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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1998
Page
4
Religion By Herb Peters ponders who rightfully owns Jerusalem tracing its history from biblical rulers to modern nations. The piece argues Melchizedek and Jesus may hold key authority, urging readers to seek divine ownership before division.
In a Virginia resident’s letter the writer urges all Americans to vote in 1998 elections noting absentee voting, rising eligible population, and the need to overcome voter malaise. The piece emphasizes personal responsibility, civic duty, and urges others to participate. It cites Census stats on turnout and praises civic remembrance. The National Commander of the American Legion, Areanne Miller, is mentioned.
A Richland-Lerdo School Board member thanks Shafter citizens for four years of service. He praises the board for focusing on learning, discipline, and community values, notes tough decisions like Lerdo closure and the Activity Center, and urges voters to support their chosen candidate.
A political column accuses Barbara Boxer and liberal critics of cutting military strength from 1990 to 1997. It cites an Oxford University Press study via the International Institute of Strategic Studies detailing large reductions in regular and reserve forces, aircraft, submarines, ships, and weapons. The piece argues defense has weakened under the administration and links Boxer to how gun control and abortion are framed in campaigns.
A storyteller recalls learning by experience about fence types. He misjudges an added electric strand beside barbed wire and tries to test it with a finger, only to misread the warning and touch the live wire. The incident contrasts assumptions about simple fences with a cautionary, real‑world mishap.
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