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Photo by Anita Munson Raul Espinoza, who’ll be a third-grader at Wakarusa Elementary School this year, was pretty happy with all the school supplies he placed in his bag Saturday, but his face shows the mixed emotions many students feel about going back to school while the summer is in full swing.

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saved me at least $100." Others echoed her sentiments as they carefully instructed their children to take only needed items so that everyone would have the same opportunity. Judy Foster, a foster mother at the library with several of her children, called the event a "much appreciated" service. Students like Taya Bonee, who'll be a seventh-grader at North Wood Middle School, was pleased to find pencils among the many supplies free for the taking. "1 really need them for tests," she said. "This is the third year we've done it," Dianne Debelak, spokeswoman for the Nappanee Area Chamber of Commerce, a sponsor of the program, said. "It's probably one of the most worthwhile projects we do." Growing in its offerings each and every month, Second Saturday participants continue to understand and try to provide what area consumers want and need in the way of special deals from area businesses, entertainment, and special

informational presentations to assist with daily living. Participants also have found a way to incorporate both the downtown merchants and the rural "shingle shop" ownersoperators into a melting pot of mutual cooperation for the benefit of the entire community. They embraced the "School Supply Daze" program, and added to it this year. Free flowering dogwoods for Arbor Day Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in August this year will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees. The trees are part of the non-profit foundation's Trees for America campaign, dedicated to environmental stewardship through the planting of trees. The trees will be shipped postpaid between Oct. 15 and Dec. 10, at the right time for planting in each member's area. For‘membership, send a $lO contribution to Ten Dogwoods, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 58410, by Aug. 31, or join online at www.arborday.org. Around. cont. from front Bremen hosts circus Aug. 28 BREMEN The Kelly Miller Circus will host two performances Aug. 28 at Bremen's Sunnyside Park at 2 and 5:30 p.m., with children 12 and under admitted free with an adult. The circus will raise the "Big Top" around 9 a.m. that morning, utilizing the services of Lisa/ the elephant. Circus spokesmen said this circus is the last to still use an elephant to raise the big tent. ' Tickets will be available at the gate just prior to show time^.

You deserve a factual look at... The Deadly Threat of i Nuclear-Armed Iran What can the wfirkh wtiat can the VSA* what cm brad abMit It? Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has declared publicly - not once, but repeatedly - that Israel must be “wiped off the map.” That effort, the destruction of Israel, seems to be the main goal of Iranian policy. When Iranian missiles are paraded through the streets of Tehran, the destination “to Jerusalem’ is clearly stenciled on them.

What arc the fads? A death wish for Israel. Ahmadinejad and the ayatollah who is the “supreme leader” haw publicly mused that one or two nuclear bombs would obliterate Israel, but that, though it would cause devastating damage and millions of casualties, Iran would surviw Israel's retaliatory attack. Iran is a huge country, with about 60 million inhabitants, so they are probably correct. And who can doubt that those religious fanatics would not hesitate to allow tire destruction of much

of their country and to sacrifice a third or ewn one-half of their population in order to eliminate the hated Jewish state. When our country was entangled with the Soviet Union in the bitter 40year long “cold war.’ with both sides having sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy the opponent's country and its people, things were kept in place by

MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction. Howewr “WST the leaders of the Soviet Union (the “Evil Empire”) may haw been, there was one great consolation and assurance They were not crazy. But the Iranians and other Muslims are crazies, as we understand the concept. Because they take instructions directly from Allah, who tells them to toll the Jews and other infidels, Whatever the cost Israel has no problem with Iran. They share no borders and haw no territorial dispute. In fact they face common Arab enemies and should be natural allies, as they indent were under the Shah. Iran's death wish for Israel is based entirely on religious fanaticism. In contrast ewn to the intractable North Koreans, the determination of the Iranians is immutable. It cannot be changed by persuasion, by diplomacy, by sanctions or by threats. Once Iran b in possession of nuclear weapons, it will not only be a deadly danger to Israel, but to all of the Middle East aid to virtually all of Europe. The flow of oil from the Middle East, die lifeblood of the industrialized world, would be totally under its control and so would be the economies of all nations of the world, very much including the United Stales. What is to be done? In 1981, then prime minister of Israel Menachem Begin, being aware of Iraq's nuclear ambitions and looming realization of those ambitions, decided that its nuclear reactor at Osiraq had to be destroyed. The lAF

An attack on the Iranian nudear installations would fall under the heading of “anticipatory self-defense,’ recognised and sanctioned by international law and by common sense. Nobody really knows for sure how far Inn b from reachingiti goal —six months, six years? The experts disagree. But if Iran b not stopped no* it magnwll be too tak net voplitigtialiiMi

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Take extra precaiition lor back to school

INDIANAPOLIS-About 756*000 children are expected to ride Hoosier school buses this school year. As students return to school from summer vacation, the Indiana Department of Transportation and the .Indiana Department of Homeland Security remind drivers to take extra precautions to avoid incidents. "Whenever possible, parents or guardians should wait for the school bus with young children," says IDHS Chief of Staff Mike Garvey. "Many children board school buses in the predawn hours and it can be difficult for drivers to see them in the dark. Adequate supervision at bus stops is important to help keep children safe." Garvey is an EMS professional with 33 years of experience. IDHS provides training and credentialing to all EMS personnel throughout the state, and certifies training institutions and all emergency medical transports. An average of 26 children

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admitted. "I have about 140 students in the program, and about 40 of them are in the top two auditions groups." Students who will perform are all upper-classmen, juniors and seniors. They include: Jon Christofeno, Ashley Conrad, Morgan Dahlgren, Jasmine Eagan, Martin Flowers, Trista Grove, Melanie Hertzler, Kelsey Hostetter, Taryn Johnson, Rachel LawrenceFoster, Kaity McFarland, Michelle Miller, Kyle Mishler, Tori Sauceda, Aaron Schlorke, Allison Schrock, Jamison Schrock, Becca Slabaugh, Jacob Smith, Kelbi Taylor, Lewis Telschow, Sean Thompson/

(Israeli Air Force) accomplbhed that in a daring and unprecedented raid. Iraq's nuclear capability was eliminated in one stroke, newr to rise up again. Israel had done the world an enormous service. Had it not been for Israel's decisiw action, the Iraqi conquest of Kuwait and, without question, also of Saudi Arabia and its enormous oil fields, and, for that matter, of Iran, could not haw been prevented. Saddam Hussein would haw been the ruler of the world. The solution to the deadly threat that Iran poses to the

“An attack on the Iranian nuclear installations would fall under the heading of “anticipatory selfdefense,"recognized and sanctioned by international law and by common sense.”

There b reason to beliew that the people of Iran, especially the young people, oppose the oppressiw and theocratic regime of their country and are hostile to the mullahs who control everything. But the government has the tools of power firmly in its hands. It controls the instruments of coercion - it can tall people and it controls the oil money. While it would be most desirable and in the interest of the world to be able to foment an overthrow of the Iranian regime, that b an unrealbdc and unattainable prospect Regrettably, there b only one solution to the terrible dilemma conWrting the world, the unacceptable danger of a nuclear-armed Iraalhe terror, the destruction and the 60 miflion dead of World Wto Q could have been prevented at sewral tiroes dura* the Nazi regime. But the Allied powers, under the leadership of Britain's prime minuter Neville Chamberlain, opted for appeasement and for “peace in our time." Wt cannot afford to make that same mistake again. The world must put Iran an ultimatum: Desist immediately from the dewloproent of nuclear weapons;4youdo not, shall destroy the facilities that produce thea There still b a" window of opgilnity to do that That window may dose wry soon. But vdn would do the job? The United States would be the obvious choice. But if the United States were in accord, Israel could do it, just as it <fid the job in 1961 in destroying Iraq’s nuclear potential once and far aIL

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year while getting on or off a school bus, or while waiting at the bus stop. Last year in Indiana, three children were killed in school transportation related incidents. Important safety tips for drivers: Back out carefully: Watch for children walking to the bus stop when backing out of a driveway. Slow down: Watch for children walking in the street and playing or congrlgating near bus stops. Some children may be waiting at bus stops in die early morning hours. This will make them more difficult to see, and extra caution should be taken. Be alert: Children arriving late for the bus may dart into the street without look-

Kyle Troyer, Holly Wilson, and Tyler Yanson. Reactions from the students when Cramer called them about the performance were mixed, he said. "Some were super-excited, and some said, 'Who's Foreigner?' Then, when I hummed a little of the songs, they knew." Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" hit number one on the charts in the mid-1980s, a fact most of the students' parents knew. "There were a lot of excited parents," Cramer noted. The band's classic rock tour this summer will feature hits and showcase new songs from its first album of new material in more than 15 years. * "We would have done this

world is obvious. Of course, diplomacy and persuasion, threats and promises, sticks and carrots - every possible means short of military action - should be used until it becomes clear even to the most obdurate that nothing can deviate Iran from its chosen path of becoming a nuclear power and to dominate the Middle East

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(concert) just for the fun of it, but the SI,OOO is icing on the cake," Cramer said of the funds that will help replenish the choir's accounts that were nearly cleaned out after the group visited New York City last year. "This will go a long way to help us out with operating expenses." The students have four school days to "whip it into shape," Cramer said of their

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dien waiting for the bug) Make sure children undo* stand to always May seated while the bus la in motion, and to follow any direction* from the hue, driver. If J child chops something nets Jhe bus, instruct them to tell the hue driver, rather this trying to pick it up thp£ Safety when walking to school#children ate walking to school, make sure they understand to walk on sidewalks, if available, and use crosswalks whenever possible. Remind them iff always look both way* before crossing toe street# children have to cross tile street to front of a bus, teach them to walk on the sidewalk or along the side of the road at least five giant steps ahead of the bus before they cross. ” For more tips on back to school and road safety, visit www.indotin.gov. For other safety information, visit www.in.gov/dhs/getprCpared.

practice time for the concert. There's no sheet music for them to look at, but Cramer already was working on the various harmony parts last week, ind planned to have the students learn the song ~2by ear." "I think, when they get up on the stage to actually sing it, they'll do just fine," he added. "I think they'll feel like rock stars for ope night!" < *

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