Letters to the Editor

Local Presbyterians Shun U.S.A. Churches’ Social Trends Editor:     The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at its General Assembly held June 19 voted to change its constitution’s definition of marriage from “a man and a woman” to “two people” and to allow its ministers to perform same-sex marriages where it is legal. Both measures passed by large…

Community Thanked For Clean-Up Help Editor:       The Town and Country Garden Club would like to thank everyone who helped make our City-Wide Clean-Up Day so successful.   The publicity given by David Howell and the Herald staff helped greatly. We appreciate all the volunteers who showed up at 8 a.m. and worked hard…

Laundry And Dry Cleaners Needed Here Dear Editor:   We are all interested in Walmart’s arrival, or not.   However, a really pressing  problem, much more immediately important to the whole trade area, is our need for a modern up-to-date laundry/dry cleaners. Figure the inconvenience and expense of having to take clothes to Oxford, Batesville,…

Be Careful When You Decide Where Other People Shop Dear Editor: Who is the enemy?   Reading the opposition’s ad on the back page of last week’s Herald made me think of my first experience with Walmart. It was 1979 when my company sent me to visit one of our coal loading facilities in Kentucky.…

Put Jail Inmates Back To Work     After reading the article about the new jail, enlarging it to the tune of almost tripling the size from 24 to about 72 beds and costing tax payers more, my first thought was “if the law gave these criminals the proper punishment, then there wouldn’t be return trips…

‘Well Organized, Well Disciplined’ Describes AIMS Competition Dear Editor,     Hats off to Bob Tyler, Yalobusha Economic Tour-ism and Development Dis-trict Director, for bringing the North-Half State Com-petition for Archery In Mis-sissippi Schools to Yalo-busha County last week. Approximately 1,600 students competed during the two day event, with schools from Flowood to Desoto. We watched…

Will Fine Ultimatum Work Or Will It Just Increase Crime Dear Editor, Studying at Ole Miss in the psychology department I have learned to treat new actions as experiments and to monitor outcomes to see how well they work. With the recent ultimatum to felons to pay their fines or go to jail, I hope…

Local Couple Shares Enthusiasm For Newcomers’ Contributions     Alexe, both Elsie and I are really enjoying your cookbook.  We quickly observed, of course, that it is much more than a conventional cookbook.  Your accompanying stories are interesting, entertaining and very well written.  We hope all Water Valley folks will appreciate as much as we do…

Ward Made Winners Out Of Mediocre Team Editor:     I was delighted to read Dorris Ward’s life story in Reflections last week. Very few people in our area could know, or remember, Dorris–but he became the basketball coach at Camp Ground for the school year 1951-52. The school, which is long gone,  was located across…

‘Shortcutters’ Dangerous To Normal Drivers To Whom It May Concern: Ok, now that I’ve lived here almost six years, I can say I have the right to complain about people who use The Sprint Mart Gas Station as a thoroughfare to get to Martin Street. I have watched people countless times speed through the gas…