How did the Starbuck get its name?

From Joyce Wahlquist,

Starbuck

What a wonderful contest and congratulations to the very interesting essays.

Have always been intrigued with the Starbuck name and have enjoyed the two different versions.  First, it was named after a railroad official, William Starbuck who never visited.  Second, my favorite, is that when they were building the railroad in 1882 two oxen were used, one named Star and one name Buck.

Appreciate all your coverage and the Heritage Days pictures were great, including the new royalty and of course the horrible Starbuck Locker fire.

Thanks for keeping the newspaper interesting and informative for our communities.

Don’t ‘space out’ and miss out…

From the 2024 Pontoon Parade Committee:

Robbie and Emily Hyland, Bryan and Becky Taffe, Kristal and Adam Wendt

We’re writing to invite all area businesses, organizations, and family and friends to become a part of the upcoming 68th annual Waterama lighted pontoon parade on July 27th. Deck out your pontoon or boat for our community to enjoy!

This year, join us for an ‘Out of This World’ pontoon parade. Grab your spot along the Lake Minnewaska shoreline and witness a galactic display of space-inspired lights.

But we can’t make this event a success without the help of our local businesses, organizations, and family and friends. Join the party at waterama.org/form-pontoonparade. We updated the prize categories this year. We now have two categories: 1) business category and 2) organizations and friends and families. Each category will have first, second and third place cash prizes! Once registered, your space mission is to have a blast decking out your boat with the brightest lights and space-tacular theme to win over our judges.

Don’t space out and miss out! We can’t wait to make this year’s pontoon parade the talk of the galaxy.

Disagrees with letter on Trump’s comments

From Kathy Wilson

Glenwood

Last week, an op-ed letter from a reader maligned Trump with an alleged quote: military who died serving their country are “suckers and losers.”

I am not a “techie,” but it was  very easy to google “Trump suckers and losers comment.”  This account denied the statement as something wrongly reported years ago without any documentation.

I found this denial credible.  Why?  Because of our experience regarding Trump’s pro-military decisions, I would like to note: my husband is a Viet Nam combat vet (100 % disabled) who is fortunate enough to have all his medical needs service by the VA.  This includes Community Care, originally instituted by Trump during his administration.  This program simplifies access to medical services by any veteran who is beyond a certain mileage from a VA facility.

For example: In our case, my husband’s primary caregiver, eye doctor, dental needs are met by local doctors in Glenwood and Alexandria.  This covers most of his medical needs and eases our travel burden.

I think Trump’s initiation of the Community Care program would seem to contradict the “suckers and losers” comment attributed to him.

Editor’s Note:  The VA MISSION Act was  legislation brought by U.S. Senator Jon Tester in his role as Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and passed by Congress in 2018.  It was signed into law by President Donald Trump on June 6, 2018. The VA Mission Act contained the “Community Care” initiative.

Community is lucky to have GRHS

From Karen Carlson,

Glenwood

I recently was a patient at the Glenwood hospital. We have lived here for almost four years now and I have to say my care was excellent. The doctors and nurses were the best. The food was great. The room was big and comfortable. I have never seen such big double room shades before. They were beautiful. The coffee room/sunroom was overlooking Lake Minnewaska and what a view. Really breath-taking.

For a small community, you are very lucky to have the Glacial Ridge Health System so close. Love living in Glenwood.