Letters to the Editor

I would like to take the time to thank the citizens and businesses in our community that showed their unwavering support to our enforcement officers. We are in a time in our nation’s history that is seeing an extreme change in the ethics, morals and values of our citizens. These changes are concerning to me

Editor: James McCrary For Cedar County Sheriff. McCrary Man of his Word. As a local businessman of over 30 years in Cedar County I strongly recommend and endorse James “Jim Bob” McCrary for Sheriff. When I go to the polls to vote I look at how the candidates have conducted themselves during their political campaign.

Editor: In the May issue of the Sac Osage Co-Op News on the back page is the Manager’s Column and in this issue he gives tips on where trees should be placed in relation to overhead utility lines. In the final paragraph we are cautioned about attempting to remove trees that are near power lines

Editor: Well we have another Harris supporting the chicken farmers and are very much opposed to the CAFO rules by telling us that the big corporate people will come in anyway and knock out the family farmers. The different thing Ms. Harris is the big ones will have to go by the same rules and

Editor: I have to speak up against the new CAFO ordinance. It will not stop the big multinational corporate companies from coming to this county should they decide to. All it does is make it more difficult for the individual small farmer to do business. The big companies have big money and a big payroll

Editor: In answer to Gary Vickers response to my letter: Nowhere in the letter did I state that the VFW or members thereof were unpatriotic as you accused. Furthermore, the flag at the cemetery was at full staff that morning when I went to honor my family members buried there. The proper flag etiquette is

Editor: In reference to patriotism. Those that didn’t have their flags at half staff more than likely was a over sight, not a lack of honor, and to insinuate the VFW was unpatriotic is asinine. The flag at City Cemetery was at half staff because our team leader made sure it was before VFW got

I have never written an article before but after reading Mr. Ray’s letter to the editor I felt obliged to do so. As a Life Member of the VFW I admit we were remiss in failing to lower the flag to half-mast and for that I humble apologize. Does this mean that we honor our

Editor: I was reading Leslie Ray’s letter in last week’s paper. Thank you, Les, for mentioning the “fantastic program”  put on by the VFW that didn’t meet your standards. It appears most of El Dorado Springs  need to study up on flag protocol. Les, are you a member of VFW? I’ve never seen you at

In regard to Mr. Oren Harris’s letter of May 28, 2016, in the Sun Newspaper and June 1, 2016 in the Republican, his first paragraph says it’s all in the facts of our issue on the influx of Mennonite persons and the chicken business coming into our county. I believe Mr. Harris has a very