- Red Light Running - Akron Improvements - Samaritan Red Light Running Editor, Times-Union: Light at Lake City Highway and Anchorage Road: Several weeks ago, I took a few (10?) seconds before I pulled out on U.S.30.If I would not have done this, I would now be in our local cemetery. This semi tractor-trailer was doing at least 65 mph, when his red light was already on red and the green light was on my side. When I was a truck company manager for Short Line Express in Fort Wayne, and either a "LTL" or "T-L" driver would run a stop light at any speed, and I found out about it, I would immediately fire my driver.

Editor, Times-Union:Retaining talented college graduates is vital for the future growth of Indiana and its businesses. Losing Indiana-educated students to opportunities in other states, best known as the brain drain, is an epidemic the state has faced for some time. Indiana INTERNnet is among the initiatives established to stem the tide. It is a free program companies should use to connect with Indiana students.

Editor, Times-Union:In a time when our nation needs to come together more than ever, there are still some out there who have decided that the politics of division are still the way to go.

Editor, Times-Union:After reading more letters with one political party slamming another over the last couple of weeks ...

Editor, Times-Union:This year our property insurance billing statement came with an opportunity to sign up for (or decline) the "terrorism" addendum that President Bush had ordered companies to offer their clients.

Editor, Times-Union:I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the letters written by Max Beer and Bennie Hively on Oct. 5.

Editor, Times-Union:I have been reading with a heavy heart the stories about the young women who endured abuse at the Hephzibah House, located on Pierceton Road.

Editor, Times-Union:Toxic tale? Depends. Depends on context. On definition. On source.

Editor, Times-Union:In response to Harold Kitson's article on guns and Obama:

Editor, Times-Union:This is in response to Larry Rensberger's letter regarding the midterm elections.

Editor, Times-Union:I just read a letter to the editor called "Double Standards" that was well written and done in a very tasteful way.

Editor, Times-Union:This is just a response to the Saturday, Feb. 21 News View by general manager Gary Gerard.

- Libertarian Positions Libertarian Positions Editor, Times-Union: Attached to this letter is the Libertarian Party of Kosciusko County's official platform position on government involvement in formal education.It is also our response to the Warsaw Community School board's decision to close three elementary schools, spend money on overpriced building projects and put athletics as a top priority over academics, and the general nature of the near-monopoly that government schools have over formal education. Separation of School and State The LPKC supports the end of the near-monopoly government has on education with the introduction of freedom of choice in the area of education.

- Christmas Display - Kolbe Letters - Parade Coverage - Councilman Comment Christmas Display Editor, Times-Union: I would like to congratulate Doug and Jenny Brumfield on an extraordinary Christmas display. Anyone who has fought with just one strand of lights can appreciate the time and effort involved in your display.You even got mentioned in the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette paper in a listing of decorations that shouldn't be missed, and yours must be seen to be believed.It truly is wonderful.

IHSAAEditor, Times-Union:Here we go again. Another bubblehead ruling, applicable to Indiana American Legion baseball teams ...

Editor, Times-Union:A few years ago, several Syracuse residents worked diligently to quiet the trains in our area, Lake Wawasee included.

- Young Tiger Football - Welcome Home - Halloween Vandalism - Holiday Employment - U.S. Marine Band - Animal Cruelty? - Value Of Trees - Thanks To Bell Museum - CCS Meets Needs Young Tiger Football …

Editor, Times-Union:I started reading Richard Keeven’s guest column on the sign ordinance, but stopped midway through the third paragraph.

Editor, Times-Union:Much has been said recently of my friend, Monica Boyer.

Editor, Times-Union:As our country struggles to climb out of the economic ditch that GOP economic policies put us in ...

Editor, Times-Union:Obama’s May 13th federal mandate demanding that all  school administrations adhere to and implement his transgender policy; that all bathrooms, locker rooms and showers in schools be accessible based on what a student chooses his or her identity to be, threatening to withhold funding to schools if they don’t comply, by the way is illegal. Another fundamental change Obama has promised all America.

Editor, Times-Union:A group of concerned citizens have joined forces to help educate and reach out to the community concerning our community's methamphetamine problem.

Editor, Times-Union:There is much discussion about the so-called "separation of church and state."

Editor, Times-Union:April is Organ Donation Awareness Month.More than 6,000 people a year die waiting for transplant while neighbors are burying or cremating 20,000 organs a year.

Editor, Times-Union:Are you liberals watching?