Letter to the Editor:

It has come to my attention that there are certain people in this world who have sunk so low as to put on fake military uniforms in order to scam the public and local shops out of discounts on everything from gas to large-ticket sale items.

Most recently I?heard a story about a local movie theater that fell victim to one of these scam artists and let a service member see a movie for free only to be told later that the person they let in, in fact, was a civilian posing as an Air Force officer, but dressed in a Marine uniform.

I would like to see every

Letter to the Editor:

We read with fascination the letters written by Mary Jo Berner  and Susan Sommer regarding the recent failure of the gun control legislation.

This was democracy at work, but both Ms. Berner and Ms. Sommer seem to believe there is some type of underlying conspiracy when Democrats do not get their way.

We are stupefied that those who lean Democrat or liberal

Dear Editor:

I would like to comment on a letter from Cheryl Andrist in the April 28 News-Review, “Private school vouchers are hurting our public schools.”

Ms. Andrist said that the Rhinelander, Crandon, Tomahawk, Niagara and Merrill public schools lost roughly $430,000 total because money was “taken” from them and given to private voucher schools. She says we should contact Sen. Tiffany. Rep. Swearingen, Rep. Czaja and Rep. Mursau and tell them to say “no” to voucher schools.

First, private voucher schools cost us $6,500 per

Letter to the Editor:

I am a 14-year-old boy living in Eagle River. Recently, my confirmation class and I?were victims of the sad and twisted times we live in.

Our confirmation ceremony is swiftly approaching and last week we went out into the community to do “random acts of kindness.” We split into groups and my group went to a local grocery store, holding a sign that said, “Free Hugs,” and giving out just that. Was it unusual? Yes. Was it rather awkward? Certainly. But harmful or harassing? No.

And yet, after only about 15

Letter to the Editor:

As the events of the bombing at the Boston Marathon unfolded, and were reported in great detail in the national media, I was, as were most of us, horrified that two young men could murder three innocent bystanders, including one young child, and injure nearly 200 others.

There can be no doubt that law enforcement did a superb job in identifying the two suspects.

I certainly don’t mean to minimize or politicize these tragic events, but on that same day much more tragic event occurred that went unreported by any of the media.

According to the