http://verdenews.com en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:17:43 GMT Daily feed of articles. No commercial use of these feed links is permitted without the written permission of the publisher. http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54725 The handwriting is on the wall as it relates to higher utility rates for the City of Cottonwood's water and wastewater systems. Opinions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54723 Whether it be white and fluffy, black and furry, short legged or long legged, dogs belong on a leash when being walked on the Oakcreek Country Club course. Opinions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:54:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54724 I would like to know if there are any limits on the amount of the river the ditch association is allowed to divert? Opinions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:54:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54722 Excuse me if I am not persuaded by the recent Wall Street Journal editorial stating that I should be comforted "that two Presidents as distant in temperament and philosophy as George W. Bush and Barack Obama both endorsed the NSA programs." Opinions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54721 Spring is a fun time of the year when you have a great-grandson playing baseball. Opinions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54720 I don't think debatable studies of detrimental health effects as presented by Dr. Leon Cattolico (My Turn, 6/11/13) are an effective deterrent to the use of marijuana, and they're certainly not valid arguments for the federal illegality of cannabis that both criminals and law enforcement agencies profit from. Opinions Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54683 There's something you should know about my father. He loves Arizona. Opinions Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:27:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54682 Edward Snowden, the youthful information technician who leaked our nation's top-secret cyber-spy program, has made his mark on history. I suspect his "moment of fame" will last more than 15 minutes. And after all the debate about what he did, history will have to decide if it's really a moment of infamy. Opinions Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:25:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54681 Sheriff Terry Maketa of El Paso County, Colo., wrote a letter to his fellow Americans, you and me, regarding the attack on our Constitution. Opinions Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:24:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54652 In the heat of summer, or the super-heat of spring as it has been this year in Arizona, there is something in human nature that seeks out water as an escape. Opinions Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54651 As Committee Chairman of the Cultural Heritage and Recreational Affairs Committee of the Camp Verde Chamber of Commerce, I would like to take this opportunity to voice our the closing of yet another key recreational area in Camp Verde: Bull Pen. Opinions Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:29:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54650 We are again approaching America's anniversary. Having just remembered our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, we might ask what motivated them to fight and what ideals justify their sacrifice? This is a good time to reread our Declaration of Independence. Opinions Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:28:00 GMT http://verdenews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=54649 On June 7, 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that women and men have the right to privacy in making decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, legalizing contraception. Forty-eight years later, the promise of the Griswold decision is on the verge of being fulfilled but the family planning provider network and its patients are under attack. Opinions Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:27:00 GMT