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June 25, 2009

Anonymous Pharos-Tribune Thu Jun 25, 2009, 09:03 AM EDT

Another way to crack down

On the news, you hear that illegals have crossed our borders. For some reason they have selected to come here to Logansport? I guess they are being employed or they would not move here. The local newspaper on the front page read “Talking Gangs” (Pharos-Tribune, June 13). In the article, it claimed there are six gangs, many of which are ethnic based. I think I know which minority national group they must be talking about.

I think if the pressure was put on the government officials in this town to start making the federal government take a stand and start deporting this certain illegal minority national group, the gangs would not be gone, but they sure would lose some members as well as us saving some U.S. tax dollars.

Also, in fear of being deported they might move to some other city and then that would become that city’s problem and no longer ours. Plus there also would be a few thousand jobs open up that the unemployed people of this city could have in tough times!

A sheriff in Texas set up a tent city and makes the captured illegals stay in the tents and feeds them PB&Js; as they are dressed in pink jump suits. The townspeople love him, but the federal government seems to be bothered by it. Now the immigration department has had to listen to him and are now deporting the illegal minority national group back to their country from his town. The sheriff said, they will no longer plant their seeds in my town and if they do cross the border again, I can bet you they stay away from this town. That would be great if this was my town government’s outlook.

I see time after time in the police reports in the paper of people who are pulled over and have never been registered to drive. I guess this is not a sign that they are here illegally? Are they just given a ticket and drive on down the road? They should be given the pink jumpsuits and handed over to the immigration department and deported.

Larry Hayden

Logansport

Thanks for help with fundraiser

The Fritz family, Duane, Chrys, Kelcie and Bryer, that held the benefit for the Braxton Grandstaff headstone, would like to thank the following:

The 4-H Association for lending us the building free of charge; Gina Curl and Brunos for the great pizzas; Bob Shanks and Happy Burger for the cups and napkins; Tom Maggart of Reeling and Rocking DJ for his time; Assistant Police Chief Mike Morphet and Officer Carl Swan for donating your time; Wendi Blair of Collision World and Ken Lindzy of Sherwin-Williams for selling tickets for us; Sue Gunter and Thor Roberts for all your help at the benefit; Larry Rollins for donating the headstone for Braxton, you are our hero and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts; Josh Vernon for sandblasting the headstone and all the help that you have offered us.

Last but not least, to all of you that attended. You were all great and we thank you for coming out and helping us raise the money.

Chrys Fritz

Logansport

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