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Mayor Paul Bunn paces the parking lot in front of Bradford's city hall, barking out orders on his cell phone while smoking a cigarette. The puffing and the posturing are habits honed by a year of leading troops through hellfire in Baghdad. "People do what I say, when I say, how I say, and no questions asked," says Bunn in his staff-sergeant mode, stubbing out the cigarette. The city staff-all two of them-ruin the effect, however, by peering out a city-hall window and smiling indulgently at the boss. It is his first day back...
...north of Little Rock, were called up for duty in Iraq by the Arkansas National Guard; one more was called by the Air Force Reserve. It was a blow not just to the weekend warriors-who were more accustomed to tornado cleanup than fighting-but to their families and Bradford's civic life as well. The town's big projects-to update the water system, jail the local methamphetamine dealers and make a clean sweep of the junk in people's yards-slowly stalled. Given fears for the town's soldiers, it was as if Bradford held its breath...
...Gunslingers" of Arkansas' 39th Infantry Brigade are home now. All the Guardsmen from Bradford survived, their lives and limbs intact after a year of hunting insurgents on the streets of Baghdad's scariest neighborhoods, like Sadr City and Adhamiyah. Wherever you go in Bradford these days-down to McCall's Family Restaurant for lunch or up to Edens Quick Check for some gossip-faces light up as the mayor and the police chief turn up, making their daily rounds. But like the estimated 226,000 other weekend soldiers who have returned from service abroad since the 9/11 attacks, Bradford...
...says. “We want to go to an unexplored area and climb things that haven’t been climbed before.” And the historical significance of the sherpa-esque club is not lost on its current members. “Take the example of Bradford Washburn,” says Alexander P. Cole ’08 of the famous cartographer, geographer, and HMC alum. “You can go into our clubroom and...see [his] ice axe hanging on the wall.” Cole will be emulating Washburn this summer...
...homeless person who is offered help by a group refusing it just because of the group’s religious affiliation. Other times, those most in need of help by these charitable groups have no choice at all. For example, the only vocational training available to prison inmates in Bradford County, Penn. (funded with government money) includes Bible study, prayer, and religious counseling. Also, there are indications that money which has already been allocated by the Bush administration to faith-based initiatives has gone to religious groups that counsel women against abortion—for religious reasons. In truth...