It was disturbing to hear of the problems that Melanie and Kevin Meismer are having with the Little Oaks Child Care Center in Germantown Hills.

As a parent of a third and first grader, how refreshing it was to read both Joanna Roper’s Aug. 6 and Veronica Walker’s Sept. 10 letters to the editor concerning the Accelerated Reader Program.

Kudos to Joanna Roper’s Aug. 6 letter to the editor concerning the Accelerated Reader Program.

I applaud and echo her thoughts and sentiments.

Not one but two standing ovations by the almost 500 audience members in attendance clearly demonstrated their appreciation for the talents of 55 members of the Peoria Pops Orchestra atFive Points Washington on June 21.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that I have met and spoken with during the past couple of weeks since starting as the new fire chief of the Washington Fire Department.

The Washington Park District and the Evan Knoblauch family would like to thank everyone who participated and helped with the first annual Evan Knoblauch Memorial Frisbee Golf Outing.

On behalf of the Washington Fine Arts Society, we would like to thank the many, many people who came together to make the first annual Washington Fine Arts Festival a success.

Without a doubt, the first annual Washington Fine Arts Festival was a resounding success!

I have been a resident of the Washington-Beverly Manor-Sunnyland area since 1965, and have witnessed the deterioration of the traffic system throughout the growth of this community.

I would like to thank the Washington City Council and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church for resolving what was an ongoing problem between myself and St. Mark’s.

After addressing my concerns at a city council meeting, the issues about my property were quickly resolved.

Accelerated Reader is a computerized reading management program — today’s high-tech answer to the book report — reportedly used in half of our nation’s schools.

Students select a book to read from a recommended list (point values are assigned to each book based on its difficulty). Once the student reads the book, he or she takes a 10-question, multiple-choice test on computer about facts from the book.

Contrary to recent information being circulated among the citizens of Washington Township, the Washington District Library board of trustees is NOT levying a new tax.

The Lincoln Bicentennial Committee wishes to thank our donors who are helping to make our Lincoln events possible!

Please support St. Jude!

A little more than a year ago, seven people came together to start the Washington-to-Peoria St. Jude Run after several years of participating in the Bloomington-Normal-to-Peoria St. Jude Run.

As an instructor of rhetoric and literature at a high school close to Washington, I found Cris Braun’s June 4 letter interesting because of its extensive use of fallacies and assertions.