Wind energy essential to Pa.
      (John Hanger is president and CEO of PennFuture, a statewide public interest membership organization that advances policies to protect and improve the state's environment and economy.) Wind energy development is vital to Pennsylvania's economy, environment and public health.
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Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
By Howard 'Mac' McDonald
      Last Saturday was my 79th. birthday and my wife had a surprise party for me. She had it in a phone booth, but the band couldn't play because the tuba player couldn't get his instrument through the door. Even though the party was a bust, overall I had a very nice birthday with lots of phone calls and cards.
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A Young Man's Art
Gaining appreciation and respect
BY ALEX DAVIS
      Recently, I returned from re-enacting as a Bucktail Regiment soldier at Gettysburg. Dressing in a blue wool uniform and a kepi over the Independence Day weekend gave me a deeper appreciation and respect for what these Civil War volunteers endured. I felt as if I had stepped back in time to help defend the North from Confederate lines.
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Correction
      Due to an editing error, a simple three-letter word ("not") was missing from a sentence in a letter to the editor from Joan Hendershot Miller appearing in last week's edition.
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We've got mail!
      Veterans honored at Little Museum To the editor: This is an open letter to all Cameron County military veterans. It saddens us to recently read that some veterans in Cameron County feel that they have had no facility here that honors them, when, in fact, you helped build such a place 36 years ago.
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