FROM THE TOP
LELAND ACKER chreporter@mediactr.com
      I am deeply troubled by the direction in which our society is moving. We have grown colder, more bitter and self absorbed. The 33 lives lost in the Virginia Tech massacre are nothing short of a tragedy. Yet, in my mind, the whole episode reveals the depreciating value of human life in this country...
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SCENE IN PASSING
MARIE WHITEHEAD herald@mediactr.com
      If you have misplaced your calendar, please be advised that this is the last issue of the Cherokeean Herald for the month of April. Time really does fly. And we've had action on behalf of the future of the Texas State Railroad. Please keep the faith and hope in your hearts that there is a future fo...
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HIGH POINTS FROM EL CAMINO REAL
CHRIS DAVIS elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
      Folks along El Camino Real were blessed with a beautiful spring weekend that seemed even nicer than it was after the two or three cold weather weekends we've had in a row. It's a little dryer than it ought to be this time of year, but it hasn't gotten so hot that you notice it. July and August is w...
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