Dear Editor, HELLO to Whoever stole the metal flowers out of my front yard. Shame on you! I do not know who you are, but God does. However, you missed one small flower and my artificial grass. When you come after them, let me know and I will have coffee and donuts.
See you in church. A.C.
Parade
Dear Editor, Well, the Fourth of July Celebrations(s) are over. And once again the Grants 4th parade was a disappointing unorganized event, maybe even the worst ever. Those in the parade were separated too far apart from one another. Too many children riding the vehicles. Where were the adults? And were the police car drivers trying to see who had the loudest horn? Another was the ball players, it was nice to see our youth involved in sports, but maybe we take two representatives from each sport and put them all on one vehicle. Our Grand Marshall was well hidden, she should have been honored by riding an open car. Where were the neighboring city and tribal officials? Were they invited, after all, they do contribute to the city of Grants economy. Large industrial machines and vehicles - definitely No… Too big, how about getting some live marching bands for future parades... I'm sure the school system has a summer band program of some sort. Lastly, the tossing of candies. Too many sweets for growing children.
I understand Santa Fe Avenue is being repaired, but even a different route could have served well.
I wish you the best in future events.
Jos. V. Lorenz
RE: KUDOS to Cleanup Crews
Dear Editor, Thank you to the city and village staff who are shouldering the brunt of cleanup following our recent flooding. I live in a neighborhood hard hit by Friday’s heavy rains. The arroyo next to my house had become a torrent of water and the street a river. Early on Saturday morning, I went down to City Hall to report on the damage in our neighborhood. City Hall was locked but three staff were already at work cleaning streets with a bucket loader, dump truck, and roller sweeper. I spoke to them about the condition of our streets. They stopped what they were doing and patiently listened to me. Before their shift was done, they started the job cleaning our neighborhood’s streets.
The flood damage was so extensive much more needed to be done, not only in our neighborhood but all over town. On the following Tuesday morning a larger crew with a dump truck and three bucket loaders were hard at work in our neighborhood. I spoke with several of the crew and their supervisor, who again stopped and patiently listened. When I returned several hours later, our street, which had been covered with mud and rocks, was cleared!
Early on another day I went to pick up sandbags at the City Fire Department. A crew from the Village of Milan was at work getting them ready. This was a pleasant surprise. It is nice to see the two municipalities teaming up to help one another during a crisis.
THANK YOU! Harry Sheski