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1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Layna Woods Las Vegas

   LETTER: Kids used to roam freely (opens the original)

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   Here is an example of a true “free range” kid: We spent our summers in Aspen just after WWII. My grandfather had a house there. My brother’s and my job was to bring the coal in from the barn so the maid could cook breakfast. After breakfast we went to the mountains where there were: bears, mountain lions, snakes, a lot of water as the snow was melting, and horror of horrors — abandoned silver mines. My father was born and raised there. Don’t remember either of our parents so much as ever saying,

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2. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Layna Woods Las Vegas

   LETTER: Has deinstitutionalization worked? (opens the original)

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   Re: your Friday editorial Los Angeles and homelessness: It seems to me that it would have been a lot cheaper for LA Mayor Karen Bass to build an insane asylum and substance abuse center for the homeless. These would create jobs both during the construction phase and to staff the facilities once the homeless people have moved in. That’s a two-fer. Everyone left on the streets after that gets an eviction notice — i.e. get a job or move to another state.

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