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Honoring and celebrating our brave veterans

Veterans Day is Nov. 11 every year. It is a day for us, as a nation, to honor and celebrate the brave Americans who have served our country in uniform. On this day we acknowledge their service, sacrifices, and selflessness. As Maya Angelou stated, “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” By fighting our nation’s wars and protecting us during peace, Veterans are often overlooked and their contributions taken for granted. Without them, our way of life and the freedoms we all enjoy would be lost. To all veterans, I want to express my ...

Concerns about proposed Rockport development

I am writing to express my deep concern with the proposed “development” of the Rockport State Recreational Area. With the election looming and the Nov. 8 public comment period ending, I am concerned this project will be greenlighted without the proper consideration from the community. This project is massive in scope and does not necessarily have the spirit or long-term integrity of the area in mind. More specifically, this pending development is extensive and invasive, seeking to expand infrastructure for a massive amount of modern overnight accommodations (I cannot bring ...

Hillman suffers loss with Matthias’ passing

Montmorency County has suffered a significant loss with the recent passing of Jack Matthias, founder and owner of Thunder Bay Resort in Hillman. A community-minded man, Jack employed generations of local families since 1971, and the resort’s 18-hole golf course was designed by him. He and his wife, Jan, created a unique experience with the renowned Elk Viewing Carriage/Sleigh Ride, Gourmet Dinner and Wine Tasting, long rated One of America’s Best Attractions. Jack and Jan were also instrumental in developing the area with clinics and affordable housing and much more. Both served on ...

Rockport is perfectly perfect just exactly as it is

Some folks think progress is always improving or enlarging, modernizing and upgrading something. I think progress sometimes is just keeping something special just as it is. I see the bureaucrats want to “improve,” develop, open up and expand Rockport State Recreation Area to produce the optimum modern camping experience — like that which you get when you pull in right next to your neighbor’s 32-foot travel trailer and want to have the kids get out of your hair at the clubhouse. My wife and I have walked and hunted, launched our boat, and climbed the big hill for its grand ...

County should adopt policy to protect our kids

In response to the letter to the editor from Diane O’Connor on Saturday, Oct. 19, Ms. O’Connor makes the likely inaccurate assumption that the people in favor of having only certain library books moved from the children’s section to adult section are the minority not the majority of our community. The real issue is the morality of our community. I question whether Ms. O’Connor has taken the time to look at the content contained within the books in question, or she may speak differently. I have done so as to more than one of those publications, and I can tell you that in ...

One candidate offers hope, the other chaos

Candidate one: Hope, peace, secure border, women’s health, voting rights, unity in the future. Candidate two: Misogynist, no respect, shifty, dangerous, unfit, chaos, bully, felon, narcissistic, “big lies” (a lie is a coward’s way of getting out of trouble). Fear mongering, conspiracies (if you don’t see it with your eyes, don’t invent it with your mouth), racist, denigrates people, insults veterans as suckers and losers (you’ll never move up if you are continually running somebody down). Threatens, must sign loyalty, truth and empathetic non-existence (a wise person is ...