Stories from Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Dear editor: Christmas Eve, 2014, while much of America was in "last minute" mode Christmas shopping, our rights were under assault once again by this administration. In a page from the "Yamamoto Pearl Harbor Playbook", we were blindsided again (except those of us "paranoids" who keep vigil over each Democratic administration). The Obama administration has signed a "small arms treaty" with the U.N., set to take effect this past Christmas eve...

The Day Meadows fire in Mountain Home led the top ten list of the most important stories of 2014 as carried in the Mountain Home News. Two people were injured and two dozen were left homeless after one of the apartment buildings in the Day Meadows subsidized housing complex caught fire in what investigators said was deliberate arson. Two men were charged in connection with the case...

Republic Services will begin collecting live Christmas trees starting Jan. 5 as part of its weekly trash collection. People with live trees are asked to cut them into four-foot sections and bundle the trunk and branches together before leaving them curbside...

Following a series of discussions over the past three weeks, the county commissioners approved a revised list of conditions for a large-scale music festival planned for this summer. Fire protection needs and contract deadlines highlighted the topics aired at Monday's hearing regarding the Mountain Home Country Music Festival -- a four-day event that's expected to draw an estimated 25,000 people to the county...

It seems that time slips by so very quickly any more. Another year and four seasons have passed us by as we prepare to welcome 2015. We all wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year in life, love, family and business. We truly wish you and yours the very best...