Letters To The Editor
Letters To The Editor
How about your names? – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Paul Brunemeier on April 11, 2022
Hello SVV, it is always good to have independent voices. Those parts of our government fastest to go corrupt are those least scrutinized. When people with power are unwatched, they...
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Is girl power all good? – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Kimball Shinkoskey on April 4, 2022
Women are rapidly catching up to the wealthy and powerful men they have been chasing for a long time. But there is an aspect of this race that is not...
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Roberta Jones Junior Theatre Program – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Vickie Fairchild on April 1, 2022
After many years of attending RJJT shows with my daughters, I was able to experience the RJJT as a mother of a participant in the recent production of Seussical, and...
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Scott Lane, a Title 1 School, to Lose Four Teachers in 2023 – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Nathaniel Chadwick on March 31, 2022
My name is Nat and I am a father to a first grader at Scott Lane Elementary School. Superintendent Stella Kemp, in her March 10th response to board member questions,...
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How does Putin get away with it? – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Kimball Shinkoskey on March 25, 2022
Isn’t it about time Americans understand how Putin invaded Ukraine so easily? Russians follow his orders because Putin has his hands on the means of communication (news and education agencies)...
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Message from the Paralympics – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Yiwen Guo on March 23, 2022
Ever since the official kickoff of the Beijing Paralympics, it has attracted much of the world’s attention to those Olympians and those who are not. While we applaud the extraordinary...
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Democracy requires getting off our butts – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Kimball Shinkoskey on March 23, 2022
In Athens, young adults spent two years in public service. Many over 30 formed a huge city council to make laws for the population. In Rome, citizens had extensive and...
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SAT – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Stephen Xia on March 21, 2022
College Board recently announced more changes to the SAT by reducing the length of the exam. These updates follow changes in 2021 that removed the subject exams. It’s clear that...
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Destruction of Maine’s 2000 Shell Middens – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Alan Button on March 21, 2022
Just 30 years remain before more than 85% of remaining prehistoric coastal shell middens will disappear. For 20 years, Alan Button has researched these ancient libraries portraying a coastal culture...
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Opinion poll – Letter to the Editor
Letter from Kimball Shinkoskey on March 2, 2022
Today, America conducts democracy by opinion polling. What do the people think about Ukraine? Let’s be guided by that. But what if the people are not thinking straight? What if...