Letters to the Editor 03-14-2002
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Trucking - Theft
Trucking
Editor, Times-Union:This is a kind reply to the article from last week. My name is Brandy Yates of Yates Trucking out of Mentone. So trucking companies are supposedly lousy neighbors? I have to disagree with the uninformed author of last week's article. I am part of those supposed lousy neighbors. Our agricultural property was purchased 3 years ago and since a mix-up with the county on the zoning of our property, we have been going through court hearings to correct their flub-up. Our company hauls agricultural products that originate from the farmers of this area. So by writing an article like the one last week, you're also messing with all the hard-working farmers that surround you. Remember, you are living in the country, surrounded by hog and chicken farmers, and in the middle of what used to be a beanfield. Our refrigerated trailers do not run 24/7. As far as the smell, get real. If you can't stand the smell go back to the city, because as long as there are farms there will always be the unique smell of country air. As for the traffic, Tinkey Road is a commercially zoned road with a lot of semi traffic, which 90 percent of that traffic doesn't involve us. You should have checked things out before you moved to this area. If Kosciusko County doesn't let the agricultural trucking amendment go through, not only will we have to move our company, but also farmers that have normal IRP plates on their semis instead of farm tags will have to move their trucks off their property if it isn't commercial. Without an agricultural trucking zone option, Kosciusko County will lose more taxpayers then you could imagine. So warning to all farmers and small trucking companies with semis that run more than farm tags and haul other commodities than your own, you also are currently illegal, according to the county.
So, city slicker neighbors of ours, do you want to move the farmers out too? Without those farmers, you wouldn't have food. Without semis those products wouldn't get to your grocery or department store. In fact, 70 percent of all products have been transported by a commercial vehicle at one point. Or better yet, maybe we'll get more involved with the farmers and start a hog farm right next door and put up a grain bin with a nice noisy dryer. Why not? This is the country. The same country we have lived in all our lives, unlike you. My whole family has lived in Kosciusko County and Harrison Township all of our lives. Once again, to those farmers and trucking companies, we need your support. We have spent thousands of dollars to continue on with the board of appeals to correct this problem. Now it may lead to our three-year-old $60,000 building sitting empty. We know of a lot of people in our area that this will affect negatively. Please join us in the fight.
Brandy Yates
Mentone
via e-mail
Theft
Editor, Times-Union:Response to Karen Sullivan:
Dear Karen,
I too can understand how heartbreaking a theft of such a personal matter can be. Last winter my car was stolen from our driveway. It's bad enough when something that you work hard to pay for is taken, but Im not as upset about the car as I am my keychain. I had a very old and beautiful Saint Mary cross that had belonged to my husband's mother and a keychain with my name on it (which, by the way, is very hard to find) that my husband while traveling for work found for me. I just want you to know how sorry I am and sad your letter made me. And don't worry, your dad's still in that truck with you, it's just a little brighter for him. Doubtful if the person who took the glasses reads your letter will care but at least some of us out here do.
Glenda Moser
North Webster
via e-mail
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- Trucking - Theft
Trucking
Editor, Times-Union:This is a kind reply to the article from last week. My name is Brandy Yates of Yates Trucking out of Mentone. So trucking companies are supposedly lousy neighbors? I have to disagree with the uninformed author of last week's article. I am part of those supposed lousy neighbors. Our agricultural property was purchased 3 years ago and since a mix-up with the county on the zoning of our property, we have been going through court hearings to correct their flub-up. Our company hauls agricultural products that originate from the farmers of this area. So by writing an article like the one last week, you're also messing with all the hard-working farmers that surround you. Remember, you are living in the country, surrounded by hog and chicken farmers, and in the middle of what used to be a beanfield. Our refrigerated trailers do not run 24/7. As far as the smell, get real. If you can't stand the smell go back to the city, because as long as there are farms there will always be the unique smell of country air. As for the traffic, Tinkey Road is a commercially zoned road with a lot of semi traffic, which 90 percent of that traffic doesn't involve us. You should have checked things out before you moved to this area. If Kosciusko County doesn't let the agricultural trucking amendment go through, not only will we have to move our company, but also farmers that have normal IRP plates on their semis instead of farm tags will have to move their trucks off their property if it isn't commercial. Without an agricultural trucking zone option, Kosciusko County will lose more taxpayers then you could imagine. So warning to all farmers and small trucking companies with semis that run more than farm tags and haul other commodities than your own, you also are currently illegal, according to the county.
So, city slicker neighbors of ours, do you want to move the farmers out too? Without those farmers, you wouldn't have food. Without semis those products wouldn't get to your grocery or department store. In fact, 70 percent of all products have been transported by a commercial vehicle at one point. Or better yet, maybe we'll get more involved with the farmers and start a hog farm right next door and put up a grain bin with a nice noisy dryer. Why not? This is the country. The same country we have lived in all our lives, unlike you. My whole family has lived in Kosciusko County and Harrison Township all of our lives. Once again, to those farmers and trucking companies, we need your support. We have spent thousands of dollars to continue on with the board of appeals to correct this problem. Now it may lead to our three-year-old $60,000 building sitting empty. We know of a lot of people in our area that this will affect negatively. Please join us in the fight.
Brandy Yates
Mentone
via e-mail
Theft
Editor, Times-Union:Response to Karen Sullivan:
Dear Karen,
I too can understand how heartbreaking a theft of such a personal matter can be. Last winter my car was stolen from our driveway. It's bad enough when something that you work hard to pay for is taken, but Im not as upset about the car as I am my keychain. I had a very old and beautiful Saint Mary cross that had belonged to my husband's mother and a keychain with my name on it (which, by the way, is very hard to find) that my husband while traveling for work found for me. I just want you to know how sorry I am and sad your letter made me. And don't worry, your dad's still in that truck with you, it's just a little brighter for him. Doubtful if the person who took the glasses reads your letter will care but at least some of us out here do.
Glenda Moser
North Webster
via e-mail
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