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Fruit soups add chill to mealtime
Author: Beth Dooley, The Minnesota Star Tribune

As September rolls in, I try to cling to every sunny minute. Give me the dishes that require nothing more than the freshest local produce, good spices and no-cook recipes that I can whip up in my bare feet, music blasting away.

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In Our View: Little recommended for District 4 council seat
Author: The Columbian

Despite not holding elected office, Matt Little has strong political experience and demonstrates a thoughtful understanding of complex issues. Because of that, The Columbian’s Editorial Board recommends him for Clark County councilor from District 4.

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Letter: Look for character in leaders
Author: Gary Van Allen, VANCOUVER

What we all saw on display during the debate was former President Donald Trump showing a lack of honesty, integrity, respect, empathy, and an absence of caring for others, including country. Conversely, Vice President Kamala Harris showed us her strong leadership characteristics.

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Letter: Candidates are third-rate
Author: Donald Knoop, VANCOUVER

Mr. French from Camas believes a write-in vote is a wasted vote (“Don’t waste your vote for president,” Our Readers’ Views, Sept. 13). I can assure him I will not have a warm and fuzzy feeling when I cast mine in November. I will have a feeling of disgust towards two parties that put up third-rate candidates. I cannot vote for either candidate with a clear conscience. Whatever happened to the brightest and best our country has to offer?

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Letter: Regulations slow progress
Author: Mark DiVittorio, VANCOUVER

I was intrigued by the article on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program progress (“I-5 Bridge replacement environmental impact statement to be published Sept. 20,” The Columbian, Sept. 11).

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Letter: Trump is for the people
Author: Bryan Yinger, BRUSH PRAIRIE

So, I’m supposed to believe our current vice president will fix the mess she has created if we just vote her back? A “new way forward” . . . from her own administration? That is rich.

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Letter: Harris supports ungodliness
Author: Bob Mattila, BRUSH PRAIRIE

A vote for Kamala Harris, I believe, is a vote to ask God to destroy the United States of America. She is completely for abortion and many other ungodly things.

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Death notices for Sept. 18, 2024
Author: The Columbian

Anthony J. Byrum, 43, Vancouver, died Sept. 11, 2024. Camas Cremation and Burial Services, 360-858-8919.

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Seattle Times Politics

It’s surreal when the lie machine comes for your hometown
Author: Danny Westneat

Columnist Danny Westneat is originally from Springfield, which Trump slandered for eating its pets. It's been galling to watch how the totally fake can become real.

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Georgia's Deadly Abortion Ban: The Tragic Deaths of Two Black Women, Candi Miller & Amber Thurman
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

At least two women in Georgia have died since the state’s six-week abortion ban went into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Candi Miller and Amber Thurman, both Black women and mothers to young children, died after they were unable to access care for rare but typically treatable complications caused by medication abortion. We hear more from ProPublica editor Ziva Branstetter, whose publication reported on the preventable deaths of Miller and Thurman, and from reproductive justice advocate Monica Simpson. “We are in a maternal healthcare crisis in our state,” says Simpson, the executive director of SisterSong, an organization that works throughout the southern United States on behalf of communities of color, which disproportionately suffer the impacts of restrictions on abortion care.

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