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One of my biggest questions is can we plant a garden in the parking strip next to the street? I hate my lawn. I am no longer part of the gentry class who needs to show their wealth by planting grass as opposed to food like the surfs way back when. I am continually trying to find more places to grow my own food for my family. 

David O'Connor

Portland

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I was a photographer for the US Army in Germany. When the wall fell, we got a call to jump on a helicopter for a photo mission. We flew to a town called Hof. When we landed, we saw a line of trabant cars waiting for the wall to come down so they could drive across the border. We were inside the 1 Kilometer zone where a week before we would have been arrested by the US. Then, we walked to the actual Border post where a  week before we could be shot by either side. Then, a bulldozer came by and cut a hole in the fence and laid a path for the cars to travel over. There we were face to face with the East German Military and the East Germans waiting to travel over to the West. I was one of the first Americans to stand there in almost 3 decades. 

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