Letters to the Editor

Wanted to know what about the children that actually have working parents that work evenings or nights. When do they get to go trick or treating. Both mom and dad works 5:00 pm til 3:30 am Monday thru Friday and I babysit for my grandbabies so the parents can make ends meet but am not capable to take them out to trick or treat cause of walking restrictions and the ages of the 2 would not be able to keep up with both and keep close eye on them. ...

Cory Apple Festival — Elephant Featured Guest (Sept. 22-24) I was very disappointed to see Nosey at the Festival. In fact, Hugo Liebel, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for nearly 200 animal-welfare violations in the past two decades. ...

Clay County, You have a problem. A problem that has been plaguing counties across Indiana for years and has claimed too many young lives. Clay County: You have a heroin problem. While I could get into the wildly popular debate over whether addiction is a disease or a choice, that’s not my purpose for this letter. ...

To the editor: We Hoosiers were hit harder than most Americans by the Great Recession, but we’ve bounced back thanks to our state’s fiscally responsible budgets and middle class tax cuts signed by then-Gov. Mike Pence in 2013. At just 3.6 percent, our state’s unemployment rate is now well below the national rate of 4.4 percent. ...

To the editor: The residents and staff of Towne Park Assisted Living would like to thank everyone who gave their time to help make National Assisted Living Week a great success. Thank you to Tori Rohrabaugh, Cindy Taylor and Ryan Schopmeyer who brought the farm animals On Farm Family Day. ...

To the editor: On Thursday, Oct. 19, credit unions in our community and worldwide will come together to celebrate International Credit Union Day and the role that financial cooperatives play in improving the communities they serve and the lives of their members the world over...

To the editor: Most people don’t know that today, 427 people in this country will die from lung cancer; the number one cancer killer that claims more lives annually than breast, colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers – combined. I know all the statistics because lung cancer has touched my life. ...

To the editor: Dr. Charles French is retiring the end of September. He practiced many years here in Brazil as a Family Physician. He just last July 2016 stopped seeing patients and stayed on as Supervising Physician for St Vincent Medical Group. When he came to work for SVMG three years ago we knew that retirement was not far off and he was going to stay until we could find another Physician to take his place...

To the editor: To the person who keyed our charcoal grey Honda Insight at Walmart in the handicapped parking space on the afternoon of September 18th. Let me start by saying this isn’t about the car, it is about my precious wife. See I understand the frustration of thinking someone illegally parked in that space. I get the anger because my wife Heather who was driving has MS and my daughter Danielle is wheelchair-bound due to spina bifida...

To the editor: Our Route 40 Fest for 2017 is in the books. Brazil Main Street members are most appreciative to members of the community for helping make this a successful venture in only two short years. Our goal in 2016 was to establish a project that would encourage residents to appreciate our new streets, sidewalks and lighting. ...

To the editor: A continuing project collecting pop cans, tabs and clean aluminum products; yes beer cans too and we don’t give out names that contributes to our project, rice for Haiti Children at our Mission in the mountains of Haiti. Many have continued collecting for us, and I assure everyone that we do not keep any funds from that we collect as we also furnish large plastic bags for shipping and the fuel to haul, driver with trailer all for the children’s rice which is their main food there, mixed with beans many times. ...

To the editor: Whomever oppresses man’s toleration of immorality is to be condemned, as toleration is forced over morality. As truth is deemed relative “to the times” truth now becomes an intolerant lie. Now relegated to irrationality truth itself is declared to be the dwelling place of bigots and hypocrites. But how do you now define these two terms when truth itself has been swept under the proverbial rug by a new and better way of thought dictated by feelings...

To the editor: It has come to our attention that many in our community would have liked to donate toward Fishing Fun Day but were never approached. We would be remiss if we didn’t correct that immediately. Anyone who would like to donate toward Fishing Fun Day can do so by going to the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office at City Hall. The ladies there will receive the donations and give a receipt in return...

To the editor: Tri Kappa of Clay County wanted to take this opportunity to thank the community, local entertainment, various organizations and churches, as well as our sponsors and all those who helped make the Tri Kappa Fall Frenzy Festival a wonderful success. ...

To the editor: Girl Scouts of the USA encourages adults to check in with girls and see how they are feeling, especially when they are inundated with disturbing images of hate and violence. Here are some tips on how to talk openly about the hate and violence girls are witnessing around the world and at home...

To the editor: The Clay County Holiday Assistance Program is one of the many projects/programs sponsored by the Clay County Cooperative Benevolence Ministry (CCCBM). Prior to the creation of the Thanksgiving and Christmas Assistance Programs there was no coordination between the various social service organizations, private individuals, businesses, and churches within our community. ...

Thanks for collaborative effort on drainage project To the editor: What a grand community we live in! We have an unrivaled ability to pull together to accomplish anything we set our minds to. The Forest Park Drainage Project is one of the examples of that ability...

To the editor: This paper recently published a letter from oil lobbyist Maureen Ferguson attacking Indiana farmers and ethanol producers. I’m a farmer, and I want you to know the oil lobby is flawed in its arguments. Her claims that corn used for ethanol increases the cost of food has been proven false. ...

I don’t know what is happening to our country. The Confederate statues all over the south have been there for over a hundred of years. People walk by them, some stop and look at them and perhaps even read the inscription. I know some might even take a picture. Perhaps a few might even be offended; therefore they get on the band wagon to get them removed...

Normally I would not respond to a rebuttal such as the one to my recent “Frogs” article. However, I could not help but notice how the rebuttal, though intending to be a rebuttal, only further proved my point. My point is that wage growth has not kept with inflation, while the billionaires have increased their wealth at least 4X the inflation rate...

To the editor: Pope Francis is recognized as a global leader on climate change. In his encyclical letter, “Laudato Si,” he writes that “… every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.” He reaffirms that “… all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another.”...

To the editor: On Saturday, August 5, 2017, our six year old son, James participated in his 2nd National Lemonade Day. What is National Lemonade Day one might ask, ‘Lemonade Day is a fun, experiential program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their very own business — a lemonade stand. Each year, in participating cities, youth have the opportunity to experience entrepreneurship by setting up their business during their city’s community-wide Lemonade Day...

To the editor: James L. Allen recently wrote a letter to the editor suggesting that the real redistribution of wealth in America comes from working people such as welders and goes to the billionaires. This simply is not true. He also states that “Presently the U.S. ...

To the editor: As a boy, I grew up in Knightsville, the home of Banjo (Jim Wallace), founder of the Wallace Bros. Disposal Service. Some 80 years later, well just take a look as you exit the city limits of Brazil headed west. There on the south side stands a beautiful building complex reflecting the success of the Wallace Family’s integrity, character and sincerity. You only have to stop and think a minute of the impact this beautiful business has on the government and citizens of Clay County...

To the editor: The goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) are well-meaning, and so are the farmers involved in producing corn-based ethanol. But the damage caused by unsustainable ethanol mandates is so significant and widespread that environmental groups, restaurant and grocer associations, automobile manufacturers, and producers of poultry, pork and beef are just a few of the groups that have joined the oil and natural gas industry in speaking out...

How does one justify any decision they may make if that decision is deemed relative to a prior conclusion of why they made their decision? If every effect is that of a cause and there is no surety of a prior conclusion than how can there be such a thing as positive and negative? A cause or effect as one once was subject to, a yes or a no has been now negated and is now subject to a mere illusion that requires no basis for reality or a lack thereof. ...

To the editor: It is said that if you put a bullfrog into a pot of boiling water, he will jump out. But if you put him in a pot of cool water and slowly increase the temperature to a boil, the frog will stay and meet his demise. That is what I believe is happening to America...

Petition for road maintenance To the editor: A few years ago, this road ­--1300 South -- was chipped and sealed. The county came and changed the road back to gravel. They can’t seem to maintain the gravel, which causes a lot of dust, Lyme dust, which is a health hazard to the people that live in this condition. ...