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18.05.12

My father, an orthodox rabbi, took the position that the Talmudic rule "the law of the king is the law" should apply in a Jewish state, no more or no less than it does in the diaspora outside Israel. Moreover, carrying out one's obligations (and there are a lot in Judaism) is just as important as studying them.

So my older sister served in whatever capacity she was deemed suitable, as did my other siblings when recruited. They were accommodated in their religious practices without being exempted from appropriate civic or military duties.

JESSE VORST

Winnipeg

Solemnity versus leisure

Re: A foolish idea (Letters, May 2). While I don't really care if a water park is built or not, what difference would it make if it were built across from the human rights museum? There is already a ballpark and a skateboard park in close vicinity to the museum, and the parking lot in question was recently home to a travelling midway. No one seems to have a problem with these other leisure venues in the area.

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Orange Trees Define the Early Monrovia Landscape

18.05.12

When early settlers began arriving in 1886 in the area that was to soon become Monrovia, they purchased land, partly to build on and partly for speculation. But the construction of homes and businesses proceeded slowly [by early 1887 there were only two homes north of White Oak (Foothill) between Myrtle and Mayflower], so much of the land was planted with fruit trees, primarily citrus, and most of the citrus was orange trees. 

Early photographs of the town show it heavily populated with orange trees, as the climate in the area was ideal for growing citrus. Water from nearby Sawpit Canyon was plentiful. C.O Monroe, a brother of town founder William M. Monroe, was the first in Monrovia to clear land from the brush for the purpose of growing oranges, although ranches in the Duarte area were producing before the arrival of William Monroe in 1884.

There were a number of ranches even within the city limits of Monrovia in those early days. Cyrus Upham’s ranch was

Source: Patch.com