Letters to the Editor 04-27-1999
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- It's Your Life ... - Thanks For Ag Day - Pondering Hate
It's Your Life ...
Editor, Times-Union:Those that know me, know I am basically a plain pipe-rack kind of guy. My two favorite pastimes are watching C-Span and listening to country music.
In pursuit of hobby 1, I was watching HHS Secretary Donna Shalala explaining the Clinton administration's proposals on Social Security and Medicare. Ms. Shalala was interrupted by Senator Pete Dominici (R-NM) and asked for a "simple yes or no, was prescription drug coverage for Medicare recipients included in the administration's budget proposal?" Ms. Shalala's reply was, "No, but..."
(Ooops, Clinton's State of the Union speech promised this benefit for "our most vulnerable citizens.")
Ms Shalala continuing "but it's the fault of the Republican Congress for forcing through a balanced budget."
(Ooops again, Clinton claimed credit for the balanced budget in the same speech.)
In 1966, Buddy Mize wrote a song for Bonnie Guitar that became a modest hit, "Get Your Lie the Way You Want It."
Make sure there's no blond hairs on your shoulder
Tear up her name and number of her phone
Smile and don't let on how much you've shamed me
Get Your Lie the Way You Want It and come on home
Hmmmm, that country music is sure true to life.
Richard Burkett, Warsaw
Thanks For Ag Day
Editor, Times-Union:On behalf of the Warsaw Community Schools, I would like to express appreciation to our local agriculture community for their support of the Third Annual Ag Day event held on April 13 and 14 at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. Specific thanks go to the Kosciusko County Agriculture Awareness Committee, the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau and the Kosciusko County Extension Office for their sponsorship of this activity.
Through their exposure to this activity, fourth graders from across the county are being treated to one of the most beneficial learning experiences that I have seen. This has been reinforced not only by my observations over the past few years, but also by teachers who have commented to me that the event gets better each year.
It is extremely important that our students be given the opportunity to better understand the essential links between our local ag economy and their own day-to-day lives. As a result of the Ag Day event, our students - who live in the heart of Indiana farmland - now have a better understanding of just how important agriculture is to all of us. Thanks again to all of you who make this exceptional learning experience possible for our students.
Dr. Lee Harman, Superintendent of Schools
Pondering Hate
Editor, Times-Union:A week ago, I began writing this letter with thoughts emanating from events in Kosovo and Albania. I pondered of the hate that seems to reign in that region of the world. Hate has driven people to conduct cruel and indecent acts of violence on humanity because of ethnic and social differences in others. The plight of the refugee is horrific.
My thoughts began to drift homeward thinking of the many good things here and the many good and kind people in our community. But I could not help thinking also of the dishonest and hurtful thing that some people do even in our hometown ... actions that are driven by hate.
Now I am shocked and saddened, as we all are, by the senseless, indiscriminate shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Hate, once again, seems to reign.
People ask: "How can this happen?" "Who's to blame?" "What should we have done?" "What can we do?" There has been a great deal of discussion in recent years on the state of the moral fiber of our society. We try to analyze. We find fault. Much finger pointing and blame, it appears, has not seemed to work entirely.
I don't believe that there is one or even two specific causes or reasons as to why these things are happening. Certainly, the breakdown of family and values is an important element in the mix. But there could be as many as 50 different things which could have an impact. Movies, television, violent video games, the Internet, hard-core rock music ... the list can go on.
What is it going to take to get through to us all? We need to pause ... We have to listen. We have to listen to our children, to our friends and family, to our neighbors, to our co-workers. We must seek to understand where they are, what they are doing, what their needs might be. We must be compassionate and caring. The bottom line ... We must love. It is much easier to hate in our world today than it is to love. That makes it challenging.
I am praying for healing, for reconciliation and for love. I hope others will join me.
Jeffery Horn, Warsaw
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It's Your Life ...
Editor, Times-Union:Those that know me, know I am basically a plain pipe-rack kind of guy. My two favorite pastimes are watching C-Span and listening to country music.
In pursuit of hobby 1, I was watching HHS Secretary Donna Shalala explaining the Clinton administration's proposals on Social Security and Medicare. Ms. Shalala was interrupted by Senator Pete Dominici (R-NM) and asked for a "simple yes or no, was prescription drug coverage for Medicare recipients included in the administration's budget proposal?" Ms. Shalala's reply was, "No, but..."
(Ooops, Clinton's State of the Union speech promised this benefit for "our most vulnerable citizens.")
Ms Shalala continuing "but it's the fault of the Republican Congress for forcing through a balanced budget."
(Ooops again, Clinton claimed credit for the balanced budget in the same speech.)
In 1966, Buddy Mize wrote a song for Bonnie Guitar that became a modest hit, "Get Your Lie the Way You Want It."
Make sure there's no blond hairs on your shoulder
Tear up her name and number of her phone
Smile and don't let on how much you've shamed me
Get Your Lie the Way You Want It and come on home
Hmmmm, that country music is sure true to life.
Richard Burkett, Warsaw
Thanks For Ag Day
Editor, Times-Union:On behalf of the Warsaw Community Schools, I would like to express appreciation to our local agriculture community for their support of the Third Annual Ag Day event held on April 13 and 14 at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds. Specific thanks go to the Kosciusko County Agriculture Awareness Committee, the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau and the Kosciusko County Extension Office for their sponsorship of this activity.
Through their exposure to this activity, fourth graders from across the county are being treated to one of the most beneficial learning experiences that I have seen. This has been reinforced not only by my observations over the past few years, but also by teachers who have commented to me that the event gets better each year.
It is extremely important that our students be given the opportunity to better understand the essential links between our local ag economy and their own day-to-day lives. As a result of the Ag Day event, our students - who live in the heart of Indiana farmland - now have a better understanding of just how important agriculture is to all of us. Thanks again to all of you who make this exceptional learning experience possible for our students.
Dr. Lee Harman, Superintendent of Schools
Pondering Hate
Editor, Times-Union:A week ago, I began writing this letter with thoughts emanating from events in Kosovo and Albania. I pondered of the hate that seems to reign in that region of the world. Hate has driven people to conduct cruel and indecent acts of violence on humanity because of ethnic and social differences in others. The plight of the refugee is horrific.
My thoughts began to drift homeward thinking of the many good things here and the many good and kind people in our community. But I could not help thinking also of the dishonest and hurtful thing that some people do even in our hometown ... actions that are driven by hate.
Now I am shocked and saddened, as we all are, by the senseless, indiscriminate shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Hate, once again, seems to reign.
People ask: "How can this happen?" "Who's to blame?" "What should we have done?" "What can we do?" There has been a great deal of discussion in recent years on the state of the moral fiber of our society. We try to analyze. We find fault. Much finger pointing and blame, it appears, has not seemed to work entirely.
I don't believe that there is one or even two specific causes or reasons as to why these things are happening. Certainly, the breakdown of family and values is an important element in the mix. But there could be as many as 50 different things which could have an impact. Movies, television, violent video games, the Internet, hard-core rock music ... the list can go on.
What is it going to take to get through to us all? We need to pause ... We have to listen. We have to listen to our children, to our friends and family, to our neighbors, to our co-workers. We must seek to understand where they are, what they are doing, what their needs might be. We must be compassionate and caring. The bottom line ... We must love. It is much easier to hate in our world today than it is to love. That makes it challenging.
I am praying for healing, for reconciliation and for love. I hope others will join me.
Jeffery Horn, Warsaw
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