William Sanford LaSor
Qumran
James C. Vanderkam
North Carolina State University
Trains and Tales From a Rail Lover’s Night Out
A songwriter and railway aficionado recalls music legends who loved trains, travels Amtrak from Wasco to Fresno, and a late night miscue near Hanford. CHP spokesman Mac Wimbish rides along, sharing a vivid journey into dining cars, cab views, and a solitary whistle fading into darkness.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Fresno
CHP
Mac Wimbish
Hanford
Wasco
Chicago
Mark
Shafter honors emergency medical services workers
City officials and dignitaries joined a ceremony honoring National Emergency Medical Services personnel in Shafter. The piece praises the lifesaving work of EMTs and firefighters who respond at all hours, noting the dangers, decisive actions, and dedication required.
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Shafter
National Emergency Medical Services
California Highway Patrol
Hill Street Blues
Sacramento
Reply to Letter on Ambulance Privacy and Emergency Care
A reader defends an unnamed paramedic after a sheet mix up during a critical transport. The writer acknowledges a mistake by Schaefer's Shafter Ambulance Service and apologizes to Ms. Smith and the patient’s family while praising the crew for prioritizing life saving care and patient privacy under time pressure.
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Ms. Smith
Shafter Press
Shafter
Schaefer
Shafter Ambulance Service
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