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Monday, January 22, 2007
What I think is a very useful link, “The National Do Not Call List,” has been added to Harold’s Reference Library. By going to this web site you can opt out of receiving telemarketing phone calls at home. I have resisted taking this step myself, but with so many opting out it has left fewer of us to call, and I now receive, on average, 20 calls a week.

I am also going to start putting a news article in the Newsletter called “Dumbest Idea of the Week.” If you run across an article you want considered for this prestigious award send me the link to the news article. It was an easy pick this week. Read the second article in the newsletter and you might just agree with me.
Citrus freeze good news for NW Fruit
FRESNO, Calif. -- It took just five nights of bitter cold to ruin nearly $1 billion in citrus and other produce, but some crops thrived in the frigid temperatures.Peaches, cherries, apples and grapes are maturing nicely thanks to the ongoing chill, which helps trees and vines bloom properly to produce quality fruit. And citrus growers who didn't suffer a total loss might have a better year for their remaining harvestable fruit, state Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura said Friday. "In a short market, if you're the only one who has a crop that looks good you'll be at the top of the heap," Kawamura said. "For stone fruit and the grape industry certainly a good solid chill on these plants is a good thing."

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Source: The Daily News
  Harold Thinks! This is a tragic event and it is hard to find good in it if you’re involved in the citrus industry. In fact in some areas the freeze will have a positive impact. Northwest apple movement and bananas pricing is moving up as the demand picked up to off set limited California citrus to sell. The cold weather is also going to help the soft fruit as colder weather helps produce quality fruit. That is not news that will cheer the hearts of those in the citrus industry as they face staggering a loss.
A spanking ban: are you gonna get it?
Dumbest Idea of the Week
A spanking ban: are you gonna get it?
 LaTimes.com 
By Nancy Vogel, Times Staff Writer
January 20, 2007 
SACRAMENTO — Assemblywoman Sally Lieber hit a nerve when she mused publicly this week about making it illegal for parents to strike children younger than 4.The Bay Area Democrat hasn't introduced a bill yet, but critical calls and e-mails — including some personal attacks — have flooded her offices since her local newspaper wrote about her intention. Unbowed, Lieber said she would introduce a bill next week to make California the first state to make the hitting of a toddler or baby a crime. Language was still being drafted, but Lieber was considering making a violation a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in county jail. "It would get us out of the ridiculous situation of having our law saying there's justifiable beating of children," Lieber said, "in the midst of a society where we say we value children and protect them." Readers of the San Jose Mercury News blasted the idea — "Although I don't believe in spanking, I sure do not need some media-grubbing politician to tell me how to raise my kids," wrote one — but Lieber said she was confident that she would win Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's support.
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Source: LaTimes.com
Harold Thinks! I want to say up front that I don’t approve of spanking infants. I just think the concept of government being involved in this issue is Dumb. There are already laws that protect children from abuse and that is proper. I seldom spanked my children. I was the one raising them and trying to teach them right from wrong, and I saw nothing wrong with it. I have to say it hurt me more than it did them but it did get their attention. I am sure I will get lots of comments on this article. My guess is they will run about 70% for and 30% against. Let’s here from you!