This years Fourth will be specialHowdy Beaver

This years Fourth will be special

Howdy Beaver

Another Fourth of July is approaching and folks all over this part of our world will be celebrating with picnics, camping trips, hikes, a day on the water (and isn't it good that we have water to be on this year), or wonderful barbecues in the back yard.

This is an especially important July Fourth for our country as it is the first one since the events of Sept. 11. This one is celebrated amid terrible troubles in the Mideast and threats to us here in the United States by people who genuinely wish us harm.

Kind of sad to figure that one out. Harm t...