http://www.TheUnion.com The Union Section RSS Feed: Opinion Serving Grass Valley, Ca Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 en 30 Common Core brings dangerous line of thinking into schools http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6444734-113/core-common-education-nation County businesses need to reach out to seniors http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6444072-113/county-grass-valley-local ‘Sexting’ can have serious legal ramifications http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6445367-113/pictures-child-laws-register It’s time to hold Consolidated Fire District board accountable The ongoing soap opera that has played out over the past year with Nevada County Consolidated Fire District continues. In this week’s edition of “As Consolidated Turns,” we learned that the district’s board has failed to meet three requirements it promised to voters who approved a special tax measure in … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6563747-113/board-district-fire-members Thank you to Lucchesi Vineyards http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506861-113/family-event-jablecki-janis ‘Journey to the West’ an overwhelming success http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506667-113/music-catsweb-community-journey Volunteer firefighting a patriotic act in and of itself http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6537306-113/department-fire-party-republican Small businesses support minimum wage increase http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6444366-113/wage-minimum-business-owners Where is the outrage? http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6444217-113/baby-child-parents-hospital Fruit & Veggie Fest today http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6550327-113/vegetables-fruit-health-county Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6366584-113/care-insurance-pay-companies The three heroines of Guatemala: The judge, the attorney general and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6534042-113/guatemala-case-nairn-trial Senate skips details in rush to pass immigration bill http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6533998-113/bill-gang-democrats-eight Questions for Doug LaMalfa http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506729-113/doug-government-lamalfa-nevada Gideon decision turns 50 http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6445136-113/gideon-states-court-public Asking the same exact questions of alcohol, caffeine http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6429678-113/caffeine-alcohol-brain-documented Grocery Outlet supports much-needed food drive http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506921-113/thank-donated-drive-grocery Recognizing public servants http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506621-113/public-employees-servants-state Cuts to NU language classes s a disservice to students http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506957-113/german-language-class-foreign Carrtoon: May 15, 2013 … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6520968-113/2013-carr-carrtoon-john Join our youth in the campaign to ban plastic bags http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6506791-113/county-bags-council-students Construction worker helps senior citizen http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6428988-113/road-worker-closed-construction A love letter to The Center for the Arts http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6377413-113/center-becoming-corea-grass A stellar year for the NU Choir http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6364699-113/nevada-received-choir-student Good samaritan steps in http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6272577-113/daughter-alta-animal-april Our view: Courthouse study in right hands This week, Nevada City’s elected officials directed city staff to pursue an independent feasibility study in hopes of reviving the renovation of the Nevada County Courthouse, which the state “indefinitely delayed” in January despite its own 2009 report that deemed the 148-year-old facility “unsafe, substandard, overcrowded and functionally deficient.” The … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6467280-113/state-nevada-county-courthouse Upcoming decisions will impact NU football http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6445822-113/football-coach-position-program Drop personal issues and focus on citizen safety http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6429644-113/county-fire-nevada-focus Looking back at your mother’s Mother’s Day http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6443843-113/women-holiday-peace-howe Eating too much Gold Country fish may pose a health hazard http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6445055-113/fish-mercury-sierra-eating Wildfires 2013: A government sponsored disaster http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6444563-113/forests-wildfires-forest-california Stop overflowing sewage http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6443408-113/auburn-grass-message-ocean A day to remember http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6443294-113/nevada-athletes-coaches-former Your family may be suited to hosting an exchange student http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6428744-113/exchange-students-host-student ‘The doughnut hole’ http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6443681-113/costs-hole-medicare-drug Not my grandson http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6443497-113/grandson-suspicious-attending-aware Successful year for Nevada County Reads and Writes http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6428658-113/county-nevada-library-program Penn Valley businesses: true meaning of community http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6428814-113/penn-valley-fire-businesses Informed voters? Hardly http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6429314-113/percent-choice-mate-running Waste Management can’t be our only option http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6428702-113/management-waste-agency-county The right to self defense predates the Second Amendment http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6377834-113/self-amendment-protection-clips Paying it forward http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6364797-113/forward-mom-paying-afford Second annual fire extinguisher training a success http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6272988-113/kevin-supplied-training-eskaton Winning Hispanic vote won’t be enough for GOP http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6441744-113/hispanic-romney-vote-percent An epidemic of military sexual assault http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6441778-113/sexual-military-assault-rape It takes a village idiot … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6369358-113/cartoonist-crabb-idiot-takes Carrtoon: May 8, 2013 … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6434277-113/2013-carr-carrtoon-john Telehealth offers quality care without leaving the area http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6366273-113/specialist-patient-telehealth-care Democrats responsible for continued gun violence http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6377813-113/gun-laws-enforcement-responsible Trail access increases property values http://www.TheUnion.com/opinion/6377362-113/property-trail-trails-access