A very big thank-you to all our customers and friends, who walked upon our wooden floors and kept us in business for so many years. Thank you for bringing your friends and family to shop the never-ending myriad of quality merchandise. We appreciate every moment of our 66 years helping you find the perfect item.

For months, we have been bombarded by ads from the coal-gas-oil lobbies.

The story in the Aug. 27 newspaper, which praised researchers for placing a dollar sign on the value of the Belgrade Lakes, should be read by everyone. It is also my hope that half of those reading it realize that placing a monetary value on any freshwater lake, or land or air mass, is pure folly. All parts of this natural Earth are priceless, Belgrade included.

The Senate race is interesting. Leaving aside the individuals and the personalities, this seems to me a better model, except that we have only one candidate in the middle. The two party candidates represent their respective poles. And, once again, we are in danger of a winner being chosen by a minority.