CLAYPOOL — Claypool United Methodist Church will host a free community celebration of the Declaration of Independence. The event is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, July 2, in the church’s activity hall. Each attendee will receive a pocket size U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. A reading of the Declaration of Independence will take place …read more.

Dear Editor, When the founding fathers wrote the United States Constitution, they really wanted to make a statement to the rest of the world. Their intentions were clear from the very beginning with the words, “We the People.” The founders told the entire world that in the United States, the individual was sovereign over the state and …read more.