View Point - Letters to the Editor

Editor: Thank you to Anna Austin for the great story she wrote on Ellie Miller.
A lot of people have helped out with prayers, the benefit and moral support over the past year. Some people didn’t even know who Ellie was or what was wrong, so it helped to inform them and update them on how she is doing.
Ellie truly is a miracle with a happy ending. It really is wonderful how people come together in a small town when it is one of their own. I’ve never been so proud to say ‘Reynolds is my hometown.’
Anna, you did a great job and I’ll be looking for more articles from you.

Joy Breidenbach
Ellie’s Grandma

EDITOR: Much has been said in the past couple years about Traill County and its resistance to preserve history.
I have had a unique vantage point few do, owing to the fact that I have served on the County Historical Society Board and have also been a county highway department employee for the past 22 years. It has been personally disheartening to have the county portrayed as not encouraging preservation.
It was in fact the County Commission 42 years ago that allowed a fledging historical organization to have a stable annual income through a county wide mill levy, which has allowed the Historical Society to flourish for the past four decades. (more…)