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Signs of warming are growing

I was watering my tomato plants Wednesday when I noticed blossoms. One plant had two, and the other had two and a bud. It seemed early for tomato blossoms. “Aha’’ I thought, “It must be global warming.”

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  • BILL MOREM

    A chance to give back to our vets

    Between 130,000 and 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night nationwide; 16,500 of those unfortunates live in California; it’s believed that of the 4,000 homeless in San Luis Obispo County, 10 percent are veterans.

  • LON ALLAN

    Piano with a grand history returns to Atascadero church

    One of Atascadero founder E.G. Lewis’ ideas was that the individual denominations of churches get together as one. If they did so, he’d create a building for them. Thus was born the Federated Church of Atascadero. Lewis announced that he had more than 20 denominations of worshipers...

  • JOETOPIA

    Partake in summer fun — cautiously

    It’s not difficult for me to imagine the accident last week that took the life of Christine Allen, the 19-year-old from San Luis Obispo who was camping with her family in Utah when she was killed by a freak rockslide. It’s similarly easy and unpleasant to imagine the accident that...

  • PHIL DIRKX

    Gun safety is important for boys to learn

    A headline in the May 2 Tribune said, “5-year-old shoots sister to death.” A boy had killed his two-year old baby sister in rural, southern Kentucky. It reminded me of the shooting in 1984 west of Paso Robles where a 14-year-old boy shot and killed a 13-year-old boy.

  • LON ALLAN

    Atascadero should stop ignoring ugly signs around town

    I was waiting for the traffic light to turn green the other day, stopped in front of the commercial center that houses Vons, Rite-Aid and a number of smaller retailers.

  • STEVE PROVOST

    When ‘illegal’ becomes illegal

    With immigration a big topic in the news these days, it’s worth noting that The Associated Press recently decided to outlaw the use of the terms “illegal immigrant” and “undocumented immigrant.” Unless you’re a newspaper editor or someone who feels strongly...

  • JOETOPIA

    Poly's quarter system doesn't need to be changed

    The vast majority of the Cal State University’s campuses are on semesters, leaving Cal Poly as one of only six out of 23 operating on quarters. And two others are in the process of changing over.

  • PHIL DIRKX

    Citizenship should be requirement to serve on juries

    Last week the California Assembly voted 45-25 to allow noncitizen immigrants to serve on juries. That surprised me. I hadn’t seen any marching crowds of noncitizen immigrants demanding to be jurors.

  • SUZANNE DAVIS

    Kids say the darnedest things

    Against the advice of my retired friends, I’ve started substitute teaching a bit — a very little bit. I recently turned down a two-day job for someone I adore. Between you and me, it just sounded like too much of a commitment for a person as retired as I.

  • SANDRA DUERR

    How to get in touch with columnists?

    Q: I read the April 15 opinion piece by Kathleen Parker (“Judd and McConnell, and a recording”) and wanted to email her that I disagreed with her position on recording private conversations. I think whoever did the recording ought to be given a medal, not prosecuted. When I went ...

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