It is the end of an era

To the Editor: Gladwin County Prosecutor Norm Gage is retiring. Having worked in the same courtrooms for almost 30 years, first as defense counsel and now as a Circuit Judge, I got to know Norm well. It is without debate that the prosecutor wields great power in the courtroom.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | BEAVERTON’S FIRST GAS STATION

Affirmative action ruling worries environmental justice advocates

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down race-conscious college admissions has some environmental justice activists on edge. They say the decision could make it harder to protect marginalized communities that are victims of disproportionate environmental harm.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | GEM THEATER

Beaverton’s Gem Theater has graced the center of town for more than 80 years. This is what Ross Street (M-18) looked like around the time of its opening. Note the Beaverton Community Center building to the right of the Gem.

EDITOR’S INBOX

To the Editor: In last week’s paper Chris Waugh attempted to correct Joanna Mollica of Hope saying that she had made an error when she stated that according to indictments, Trump deliberately lied about voter fraud to illegally overturn the elections results and change the slates of electors.

Losing it all in the St. Louis Fire

On July 12, 1973, a fire in St. Louis, Missouri, at the National Personnel Records Center destroyed between 16 and 18 million military personnel files. My mother’s file was one of those. The files covered the period from pre-World War 1 to 1963.

Response to recent Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: The varied opinions of our Gladwin County community, and further, keep us interiorizing, growing and becoming wiser. So nice to see so many Letters to the Editor! It’s “not all good” though, sad to say.

The unfortunate truth

To the Editor: It seems that Republican political gamesmanship in both the Senate and the House of Representatives leaves the United States in an uncomfortable predicament when it comes to the Middle East.

Voting needs more attention

To the Editor: Thanks to One-Party Democrat rule in Lansing, our state is on the road to becoming a full-scale client of Communist China.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | PISTOL CLUB MAY 7, 1958