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derdogs. us may very well symbolize rant to be. dog who defeated Goliath y to win. t people will pay to see the a, who goes the distance :c the lack of a law degree ific Gas & Electric Com - ("Erin Brockovich"); un Wallace, who led his army against Edward I vildly successful though Ily inaccurate film eheart"); undersized rse Seabiscuit, who in - millions during the De- n with his will to win scuit"); Luke Skywalk- fits the "epic Hero" def - like Catwoman fits her t ("Star Wars"). and -1d playing Crystal Lee a real-life single mom vafls in unionizing her ctory ("Norma Rae"). e must note that ex - Luke Skywalker and Balboa -and there's spore about Rocky, believe the movie -1y based on the life weight boxer Chuck - all of these heroes people (unless they 'se, of course). g •-� .o•r, .� ,� cucrauy not a judge. Among other things, 1 510101a Maidbag No fun attractions Dear Mayor Miron, I believe that the o en erty is Listed for sale. In defense of karaoke lot on Finale Avenue (behind fill ers during As one of the volunteer KidzPlace) has the potential judges of the karaoke Ion- to become a FUN hangout test at Hugo Good Neighbor for teenagers. Days, I wanted to respond to It can be a Hugo Com- the negative letter printed in munity Center (HCC). It the last issue of The Citizen. can include an underground The contest is supposed Pool for the community or a to be for FUN — it's not park or even au ice rink for American Idol. skating and hockey practice in the neighborhood. Our much-appreciated karaoke DJ was Luton Za- This would help people udtke, who volunteered to in the neighborhood during make the 300 -anile round the summer to not get bored trip to help out the Lions, as and do bad things; instead she does every year. She did they can hang out with their have a few equipment prob- friends and have fun. lems, but that happens when There are not any fun at- you are setting up in a picnic tractions within walking dis- area. tante of this neighborhood I'm sorry you felt the and this would be a wonder- event was lousy, because i way for kids and teenag- the Judges and the contes- to have fun and stay safe tants had fun. There was a a long summer. child who was given fudging Thanks for your time] slips to fill out to keep her life heroes abound. Tor, Gabrielson - was Rosa Parks, Hugo Tie act of defiance bus catapulted the -4 copv of this letter was movement into the provided to The Citizen by I ofAmerican life, the writer, who is 13 years old was Raoul Wallen- and a resident of the Oneka en's special envoy to Estates neighborboodnear the vho single-handedly Hugo Fire Station. The prop - +ands of Hungarian extermination dui - d Reich. were the 50 Japa- ns who sacrificed n an effort to pre- 9ve radiation leak nehind at the per. ver plant after the year. T the US. soldiers Q ners of war, thou- om suffered un- 1 C tore, and many a p gh i saving a special eart for the hero eday find a cure and underdogs, all. amused; since she left half- way thru the program, those slips were thrown out. The rest of the slips were totaled up and the winners in three categories were d uw senaer, unopened. paper. T l -6 -tzar-) P The Citizen Election Season Guidelines for letters to the editor • Letters must include the name address and daytime phone number Of the letter -writer All letters wgl be verified. One signature per latter please. M words maxOrwmi. Letters must be typed (emall rs preferable) and are subject to edfm Letters must and gramme, • Fads and statistics referred to In letters must mcludethe source of the information, • Four weeks (or issues) must pass between publication of letters from the same winter. Exceptions may be made for rebuttals. - • Letters by campaign managers or candidates designed to champion the candidate's position on a specific Issue will not be accepted. • please, no form letters reprinted as pan of letter -witting campaigns. • Only letters originating from writers from or living within Citizen circulation areas will be printed. • No letters regarding candidates or election issues will be published Oct. 25. • The Citizen reserves the right not to publish any letter. • An identification fine may be added to the writer's letter Identifying his or her occupation or title as it applies to ma topic of the letter. Corrections & Clarifications The St. Genevieve Parish annual parish picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. 19, not Aug. 9 as printed in the last is- sue of The Citizen. awar - knew that — or cared. If you ed using a point system, had questions about what And as for pointing out that the winner was the was happening or how we daughter of a friend of Lu- were judging, you could have Ann's, none of theud es lust asked, instead of writing 1 g a letter full of accusations and innuendos aimed at People who volunteer a lot of time in our community. Cindy Petty Hugo