Letters to the Editor
Dear Jackie, I wanted to thank you for your immigration article in Apr. 17 issue. It was great, compassionate, and heartfelt, and I feel exactly the same way you do. I have an immigration story I want to share with you. Five years ago, my 22 year old son, Chris, and his finance were [...]
Dear Jackie, Even the least informed know the world is in trouble. The air we breathe is toxic, the water polluted, the soil depleted of nutrients and drying up, the poles are melting and an orange-ish haze hovers over trapped by its own weight. We continue in our destructive ways, ignoring Nature’s rumblings of things [...]
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Mayfield College would like to thank the contributors who donated items to “Operation: Mayfield Cares.” Thanks to your generous donations, we have collected enough items to fill over 50 care packages that will be sent directly to the Marines from Twentynine Palms who were re-deployed to Afghanistan this month. We are estimating that when all [...]
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STAR letters Jackie, Russ Martin, of Mission Springs Water District, wrote in his letter to the Editor, (and stated at last Tuesday’s Desert Hot Springs City Council meeting), that “The Mission Springs Water District does NOT provide ANY water to the Sentinel Plant.” I questioned him about this during a break in the meeting. He [...]
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Response to Editorial published March 6, 2013 Hi Jackie, thank you for taking time to listen and writing an excellent article. I believe an honest engaged media is an “Our Unions, Our Jobs, Our Economy: Where do we go from here?” absolute requirement for a free nation to survive. I would argue being a [...]
Continue reading …Dear Editor; About Mitchell’s letter (Feb. 13), I am pleased he credited me as an affiliate of Occupy Coachella Valley and People Over Pollution, two groups fighting human and environ-mental abuses by large corporations such as CPV Sentinel Energy Project sited in North Palm Springs. Problems with Mitchell’s comments include; the EPA has stated in [...]
Continue reading …Honoring fallen Police officer of Riverside Police Department Dear County Team Members, As you know we have lost a brave police officer last week. This brave officer was a member of the Riverside Police Department. We are also hoping for the full recovery of another Riverside police officer who was wounded in the same shooting. [...]
Continue reading …Dear Principal: As one more local enjoying a break with a cup of coffee at McDonald’s I realized that, while in there, it is becoming very hard to enjoy peace, calm and quiet time during after school hours. All starts with the presence of middle school students who have no problem to behave wildly, [...]
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A belated thank you for prominently featuring the announcement for our November community drum circle at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center in your 11/22 issue. Your support is much appreciated. I’d also like to acknowledge you for your column in last week’s issue debunking some of the major rip-offs within the realm of non-profit (so-called) [...]
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By Jackie Devereaux I’m thankful for being alive because four years ago on Thanksgiving Day 2008, I sat paralyzed in a wheelchair being spoon-fed by my loving and devoted husband, Tom. Our turkey dinner was cooked by two German holistic healers from Los Angeles who came to help save my life because doctors here were [...]
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