Opinion

A good thing

Dear Editor, A good thing happened in Lewiston, Aug. 6. The Centerfest Music Festival. Event Producer Renee Rummans, volunteer coordinator Sarah Smith, and safety coordinator Cathy Barta along with over 60 volunteers and more than 30 vendors combined efforts for a great community event. More than 700 people showed up, (not counting the kids 12 and under which had free admission if accompanied by an adult) to enjoy the “down home” styling’s of six bands, three of which have local connections. All the acts were excellent.

A Glance Back… 30 Years Ago

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A Glance Back… 30 Years Ago

Home schooled children are not isolated from the real world

Dear Editor, While reading the Aug. 6 front page story, the line “Gage would have a pretty private life if it weren’t for his musical talents” really stood out to me. It’s possible that Gage leans toward being an introvert, but he has been involved in many activities and sports in the community throughout his lifetime. In fact, in your paper, I read that he excelled in the Junior Rifle program this last year and also saw his picture in the article on the Medieval Martial Arts program held at the Civic Center.

FBI raid on Trump’s home was unbelieveable

FBI raid on Trump’s home was unbelieveable

Return taxpayers’ money

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Return taxpayers’ money

A great evening of music and community

A great evening of music and community

Eight tips for dealing with inflation

Eight tips for dealing with inflation

Budget surplus should go into sinking fund

Dear Editor, Regarding Llew Jones (R-HD18) thoughts (8/3/22) on any budget surplus we might have, I agree we should be thinking about this now, because when the Legislature meets, it will be like kids in a candy store. I say put any surplus into a sinking fund. That’s simply where money (principal) is put into interest or dividend bearing securities and the quarterly or yearly income is distributed according to the investing agreement, because once spent the principal is gone forever.

Impressed with school supplies event

Dear Editor, I need to give a shout out to First Bank, the Variety Store, and their staff for the hard work in gathering and distributing the back to school supplies for so many Lewistown students recently. It was amazing to watch the joy on students’ and parents’ faces. You saved families so much time and money by building the back to school bundles.

‘No one needs an AR15’

Dear Editor, Some are fond of making the above statement. Let’s identify what an AR15 is. It is a semi-automatic version of the AR16 U.S. military rifle made famous in the Viet Nam war. An AR16 is a fully automatic select fire weapon allowing choices between fullautomatic, three-shot burst or single fire modes. AR15s can only fire a single shot. AR15s are in the news because some criminals have used them in mass shootings.