To the editor: Next week, Monday and Tuesday night, at the Princess Theater, God’s Shepherds and Wishard Chapel are offering a free showing of the movie UNPLANNED. The story of the reality about the abortion industry and the effects that it has on people. People today are wondering about the increased violence that seems to…

To the editor: My name is Bob Malcom. I am a past president and currently a voting board member of the Ringgold Outdoor Alliance. I would like to start off by stating that this letter is in no way any type of official notice on behalf of the ROA or any of its members, and…

To the editor: Just wanted to tell you and Lora Stull (editor of Looking Back in the Early Files) how much we have enjoyed and appreciated the information shared about WWI and WWII in the 100 year and 75 year columns this year. It’s been a wonderful condensed history lesson for us about life in…

To the Editor: Bruce and I would like to belatedly thank Joe Drake and the school board for going ahead with the Todd Becker event in January 2019. We were one of the many people who called them to encourage them to go ahead with it. We totally believe in the separation of Church and…

To the Editor: To whomever took one swing and chain from our Lions Club swing set that is stored at the fairgrounds, I hope you are enjoying it as much as the kids did during Ayr Days and Beggars Bash. The swing set was in part a memorial from Gail Trullinger. Who and why would…

To the editor: I call them “kids”. Most of them have their bachelor’s degree, some their master’s degree. They walk into the door of our local basement library with a smile on their face and support for each of their candidates. I love their enthusiasm and work ethic. Each travel the country to support someone…

To the editor: In June of this year, my husband, Cliff Mosier and I were accompanied by our four sons, one daughter, two Daughters-in-law, one son-in-law and our eight grandchildren to Mount Ayr for a week’s visit. We stayed west of Mount Ayr in the old farmhouse where generations of Sickels families have lived since…

To the editor: Looking at the Trump administration’s rewriting of the Statue of Liberty’s welcoming message of “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled messes.” Top immigration official Ken Cuccinelli said, the poem referred to “people coming from Europe.” Trump himself has wondered why there weren’t more people from countries like Norway instead of…

To the editor: This past Saturday I’d planned on getting to the State Fair in the early morning but actually didn’t make it until close to 5 p.m. The reason for my delay was I opted to attend the Presidential Gun Sense Forum sponsored by Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense…

To the editor: I received a voice  mail last week from a gentleman from Arispe who wanted to compliment me on the color ad in last week’s Mount Ayr Record News which circulated to over an additional 1000 homes, I understand, in their special edition. I want to make sure this compliment gets passed along…