Alpena is a wonderful city of people with good Christian values. I want to ask your help with something that has upset me to the core. There is a billboard on US-23 South between Long Lake and Alpena that advertises for Holiday Inn. Pictured are three smiling children making us think of potential happy family times at the Holiday Inn. Three weeks ago, someone purposely cut off the face of one of the children from the billboard. It wasn’t an accident. The cut is a perfect circle and the child was African-American. As I drove by the billboard, my heart wept for all children in the world, especially those who are hated for no reason other than the ignorance of others. I called the Alpena Holiday Inn management several times. They reported that they had called the billboard company, Lamar, Inc., who stated that they would not do anything until the next advertising campaign that necessitated a billboard chang.