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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 300 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 FOURTH OF JULY Neighborhood fireworks ruin day Who doesn't enjoy the beauty of the fireworks being shot off the barges into the dark sky on the evening of July 4? It's magical and spectacular. It's the neighborhood fireworks that concern so many of us with dearly-loved house pets. They jump up from a sleep, they bark, they look for a place to go where it doesn't hurt their ears. They look at their owner with eyes that say, "What's going on?" For many of us, our pets are like our children; we love them and provide for their welfare as best we can. Even in the cities where the fireworks are banned, there will never be enough police to enforce this law. And what about the aged, the sick, the dying? How hard the noise must be for them as well. Every single year, there are house fires, roof fires, loss of limb and sometimes loss of life connected with fireworks. The Fourth of July is a good holiday. How we celebrate it is unkind to so many. Don't we have enough noise in the world already? What is the answer? Elaine Taylor Arlington

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