Letters to the Editor

Add comment (0)

Letters to the Editor: Week of Aug. 1

Add comment (1)

New school location is a ‘weird idea’

I’ve read that preliminaries have been approved to put a school in the Kohl’s department store area. What a phenomenal idea! A schoolyard right next to Walmart! Kids can go shopping during recess! Not to worry about traffic, congestion and other distractions!

Now who in their right mind figured that the location of a school could fit in with a major shopping center, a busy movie theater, bustling office buildings, multistory apartments – not to mention an adjacent, monster structure building right across the street (Miller Avenue/San Antonio Road corner) and four corners of busy businesses of all kinds, in all directions?

Letters to the Editor: Week of July 25

Add comment (0)

‘Cradle of Liberty’ inspires ‘citizen-soldier’

I was thrilled that Bruce Barton’s excellent story “‘Cradle of Liberty’ inspires gratitude, call to action” (July 11) was featured on the front page of the Town Crier. My husband and I attended the July 4 ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the “Cradle of Liberty” statue’s installation in Shoup Park, and Barton’s article beautifully captured the spirit of that special event.

While all the speakers were moving (Judge Socrates “Pete” Manoukian’s story brought me to tears), sculptor Rebecca Truman’s speech was so powerful that I left the event feeling inspired to work harder to become, as she put it, a “citizen soldier.”