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My goodness but we have some intellectual orators on this site!

I am not a Law Enforcement officer so should not criticize. However, I have been dropping my children off at their respective schools and have noticed that cars are speeding in the school zone. Please keep in mind there are small children present, even at the High School, on Monday I saw a little girl crossing the crosswalk almost get hit by a black truck. If you're in a hurry to get to work or running late, please stay away from the schools during the a.m. and p.m.

Thumbs down to the small town Daily Journal reporter who thinks he/she knew what it was like to work in that riot and criticized the police. The week was a sucess because of the police. No one was killed and minimal property damage (on a riot scale) occurred. Thousands of delegates and local civilians thanked police officers in the streets because they knew that they kept order for daily operation in the Twin Cities.

The FDIC has warned that well over 100 banks, and possibly over 200 banks, will fail in the coming year. Considering that the failure of just IndyMac bank depleted the FDIC's reserves 10-20%, the average investor should watch the financial pages with great concern for his or her own economic sustainability and fiscal well being.

I can see from the few days that I have been back in IFalls that there is not much that is different. There are a few new things that I don't quite remember around town, but it is still the calm peaceful place that I loved over ten years ago. I still think out of all of the places that I have had a chance to visit that IFalls is one of the most beautiful parts of the country. Since I was up here back in 1997 I have had to opportunity to see many parts of the country via my truck driving experiences.