Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: We acknowledge racism in and beyond our community. We recognize the harm, pain, violence, terror and insult caused to people of color by racist acts, messages and structures. We also recognize racism limits our own lives, damages ourselves, families and communities, that in doing violence to others we also do violence to ourselves...

To the Editor: I am writing to congratulate a man that has always bled purple in his veins in the 36 years I have known him, Mr. Russ Hesler. I am a retired Tiger Cub and former resident of Greencastle, having begun my first principal’s position at GHS in 1982 and returning as GHS principal in 2006...

To the Editor: In light of recent expressions of racism that have occurred on the campus of DePauw University, we, the undersigned churches of Greencastle, declare ourselves to be in resolute opposition to any form of racism and white supremacy. Racism and white supremacy are antithetical to the teachings of the Bible...

To the Editor: Every generation has certain markers or events that are influential to the way a group of people think and view the world. For me, a significant event was the Columbine school shooting. I remember growing up in school practicing active shooter drills, hiding under my desk or the coatroom until our teacher gave us the all clear that the drill was over...