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Well, it seems as if the rank and file elitist Country Club Republicans are flexing their muscles in the High Desert, not to mention down the hill, too, when it comes to who backs whom for the 59th assembly district race and why. When it comes to the two most likely frontrunners in the Victor Valley—encompassing Hesperia and Apple Valley—longtime GOP grass-roots crusader and people’s champion, Barry Hartz, versus government bureaucracy insider and recipient of Supervisor (San Bernardino County First District) Postmus’ back-scratching political favors, Anthony Adams, the battle lines have clearly been drawn and it’s easy to see, when...

CAMP VICTORY, Kuwait - Most troops wanting to share their thoughts about life in the war zone call home on an international cell phone, if they can round one up, or they manage an e-mail, and in extreme cases, even write a letter. When Staff Sgt. Larry Reliford wants to share his joys and sorrows from the distance of Kuwait, he walks across the tent to talk about the day with Mrs. Reliford. Spc. Chandra Reliford, an Army operations clerk, is assigned to the same combat unit as Staff Sgt. Reliford, an infantry squad sergeant turned combat support trucker. It's...