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A Bunch of Chickens in Salem

"Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house, as to build a cathedral" - Frank Lloyd Wright

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem once again stands at the crossroads, with a chance to make a good decision for its residents. The city council is faced with a choice to help people in a poor economy; folks who want to keep a few chickens on their property so their families can have fresh eggs, while keeping their gardens free of pests.

Apparently that is a lot to ask for. Good clucking luck. Depending on their decision, the council might come out of this one with egg on their face.

Look to the Veteran: Learn Patriotism by Example!

A few thoughts as we prepare to honor so many.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - We know the first ten amendments to the Constitution as “The Bill of Rights”. We all certainly owe the Founding Fathers a great deal for constructing a document that all thirteen of the original states could agree upon.

The patriots who fought and died in the Revolutionary War made it possible for such a document to be discussed, analyzed, constructed, and ratified.

Health Care for Exposure to Military Environmental Hazards

Part I: Camp Lejeune and Atsugi Naval Air Facility

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This story is about the widespread use of chemicals in the military, unsafe disposal practices, and failure to use personal protective equipment, to avoid unnecessary contamination and suffering.

Ode to a Murdered Marine

Two former West Coast Marine veterans team-up to write a poem on the murder of a Marine Corps Colonel.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It’s hard for me to picture two hardnosed Marine veterans as poets. My limited contact with poetry was in college at Temple University in the 1970s. I managed to squeeze by an English poetry course with a gentlemen “C.”

With these credentials, I’m not exactly a poetry expert, but you have to be impressed with the efforts made by Tim King and Luke Easter, two Marine veterans, to honor the memory of Colonel James E. Sabow, USMC.

Marinestan

Conflict will remain the same as long as human nature does. The Marines have always understood that.

(PALO ALTO, Calif.) - Periodically, the Marines’ way of doing things so bothers our military planners that some higher-ups try to curb their independence.

The ten-part HBO series on the Pacific campaign of World War II just ended. That story of island-hopping was mostly about how the old breed of U.S. Marines fought die-hard Japanese infantrymen face to face in places like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Guam, and Okinawa.

Clearing the Air for Missing Photojournalist Sean Flynn`s Family

The fog surrounding this four decade old mystery is thick; here is the story of Rory Flynn's tragic search for her daring, adventurous brother who lived the role his father played on screen.

(PHNOM PENH / LOS ANGELES / SALEM) - Swirling controversy, the love of a family, epic mystery, barbaric communism: these diverse conditions only begin to set the stage for the story of Sean Flynn, a memorable actor-turned-combat photojournalist who disappeared during the invasion of Cambodia, on 6 April 1970.

Unverified reports of every type are circulating, but this is the story of the painful journey of the Flynn family.

Advisory Panel Poised To Back EPA`s Landmark Cancer Finding On TCE

Salem-News.com has been reporting the massive TCE contamination of MCAS El Toro and Camp Lejeune for three years.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A panel of experts reviewing EPA's draft risk assessment of the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) appears to be poised to back the agency's proposed listing of the ubiquitous groundwater contaminant as a human carcinogen.

Senators and Representatives Support Ban on Landmines: Letters Sent to President Obama

“The strong support these letters have received shows that Congress is firmly behind accession to the Mine Ban Treaty” - Zach Hudson, Coordinator, U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A letter signed by 68 senators, asking the administration to join the 1997 Landmine Ban Treaty, was delivered to President Obama on Tuesday.

The signers include 10 Republicans and two Independents and constitute more than the two-thirds of the Senate needed to ratify a treaty.

Activist, Musician, and Multi-War Combat Veteran

LZ Lambeau: Finally...

(DA NANG) - In 1971, a young soldier by the name of Lem Genovese received orders to serve in Vietnam. He did so honorably. He grew up quickly – perhaps too quickly, like so many of us during those turbulent times.

At 20 years of age, he experienced death first hand, perhaps more so than many of us – working with those who were KIA and WIA.

LIBERTY means Freedom and `Never Give Up!`

“The attack was the easy part; the aftermath in not being able to get our government to address this cover up has been the bastard.”- Gary Brummett, USS LIBERTY survivor

(TAMPA, Fla.) - On a steamy evening in May, a social justice Methodist Church invited the community to dinner and a presentation intended to ignite a fire in all bellies.

Ernest A. Gallo, Chairman and Liberty Foundation President of the USS liberty Veterans Association, warned the crowd, “My intent is to tell you the truth and if I do a good job, you will leave here tonight with heart burn.