Juneteenth in Syracuse Celebrates Family, History, and Unity
The Juneteenth celebration in Syracuse features a 10 am downtown parade ending at 401 South Ave Southwest Community Center. 9 am events include performances by Akyene Banko Ensemble Kids For the Arts dance group Donald Harrison Quintet Bells of Harmony Gospel Singers Syracuse Jazz All Stars and a Syracuse University exhibition ABCD Education Black Children and the Pursuit of Knowledge Puppets in Christ.
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Beating the Heat With Water Safety Rules This Weekend
With heat waves in effect Onondaga County opens ten city pools this weekend three early by noon seven more in the regular timetable June 25. Boating laws lifejacket rules speed limits and drinking minimums must be followed to ensure safety for all on lakes and pools this summer.
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Fathers Day call to action a personal duty, columnist argues
A Syracuse letter-writer urges Americans to stop merely complaining about issues from environment to race and economy. He advocates reaching out to estranged or failing fathers to repair family bonds and reduce the NIMBY mindset, urging personal responsibility and action.
Syracuse Chiefs stay put in name despite proposal
Catherine Wilson reports that the Syracuse Chiefs should keep their baseball team name. She quotes longtime symbolism and public sentiment favoring the current Chiefs name, noting the Syracuse Stars idea would fail and that fans would not recognize the team with a new moniker.
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Poetic Patchwork on Global News
A fragmented verse suite links North Korea Bosnia Russia and health care in a probing collage. It riffs on war threats daily murders and political concerns with terse questions. Names and places appear in a rough map of the news.
Students urged to learn D Day history firsthand
A reader, 17, warns that the living memories of D Day risk fading as veterans age. She urges younger generations to seek out firsthand accounts from grandparents and others who lived through the war before official records become the sole source of history. MUSCATO
Onondaga Conflict Needs Longhouse Resolution
TOM SULLIVAN laments the Onondaga dispute as gut wrenching for Native people in Upstate New York. He urges Onondaga to return to the Longhouse and discuss problems until reason prevails, warning against non Indian interference and media manipulation.
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Readers invited to send letters for publication policy
Readers are urged to submit succinct legible letters. Include daytime telephone number and unsigned letters are not published unless authorship is verified. Mail to P O Box 4915 Syracuse NY 13221 or call (315) 470 2235 for questions.
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