The Basket Lady

In the Good Humor Town, some profitable news that we all could use right about now is closer then you think. In fact, it’s in your backyard, just go look out the window and watch in amazement at all the green that’s growing and you will discover that money can grow on trees!

I’d like to share the 4-H Club Pledge with you: “I Pledge: My Head to clearer thinking, My Heart to greater loyalty, My Hands to larger service, My Health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world.”

Cooking

Father’s Day arrives at the perfect time. It’s June, the daylight hours are at their longest, school is out, and summer is well on its way.

This day set aside for fathers and other male figures who have played important roles in our lives, came about a few decades after Mother’s Day, by a woman who admired everything her own father had done for his family.

Sonora Smart Dodd and her five siblings were raised by her father, William Smart, after the death of their mother, in Washington State during the early years of the 20th century.

A vote for Bourret

To the Editor:

Please vote for Tom Bourret to fill the position of tax collector for the Town of Rumford.

Tom worked as my deputy tax collector since July of 2009. He exhibited indisputably high work ethic, learns quickly and is an honest young man.

He took over all tax collection duties, in full, when I left the position in late February and is doing a terrific job. Tom has walked to walk and has proven he can do the job.

Colonel Holman citizens were let down

To the Editor:

I attended a public hearing in Dixfield about a wind ordinance proposed by the selectmen. The tone of the meeting was set when the selectmen declared they wanted the grid scale wind project on Colonel Holman Mountain for monetary reasons.

I do not think they were ready for the 62 property owners, within two miles of this project, and their very vocal, organized reactions.