EDMOND —
To the Editor:
In the first installment of a series exploring the historical meaning of the U.S. Constitution (Opinion, Saturday, May 22, 2010, The Edmond Sun ) Don Powers writes in his first paragraph: “The work of hammering out a written Constitution took until Sept. 17, a month before British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., ending the War for Independence.”
I would like to think this was just a typo indicating the wrong year, but Cornwallis surrendered in October 1781, six long years before the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787. A peace treaty was signed in 1783 officially ending the Revolutionary War. Powers is right in stating that the fledgling United States struggled in near anarchy during those years under the Articles of Confederation.
It’s just that with that glaring historical error in the first paragraph I found it hard to take anything seriously in the remainder of the article. What else might be out of context or historical order? If Powers really does teach classes about the Constitution I would advise him to at least get the historical context correct before starting the next one.
Leaman D. Harris
Edmond
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On Feb. 14 patrons of District 2 have an opportunity to re-elect the current president of the Edmond School Board, Kathleen Duncan. Duncan has served as a board member for 10 years. When people move to the Oklahoma City area, they buy a home here because of the exceptional quality of Edmond Public Schools. This speaks to Duncan’s goal of “Excellence in Education for All Edmond Public School Students.” -
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In my 43-year career as a professor at the University of Central Oklahoma I wrote many a letter of recommendation for deserving students for jobs, graduate and professional schools and scholarships. Those letters are read by busy people who have important decisions to contemplate and my belief is they ought to be brief and on point. This is such a letter. -
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I am writing this letter to support and endorse the re-election of Kathleen Duncan to the Edmond Board of Education next Tuesday. I’ve been an Edmond resident for the past 20 years, and because I don’t live in District 2, I cannot cast my vote for Duncan, but I do pay a considerable amount in taxes to the Edmond Public School District. -
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Kathleen Duncan serves tirelessly in her capacity as an Edmond Board of Education member. A former teacher, school counselor and Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney, she has the time to go into our schools and hear the needs of teachers, students and staff. When she hears of needs, she has the time and experience to share those issues with the appropriate administrators for investigation and resolution. - More Letters to the Editor Headlines
