Your Turn
Parents must be partners in battling teen drinking
ROBIN WITKOWSKI Guest Column
      April showers bring May flowers, school board elections, and income tax deadlines. April is also Alcohol Awareness Month. According to the surgeon general's 2007 report there are nearly 11 million underage drinkers. According to the Surgeon General, Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., "Alcohol remains the most heavily abused substance by America's youth.
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Your Turn
Teaching leadership skills is part of Girl Scouts' task
SUSAN H. MCCLURE Guest Column
      Afew weeks ago I heard a knock at my front door. Like many of you in the same situation, I opened it a crack and peered outside. Standing on my doorstep was my next-door neighbor's young daughter. She wanted to sell me Girl Scout cookies.
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Red State/Blue State
These guys don't need no stinkin' tax relief
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
      A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
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Coda
The best local politicians do it for love of their towns
GREG BEAN
      I've often wondered since I moved to New Jersey why any sane individual would run for most elected offices here. Most of the offices are not full-time positions, so office holders usually have to work a real full-time job in addition to put bread on their family's table. They are lowpay, high-stress positions thatmust be done in the officials' "spare time.
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Are We There Yet?
And taps was played over a clean bedroom
LORI CLINCH
      Icleaned Little Charlie's room last week. You show me someone who doesn't think that's noteworthy and I'll show you someone who has never seen Little Charlie's room. Charlie likes Army men. He likes Jeeps, tanks, trucks, and his mantra is "The more the merrier!
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