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The Memorial Day article didn'tinclude Korean War

That was an excellent article in your paper about the Memorial Day ceremonies in Saratoga ("Foothill Club will honor fallen war veterans with 79th annual ceremony," May 22). I have walked with other veterans in the ceremony for the past few years and always found it inspiring.

However, your fine article omitted an important fact. You reported that the first ceremony was in 1928 and honored the veterans of World War I and "now honors veterans of subsequent wars such as World War II, Vietnam and Iraq." You did not mention the Korean War of 1950 - 1954. There were 136,935 servicemen who were wounded and 33,651 who were killed in action in that war. It is an unfortunate omission often made by much of the media. The only major documentary about Korea was called The Forgotten War because of this.

I hope you can correct this omission in your newspaper. I am certain that the Foothill Club memorial committee will see that the veterans of the Korean War will be honored alongside their comrades, as they have done so well in the past.

Rudy Marinacci

Mt. Eden Road

Editor's note: Thank you for pointing out our omission of the Korean War. It was not our intent to exclude the veterans that served our country during the period in history.

Religious beliefs should
be taught at home

Peter Knight ("Inform students there is no proof to origin of life," letters, May 22) is sadly mistaken if he thinks evolution is not a proved scientific fact. How come he doesn't question the theory (law) of gravity? It's in the same category of scientifically proved fact as evolution. After all, if you jump off the top of a steeple, you don't fall northeast.

I agree with Robert Wallace ("Religious interpretations have no place in schools," letters, May 22) and William Lorton ("Theory of evolution is universally accepted," letters, May 22). We need to teach our children scientifically-proved facts and leave religious beliefs to be taught at home.

I might add that it would be nice if our government paid more attention to scientific facts and left religious beliefs at home.

Terry Zaccone

Anza Drive

Thanks for Federated's
random act of kindness

Random acts of kindness are always appreciated in my house, especially when they have to do with Robert, our severely handicapped child. I would like to thank the folks at Saratoga Federated Church for their respite event to help families with special needs children. The first Saturday of May, Robert was invited to spend the morning at Federated, where he had his own aide (thank you, Anna), saw a puppet show, did art projects and played on the play equipment. This was truly an act of kindness. I know Saratoga Federated parishioners do many nice things in the community and the world, but this is the first event that touched me personally.

Kathleen King

Canyon View Drive

Kathleen King is a member of the Saratoga City Council.