Letters to the Editor 03-11-2002
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- School Fence - Stolen Sunglasses
School Fence
Editor, Times-Union:My family and I and neighbors are very unhappy with the fence that is going up around Harrison Elementary School. I don't know whose idea it was to enclose the entire school grounds with a chain-link fence but we don't think it's such a great idea. It's such an unnecessary expense. We weren't even officially informed that the fence was going up. I suppose we wouldn't have known at all until it was up except for one very thoughtful secretary at Harrison who had enough courtesy to inform us ahead of time. She knows we have kids that walk across that field every day to go to school and that the school yard is adjacent to ours. We were told that it was for the school's safety that this fence was going up. That's crazy! Anyone who wants to get into that school is not going to be deterred by a chain-link fence! We were also told that the fence would be put far enough from our property that it would not affect us that much. That's crazy, too. It's going right up against one of our bushes and it will make it extremely hard to mow around that area.
One other thing. I heard that fences and other structures were supposed to be a minimum of 10 feet from a utility pole.This fence is between 7-8 feet from the poles back there. If we have to have a fence in "our backyard" I wish that they could move it out at least 5 feet so we don't feel so cramped. I also wish that whoever's idea it was to put those fences up would have at least had the common courtesy to call or send a notice to those of us that it directly affected.
Cindy Wroughton
Warsaw, via e-mail
Stolen Sunglasses
Editor, Times-Union:On June 1, 2001, my father passed away in a hospital in Houston Texas. For reasons that will remain forever unknown his "friend" did not bother to tell me until after he was gone. I went home to say goodbye to him in my own way. I returned to Indiana with his most prized possession. A pickup truck he had bought new in 1999. I still to this day call it my dad's truck. It is much the same as when I got it. Except now for one "small" thing. Something small is missing now. You see, the last time dad drove the truck he took off his sunglasses and laid them on the dash. I left them there just the way he did. It may sound silly but for me it was a small way to keep my dad with me. He must have had some sort of attachment to them that I never knew about, they were obviously very old, the ear pieces were cracked and the lenses had seen better days. But he still wore them. Maybe someone he loved gave them to him long ago. The bridge piece had the word "Remington" on it.
I hope for a moment you can imagine how much I loved my dad, how I must have felt to look at those sunglasses and smile a bit thinking of my dad sitting where I sat wearing them. Now try to imagine how I feel right now knowing you reached into my dad's truck and stole those sunglasses. How I must feel knowing that once you got a good look at them you probably threw them away since they were old and a bit worn out.
To me you are just as bad as the person who stole my chance to see my dad before he died. With no thought or consideration you took more than you will ever know, just like they did. Maybe now you will realize there is so much more going on than can be imagined, that even a small and seemingly insignifigent theft can leave behind a broken heart. Just in case you didn't throw them away, and you feel bad you can mail them to P.O. Box 5, Atwood, IN 46502.
Karen Sullivan
Warsaw, via e-mail
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- School Fence - Stolen Sunglasses
School Fence
Editor, Times-Union:My family and I and neighbors are very unhappy with the fence that is going up around Harrison Elementary School. I don't know whose idea it was to enclose the entire school grounds with a chain-link fence but we don't think it's such a great idea. It's such an unnecessary expense. We weren't even officially informed that the fence was going up. I suppose we wouldn't have known at all until it was up except for one very thoughtful secretary at Harrison who had enough courtesy to inform us ahead of time. She knows we have kids that walk across that field every day to go to school and that the school yard is adjacent to ours. We were told that it was for the school's safety that this fence was going up. That's crazy! Anyone who wants to get into that school is not going to be deterred by a chain-link fence! We were also told that the fence would be put far enough from our property that it would not affect us that much. That's crazy, too. It's going right up against one of our bushes and it will make it extremely hard to mow around that area.
One other thing. I heard that fences and other structures were supposed to be a minimum of 10 feet from a utility pole.This fence is between 7-8 feet from the poles back there. If we have to have a fence in "our backyard" I wish that they could move it out at least 5 feet so we don't feel so cramped. I also wish that whoever's idea it was to put those fences up would have at least had the common courtesy to call or send a notice to those of us that it directly affected.
Cindy Wroughton
Warsaw, via e-mail
Stolen Sunglasses
Editor, Times-Union:On June 1, 2001, my father passed away in a hospital in Houston Texas. For reasons that will remain forever unknown his "friend" did not bother to tell me until after he was gone. I went home to say goodbye to him in my own way. I returned to Indiana with his most prized possession. A pickup truck he had bought new in 1999. I still to this day call it my dad's truck. It is much the same as when I got it. Except now for one "small" thing. Something small is missing now. You see, the last time dad drove the truck he took off his sunglasses and laid them on the dash. I left them there just the way he did. It may sound silly but for me it was a small way to keep my dad with me. He must have had some sort of attachment to them that I never knew about, they were obviously very old, the ear pieces were cracked and the lenses had seen better days. But he still wore them. Maybe someone he loved gave them to him long ago. The bridge piece had the word "Remington" on it.
I hope for a moment you can imagine how much I loved my dad, how I must have felt to look at those sunglasses and smile a bit thinking of my dad sitting where I sat wearing them. Now try to imagine how I feel right now knowing you reached into my dad's truck and stole those sunglasses. How I must feel knowing that once you got a good look at them you probably threw them away since they were old and a bit worn out.
To me you are just as bad as the person who stole my chance to see my dad before he died. With no thought or consideration you took more than you will ever know, just like they did. Maybe now you will realize there is so much more going on than can be imagined, that even a small and seemingly insignifigent theft can leave behind a broken heart. Just in case you didn't throw them away, and you feel bad you can mail them to P.O. Box 5, Atwood, IN 46502.
Karen Sullivan
Warsaw, via e-mail
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