At first I was disappointed I would not be able to take my 8-year-old daughter to the Parade of Lights this year, as we had prior commitments. However, when I read the article in the News Record … more

The loss of Twinkies does not affect me greatly. What does is the loss of Sweetheart bread products, always fresh and delicious. Now we are faced with inferior products from Grupo Bimbo, the … more

As a community, parents and taxpayers, we need to make our schools safer. After so many national school shootings, I am left feeling like our children are just moving targets. Why have we not put … more

Three short months ago, I told a friend I felt led to inform our community about some disturbing information that she and I had heard in a meeting. We educated ourselves. Then with a grassroots … more

This is in response to Brad Schofield’s recent article in the paper: I’m amazed that people really think our country is going to diminish because of the president. I taught at the high school … more

I seem to be a bit confused on the Obama-care issue. I always thought that it was Congress that made all bills and the president just signs or vetoes the bill. And then if Congress still thought a … more

I have read several stories and letters in the paper recently regarding Mr. Bob Morasko and CCMH. Our family moved here at the beginning of the year after accepting a job with CCMH. I respect … more

What is wrong with our judicial system? I was reading the “court” section on Dec. 17th. There were six cases of DUIs. All but one of them had more than one DUI. One in particular caught … more

Kudos to Jen Winkler for her excellent letter about the inappropriate signage on the winning float at the Parade of Lights. She did a terrific job of reflecting the views of many folks who were … more

I would like to thank Judy Cummings for her emotionally charged letter regarding my article entitled “We will pay for the re-election of Barack Obama” and would like to reply to some of the … more