Letters to the Editor 01-05-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Pregnant Teens - Hateful Attitides - Apology - Armstrong Road - Street Cleared - Back To The Days
Pregnant Teens
Editor, Times-Union:I am the parent of a Warsaw High School freshman. I have become increasingly irate at some of the things my daughter has come home telling me. After confirming the stories with some other parents and students, I have decided to write this letter. My daughter came home a few weeks ago and mentioned to the family that a 14-year-old girl in one of her classes brought her baby to school for a show and tell type event. I was quite shocked that a young woman could be proud of such an accomplishment. When I was that age, 14-year-olds just knew better than to get pregnant. Those who did were chastised, and should have been ashamed. After blowing my top at this, my daughter proceeded to tell me "the way it was." I have learned that there are quite a few teenage moms roaming around the halls at our local public high school. I have also learned that a few of her now ex-acquaintances wanted to be pregnant. She said that groups of girls just ooh over pictures of their children. What have we come to? My wife and I have had quite a lengthy discussion with my daughter. In the process, I have found her a new school for her next year on 250W that can boast they don't have a single teenage mom. Don't take this letter the wrong way. I'm not by any means saying every girl or even a large percentage are, were or want to be pregnant. I just wanted to put this out there for parents to think about and talk to their children about. Maybe we can stop another child's life from being ruined by being born to a young incapable mother and possibly father.
Will Baker
Warsaw
via e-mail
Hateful Attitides
Editor, Times-Union:This is a letter to all the people with "hateful" attitudes my husband and crew had to endure Christmas Day.
My husband is manager of the Village Pantry. This store stays open 365 days a year, which means he works every holiday. It seems that no one thinks about this when they complain about the prices of milk, gas or whatever. It does not occur to them that these people are not home with their respective families but working so you can have gas or food. If you would prepare better, you could have gone to wherever and got things cheaper. But don't swear at my husband and give him a hard time. It's inexcusable. It should go without saying, but obviously I'm wrong, we should respect store personnel (any store). They tolerate a lot so you can have this service.
The next time you're at a restaurant, store, your doctor's office or wherever you encounter public service people, remember your manners. I know the argument is to get a job somewhere else and a lot of us would, but the reason shouldn't be because we can't stand the people we service.
Phyllis L. Barger
Warsaw
Apology
Editor, Times-Union:This is a letter to all the people with "hateful" attitudes my husband and crew had to endure Christmas Day.
My husband is manager of the Village Pantry. This store stays open 365 days a year, which means he works every holiday. It seems that no one thinks about this when they complain about the prices of milk, gas or whatever. It does not occur to them that these people are not home with their respective families but working so you can have gas or food. If you would prepare better, you could have gone to wherever and got things cheaper. But don't swear at my husband and give him a hard time. It's inexcusable. It should go without saying, but obviously I'm wrong, we should respect store personnel (any store). They tolerate a lot so you can have this service.
The next time you're at a restaurant, store, your doctor's office or wherever you encounter public service people, remember your manners. I know the argument is to get a job somewhere else and a lot of us would, but the reason shouldn't be because we can't stand the people we service.
Phyllis L. Barger
Warsaw
Armstrong Road
Editor, Times-Union:Thanks to Diane Manley for calling attention to the lousy condition of Armstrong Road. One of the busiest roads of the county has been poorly attended. There's no excuse for this.
Dick Miller
Leesburg
Street Cleared
Editor, Times-Union:A big "thank you" starting with the lady with whom I spoke at the police station on the morning of 12/27. She did not drop the ball, she kicked it in the right direction, because on 12/29, there was a crew removing snow and cleaning our street so we could once again have places to park on Main Street. All it takes in times like these is a little communication and cooperation on everybody's part. It certainly didn't take us long to move our cars once we knew somebody was coming to clean our street. We just need to work together until we get some warm spring air.
Thanks again! Happy New Year to all from Retired Tigers.
Julia Raypholtz
Warsaw
Back To The Days
Editor, Times-Union:We wish to thank everyone who attended and worked above and beyond the call on the 10th annual Back To The Days Of Kosciuszko 2000. Even though the weather was not entirely with us, the event was still a success.
School day, Friday, had some 200 fourth-graders from area Christian schools, home schools and Whitko enjoy the day as well as experiencing some of the life of the 18th-century America.
If you enjoyed the new format of our event, wait until you experience the 11th Back To The Days of Kosciuszko scheduled for Sept. 21 and 22. Our re-enactment will be held, as before, at Lucerne Park.
Thanks to your support we were able to give the Baker Youth Clubs $1,000 and the Warsaw Park Department $300.
Our first meeting for the 2001 event is scheduled for Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m., upstairs at the Blue Lion, Winona Lake.
Jim Smelser
Warsaw
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- Pregnant Teens - Hateful Attitides - Apology - Armstrong Road - Street Cleared - Back To The Days
Pregnant Teens
Editor, Times-Union:I am the parent of a Warsaw High School freshman. I have become increasingly irate at some of the things my daughter has come home telling me. After confirming the stories with some other parents and students, I have decided to write this letter. My daughter came home a few weeks ago and mentioned to the family that a 14-year-old girl in one of her classes brought her baby to school for a show and tell type event. I was quite shocked that a young woman could be proud of such an accomplishment. When I was that age, 14-year-olds just knew better than to get pregnant. Those who did were chastised, and should have been ashamed. After blowing my top at this, my daughter proceeded to tell me "the way it was." I have learned that there are quite a few teenage moms roaming around the halls at our local public high school. I have also learned that a few of her now ex-acquaintances wanted to be pregnant. She said that groups of girls just ooh over pictures of their children. What have we come to? My wife and I have had quite a lengthy discussion with my daughter. In the process, I have found her a new school for her next year on 250W that can boast they don't have a single teenage mom. Don't take this letter the wrong way. I'm not by any means saying every girl or even a large percentage are, were or want to be pregnant. I just wanted to put this out there for parents to think about and talk to their children about. Maybe we can stop another child's life from being ruined by being born to a young incapable mother and possibly father.
Will Baker
Warsaw
via e-mail
Hateful Attitides
Editor, Times-Union:This is a letter to all the people with "hateful" attitudes my husband and crew had to endure Christmas Day.
My husband is manager of the Village Pantry. This store stays open 365 days a year, which means he works every holiday. It seems that no one thinks about this when they complain about the prices of milk, gas or whatever. It does not occur to them that these people are not home with their respective families but working so you can have gas or food. If you would prepare better, you could have gone to wherever and got things cheaper. But don't swear at my husband and give him a hard time. It's inexcusable. It should go without saying, but obviously I'm wrong, we should respect store personnel (any store). They tolerate a lot so you can have this service.
The next time you're at a restaurant, store, your doctor's office or wherever you encounter public service people, remember your manners. I know the argument is to get a job somewhere else and a lot of us would, but the reason shouldn't be because we can't stand the people we service.
Phyllis L. Barger
Warsaw
Apology
Editor, Times-Union:This is a letter to all the people with "hateful" attitudes my husband and crew had to endure Christmas Day.
My husband is manager of the Village Pantry. This store stays open 365 days a year, which means he works every holiday. It seems that no one thinks about this when they complain about the prices of milk, gas or whatever. It does not occur to them that these people are not home with their respective families but working so you can have gas or food. If you would prepare better, you could have gone to wherever and got things cheaper. But don't swear at my husband and give him a hard time. It's inexcusable. It should go without saying, but obviously I'm wrong, we should respect store personnel (any store). They tolerate a lot so you can have this service.
The next time you're at a restaurant, store, your doctor's office or wherever you encounter public service people, remember your manners. I know the argument is to get a job somewhere else and a lot of us would, but the reason shouldn't be because we can't stand the people we service.
Phyllis L. Barger
Warsaw
Armstrong Road
Editor, Times-Union:Thanks to Diane Manley for calling attention to the lousy condition of Armstrong Road. One of the busiest roads of the county has been poorly attended. There's no excuse for this.
Dick Miller
Leesburg
Street Cleared
Editor, Times-Union:A big "thank you" starting with the lady with whom I spoke at the police station on the morning of 12/27. She did not drop the ball, she kicked it in the right direction, because on 12/29, there was a crew removing snow and cleaning our street so we could once again have places to park on Main Street. All it takes in times like these is a little communication and cooperation on everybody's part. It certainly didn't take us long to move our cars once we knew somebody was coming to clean our street. We just need to work together until we get some warm spring air.
Thanks again! Happy New Year to all from Retired Tigers.
Julia Raypholtz
Warsaw
Back To The Days
Editor, Times-Union:We wish to thank everyone who attended and worked above and beyond the call on the 10th annual Back To The Days Of Kosciuszko 2000. Even though the weather was not entirely with us, the event was still a success.
School day, Friday, had some 200 fourth-graders from area Christian schools, home schools and Whitko enjoy the day as well as experiencing some of the life of the 18th-century America.
If you enjoyed the new format of our event, wait until you experience the 11th Back To The Days of Kosciuszko scheduled for Sept. 21 and 22. Our re-enactment will be held, as before, at Lucerne Park.
Thanks to your support we were able to give the Baker Youth Clubs $1,000 and the Warsaw Park Department $300.
Our first meeting for the 2001 event is scheduled for Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m., upstairs at the Blue Lion, Winona Lake.
Jim Smelser
Warsaw
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