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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b and opposition that were on display last Sunday would continue until the people "get a chance to see how Alcoa operates." He felt assured that "over time, people will become more comfortable with the project." For this to happen, Mr Overby must make a greater effort to engage directly with those "stakeholders" on the united Cedros Peninsula ground.

But that's only a start.

The people have to be convinced that what they propose as a model for the development of their own community is inferior to the establishment of the smelter, that it would provide greater long-term sustainable development for them.

And it must be demonstrated to them why Sunday's smoke of a start ought not to intensify into a greater fire of protest and opposition as is their present intention.

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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b about immigration.

Communities even in areas far from any foreign border are dealing with the burdens and social change caused by growing numbers of immigrants, both legal and illegal.

Longtime residents and local officials complain of the costs of immigrant children in the schools, strains on health care systems for a population that often lacks insurance, and economic impact of people willing to work for low wages.

Recent polls found that nine of every 10 Americans say immigration is a serious problem, and three-fourths want more done to keep illegal immigrants out.

Looking at these numbers, politicians are falling over each other with promises to round up millions for deportation, erect massive walls along the porous U.S.-Mexico border and crack down yet again on employers who hire those here illegally.

The House of Representatives, sensing a potential vote-getting issue, passed a draconian border control and immigration-enforcement bill in December.

That simplistic legislation has triggered large demonstrations in support of immigrant rights, including one in Los Angeles on Saturday that drew more than 500,000 people.

The Senate took up the issue Wednesday and will, we hope, bring a more balanced and practical approach.The backlash against immigration is happening in a country where nearly everyone is either an immigrant or descended from immigrants, many of whom arrived without anything resembling what would now be considered proper papers.

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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b that I was hearing in the other parents' voices there at the meeting." Jensen called the school that day about a different matter and learned of the evacuation.

"Had I found out later when I picked up my daughter, I'd be concerned," she said, but added, "I have a lot of faith in this particular school's staff and faculty because I've been there enough over the past three years to know they're not going to let anything happen to my child." Though most parents at the meeting were concerned that they were not told immediately that their children had been evacuated March 17, parent and TUSD teacher Robert Sam wanted to know why the school had not more thoroughly inspected for bats after nine were found in the school on Feb.

28.

His son, a Magee student, was hit in the face by a bat as it flew through a hallway March 16 and is now undergoing rabies shots.

Magee administrators sent letters home to parents about the bat sightings, but Sam thought the early information disseminated was not thorough enough.

"The meeting we had the other night, fabulous, but why wasn't it held two weeks ago?

" Sam asked.

"You would have relieved a lot of fears.

That's what I take issue with." Eib said Principal Holmes did look for bats above the ceiling tiles, but as animal-welfare experts pointed out at the meeting, the Mexican free-tail bats are very small and hard to see.

Even now, she said, "We can't say that the school is clear until we don't see any more bats, because they are so sm...