OPINION

Help make Jay County smoke-free

To the editor: More than one in five (21.5%) Indiana adults smoke cigarettes, one of the highest rates in the nation, while the number of youths using vaping products remains a concern for anti-smoking advocates.

Let's put our concert venue to use

Hudson Family Park turned 10 years old this year.

Rely on the facts instead of opinions

To the editor: I have been mulling over the idea of writing a letter to the editor ever since the COVID-19 cases, not surprisingly, began to rise not only in the nation as a whole, but in Indiana, and more specifically, Jay County.

Sale isn’t worth giving up sanity

Going to yard sales is fun. Having your own yard sale isn’t fun.

Constituents are not being served

To the editor: As a resident of District 33, I do not feel like we are being represented at the statehouse.

Differences can’t break community

Has enough time passed for us to go to the land of uncomfortable memories?

Dunkirk resident thanks officer

To the editor: On Aug. 19, my wife Jean Peterson attended the Jay County High School volleyball game.

Indiana Code assigns the authority

What happened?

Some music stays timeless

To the editor: Upon my visit to the new old Pennville Library — I think I’m forming a good habit — I ask the librarian about music CDs. She is still unpacking, but brings out a box full.

Portland needs a different process

To the editor: Having just read the article concerning the Portland City Council meeting on Aug. 16, the ongoing wrangling over the city employee's pay increase was as Mayor 

4th of July committee says thanks

To the editor: The Jay County 4th of July Committee would like to thank the Jay County Community for making the 2021 4th of July Celebration another successful event.

Spend time with some good books

Maybe, as the month winds down, it’s a good time for my annual book recommendations.

Thank you for supporting the ride

To the editor: The family of Shea Briar would like to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and support for our inaugural Shea M. Briar Memorial Ride held on July 31, 2021.

Reader says PBS failed in coverage

To the editor: I had to laugh when I read that PBS was the only news Jerry Eglan trusted.

List of crazy adventures is lengthy

The car was pointed north, toward Fort Wayne, and rain was falling. A minor league baseball game was our intended destination, but it sure didn’t look as if anyone would be taking the field.
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