A chance to say thanks

Saturday, Sen. Mike Enzi will be in Saratoga to award the Purple Heart to Robert James. To be awarded a Purple Heart, one has to be harmed by something that is meant to injure during wartime.

It has been several years since a member of the armed forces was awarded a Purple Heart in the Valley.

With tensions so thick after the beheading of two American journalists and the beheading of a British journalist, war in Syria is most likely eminent, and Americans once again find themselves on high alert.

Everyday service members are in harm’s way or have the possibility of being in harm’s way. Soldier...