Stories from Thursday, July 19, 2007

Dear editor: The local Meals on Wheels program has advertised for a couple weeks asking for people to volunteer for the program. Currently, they especially need volunteers for Friday mornings. As an active volunteer, I offered to write this letter from a driver's perspective to see if it might help find volunteers...

Dear editor: I am writing concerning an event that occurred early this morning (July 8) and the lack of law enforcement support. My husband and I decided to go out to the old hill off of Bypass Road to have a late night picnic and look at the stars. ...

Dear editor: As the Fair Manager of the Elmore County Fair and Rodeo, I wanted to let everyone know that despite some rumors milling around town, the fair is still taking place this year! We have been dealt an unfortunate set back -- Royal West Carnival has reneged on their contract and will not be coming to our Fair this year. I am working on setting up other entertainment as such sort notice...

Dear Editor: This is for the people responsible for making firewood available across from the cemetery. I want to express my gratitude to the people who made the trees available. For those of us who burn wood to heat our homes, the opportunity to get firewood so easily is greatly appreciated. It saves us much time and money and I hope it helps whoever is clearing the land. A win/win for all...

Editor's note: The following two letters were submitted by members of the Mountain Home Special Olympics team who competed at the state Special Olympics basketball competition recently. The team members wanted to thank some of their sponsors. Dear firemen:...

Over the last four weeks I've taken a look at the Bill of Rights, and how well it has stood the test of time. But the Constitution doesn't simply lay out the rights of citizens, it also addresses the organization and structure of our government, and places limits on the powers of that government (limits I might add that the Bush administration has tended to ignore whenever it has been inconvenient)...

President Bush's mismanagement of the war in Iraq is resulting in record low approval ratings for his administration and widespread defection even from his own party's ranks. Those defections, combined with Democratic opposition to Bush's policies, are coming to a head right now with a series of proposals before Congress to withdraw American troops from Iraq within the next year...