The appointment of Daylon Plemens as Macon County’s Veterans Affairs representative is well deserved.

Mrs. Plemens has paid her dues as a volunteer with the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) since its inception. In this capacity she has helped many veterans claim their rightful benefits for service to this country. Due to past indifference by the VA to their claims, many of these veterans had all but given up getting any help for their request for assistance before Mrs. Plemens encouraged them to pursue their claims and helped them with the mountains of paperwork required.

In answer to Mr. Doug Hogsed’s letter giving his full approval to Mr. Talley’s motocross track, I’d like to address each of his moronic points:

1. I suggest that the 300 or so motorcycle riders go to your neighborhood and ride for hours so that you can enjoy the “sounds of youth having fun.”

2. If Hazel Talley is not with us anymore, who are you to assume that she would want to annoy all of her neighbors, decrease their property values and turn this peaceful community into a three-ring circus.

Who decided the current definitions applied to the political "Left" or Liberal, and "Right" or Conservative?

It's difficult to accept the currently espoused, oft-hypocritical, definition of supposed right, or "Right" Conservatism.

We hear glib mouthings that our country should return to what some claimant insists is "right", basing that claim on whatever is their supposition of our nation's founders intent.

I thought I had seen most sides to politics but what just happened in Macon County outdid it all for me.

The job of Veterans Counselor became available in the Macon County office. Applications were accepted by the county manager but I have watched and read every issue of The Franklin Press and still haven’t seen the ad yet. But that’s not it, a person was picked by the county manager and what I have been told, one commissioner sitting on a committee. The person picked held the job many years ago, resigned and had not served for ten years. This hurt the veterans because the rules have changed some in ten years. More than likely this person will need a good couple of years to come to understand the present rules. It’s bad enough the vets must wait for the federal governement to decide on his disability claims.