Letters to the Editor 04-10-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Sports Injustice - Self-Supporting Service - Museum Volunteers - Thanks - Samaritan - Nieter Pictures
Sports Injustice
Editor, Times-Union:I would like someone to explain how Darryl Strawberry gets by with breaking the rules time and time again with his drug habit, walking away from rehab centers and still able being able to come back to baseball.
Then there are all the players in pro football and basketball who time and time again break the rules and are still allowed to play.
Then we look at Pete Rose, who was said to be gambling and betting on baseball. He is not having anything to do with baseball. He can't be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Doesn't this strike you as kind of funny? To me it sure does. I know both things are wrong, but to me it seems drugs are a lot worse than betting on games ever was or could be.
I think pro sports need to look at some of their rules and do some changing of them.
Patty Robinson
Warsaw
Self-Supporting Service
Editor, Times-Union:As Tax Day approaches, it's a good time to remind our customers that although the Postal Service processes and delivers the annual onslaught of tax returns, we do not use your tax dollars to subsidize postal operations.
Unlike most federal, state and government agencies, the U.S. Postal Service is completely self-supporting. It is fully funded by postage, fees and financial investments. The Postal Service pays its own way. No tax dollars go to the U.S. Postal Service. It has been that way since 1982. A tax-free U.S. Postal Service has successfully served the American public for almost two decades.
During that time, the Postal Service has achieved record service performance and customer satisfaction. Our most recent service performance scores are at 94 percent on time.
While taking no tax dollars, the Postal Service ranks as one of the most productive and efficient mail systems in the world. Americans have one of the lowest postages in the world.
Here are some facts about the U.S. Postal Service:
- With nearly 800,000 employees, the United States Postal Service is the second largest civilian employer in the nation. We employ 48,578 employees with disabilities and 251,725 veterans.
- We deliver mail to 134 million delivery addresses. About 1 million new addresses are added each year.
- We serve 7 million customers daily at one of 38,000 postal retail outlets.
- We have an annual operating revenue of $63 billion.
- Three of the USPS's six product lines would qualify as Fortune 500 companies: correspondence & transactions, a $34.9 billion business; business advertising, $14.4 billion; expedited delivery, $5.5 billion; publications delivery, $2.1 billion; standard package delivery, $1.8 billion; and international mail, $1.6 billion.
- We handle 46 percent of the world's card and letter mail volume.
- We delivery more than 200 billion pieces of mail a year.
- We transport mail by airplane (15,000 commercial airline flights daily), truck, railroad, boat and even by mule to/from the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
- We operate a transport and delivery fleet of 202,000 driving vehicles, the nation's largest fleet. We drive 1.1 billion miles a year.
American postal workers are very efficient. With successful automation programs, U.S. postal employees are 500 percent more productive than Germany, 250 percent more productive than France and the United Kingdom and 33 percent more productive than Japan.
Americans have the privilege of knowing their mail travels more swiftly and reliably than any other postal service in the world. Americans can count on the tax-free U.S. Postal Service.
Linda Bell
Postmaster, Etna Green
Museum Volunteers
Editor, Times-Union:"76 Trombones" sounding loud and clear still do not do justice to the spirit and camaraderie of our 76 terrific docents here at the Old Jail Museum.
We are very proud of these men and women--some who work regular schedules each month, some who are "on call" and some brave souls who do both! However they do it, these folks keep the spirit of the "76 Trombones" era alive and well in this historic old place, and we thank each one of them for it. They are so deeply appreciated.
Jeanne E. Jones, director
Reta Groves, volunteer coordinator
Kosciusko County Historical Society
Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:This is to thank the people who donated to the U.S.O. - the person who gave $50, the lady who brought the truckload of paper products, the ladies of Retired Tigers and the numerous other people who donated.
Again, thank you very much.
American Legion Auxiliary #49
Warsaw
Samaritan
Editor, Times-Union:I want to thank the gentleman that found my necklace and turned it in at the Shell Station on North Detroit Street. Thank you so much and may God Bless you!
Wendy Kimpel
Warsaw
via e-mail
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Friendly Video Store
Editor, Times-Union:
I would like to thank Bill Frazier and his staff at Video World.
Ever since I moved to Warsaw, they have been nothing but kind and friendly. They are very understanding about the difficulties I have getting around in my wheelchair. They have always tried to be courteous and understanding whenever I accidently knock something off the shelf or tear up the walls. Once again, I want to thank Bill for being very gracious.
I would encourage everyone to go to Video World for their VCR repair and for a very reasonably priced video.
Mark Fletcher
Warsaw
Nieter Pictures
Editor, Times-Union:When I open my Times-Union each day, the first things I check are the photos.
Thank you, Gary Nieter. You see things my eyes would never notice.
Janet Ellison
Leesburg
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Sports Injustice
Editor, Times-Union:I would like someone to explain how Darryl Strawberry gets by with breaking the rules time and time again with his drug habit, walking away from rehab centers and still able being able to come back to baseball.
Then there are all the players in pro football and basketball who time and time again break the rules and are still allowed to play.
Then we look at Pete Rose, who was said to be gambling and betting on baseball. He is not having anything to do with baseball. He can't be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Doesn't this strike you as kind of funny? To me it sure does. I know both things are wrong, but to me it seems drugs are a lot worse than betting on games ever was or could be.
I think pro sports need to look at some of their rules and do some changing of them.
Patty Robinson
Warsaw
Self-Supporting Service
Editor, Times-Union:As Tax Day approaches, it's a good time to remind our customers that although the Postal Service processes and delivers the annual onslaught of tax returns, we do not use your tax dollars to subsidize postal operations.
Unlike most federal, state and government agencies, the U.S. Postal Service is completely self-supporting. It is fully funded by postage, fees and financial investments. The Postal Service pays its own way. No tax dollars go to the U.S. Postal Service. It has been that way since 1982. A tax-free U.S. Postal Service has successfully served the American public for almost two decades.
During that time, the Postal Service has achieved record service performance and customer satisfaction. Our most recent service performance scores are at 94 percent on time.
While taking no tax dollars, the Postal Service ranks as one of the most productive and efficient mail systems in the world. Americans have one of the lowest postages in the world.
Here are some facts about the U.S. Postal Service:
- With nearly 800,000 employees, the United States Postal Service is the second largest civilian employer in the nation. We employ 48,578 employees with disabilities and 251,725 veterans.
- We deliver mail to 134 million delivery addresses. About 1 million new addresses are added each year.
- We serve 7 million customers daily at one of 38,000 postal retail outlets.
- We have an annual operating revenue of $63 billion.
- Three of the USPS's six product lines would qualify as Fortune 500 companies: correspondence & transactions, a $34.9 billion business; business advertising, $14.4 billion; expedited delivery, $5.5 billion; publications delivery, $2.1 billion; standard package delivery, $1.8 billion; and international mail, $1.6 billion.
- We handle 46 percent of the world's card and letter mail volume.
- We delivery more than 200 billion pieces of mail a year.
- We transport mail by airplane (15,000 commercial airline flights daily), truck, railroad, boat and even by mule to/from the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
- We operate a transport and delivery fleet of 202,000 driving vehicles, the nation's largest fleet. We drive 1.1 billion miles a year.
American postal workers are very efficient. With successful automation programs, U.S. postal employees are 500 percent more productive than Germany, 250 percent more productive than France and the United Kingdom and 33 percent more productive than Japan.
Americans have the privilege of knowing their mail travels more swiftly and reliably than any other postal service in the world. Americans can count on the tax-free U.S. Postal Service.
Linda Bell
Postmaster, Etna Green
Museum Volunteers
Editor, Times-Union:"76 Trombones" sounding loud and clear still do not do justice to the spirit and camaraderie of our 76 terrific docents here at the Old Jail Museum.
We are very proud of these men and women--some who work regular schedules each month, some who are "on call" and some brave souls who do both! However they do it, these folks keep the spirit of the "76 Trombones" era alive and well in this historic old place, and we thank each one of them for it. They are so deeply appreciated.
Jeanne E. Jones, director
Reta Groves, volunteer coordinator
Kosciusko County Historical Society
Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:This is to thank the people who donated to the U.S.O. - the person who gave $50, the lady who brought the truckload of paper products, the ladies of Retired Tigers and the numerous other people who donated.
Again, thank you very much.
American Legion Auxiliary #49
Warsaw
Samaritan
Editor, Times-Union:I want to thank the gentleman that found my necklace and turned it in at the Shell Station on North Detroit Street. Thank you so much and may God Bless you!
Wendy Kimpel
Warsaw
via e-mail
!ende
Friendly Video Store
Editor, Times-Union:
I would like to thank Bill Frazier and his staff at Video World.
Ever since I moved to Warsaw, they have been nothing but kind and friendly. They are very understanding about the difficulties I have getting around in my wheelchair. They have always tried to be courteous and understanding whenever I accidently knock something off the shelf or tear up the walls. Once again, I want to thank Bill for being very gracious.
I would encourage everyone to go to Video World for their VCR repair and for a very reasonably priced video.
Mark Fletcher
Warsaw
Nieter Pictures
Editor, Times-Union:When I open my Times-Union each day, the first things I check are the photos.
Thank you, Gary Nieter. You see things my eyes would never notice.
Janet Ellison
Leesburg
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