View Point - Letters to the Editor

Editor: We are very concerned about the deaths of our service men and women in Iraq. Since the war began 1,059 have died. Losing each life was a terrible tragedy.
Isn’t it also a tragedy that last year in North Dakota 1,354 unborn babies were aborted? The nationwide average is over one million a year. Also consider the long list of couples waiting to adopt.
Whatever the circumstances, this is tragic. Let us pray to end not only the war but also abortion.

Iva Mae Overmoe
Mayville
Valley I Believe in Life

Editor: What a wonderful homecoming parade!
Thank you to the three marching bands and to their director, Mr. Wes Froehlich. Thank you to all the junior and senior high school classes that had floats. Thank you to everyone else that took part in the parade.
We stood by the elementary school and all the grades and their teachers sat by the curb. You could feel the joy and excitement in the air. The children made noise and were happy.
In the intersection uptown, the band played, the school song was sung and people clapped. There was noise and cheering. The comments were — what a great parade.

Mavis Johnson
Hillsboro

Editor: Wow, wasn’t that a great Homecoming parade?
Thank you, Mr. Froehlich, your wife Jan and family Jordan and Amber for all the extra time spent with our youth in getting them into synchronized marching. The time spent was truly worth it in our eyes.
Today we had a terrific small town parade with many good, imaginative floats and leading the whole thing — a marching band with enough kids for a drill team too.
We look forward to many more. Good job to Mr. Froehlich and his marching band.
Chris McInnes
Hillsboro Music Parents, president

Editor: When I saw that Hillsboro High School marching band come downtown along Caledonia Avenue last Friday, tears came to my eyes. It took me back a little over 60 years ago when I would do the same with my Wimbledon High School band. Later still I joined the Wimbledon Community Band and we loved to play and march too. We at the time played lots of John Philip Sousa marches. I especially liked them because I was a tuba player.
On Friday evening we also went to the football game and enjoyed the band again. Hillsboro has an unusually good tuba player in this band and the sound of the beat was nostalgic to me. The marching was well done and the music was amazingly good for such a short time of practice. (more…)

Editor: I want to express my gratitude and admiration toward the organizers and participants in the Homecoming celebration held last week. It was a wonderful way to show community pride and school spirit. I thank each and every one of the participants for making it a thoroughly enjoyable event.
Each of the class parade floats was well done and the builders and their classmates should be proud of their handiwork. The businesses which fielded floats and parade units showed their community pride and support. Let’s all support them by giving them our business.
We enjoyed the parade so much that we watched it from three different locations along the route. All of the people I have talked to about the parade were very pleased that our school and community have revived this inspiring tradition. Putting three marching bands on the street from our own schools is a powerful testament to Mr. Froehlich’s plan to build a strong music program.
It was such a moving experience that it brought tears to the eyes of several people to whom I spoke. Let’s keep the tradition alive and plan for an even bigger and better celebration next year.
Congratulations to the Burros football team for their hard won victory in the Homecoming game. Go Burros!
Congratulations to King Adam Smith and Queen Katy Larson and their court. They are indeed a very fine group of young people.

Jim Knecht
Hillsboro