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The Beacon Bulletin
Click here for a copy of the October 2009 Beacon Bulletin newsletter.Click Here
Forty for Forty Campaign
Join Friends of the Library in 2009 as we celebrate the April 20, 1969 opening of library on the site of the former Smith Hotel. Give to the Forty for Forty campaign by donating $40 to purchase a book in honor, memory, or to recognize a local business/individual. A Fortieth Birthday celebration will be held Thursday, April 16 from 2:00-4:00 at the Union Parish Library. Celebrate forty years of library service and give to make a difference in the next forty years! Download the application here.Click Here
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Internet Use Policy
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Retire Union Parish
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On the Calendar:  Monday, 11/30/2009
Synergy Brass Band: The Union Parish Arts Council hosts the brass band Synergy for morning and afternoon sessions with the Farmerville High School band. An evening performance will be open to the public. Calendar

Opinion
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Op-Ed: Patient-centered wellness for our people powered world (The Yahoo! Newsroom)

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, points to a poster as he speaks at a news conference on pending health care legislation as Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., left, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)The Yahoo! Newsroom - Republican Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter is Chair of the Republican House Policy Committee and serves the 11th congressional district of Southeast Michigan. He is currently serving his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:07:20 GMT
Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate (The Yahoo! Newsroom)

Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) speaks next to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd R) during a news conference about the House vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasThe Yahoo! Newsroom - Washington, DC — We have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:03:58 GMT
We Must Replay the Match (HuffingtonPost.com)

HuffingtonPost.com - Read Bernard-Henri Lvy's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:46:21 GMT
Around the Nation (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- In his contribution to Going Rouge:

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:07 GMT
Letters to the editor (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Camo means honorThe opinion piece "Dressed to kill: Why clothe kids in camouflage?" left me feeling riled up and misunderstood. While camo represents aggression and violence to the writer, for my family it symbolizes honor, service, humility, and sacrifice.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
Behind The Filming Of One Of My Favorite Fantastic Mr. Fox Performances (HuffingtonPost.com)

HuffingtonPost.com - Read Wes Anderson's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:21:13 GMT
Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin (The Nation)

The Nation - The Nation -- Sarah Palin may have the headlines.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:23 GMT
GOP Dark Horses for 2012 (RealClearPolitics.com)

RealClearPolitics.com - Three years before the 2008 election, Barack Obama was a freshman Senator from Illinois who had wowed the crowd with his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT
Memo to Holder: Who's Accountable Now? (RealClearPolitics.com)

RealClearPolitics.com - When the Clinton administration prosecuted the blind cleric, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, and nine co-defendants in federal court in New York for their roles in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, much less was known about al-Qaeda and the risks of using ordinary criminal process for terror suspects. Part of the legacy of that trial was the disclosure of information to the lawyers for the defendants that wound up promptly in the hands of al-Qaeda members who eventually would plan and execute the next attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The information, which revealed some of what our government knew about international terrorism and how we knew it, helped shield some of the terror enterprise's deadly planning from those trying earnestly to monitor and stop terrorism. No one will ever know how to apportion responsibility, but there should be no doubt that this was one of many contributing factors to the loss of nearly 3,000 innocent lives in the horrific attacks of 9/11.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT
The real reason Iran can't be trusted (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - In the run-up to talks with Iran last month, many in Europe and the United States asked whether Iran would, or even could, come clean on its nuclear activities.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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