Letters to the Editor 04-17-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Knows The Meaning - Inspirational Speaker - Dangerous Doctors - Special Athletes - Child Abuse
Knows The Meaning
Editor, Times-Union:Who is Skot Diablo? Is this an alias or it that the real name? You saythat you need name, address, phone number and signature of all whocontribute. I cannot find this name or phone number in my phone books.
Where did the term "xian" come from? I assume that as in Christmas he is replacing the name of Christ by an "x" to represent the unknown. I am not an "xian" I am a Christian and I know full well the meaning of the season.
Some of your accusations are probably true or half truths. My children were never told about the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus nor did they go trick or treating on Halloween. So not all Christians observe pagan customs as you suggest.
My children enjoyed the fun of coloring eggs, but they knew that the hen laid the eggs and I boiled them in preparation for them coloring them. Lent was a time to prepare for the remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus just as the Passover is the remembrance of the angel of death passing over the homes "under the blood" and the deliverance from the slavery of Egypt. So in that sense we do celebrate the Passover even if we call it by another name.
Having been in Brazil during the Mardi Gras season and seen the anything goes for the three days preceding Lent (booze, drugs and sex), then supposedly doing penance for the next six weeks, I am appalled at what is done in the name of religion. When we lived in NYC we also naively went to see the Easter Parade and realized it was nothing more that people strutting down Broadway in their new and stylish finery. It had nothing to do with the death and resurrection of my savior.
I know that we don't know that Dec. 25th was the actual birthday of Jesus. However, we can exchange gifts in remembrance of the greatest gift to us, Jesus.
Halloween is a pagan custom. No doubt about that. We had treats for those who came to our door, but we also had a gospel tract to go along with it.
Thanksgiving still remains a day to give thanks for the good or bad of the past year. They are trying to make it turkey day but even if we eat turkey we know where our bounty came from.
I'm not sure what Skot Diablo was trying to prove. Real Christians know what the season is about.
Joyce Goss
Warsaw
via e-mail
Inspirational Speaker
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is written to two often distinct communities in the Warsaw area. First, the biomedical or biotechnical community, which is very influential here, and the spiritual community, which is also well known. Except in individual cases, there seems to be very little interfacing between the two, to the detriment of both, of course. Both have grappled with the implications of modernism and postmodernism, but apart and therefore not very well. This is in spite of recent research strongly linking the medical and spiritual domains. In order to address this and raise issues of common concern, the bioethics committee of KCH and Grace College have contacted The Paul Tournier Institute to request that Dr. John Patrick of the University of Ottawa, Canada, visit us for a series of talks to various groups in Warsaw and to open the floor for dialogue and debate. The general topic will revolve around "The Myth of Moral Neutrality," which will challenge much conventional wisdom circulating at all levels of our Western society, Warsaw being no exception.
I would particularly urge those in leadership positions in business, medical and spiritual matters to attend and bring companions, concerns and questions. Dr. Patrick's question and answer sessions are especially engaging, fully as much as his formal presentations.
Dr. Patrick is internationally known as a speaker and has spent a number of years in teaching and mentoring capacities at the University of Ottawa Medical School and has published ground-breaking research in regards to malnutrition in the Third World, particularly Central Africa, where he works part of each year with medical students and others. He is a professor of biochemistry and pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, and has been articulate in addressing the interaction of ethics, science and faith. With the current interest in "faith-based" alternatives, this could hardly be more timely.
William Schuler, M.D.
Pierceton
Dangerous Doctors
Editor, Times-Union:According to the 17 November 1999 Benton County News Tribune, this should be published in every U.S. newspaper!
Number of physicians in the U.S. - 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year - 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician - 0.1714285 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Number of gun owners in the U.S. - 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths (all age groups) per year - 1,500
Accidental deaths per gun owner - 0.0000188
Therefore (statistically) doctors are approximately 9,118 times more dangerous than gun owners!
"Not everyone has a gun, but pretty much everyone has AT LEAST one doctor."
Dave Roose
Warsaw
via e-mail
Special Athletes
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to invite everyone to come out to Lakeview Middle School to watch 40-45 Kosciusko County Special Athletes compete in a variety of track and field events.
Events include 50m, 100m, 200m races; 400m walk; 4x100m relays; shot put; standing long jump; softball throw; and wheelchair races. A new event this year generating much excitement is Bocce.
The meet will be held rain or shine from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday April 28th. If you are interested any helping out in any way, please be at the track by 8:30 a.m.
Most of these athletes will also be competing in the Area 2 Meet at Notre Dame on Saturday May 12th at 9 a.m. They will also be competing in the State Meet at Indiana State University June 1, 2 and 3.
Come out and support these athletes. The effort from their hearts is guaranteed to warm yours.
Gene Hughes
Mentone
Public relations director
Special Olympics, Kosciusko County
Child Abuse
Editor, Times-Union:Forty-three percent of American parents report spanking or hitting their child within the last 12 months; 37 percent report insulting or swearing at their child; and two percent report having kicked, bit or punched their child. More than three million children were reported to child protective service agencies as alleged victims of child abuse or neglect in 1998, and approximately one million of these reports were confirmed.
The physical and emotional abuse of children yields harmful consequences for society; a growing body of evidence links child abuse and neglect with drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, youth violence and chronic health problems. It is therefore critical to focus on preventing child abuse and neglect before it starts. That's what April's observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month is all about.
Placing an emphasis on positive parenting is an important component to the prevention of child abuse. As a community, it is essential that we support parents and families. As parents, we must strive to respect and nurture our children.
Here are a few tips on how to be the best parent you can be:
1. Be a nurturing parent. Children need to know that they are special and loved. Educate yourself about a child's development process so you can have reasonable expectations about what your child can and cannot do.
2. Help yourself. When the big and little problems of everyday life pile up to the point where you feel overwhelmed and out of control, take time out. Don't take it out on your child. Take a deep breath, turn on some music. Know where you can turn for help when you need it.
3. If your baby cries...It can be frustrating to hear your baby cry, especially when nothing you do seems to work. Learn what to do if your baby won't stop crying. But, never shake a baby.
4. Monitor your child's television and computer use. Watching violent films on TV or playing violent computer games can harm young children. Not only does it scare them, it also teaches children that aggression is a good way to handle frustration and solve problems.
5. Spend time playing with your children...or read to them instead!
6. Report suspected abuse or neglect. Keeping children safe is the responsibility of every adult in our community. If you have reason to believe a child has been - or may be - harmed, call 911.
April's observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month is an appropriate opportunity to remind ourselves of our collective responsibility to prevent the abuse and neglect that robs so many of our society's children of their childhood, their sense of security and well-being, and their future. Together, we really can make a difference.
For more information about how to prevent child abuse and neglect, visit www.preventchildabuse.org and come to The Candlelight Vigil, Friday, 5:30 p.m. in Warsaw's Courthouse Square.
Candy Townsend, President
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Kosciusko County
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Knows The Meaning
Editor, Times-Union:Who is Skot Diablo? Is this an alias or it that the real name? You saythat you need name, address, phone number and signature of all whocontribute. I cannot find this name or phone number in my phone books.
Where did the term "xian" come from? I assume that as in Christmas he is replacing the name of Christ by an "x" to represent the unknown. I am not an "xian" I am a Christian and I know full well the meaning of the season.
Some of your accusations are probably true or half truths. My children were never told about the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus nor did they go trick or treating on Halloween. So not all Christians observe pagan customs as you suggest.
My children enjoyed the fun of coloring eggs, but they knew that the hen laid the eggs and I boiled them in preparation for them coloring them. Lent was a time to prepare for the remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus just as the Passover is the remembrance of the angel of death passing over the homes "under the blood" and the deliverance from the slavery of Egypt. So in that sense we do celebrate the Passover even if we call it by another name.
Having been in Brazil during the Mardi Gras season and seen the anything goes for the three days preceding Lent (booze, drugs and sex), then supposedly doing penance for the next six weeks, I am appalled at what is done in the name of religion. When we lived in NYC we also naively went to see the Easter Parade and realized it was nothing more that people strutting down Broadway in their new and stylish finery. It had nothing to do with the death and resurrection of my savior.
I know that we don't know that Dec. 25th was the actual birthday of Jesus. However, we can exchange gifts in remembrance of the greatest gift to us, Jesus.
Halloween is a pagan custom. No doubt about that. We had treats for those who came to our door, but we also had a gospel tract to go along with it.
Thanksgiving still remains a day to give thanks for the good or bad of the past year. They are trying to make it turkey day but even if we eat turkey we know where our bounty came from.
I'm not sure what Skot Diablo was trying to prove. Real Christians know what the season is about.
Joyce Goss
Warsaw
via e-mail
Inspirational Speaker
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is written to two often distinct communities in the Warsaw area. First, the biomedical or biotechnical community, which is very influential here, and the spiritual community, which is also well known. Except in individual cases, there seems to be very little interfacing between the two, to the detriment of both, of course. Both have grappled with the implications of modernism and postmodernism, but apart and therefore not very well. This is in spite of recent research strongly linking the medical and spiritual domains. In order to address this and raise issues of common concern, the bioethics committee of KCH and Grace College have contacted The Paul Tournier Institute to request that Dr. John Patrick of the University of Ottawa, Canada, visit us for a series of talks to various groups in Warsaw and to open the floor for dialogue and debate. The general topic will revolve around "The Myth of Moral Neutrality," which will challenge much conventional wisdom circulating at all levels of our Western society, Warsaw being no exception.
I would particularly urge those in leadership positions in business, medical and spiritual matters to attend and bring companions, concerns and questions. Dr. Patrick's question and answer sessions are especially engaging, fully as much as his formal presentations.
Dr. Patrick is internationally known as a speaker and has spent a number of years in teaching and mentoring capacities at the University of Ottawa Medical School and has published ground-breaking research in regards to malnutrition in the Third World, particularly Central Africa, where he works part of each year with medical students and others. He is a professor of biochemistry and pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, and has been articulate in addressing the interaction of ethics, science and faith. With the current interest in "faith-based" alternatives, this could hardly be more timely.
William Schuler, M.D.
Pierceton
Dangerous Doctors
Editor, Times-Union:According to the 17 November 1999 Benton County News Tribune, this should be published in every U.S. newspaper!
Number of physicians in the U.S. - 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year - 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician - 0.1714285 (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Number of gun owners in the U.S. - 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths (all age groups) per year - 1,500
Accidental deaths per gun owner - 0.0000188
Therefore (statistically) doctors are approximately 9,118 times more dangerous than gun owners!
"Not everyone has a gun, but pretty much everyone has AT LEAST one doctor."
Dave Roose
Warsaw
via e-mail
Special Athletes
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to invite everyone to come out to Lakeview Middle School to watch 40-45 Kosciusko County Special Athletes compete in a variety of track and field events.
Events include 50m, 100m, 200m races; 400m walk; 4x100m relays; shot put; standing long jump; softball throw; and wheelchair races. A new event this year generating much excitement is Bocce.
The meet will be held rain or shine from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday April 28th. If you are interested any helping out in any way, please be at the track by 8:30 a.m.
Most of these athletes will also be competing in the Area 2 Meet at Notre Dame on Saturday May 12th at 9 a.m. They will also be competing in the State Meet at Indiana State University June 1, 2 and 3.
Come out and support these athletes. The effort from their hearts is guaranteed to warm yours.
Gene Hughes
Mentone
Public relations director
Special Olympics, Kosciusko County
Child Abuse
Editor, Times-Union:Forty-three percent of American parents report spanking or hitting their child within the last 12 months; 37 percent report insulting or swearing at their child; and two percent report having kicked, bit or punched their child. More than three million children were reported to child protective service agencies as alleged victims of child abuse or neglect in 1998, and approximately one million of these reports were confirmed.
The physical and emotional abuse of children yields harmful consequences for society; a growing body of evidence links child abuse and neglect with drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, youth violence and chronic health problems. It is therefore critical to focus on preventing child abuse and neglect before it starts. That's what April's observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month is all about.
Placing an emphasis on positive parenting is an important component to the prevention of child abuse. As a community, it is essential that we support parents and families. As parents, we must strive to respect and nurture our children.
Here are a few tips on how to be the best parent you can be:
1. Be a nurturing parent. Children need to know that they are special and loved. Educate yourself about a child's development process so you can have reasonable expectations about what your child can and cannot do.
2. Help yourself. When the big and little problems of everyday life pile up to the point where you feel overwhelmed and out of control, take time out. Don't take it out on your child. Take a deep breath, turn on some music. Know where you can turn for help when you need it.
3. If your baby cries...It can be frustrating to hear your baby cry, especially when nothing you do seems to work. Learn what to do if your baby won't stop crying. But, never shake a baby.
4. Monitor your child's television and computer use. Watching violent films on TV or playing violent computer games can harm young children. Not only does it scare them, it also teaches children that aggression is a good way to handle frustration and solve problems.
5. Spend time playing with your children...or read to them instead!
6. Report suspected abuse or neglect. Keeping children safe is the responsibility of every adult in our community. If you have reason to believe a child has been - or may be - harmed, call 911.
April's observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month is an appropriate opportunity to remind ourselves of our collective responsibility to prevent the abuse and neglect that robs so many of our society's children of their childhood, their sense of security and well-being, and their future. Together, we really can make a difference.
For more information about how to prevent child abuse and neglect, visit www.preventchildabuse.org and come to The Candlelight Vigil, Friday, 5:30 p.m. in Warsaw's Courthouse Square.
Candy Townsend, President
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Kosciusko County
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