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Third parties are standing by
Dave McNeely
      Democrat Barack Obama is taking heat for suspicions that he's cheating toward the middle, or because he got more delegates than Hillary Clinton and probably will pick someone else as his running mate.
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Excerpts from letters that didn't make it
Mary Henkel Judson
      Let's talk some trash. Like plastic bags, cellophane wrappers, dirty diapers, cigarette butts. Get the picture? It's not pretty. On return trips from points north, the amount of trash along the highways and byways increases as one travels farther south. In Corpus Christi it reaches a crescendo.
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Keeping things in perspective
Steve Martaindale
      In the grand scheme of things, we know that our experience the night of July Fourth was a mere blip, but to three couples and one little boy, it was four hours of drama we did not care to endure.
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Letters to the Editor
      Vandals: Stay home! I have no idea if anyone reading this letter is a vandal. Vandals probably don't read; perhaps their family or non-vandal friends who know who they are read the South Jetty, so they can relay this message.
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