To the editor: I would like to thank the person that turned my Fitbit bracelet in to the fair office at the Hardin County Fair.

In 1973, a liberal Supreme Court manufactured out of whole cloth a new constitutional right. Of course I am speaking of Rowe v. Wade and the right of a woman to choose an abortion.

I have heard some people say that Donald Trump is a good businessman. Well, take a look at his record. Trump Airlines – a failure.

I don’t live in Kenton or Hardin County, but wanted to say someone has been doing a great job watering the hanging baskets and corner flowers as they are as beautiful as any gardens. I have been looking at the flowers before the rains came and it was very dry.

A national railroaders event normally held in Cincinnati will be held in downtown Marion Aug. 12-13. It is called “Summerail.” Multi-media video programs will be shown in the beautiful Palace Theatre on Saturday from 1-10 p.m., with time out for dinner.

To the editor: We, as religious leaders in our community, are devastated by the recent violence in our nation and world.

With the most recent incident in Orlando comes the expected denigration of the NRA and the call from the left for "common sense" gun control. "Common sense" being the buzz phrase to forestall any logical argument.

The Roundhead McDonald Park in Roundhead has suffered recent vandalism. This has been a problem every summer.

We are all saddened by the shooting in Orlando, as we were by other similar shootings. We are confronted as a nation and the world with yet another horrendous act of violence, in a seeming never-ending cycle.

I write this letter with a great sadness in my heart as I heard today that we have lost another right in our great nation. This right is the power of each citizen to have his voice heard and each person to be counted in the direction of this once great nation.