| Recent Letters to the Editor |
| All religions welcome in U.S. |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| Watching the great, self-righteous, holy hullabaloo about the proposed mosque at ground zero that is neither a mosque nor at ground zero, I am reminded of the words of Jean-Francois Revel: "A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence." |
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| Liberals cause for demise |
| By Robert Taylor | Published Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| In response to the letter from Mr. Hughes: Your rant was about immigrants and the true, God-fearing Americans who understand what these illegals are doing to this country, who oppose the invasion of our country from Mexico. Nobody is against legal immigration. It's the illegals that we are opposed to. Why can't you liberals understand this? |
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| Fancy signs are a waste |
| By Tad Billmire | Published Sunday, August 29, 2010 |
| One thing most Americans would agree on, is that we are all tired of government waste. Waste, is exactly what I thought when I read in the Messenger about Decatur ISD spending $100,000 on fancy electronic signs for each campus. |
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| A stranger's kindness touched family |
| By Paul Walmsley | Published Sunday, August 29, 2010 |
| I'd like to offer a very heartfelt thank you to the anonymous person who picked up my family's dinner tab at Chili's in Decatur last Friday night. |
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| Thanks for help after the accident |
| By Walter, Cindy and Ali Wood | Published Sunday, August 29, 2010 |
| We would like to thank the strangers and passersby as well as the paramedics and law enforcement who rendered aide to Walter at the scene of the head-on collision at the U.S. 81/287 and U.S. 380 off ramp. |
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| Nation descended from immigrants |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| Bigotry shows its ugly face in many disgusting and revolting forms. Beyond the racial context which, in view of America's Declaration of Independence and Constitution, is troubling enough in its own right, and with which the word is normally associated in America, there's ethnic, sexual, religious and socioeconomic bigotry still being peddled in America into the 21 century. |
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| Research Jefferson's beliefs |
| By Robert Cox | Published Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| Every time a letter is written or someone makes a comment about America being a Christian nation, the anti-Christian faction always resorts to Thomas Jefferson, the writer of the Constitution, as an anti-Christian founder who wanted nothing to do with Christianity. |
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| Thanks for the help |
| By DHS Senior Class Officers | Published Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
| The DHS Class of 2011 would like to thank all of the Decatur High School teachers, administrators and parents for all their hard work toward our senior retreat. |
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| Don't dump dogs |
| By Susan Jones | Published Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
| To the people who dropped off a beautiful black and white dog north of Alvord on County Road 2898: he is still waiting for you to return. |
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| Legalize marijuana |
| By Craig Keen | Published Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
| Wow, our tax dollars at work. |
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| Delay posting photos |
| By Terry Berube | Published Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
| The Messenger withholds the name of fatal accident victims until family can be notified. Does it really make sense to release photos of the accident and names of other people in the vehicle before the family is notified? |
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| Withhold photos with names |
| By Brenda Miner | Published Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
| I understand that it is a newspaper's job to update the community on happenings around our county. However, I feel as though the Messenger does not always use the best judgment when it comes to their breaking news stories. |
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| Council should re-examine change |
| By Bonnie Neal | Published Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| It was discovered this past week that several of the past tape recordings of the Newark City Council meetings do not have anything on them. This after several months of recordings that were fine, but then there was the issue of the document requests. Odd. |
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| Governor wrong to offer land |
| By Robert Cox | Published Thursday, August 19, 2010 |
| "Gov. offers land for mosque if it moves" |
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| Blue befriended community |
| By Irene Wilson | Published Sunday, August 15, 2010 |
| The story has been told before, but I need to tell it again and tell you the ending. The rest of the story ended about a month ago. |
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| Self-absorption is liberal conditioning |
| By Mickey Doyle | Published Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| The disappointment felt by the writer, whose mother was in obvious distress over the loss of her pet, has to look at the bigger picture. |
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| Questions still loom |
| By Katrina Ellis | Published Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| The city of Newark held a budget meeting this past Thursday night. We were allowed to view actual figures in black and white of our city's finances vs. the budget (which is defined as estimate of costs, revenues and resources over a specified period.) |
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| Tea party not racist |
| By Bettye Parker | Published Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| This is in reply to Ken Hughes letter: "Tea Party full of bigots." |
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| Research global warming |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| When I want facts from which to draw my own conclusions about global climate change, I certainly don't seek views of either the right or left political persuasion or from self-styled conservatives of any fashion or media. |
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| Boyd citizens deserve explanation |
| By Margaret Reynolds | Published Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| The information I am about to write came to my attention by way of other citizens and the Wise County Messenger on June 6. I've given what I am about to say much consideration and research before I finally decided to approach these subjects. |
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| Relationships with citizens of Newark appreciated |
| By Amy Cromer | Published Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| Thank you to the citizens of Newark that I've had the opportunity to work with over the last nine years. |
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| Questioning county spending and K2 |
| By Scott Brooks | Published Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| The other day I was coming home from Fort Worth and a new crew cab Ford 4x4 diesel passed me with Precinct 3 stickers on the side. |
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| Youth: Carefully consider decisions |
| By Justin Carlton | Published Sunday, August 8, 2010 |
| Everyone can come to the agreement that all have made mistakes in their lifetime. I've been a resident of Wise County all my life. |
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| Thanks for donations |
| By Annette Stephens | Published Thursday, August 5, 2010 |
| As a board member of the Wise County Meals on Wheels program, I have been amazed at the community response to our desperate situation. |
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| People too self-absorbed |
| By Angie Royce | Published Thursday, August 5, 2010 |
| I'm very disappointed in the people who were driving on Farm Road 51 on July 29 around 8:30 p.m. I try to believe that people are generally good-hearted, but sorry, I've been proven wrong. |
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| Thanks for supporting Meals on Wheels |
| By Donna Brown | Published Thursday, August 5, 2010 |
| I would like to take this time to thank you for all you did for the seniors of Wise County and Meals on Wheels. |
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| RARE RAINY DAY - Parts of Wise County received several inches of rain yesterday and overnight as thunderstorms rolled through the area. The Wednesday afternoon storm caused some damage, including a report of a powerline down on Hitt Street in Boyd. Minor flooding was also reported in parts of Decatur, including on U.S. 380 near U.S. 81/287. Weatherwatchers in Rhome and Newark were activated around 5:15 to be on the lookout for possible tornadic activity. Rainfall totals included 4.19 inches in Decatur, 1.35 in Alvord, 1 in Runaway Bay and 0.8 in Chico. The rain has moved out of the area, and today's forecast calls for temperatures reaching the mid-90s before turning cooler tomorrow. |
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| Sisters Kaley and Megan Engstrom pose at the family's racetrack, Kam Kartway, in Rhome. The girls hope to be on national television in their own reality show. |
| Photo by Joe Duty |
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