I am writing in response to a letter written by David Ricker, which was published in last week’s LCN.

I would like to take this time to thank all the many wonderful businesses, and people who donated items for the Frank Cunningham Benefit and Auction. Without your kindness it would not have gone so well.

We cannot begin to express our great appreciation for the many ways in which our families, friends, associates and community have supported us through Gil’s injury. Lincoln County Communications and 911, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the Maine Warden Service, the Maine State Police, Bristol Fire and Rescue and CLC Ambulance all teamed up to care for Gil and get him to help.

A great big thank you to everyone who made it possible for the wonderful time we seniors enjoyed on Saturday at the Boothbay school.

There was a moment at the end of the final presidential debate this past Monday, when the two candidates are on stage with their families, shaking hands and engaging in small talk.

To those who have been to the town hearings or read the front page of The Lincoln County News concerning the upcoming vote.

The critical upcoming presidential election will determine whether this democracy will be upheld or whether it will become a plutocracy, ruled by, and for the very wealthiest among us.

How many times yesterday did you remember it was an anniversary day?

An article recently published in another newspaper within the last couple of weeks tells of a bridge design that will devastate the character of an otherwise beautiful New England town. We are once again talking about the South Bristol swing bridge.

Barrack Obama, you spend too much. We cannot afford a president that spends like you do.

Your presence at the next selectman’s meeting at Great Salt Bay on Sept. 26 at 6:30 is greatly needed.

Toward the end of his life, Ed Myers spent a great deal of his time disguised as a kindly old man who volunteered at the South Bristol School where he would help out as needed.

With much pride and appreciation we report that 62 units of blood were donated to the American Red Cross on Sept. 20 at the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle.

While sitting at a local coffee shop here in South Bristol on Sunday morning reading the Sunday paper I was stunned to find a letter to the paper stating that the State of Maine has wasted time and money on the design of our new bridge.