Letters to the Editor 04-19-2006
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Whitaker For Sheriff - One America - Jackson Township
Whitaker For Sheriff
Editor, Times-Union:We, as former (and present) prosecuting attorneys of Kosciusko County, are aware of the critical importance of the sheriff to good law enforcement. Obviously, good police work is essential to obtaining the evidence necessary to prosecute a case in court. In addition, a good sheriff also provides the judicial system with that intangible "sense of the community" which is essential to the proper exercise of prosecutorial and judicial discretion.
Kosciusko County has been blessed for years with several exceptional sheriffs. It is easy to take this blessing for granted, but it must be preserved by making wise choices among sheriff candidates.
Over the years, we have all worked with Sam Whitaker from his early days as a road deputy to his present position as prosecutor's investigator. We think the community should know that we feel that Lieutenant Whitaker is an excellent sheriff candidate, that he would do a superb job as sheriff of Kosciusko County, and we support him in this race.
We would appreciate your thoughtful consideration of our recommendation.
R. Steven Hearn
David C. Kolbe
Michael L. Miner
Michael L. Valentine
all of Warsaw
Randall K. Girod
Syracuse
Archeological Society
Editor, Times-Union:
The Kosciusko County Archeological Society is seeking the public's help in gathering information about the prehistoric Indiana activity in the county. We are trying to gather information about Indians living here long before the Miami, Potawatomi or white men came into this area. We are particularly interested in occupation during the Paleolithic, Archaic, and to a lesser extent, the Woodland time periods. The earliest hunter/gatherers were here perhaps as long ago as 10,000 or 12,000 years B.C.
Information could be gathered from the stone tools left by the early inhabitants of the county. If you are a current artifact collector or just happen to have a few arrowheads that your father, grandfather or even great-grandfather found, we would be interested in looking at them to determine the time period during which they were probably created. Since the very early inhabitants were hunter/gatherers, they seldom stayed in one place very long, so a single isolated point find might be significant if it is from the Paleolithic time period. We are only interested in pieces that you can verify from personal knowledge or family history that were definitely found in the county. The more exact the known location, the better, such as township, section or even the precise location of the find. Exact site location will remain confidential.
Andy White from the IPFW campus anthropology program is currently in the second year of the Northeastern Indian Paleoindian Project Archaeological Survey and he would also be interested in studying any clovis, barnes, holcome, hi-lo or agate basin style points that have been found in the county. If you don't know what you have, but are willing to help, contact the Kosciusko County Archeological Society, P.O. Box 1071, Warsaw, IN 46581, and we will make arrangements to try to identify them for you.
The society is also interested in recording any additional finds of fossil remains from mastodon or woolly mammoth to add to the known recorded finds. If you are in possession of such fossil remains or have direct knowledge of any finds that you think have not been reported or recorded in the past, we would welcome such information as well.
New members and guests are always welcome at our meetings. The society meets the second Saturday of the month at 8:30 a.m. in the counsel chambers of city hall at 302 Market St.
Marvin Galbreath
Treasurer-Kosciusko County Archeological Society
One America
Editor, Times-Union:In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace or origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language .. and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is loyalty to the American People!
Theodore Roosevelt, 1907. Take a breath, Danny boy!
Neil Harris, via e-mail
Warsaw
Jackson Township
Editor, Times-Union:It has recently come to my attention that the volunteer firemen of Jackson Township and the local township trustee have been in disagreement on several issues. As a resident of Jackson Township, this deeply concerns me. I urge the residents of our township to seek information about the issues we are facing in our township. I fear the struggles they are facing may cause the firemen to leave their volunteer positions. This would be so unfortunate for us due to the fact that we have such a devoted group of men and women who have given countless hours of service for fire and medical response training and have served our township by responding to emergency calls for many years. I know personally how much this means when we were faced with an emergency two years ago.
It amazes me that this group of firemen and first responders are willing to be of service to us in case of an emergency 24/7 for absolutely no pay. The Jackson Township firemen respond to approximately 80-90 calls per year, and about 70 percent of those class require medical assistance. Our township is so fortunate to have an automobile equipped with basic life support equipment that responds to these emergencies.
We need to make sure our elected officials and our volunteers work together to make our community a better and safer place for all of us.
Mark and Peggy Michel
Claypool
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- Whitaker For Sheriff - One America - Jackson Township
Whitaker For Sheriff
Editor, Times-Union:We, as former (and present) prosecuting attorneys of Kosciusko County, are aware of the critical importance of the sheriff to good law enforcement. Obviously, good police work is essential to obtaining the evidence necessary to prosecute a case in court. In addition, a good sheriff also provides the judicial system with that intangible "sense of the community" which is essential to the proper exercise of prosecutorial and judicial discretion.
Kosciusko County has been blessed for years with several exceptional sheriffs. It is easy to take this blessing for granted, but it must be preserved by making wise choices among sheriff candidates.
Over the years, we have all worked with Sam Whitaker from his early days as a road deputy to his present position as prosecutor's investigator. We think the community should know that we feel that Lieutenant Whitaker is an excellent sheriff candidate, that he would do a superb job as sheriff of Kosciusko County, and we support him in this race.
We would appreciate your thoughtful consideration of our recommendation.
R. Steven Hearn
David C. Kolbe
Michael L. Miner
Michael L. Valentine
all of Warsaw
Randall K. Girod
Syracuse
Archeological Society
Editor, Times-Union:
The Kosciusko County Archeological Society is seeking the public's help in gathering information about the prehistoric Indiana activity in the county. We are trying to gather information about Indians living here long before the Miami, Potawatomi or white men came into this area. We are particularly interested in occupation during the Paleolithic, Archaic, and to a lesser extent, the Woodland time periods. The earliest hunter/gatherers were here perhaps as long ago as 10,000 or 12,000 years B.C.
Information could be gathered from the stone tools left by the early inhabitants of the county. If you are a current artifact collector or just happen to have a few arrowheads that your father, grandfather or even great-grandfather found, we would be interested in looking at them to determine the time period during which they were probably created. Since the very early inhabitants were hunter/gatherers, they seldom stayed in one place very long, so a single isolated point find might be significant if it is from the Paleolithic time period. We are only interested in pieces that you can verify from personal knowledge or family history that were definitely found in the county. The more exact the known location, the better, such as township, section or even the precise location of the find. Exact site location will remain confidential.
Andy White from the IPFW campus anthropology program is currently in the second year of the Northeastern Indian Paleoindian Project Archaeological Survey and he would also be interested in studying any clovis, barnes, holcome, hi-lo or agate basin style points that have been found in the county. If you don't know what you have, but are willing to help, contact the Kosciusko County Archeological Society, P.O. Box 1071, Warsaw, IN 46581, and we will make arrangements to try to identify them for you.
The society is also interested in recording any additional finds of fossil remains from mastodon or woolly mammoth to add to the known recorded finds. If you are in possession of such fossil remains or have direct knowledge of any finds that you think have not been reported or recorded in the past, we would welcome such information as well.
New members and guests are always welcome at our meetings. The society meets the second Saturday of the month at 8:30 a.m. in the counsel chambers of city hall at 302 Market St.
Marvin Galbreath
Treasurer-Kosciusko County Archeological Society
One America
Editor, Times-Union:In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace or origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language .. and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is loyalty to the American People!
Theodore Roosevelt, 1907. Take a breath, Danny boy!
Neil Harris, via e-mail
Warsaw
Jackson Township
Editor, Times-Union:It has recently come to my attention that the volunteer firemen of Jackson Township and the local township trustee have been in disagreement on several issues. As a resident of Jackson Township, this deeply concerns me. I urge the residents of our township to seek information about the issues we are facing in our township. I fear the struggles they are facing may cause the firemen to leave their volunteer positions. This would be so unfortunate for us due to the fact that we have such a devoted group of men and women who have given countless hours of service for fire and medical response training and have served our township by responding to emergency calls for many years. I know personally how much this means when we were faced with an emergency two years ago.
It amazes me that this group of firemen and first responders are willing to be of service to us in case of an emergency 24/7 for absolutely no pay. The Jackson Township firemen respond to approximately 80-90 calls per year, and about 70 percent of those class require medical assistance. Our township is so fortunate to have an automobile equipped with basic life support equipment that responds to these emergencies.
We need to make sure our elected officials and our volunteers work together to make our community a better and safer place for all of us.
Mark and Peggy Michel
Claypool
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