Letters to the Editor Sept. 19, 2024

Response to Larry Conklin's column

In your column last week, you spoke about how you felt that it was God’s will that kept you alive during your tour of duty in the military. You then stated that you believed God spared Trump’s life when there was an attempted assassination on his life. You said that God did this to save this nation from self-destruction.

I disagree with you. I do not believe that God intercedes in assassinations. If so, why did he allow Adolph Hitler to survive when his generals failed in their attempt to kill him? Why didn’t God prevent some of the world’s greatest leaders from having their lives ended? I mention Mahatma Gandhi, JFK, his brother Bobby, Julius Caesar, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln.

In the church that I was raised in, I often heard that, “God acts in mysterious ways.” Perhaps we mere mortals do not have rational answers for all our actions.

Roger Noel Price

Millerton

Amenia Fire Co. thank you

On Sunday, Sept.15, the Amenia Fire Company sponsored our first monthly Pancake Breakfast of the season. We were pleased to have a crowd of 100 people in attendance for our monthly meal. We rely on the breakfasts to raise needed money for general operations and we always appreciate the support of the community. We thank everyone who attends our events and we will return again on Oct. 20.

Andy Murphy, on behalf of the Breakfast Committee,

Amenia Fire Co. and Auxiliary

Amenia