Rector is fortunate, as a community of 2,000 people, to have a supermarket of the quality of Harps. Just imagine the town without it.

That perception is strengthened when the company periodically makes a major contribution to the local community.

Such was the the case this week when Harps local manager Shayne Roofe presented a check for $5,000 to the Helping Hands Foundation, an organization which provides assistance in a variety of ways to students in the local school district.

The entire community, and especially our young people, will benefit greatly from this timely contribution.