Did Personal Interests Overturn Election Vote? To the Editor: CONFLICT OF INTEREST: A conflict of interest is defined as a conflict between a person’s public obligations and private interests. When a conflict of interest arises, the person involved is unable to perform his or her duties in ...

Coming and Going of our Spring Waterfowl To the Editor: From driving around the countryside within the past few weeks you’ve no doubt noticed the abundance of waterfowl. Personally, I’ve seen thousands of Canadian geese, snow geese, and ducks gathered in the puddles of crop fields and ...

Scouts active in local communities To the Editor: Each year the Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts of America conducts a “Scouting for Food” campaign to collect food for local food shelves. This year, Scouts and Scouters collected 51,373 pounds of food for 20 different food shelves across ...

Auction to support worthy endeavor To the Editor: On behalf of the CREST Board of Directors and staff, we would like to invite everyone to the upcoming Knights of Columbus Silent/Live Auction that will take place this Saturday, April 1, at the St. John Vianney School Gym. The silent ...

Lions Club eyeglasses donations To the Editor: To everyone that has donated their used eyeglasses, thank you from the Fairmont Lions Club. We are grateful for your generosity, which helps those in need. Over the past 12 months, the Fairmont Lions collected 608 pair of used eyeglasses. If you ...

Clothing Swap To the Editor: Christian Church of Fairmont is hosting their third clothing swap from 9 a.m. to noon on April 22, at the Christian Church of Fairmont located at 625 Johnson St. in Fairmont. Please come and bring your kids old clothes that they no longer fit into, and pick up ...