Editor: Tom Evans recently wrote that there is an entropy problem with evolution. This simply is not true. The popular conception of entropy is that it is a measure of “organization” and that systems always proceed toward greater entropy, which means they become more disorganized. This definition is not correct. As an example, I offer…
Editor: One phrasing of the second law of thermodynamics is: “The entropy of a closed system cannot decrease.” Entropy can be identified as a measure of usable energy. This leads to the notion that things invariable proceed from order to disorder. Stuff left alone falls apart. But all of this applies to a “closed system.”…
Editor: I think Dr Tom’s decision to end debate on evolution vs. creation to be unfortunate, but wise. It has been my experience that once a belief system has been established it is difficult to overcome, and continued debate usually ends in argument and division. I use the word “belief” because both creationists and evolutionists…
Editor: I would like to respond to the letter from Nicole Lovett that ran in your Sept. 28 edition. In that letter, Ms. Lovett asserts that evolution is a theory, not a fact, using Webster’s dictionary to define fact. I would suggest she go back to the dictionary and look up the word theory, because…
Editor: Old people love word searches. Old people can’t see small things. Your “Word Search” is so small it is nearly impossible to do. The font size makes for considerable eye strain. Not to mention that your “Word Search” answers are impossible for even 20 year olds to read. Please consider enlarging them. Patsy Bauman…
Editor: Since when are we allowing large wooden billboards from off-the-Hill companies to advertise on our beautiful mountain? Driving along 243 recently, I noticed New Horizons Carpet has put up an obnoxious, two-direction, large billboard. This is not Hemet or any other city. This needs to go. I also saw a sign twirler on 243…
Editor: Nicole, in your letter “Evolution is not a fact” you’re correct, evolution is indeed theory and not fact. There has always been confusion with “theory” however. In scientific terms, theories are not someone’s opinion or guess, these are hypotheses. Scientific theories begin as a hypothesis, experiments happen, facts and data are collected, analyzed, then…
Editor: Enough is enough. Too much has been torn down already and torn apart. We must do something to keep our rights and liberties. I am so frustrated I could spit. What should we do? Speak up and out, don’t just shrug your shoulders and say, “Times have changed.” They certainly have changed, shamefully. This…
Editor: I am grateful for many things, one of which is living in this mountain community. Just breathing in the clean air fragrant with pine, cedar and fir lifts my spirits, until: I get a whiff on the air current from someone’s dryer in the neighborhood spewing out the poisonous smell of some commercial dryer…
I’m enclosing a check for Town Crier Membership in the amount of $500 in the name of “The Mills Family.” The paper has held a special presence in my life. It was always on the table in my parents’ and grandparents’ cabins. The pages logged so many of the events in our family history, not…
