String quartet to perform at ChamberFest Brown County
To the editor:
ChamberFest Brown County is excited to announce that the Eykamp String Quartet from Evansville will be playing a benefit concert at the Nashville Methodist Church this coming Sunday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. The program will feature works by two women composers, Florence Price and Fanny Mendelssohn. Pianist Sean Cavanaugh, a piano faculty member at Vincennes University, will join with the quartet in the performance of Price’s Piano Quintet in A minor.
No tickets are needed to attend.
All donations will go towards ChamberFest Brown County’s festival that will be held this Aug. 14 through 20. There will be a reception following the concert. All are invited to attend.
Annie Hawk, president ChamberFest Brown County
Letter-writer gives some ‘bad news for liberals’
To the editor:
I have some bad news for the liberals. Just when you thought the Tea Party that arose during the Obama administration was dead and buried, it has reappeared. It came riding to town in Canada on an 18-wheeler. Once again, people are reminded of the curse of “big brother” government.
The prime minister of Canada has gone into hiding because he can’t handle the smell of diesel smoke or cattle trailers with the smell of livestock. What is worse than that is the smell of a hog trailer that has not been washed out for a while. He can’t hide from the noise of diesel engines as the noise explodes through those large mufflers, or the blast of their air horns, louder than any Super Bowl crowd. The men driving those rigs are the ones that carry our goods all across the land to our local markets.
What can you do with trucks that are about 20 feet long with trailers that are 40 feet long? They cannot be ignored or easily moved. If you turn off the engines in zero-degree weather, good luck in restarting them. If the brake lines freeze, the wheels lock up, and you can’t move them. The governments in their capital cities have more to fear than fear itself. It is going to be hard for cancel culture to cancel out a big rig. Like woke officials in Canada, American officials had better go into their bunkers like the prime minister of Canada and claim they have COVID-19 until those trucks start up and leave town. Happy trails to the truckers.
If Little Jimmy Dickens were still alive today, he might write a song like this for our leaders:
May black diesel smoke fly up your nose.
May your wife get diesel fuel in her hose.
May a 10×20 truck tire crush your little toes.
And where this song may end, nobody knows.
Sincerely,
James Brown, Morgantown
Divided nation should come together to defend country
To the editor:
Whether there is a Republican or Democrat in the White House, the opposite party in Congress will challenge much of that president’s agenda. But both sides still must be willing to negotiate.
No president has 100 percent control of the issues he faces, much of the other responsibility is in the power of other departments or to outside forces. Congress is responsible for passing legislation to benefit and protect our democracy. The Federal Reserve’s mandate is to provide a stable economy by adjusting targets for employment and inflation. Oil is produced and sold by many countries around the world with the Middle East having a big influence. Thus, the global market determines the price of gas with the U.S. having limited control.
One area where the executive branch needs to take control and to respond quickly is when the health and safety of our people are at risk. Such a time is now with the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration reacted slowly by refusing to take the pandemic seriously. During the year, progress was slow despite the development of two vaccines. The Biden administration made the pandemic a priority and progress increased. But progress was limited because of the continuing conflict between the two parties. By the end of 2021, only 60% of those eligible had been fully vaccinated.
America has had a history of responding to all its crises by putting aside our differences and rallying together to defend our country and keep America strong. Today the United States is being confronted with a host of dangerous adversaries, and America responded by…
Larry Shade, Columbus
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