Letters the Pendleton-Gazette has received.

05/05/2008 - School Board Forum Videos - And That Is The Truth!

I am still laughing about Chris Boots telling about the college student who wanted to accompany him to funeral homes and the "ungodly" way she was dressed. He brought down the house with his remarks. I would never have seen it if you hadn't had it on your Journal. His mother graduated from Pendleton High School with my son.
If we didn't have change, we would stay in the same "rut" forever. I didn't want a microwave when they first came out and couldn't live without mine now. So keep up the good work.
Jean

04/24/2008 - School Board Forum Videos

HELLO:
Enjoyed watching the school board candidates introduce themselves and their accomplishments. You have indeed given us a service!!!!

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04/06/2008 -

Tailwind5 wrote - Yes, you need to be a bit careful, but the mercury content is MUCH less than a 4 foot fluorescent! A CFL is about 4 milligrams on average, "button" batteries about 25 Mg, a 4' fluorescent about 25 mg, an old thermostat can contain 3000 mg, a mercury thermometer 500 to 3000 mg. People are going a bit crazy over this.

Larry

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04/06/2008 -

Dancimom wrote - I could not hear Don very well but enjoyed the prior uses of the building. When we came to Pendleton in 1952, it was the theatre. I hated to see it close, but that is progress. I will get back to the site later but just had to check the town hall going to the old Bank building. See Video

03/20/2008 - Cool Story!!!!!

Cool Story!!!!!
Kim
The story Kim is referring to is the one about Holden Lawson's special birthday present - See Video

03/18/2008 - Thank you SO much for coming to Falls Park yesterday

Thank you SO much for coming to Falls Park yesterday to cover Holden’s birthday bash! I think being “on the news” was the biggest thrill of all for Holden and his friends!

It was great to meet you and I just love what you (and the Pendleton Gazette) are doing for the area!

Have a great day and thank you again!!!!

Take care,

Laura Kelley

(Holden Lawson’s mom)

03/11/2008 Re: Real Liberals from James Ramsy, Cold War Christian Democrat , Alexandria , In 765-724-9557 henhouse@ndwave.com

It is not uncommon for someone to write letters to editors claiming they are pro-republican, because republicans, including Bush, represent Christians..

Today is reality and the people are bing deceived because "SEVEN OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES ARE (ACLU controlled?)REPUBLICANS, AND ONLY TWO ARE DEMOCRATS. How can the People call the minority of two LIBERALS and authors of indecency?

A Christian democrat interpretation seems warranted: If the Supreme Court produces a legalized version of the Jerry Springer Show, that’s Republican. If you vote for abortion, sodomy, same sex marriage, against prayer anywhere, against the Boy Scouts because they pray to God and don’t support homosexuals in their org, that’s of Republican Supreme Court Rule. And when the Supreme Court rutled "We don’t make Moral Judgements" they opened the door to justifying their immoral Republican judgements on our streets to fill our prisons.

01-28-2008 -- From: Karen Milliner, Blue River Band Re: Videos

We just wanted to say thank you for the kind words about Blue River Band. The Pendleton-Gazette was most professional at our show and we do appreciate that.
BRB strives to give our very best at each and every show and always hope it shows. It is a lot of fun doing what we do and we hope people leave the show with a smile on their face.
Again, thank you for the nice coverage of our show and we do hope to see you again.
Chuck Crull
Renee Bohland
Jimmy Milliner
Jim Brown
Glenn Rush
Paul Bays
The Blue River Band

01-15-2008--Renee Bohland, Blue River Band Re: Video

Thank you so much for adding the video to your Paper. Chuck and I really appreciate that more than you know.

Josh (Josh Mahoney) is one of my best friends and I was so very honored to play with him.

He has a heart of gold and its going to take him far.

Thank you once again.

Renee Bohland

Blue River Band

01-06-2008-- Jean Kirkman Re: This Week In The Pendleton-Gazette

I am more and more impressed with this publication. I thought it was so good and could not get any better, but it is. Congratulations.

Jean

12-23-2007 -- From Mike Kase, Board President of Countryside Animal Rescue

Thank you George,
We appreciate the many things that you and the Pendleton-Gazette have done in 2007 to aid our mission of pet education, healthcare and welfare for pets/families in need. We hope to continue to build a strong relationship with you in the new year and beyond.
Best wishes to you for the Holidays.
Mike

This year, the imbalance of imports vs. exports with China (aka Trade Deficit) topped over $200 billion. That means the USA imported $200 billion more goods into its country than China imported into their country. What does this mean? It boils down to jobs. The people in our area have seen Anderson's Magnaquench close and relocate out of our area after a Chinese buyout and pullout. The last North American Jean company closed and relocated to China recently. China recently bought out a major portion of IBM, Big Blue and renamed it Lenovo. When the Republican led congress would not renew the forestry and mining resource land protections out west, it allowed foreign countries to come in and buy up those resources. The list literally goes on and on. Currently only 1 in 20 shipping containers arriving in from China are being inspected. And while I wait for the train here in Pendleton, I see "CHINA SHIPPING" written on the side of very plain looking containers.

Our Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh attempted to shed light on the alarming imbalance numbers last year before the elections by attempting to impose a 19 percent tax on all Chinese imports in order to level the playing field. The republican led congress gunned down that legislation. The backbone of the argument is exposing the fact that China's banking system manipulates their Chinese currency in such a way as to make its currency weaker than the US Dollar. They have been doing this for years and resist change even with US complaints about this shady practice. By weakening their own Chinese currency, they empower the US Buck to buy up all of their cheap goods. Go to Walmart and look on the shelves. In turn, a poor Chinese citizen cannot afford to buy even the cheapest of US Made Goods. This creates an imbalance that favors the Chinese and undermines the United States playing on an equal level on the trade table.

This is not fair trade. More