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Published on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 4:43pm

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The Enterprise welcomes letters to the editor expressing opinions on any issue of a public interest to our Park County readership. But in order to be published, the letters must:

Let’s grow our town

Published on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 4:26pm

Editor:

The Park County commissioners and the Fairgrounds and Parks Board members are considering an upgrade for the Rodeo and Fairgrounds as an economic venture. I can see where a rodeo might be of interest in our county, but the Rodeo and Fairgrounds is a seasonal attraction. I would think that a sound, all-year-round business would be a good move for a balanced economy in Livingston and Park County. Seasonal work brings in an income but is limiting in an all-year-round steady income. Most people want the opportunity to work a steady job.

Thanks to wonderful friends

Published on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 4:34pm

Editor:

Many thanks to all the people who saw our 64th wedding anniversary picture on the internet Feb. 11. We received many, many Facebook messages, phone calls from our friends here in Livingston, around the state and from many friends from around the country. The picture used was from our 63rd wedding anniversary. Our good friend from Columbus, Montana, Marilyn Strange, used that pic and entered the 64th date on it.

Lent provides opportunity to consider a plant-based diet

Published on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 4:33pm

Editor:

Feb. 26 marks the beginning of Lent, the period leading up to Easter, when devout Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness.

The call to abstain from eating animals is as traditional as Genesis 1:29, yet as current as the teaching of evangelical leader Franklin Graham. Earlier religious leaders like Methodist founder John Wesley, Salvation Army pioneers William and Catherine Booth, and Seventh-day Adventist Church founder Ellen White, all abstained from animal flesh. 

Candidates should take a lesson from Mrs. Olson

Published on Wed, 02/12/2020 - 4:43pm

Editor:

When I was in high school, almost 50 years ago, we learned in PE Archery to stand firm and focus on the target, aiming our arrows at the center bulls eye. And then in track, we were trained to focus on the goal line, and to not pay attention to our fellow runners (by looking to the left or right) because it could cause us to not only break stride, but we also risked being discouraged, emotionally and/or mentally, by who was coming up behind us, or possibly even passing us up along the way.

Take part in growth discussion

Published on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 4:39pm

Editor:

There was a notice placed in The Livingston Enterprise about a meeting for the Livingston Growth Policy that has since taken place on Jan. 28. The meeting was well done with photos displayed on tables for people of Livingston and Park County to view and make comments. Discussion was varied and the participants’ interaction provocative. Many questions are yet to be asked and discussions to be aired.

We did our best with the cards we were dealt 

Published on Fri, 02/07/2020 - 4:40pm

Editor:

I was elected president of Green Acres homeowners after the annexation became public in January of 2020. I separated my personal opinions from the collective of the community of Green Acres. 

Depose King Trump at next election

Published on Thu, 02/06/2020 - 4:46pm

Editor:

The great American experiment is dead. Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Truth have been trumped. Our Constitution, including the Balance of Power so ingeniously woven into our government, has been trumped. Our grand institutions, including the Justice Department, the State Department, the Interior Department, and others, have been trumped.

You’ve made your bed

Published on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:38pm

Editor:

Oh, Roger Koopman, us dumb, ignorant liberals have waited far too long for your latest dose of smug enlightenment and unconventional analysis of world history. 

You may indeed be correct that the supposed evils of democratic socialism are no match for the oft-demonstrated evils of fascism. Oh, wait, Adolf Hitler was a socialist, not a right-wing dictator fueled by xenophobia and racism, because, um, he led the “National Socialist Party!” Yeah, that’s it! 

We ignore roadless lands at our own peril

Published on Tue, 02/04/2020 - 4:47pm

Editor:

It’s alarming to witness extreme destruction to habitats around the globe, realizing that no place is exempt from the consequences of climate change, especially those places disabled by human development.