Letters to the Editor

To the editor: On Saturday, July 20th, my eight-year-old son, James participated in his fourth Wabash Valley National Lemonade Day. He set his stand up at the Kroger store. His two-hour lemonade stand was able to raise $290.63 for the Clay County Youth Food Delivery Program! This couldn’t have been possible without the generosity of so many people. ...

Every week at noon on Tuesday, there is a group of weird people who meet in the basement of the St. Vincent Medical Building in the Community Room. I think that the fine people of Brazil have a right to know about this group of strange people. See, you likely don’t know much about them, because their numbers are small. But I can assure you that this group is full blown crazy, every single one of them...

To the editor: Once again I must bid farewell to a HS buddy, a friend who volunteered “draft” along with two other Brazil boys, thinking we would stay together during our training. I was in the wrong line at the exam station in Indianapolis and the fellow told me I was in the Navy. I couldn’t swim in ocean water and said, no, I wanted the Army or I was going home...

To the editor: The Brazil Lions Club would like to express their appreciation and thanks to the following individuals and businesses who sponsored our seventh annual golf tournament held on June 7th. They include Max L. Short-Edward Jones, 4 Loving Paws, Aames Title, Baesler’s, Brazil Ace Hardware, Brit Aero, Austin Burns DDS, Chavas Mexican Grill, Clay County Podiatry, Exceptional Living Center, Eye Care...

Once again I got a phone call with the inquiry if we were still collecting pop tabs and I told Mrs. Lloyd (Mary) Burns, “yes” and “yes;” that this is an ongoing project collecting for the McDonald House at Indianapolis, for almost 50 years started by the late Rev. Wm. E. Brown; that we personally haul the tabs to Indianapolis to deliver personally to their establishment, the McDonald House, that we have delivered 5 million tabs thus far...