I’m impressed by the qualities that all these men bring to the table. Mr. Daniels has experience on City Council and as a businessman. Mr. Mikkelsen is a person who has lived in our city for 10 years and exhibits a sincere vision for Hillsboro as well as a business background. Mr. Hastings has an eclectic background in many areas and I liked his attitude about “thinking outside the box.” This is a TOUGH CHOICE!

As I perused the April 16 Highland County Press and saw the huge Johnny Paycheck write-up and picture on the front page but had to search for Mike Ballentine's article hidden on Page 8, a thought crossed my mind: Jesus must be so pleased!

Perhaps it's time for the American people to learn from actual history and to demand a return to a framework that created happy days, instead of continuing to buy a fairy tale version in which wealth lavished on the very rich will somehow magically trickle down to everyone. Perhaps it's time for the majority of Americans to speak out against the disenfranchisement of the less privileged instead of nodding their heads and letting it go unchallenged.

Thanks for your recent coverage of Greenfield's Johnny Paycheck. I had never seen photos of him such as you used. He was a  handsome young man. When I met him in the late 1970s, he looked as if he was in his 80s. I suppose it was due to the life he led.

It’s because if you send another Hillsboro "In-Crowder” to the mayor’s office, the relationship between the city and county residents and the quality of life in Hillsboro and Highland County is doomed to get even worse. Please go vote in the mayoral primary May 3. The more voters, the better our chances.

To the editor:

My staff at the Hillsboro City Schools Early Childhood Center and I would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the many volunteers who donated their time to work at the annual kindergarten registration held April 6. Approximately 152 students were registered that day.

To the editor:

We are no longer a country that produces many tangible goods. If the ever-increasing taxes didn’t drive the corporations out of the country, the increasing demands of the unions certainly made short work of those that were left. How can we attract businesses to ever return unless we break the choke hold of the unions?

Mr. Lewis, you've really done it! Your column in the April 2 HCP was so off base as to be laughable, were it not so serious an allegation. Your whole point was to bash President Obama.

After reading the HCP Community Happenings about the County Commission and VFW selling bricks for the Veterans' Memorial, I happened to wonder if people remember there were a lot of women veterans from previous wars and also young women as well as men currently serving overseas.

We are faculty at Southern State Community College, which has served thousands of citizens in your districts very well for 36 years. We want you and the citizens you serve to be aware that Senate Bill 5 is rife with unintended consequences that will harm the quality of higher education in Ohio. We only have space to discuss a few here.

We all have to be willing to sacrifice. Please encourage Representative Cliff Rosenberger to vote for Senate Bill 5 when it reaches the House.

To the editor:

To the editor:

I would like to clarify some issues about the salaries of public employees that were published recently in the paper. I know that compared to the average salary of a Highland County resident, these salaries might look like a lot. However, when you compare these salaries to people in the private sector with the same educational qualifications, you will find public employees (namely teachers) salaries are much lower.