Letters to the Editor, Opinion
June 26, 2026

A Welcome Home

To the Editor:

I’ve been on vacation and arrived home in NW Arkansas last night. I delighted to find the June Senior News issue [“Mothers & Fathers”] in my stack of mail.

Here I sit, eating my third bowl of bean/veggie soup and drinking boxed white wine while I lavishly read the “Sr. News.” It’s so wonderful to recall events, experiences and memories of my own as I read the submitted articles.

Wow! You and your submitters continue doing such a fabulous job on this little gem!

Thank you — keep writing and editing and producing the Senior News.

Shelly Moran is a former newspaper editor in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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An Arcata Singer Hits the Big Time
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