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Thank you for making the Red, White & Goose Day parade special

To the Editor: On behalf of the Mifflin County Commissioners, I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who helped make our Red, White & Goose Day Parade on September 29 in downtown Lewistown such a memorable and successful celebration. An event of this magnitude does not happen without the generosity, cooperation, hard work, and community spirit of many people. We are deeply thankful to the parade participants, volunteers, local businesses, public safety personnel, and everyone who worked behind the scenes to bring this special event to life. We also extend a ...

Yes, how we vote matters

The midterms will be crucial to our nation and its greatness. We must inform ourselves of candidates’ positions on critical matters, not just vote on the party ticket. If we don’t, we will lose our freedoms and our democracy. Let’s see how the Democrats love America. Democrats are the party of open borders and defunding law enforcement. Every Democrat in Congress refused to fund the law enforcement and border security components of DHS. They refuse to fund the deportation of criminal illegal aliens, drug interdiction and border security, as well as the agency that ...

AI and those pushing it pose dangers

I’ve become very scared of AI and terrified of the people pushing it. Here are some reasons: 1. Loudon County, VA, is an example of what can happen with data center development. The AI people flooded the county with money that allowed the county to build new schools and so forth. But the other day I saw the story of some people there who have a home on a quiet cul-de-sac next to an open field. A data center, a huge building next to them, has a loud humming noise all the time. That’s a real “Trojan Horse”, and that’s not right. 2. I also read recently that AI has decoded a ...

Words of advice and messages for Gen Z and others

With today’s political atmosphere and the rhetoric in the papers, it is hard to know what to believe. But rest assured, it is not as bad as you think. At 82 years of age, I have lived through many crises like the polio epidemic, the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and several presidential assassination attempts (some successful). Also, I can’t remember a time without a war going on somewhere, the Y2K crisis, and recently the climate crisis predicting the polar ice cap completely ice-free in 2014, with our coastal cities flooded and the world destroyed, which did not happen. I ...

Thank you to Brian Carson for moving letter about diabetes journey

Brian Carson’s beautiful letter about his health and journey with diabetes was heart-wrenching, but he could be a hero for alerting many people. Brian told how he had high glucose but didn’t fix or manage it till bad things happened. Brian, bless you and best of luck. Wayne Loht McClure

Thanks to all for making 29th Day of Caring a success

United Way of Mifflin-Juniata kicked off the 2027 annual fundraising campaign with the 29th Annual Day of Caring on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. Approximately 424 volunteers spent the day painting, landscaping, building and cleaning. This year’s effort helped 42 different non-profit agencies and government entities throughout Mifflin and Juniata! The assistance that agencies receive through Day of Caring is critical. For the volunteer, the experience was uplifting. By giving people the chance to be directly involved, they come away with a great sense of accomplishment because they ...