Letters to the Editor 01-12-2000
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Saving For The Future - Basketball Season - Great Care From KCH - Generous Community - Stealing Is Wrong
Saving For The Future
Editor, Times-Union:1. You try to put others needs ahead of your own. 2. You are willing to listen to and consider varying points of view. 3. You give back a portion of your good fortune to those less fortunate. 4. You live and act based on the principles of a loving God. 5. You have a strong faith in a Supreme Being, that will give you the strength you will surely need during times of despair or tragedy. 6. You put love before hate; compassion before indifference; humility before pride. 7. You develop goals and act to accomplish same. 8. You learn something new anytime you have a choice. 9. You are willing to work hard. 10. You regularly save a small portion of your income. For Example: Put $4 per day in an account paying 7 percent. In 30 years you will have $152,000 ! In 40 years that $4 per day would net you a whopping $270,000 ! Think you can't save? (Wrong!) Let's say you get a $.50 an hour raise; at 8 hrs. You have your $4 daily. Have it go into a tax free savings and you're on your way to a future fortune. Let's say you can afford $8 daily to savings. In 40 years you would have an incredible $540,000! Start at age 25 and when you are 65 you can draw $37,800 per year forever (you and then your heirs). In reality these numbers would likely be even higher as you would likely diversify your savings as they grow.
"The future is yours." It all starts with $4. Good luck!
Larry Hill
via e-mailÊ
Basketball Season
Editor, Times-Union:It's basketball season again folks and it's great! I love watching Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame and any team in America. How their big men set picks, screens and rebound. The 1, 2 and 3 men score the points, it's beautiful! Watch how many screens and picks A.J. Guyton sets in a game.
I love high school basketball. You know what they say, "guards win high school basketball games." I think everyone in America knows that. Even George McGinnis and Steve Downing had to rely on great guard play to win the championship. The great high school coaches like Patrick and Edison, watch how many screens and picks their big men set in a game. Guards, guards, guards!
Do you remember Dave Colescott leading Marion in '75 and '76? How about Jack Moore leading Muncie Central in '77 and '78 or Jones and Edwards for Marion in '85, '86 and '87? Guards, guards, guards!
Even Montross couldn't beat anyone once his guards graduated. Warsaw boys have not had the success the girls have had in the last 20 or 25 years. The girls have had 2 State Championships and a runner-up, but what little success Warsaw has had in the last 20 years with the boys. Look who did it. In '81, it was Brandenburg and Sebo - guards. In '84 and '85, it was Jeff Grose who basically did things his way. In '92 it was guards, McKenzie, Elliot and Horin who scored all the points and got all the rebounds. In '96 it was Kevin Ault. Guards, guards, guards!
Warsaw is a breeding ground for talent. From the Niles boys through Grose and Ault, we have been blessed. With the size Warsaw has gotten in the last 20 years, I'm surprised we don't win state almost every year. In a basketball town like Warsaw, and with the size our school has grown to, it's nice to be a fan. Although we can't even dare compare our success to some of the other schools such as Marion (5 State Championships in the last 25 years). But we still get to beat up on little schools quite a bit, and that's fun! I dare you to turn on the TV and find a basketball coach who doesn't have his big man setting pick after pick and screen after screen and playing tough defense and going for every rebound.
Oh, and you Warsaw fans come and watch our great guards, Ross Kesler and Chris Wiggins. They may be as good as any guards in Indiana. Come and see how our big men set screens and picks for these guys and watch how many plays we run for these guys.
Clear outs, everything its beautiful. You Warsaw basketball haters, just because we are bigger than most schools we play, doesn't mean we have to win State every year. We can't help the fact we are so big. And we do know that guards win high school basketball games.
Jeff Johnson
Warsaw
Great Care From KCH
Editor, Times-Union:After going to KCH for several months now to get needles stuck into my arm for blood work, I was able to go for a long-awaited surgery to get a joint replacement in my wrist area. Dr. Dean Jansen used a part of a tendon in my forearm as my new joint. I had the pre-op thing where I had the needle stuck in my arm, sticky things stuck all over me and she turned on the power and the cup that you placed in the window when finished, and the little girl (bet her baby-sitter never knew she was gone) took a couple pictures of my chest. The pre-op thing wasn't a big deal.
When most people went back to work in this new year and century, I went to KCH's Ambulatory Care Unit, at zero dark 30, the 4th of January. The personnel there were so very professional. I know that they weren't feeling the best, because they are human also, they get the colds and the aches as all of us do, but they were working 110 percent like a well-tuned engine. They all looked like long distance runners, very fit and trim. If all units/departments at KCH work like that, then they have one very professional team. If I catered to pity parties, I would go broke there.
What does a one-handed chili cook eat after surgery? Nothing, because he has a bottle of Tylenol 3 and it tastes good ...
Robert "Hot L.Z. Chili" Reed
Warsaw
Generous Community
Editor, Times-Union:The American Cancer Society would like to thank the communities of Kosciusko County for their support during the "Love Lights a Tree" program. Through your generous donations, we were able to raise close to $1,700. This money will be used to fund research nationally and patient services within Kosciusko County.
The American Cancer Society would also like to say a very special thanks to Dr. Neal VanNess for sponsoring our tree at the Kosciusko County Festival of Trees, and the Kosciusko Community Hospital for housing our tree when the festival ended. Without this help and support our event would never have been able to take place.
You can reach the American Cancer Society at 800-ACS-2345 for more information.
John Martin Kramer
Community Development Director
Kosciusko County
Stealing Is Wrong
Editor, Times-Union:I thought I had come up with a clever way to recycle those ISP CD-ROMs that seem to fill up our mailbox during the year: I hung them on the pine tree in our front yard as shimmering Christmas ornaments. I even had friends from across the country saving their extras for me. I enjoyed watching folks walk down the sidewalk, often letting their curiosity get the best of them by stepping closer to the tree to read the titles on the CDs. (Did anyone really think we'd put out "good" stuff?)
Just a few nights ago, however, someone who obviously didn't take the time to view the titles in the daylight walked off with many of the disks-turned-decorations. Now, it's not like we'd hung up CDs of value to face the winter elements with the intention of bringing them back inside post-holidays for additional electronic use. But someone deliberately and quite obviously cleaned off all that they could reach streetside.
To whom it may concern: Next time, please knock on our door and ASK. We'd be delighted to share several "pre-weathered" AOL CD-ROMs with you. In fact, we bet you already have a few kicking around your house also. We can recoup the "loss" caused by your rash and selfish behavior. That's hardly the frustrating part. For any who may have forgotten, stealing remains WRONG, no matter the perceived value of the item(s).
The Propps Family
Warsaw
via e-mail
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Saving For The Future
Editor, Times-Union:1. You try to put others needs ahead of your own. 2. You are willing to listen to and consider varying points of view. 3. You give back a portion of your good fortune to those less fortunate. 4. You live and act based on the principles of a loving God. 5. You have a strong faith in a Supreme Being, that will give you the strength you will surely need during times of despair or tragedy. 6. You put love before hate; compassion before indifference; humility before pride. 7. You develop goals and act to accomplish same. 8. You learn something new anytime you have a choice. 9. You are willing to work hard. 10. You regularly save a small portion of your income. For Example: Put $4 per day in an account paying 7 percent. In 30 years you will have $152,000 ! In 40 years that $4 per day would net you a whopping $270,000 ! Think you can't save? (Wrong!) Let's say you get a $.50 an hour raise; at 8 hrs. You have your $4 daily. Have it go into a tax free savings and you're on your way to a future fortune. Let's say you can afford $8 daily to savings. In 40 years you would have an incredible $540,000! Start at age 25 and when you are 65 you can draw $37,800 per year forever (you and then your heirs). In reality these numbers would likely be even higher as you would likely diversify your savings as they grow.
"The future is yours." It all starts with $4. Good luck!
Larry Hill
via e-mailÊ
Basketball Season
Editor, Times-Union:It's basketball season again folks and it's great! I love watching Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame and any team in America. How their big men set picks, screens and rebound. The 1, 2 and 3 men score the points, it's beautiful! Watch how many screens and picks A.J. Guyton sets in a game.
I love high school basketball. You know what they say, "guards win high school basketball games." I think everyone in America knows that. Even George McGinnis and Steve Downing had to rely on great guard play to win the championship. The great high school coaches like Patrick and Edison, watch how many screens and picks their big men set in a game. Guards, guards, guards!
Do you remember Dave Colescott leading Marion in '75 and '76? How about Jack Moore leading Muncie Central in '77 and '78 or Jones and Edwards for Marion in '85, '86 and '87? Guards, guards, guards!
Even Montross couldn't beat anyone once his guards graduated. Warsaw boys have not had the success the girls have had in the last 20 or 25 years. The girls have had 2 State Championships and a runner-up, but what little success Warsaw has had in the last 20 years with the boys. Look who did it. In '81, it was Brandenburg and Sebo - guards. In '84 and '85, it was Jeff Grose who basically did things his way. In '92 it was guards, McKenzie, Elliot and Horin who scored all the points and got all the rebounds. In '96 it was Kevin Ault. Guards, guards, guards!
Warsaw is a breeding ground for talent. From the Niles boys through Grose and Ault, we have been blessed. With the size Warsaw has gotten in the last 20 years, I'm surprised we don't win state almost every year. In a basketball town like Warsaw, and with the size our school has grown to, it's nice to be a fan. Although we can't even dare compare our success to some of the other schools such as Marion (5 State Championships in the last 25 years). But we still get to beat up on little schools quite a bit, and that's fun! I dare you to turn on the TV and find a basketball coach who doesn't have his big man setting pick after pick and screen after screen and playing tough defense and going for every rebound.
Oh, and you Warsaw fans come and watch our great guards, Ross Kesler and Chris Wiggins. They may be as good as any guards in Indiana. Come and see how our big men set screens and picks for these guys and watch how many plays we run for these guys.
Clear outs, everything its beautiful. You Warsaw basketball haters, just because we are bigger than most schools we play, doesn't mean we have to win State every year. We can't help the fact we are so big. And we do know that guards win high school basketball games.
Jeff Johnson
Warsaw
Great Care From KCH
Editor, Times-Union:After going to KCH for several months now to get needles stuck into my arm for blood work, I was able to go for a long-awaited surgery to get a joint replacement in my wrist area. Dr. Dean Jansen used a part of a tendon in my forearm as my new joint. I had the pre-op thing where I had the needle stuck in my arm, sticky things stuck all over me and she turned on the power and the cup that you placed in the window when finished, and the little girl (bet her baby-sitter never knew she was gone) took a couple pictures of my chest. The pre-op thing wasn't a big deal.
When most people went back to work in this new year and century, I went to KCH's Ambulatory Care Unit, at zero dark 30, the 4th of January. The personnel there were so very professional. I know that they weren't feeling the best, because they are human also, they get the colds and the aches as all of us do, but they were working 110 percent like a well-tuned engine. They all looked like long distance runners, very fit and trim. If all units/departments at KCH work like that, then they have one very professional team. If I catered to pity parties, I would go broke there.
What does a one-handed chili cook eat after surgery? Nothing, because he has a bottle of Tylenol 3 and it tastes good ...
Robert "Hot L.Z. Chili" Reed
Warsaw
Generous Community
Editor, Times-Union:The American Cancer Society would like to thank the communities of Kosciusko County for their support during the "Love Lights a Tree" program. Through your generous donations, we were able to raise close to $1,700. This money will be used to fund research nationally and patient services within Kosciusko County.
The American Cancer Society would also like to say a very special thanks to Dr. Neal VanNess for sponsoring our tree at the Kosciusko County Festival of Trees, and the Kosciusko Community Hospital for housing our tree when the festival ended. Without this help and support our event would never have been able to take place.
You can reach the American Cancer Society at 800-ACS-2345 for more information.
John Martin Kramer
Community Development Director
Kosciusko County
Stealing Is Wrong
Editor, Times-Union:I thought I had come up with a clever way to recycle those ISP CD-ROMs that seem to fill up our mailbox during the year: I hung them on the pine tree in our front yard as shimmering Christmas ornaments. I even had friends from across the country saving their extras for me. I enjoyed watching folks walk down the sidewalk, often letting their curiosity get the best of them by stepping closer to the tree to read the titles on the CDs. (Did anyone really think we'd put out "good" stuff?)
Just a few nights ago, however, someone who obviously didn't take the time to view the titles in the daylight walked off with many of the disks-turned-decorations. Now, it's not like we'd hung up CDs of value to face the winter elements with the intention of bringing them back inside post-holidays for additional electronic use. But someone deliberately and quite obviously cleaned off all that they could reach streetside.
To whom it may concern: Next time, please knock on our door and ASK. We'd be delighted to share several "pre-weathered" AOL CD-ROMs with you. In fact, we bet you already have a few kicking around your house also. We can recoup the "loss" caused by your rash and selfish behavior. That's hardly the frustrating part. For any who may have forgotten, stealing remains WRONG, no matter the perceived value of the item(s).
The Propps Family
Warsaw
via e-mail
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