The Chester Hometown Committee would like to send thanks to the following: Mayor Morris, Nancy Woods, Lisa Virden, Rex Cowey, Norman Harris, Elaine Hyatt, Del Wright, Barbi Shaw and the judges, Chester Police Department, Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, Chester Fire Department, Chester Water Department, VFW Post 6450, American Legion Post 121, H&F Trucking, John Merriman, C. Hackett, State Line Feed, Chester City Park Board and all the businesses and people that make the 4th of July celebration a success every year. Thanks, writes a reader, to Dr. Robert J. Walker for speaking to the Parkinsons Support Group that meets at Calcutta Christian Church the first Monday of each month. Spanks, writes a reader, to the group of middle-aged men that tossed a strip of fire crakers at my children on July 4 in Chester. They are only ages 1 and 6. It took me hours to get them to calm dow.