Letters to the Editor 05-01-2006
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Voters Guide - Victims' Rights - Drivers And Language
Voters Guide
Editor, Times-Union:As Kosciusko County Right to Life does every election year, a Voter Guide was prepared with candidate responses to questions regarding various pro-life issues. Candidates for the sheriff's race were included.ÊRocky Goshert sent in his response to the 13 questions.ÊHowever, he left the last question blank which meant that the Voter Guide listed "Did Not Respond" for that question.ÊThose who received the Voter Guide may have assumed that he was avoiding the question.ÊWhen Goshert received a copy of the Guide, he notified us that he had intended to complete the last question.
That question reads, "Under what circumstances do you believe abortion should be legal?"ÊThe answers to choose from were:
A. Abortion should never be legal.
B. To save the life of the mother only.
C. To save the life of the mother, rape and incest.
D. If the child is determined to have mental or physical disabilities.
E. Abortion should be legal in all cases
In a phone conversation with Goshert, he stated that he would choose "A" - Abortion should never be legal.
The following were the responses received from the other sheriff candidates:
Louis Brown - C
Jim Bumbaugh - Did Not Respond
Samuel Whitaker - A
To be as fair as possible, Kosciusko County Right to Life wanted to set the record straight.
Dave Koontz, via e-mail
Director
Kosciusko County Right to Life
Victims' Rights
Editor, Times-Union:Each and every day in America, 45 people are murdered; 46 people are killed by drunken drivers; 575 women and men are raped; 12,249 people are assaulted; 1,612 women are battered by an intimate partner; 2,482 children are abused or neglected; 3,775 people are stalked; and more than 25,000 people become victims of identity theft.
During the week of April 23-29, crime victims and survivors and those who serve them joined together across America to promote victims' rights and services, and to educate our communities about the devastating impact of crime on victims, neighborhoods, schools and our nation as a whole. The theme of 2006 National Crime Victims' Rights Week - "Victims' Rights: Strength in Unity" - pays tribute to crime victims and survivors who, for many decades, have joined together in mutual support and advocacy to promote victims' rights and services. For decades, crime victims and those who serve them have joined forces to ensure that all victims are aware of their rights, and have access to the many community - and justice system-based services that can help them in the aftermath of crime. There are many programs in our community that provide victims with crisis intervention, counseling, support, safety planning, and advocacy throughout the criminal justice process; and our state's victim compensation program helps victims recover from the many costs associated with criminal victimization.
According to John W. Gillis, director of the Office for Victims of Crime within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, "the victims services field has gained strength by having a unified vision, a unified voice, and unified policies and practices to promote justice and healing for crime victims."
The following local events were offered to the community to help commemorate Victims' Rights Week: "The X-Man Takes 5" - a play about dating violence - April 27-29 at 8 p.m. This event was held at Celebration Church, CR 250E, Winona Lake, half mile south of US 30E on CR 250E.
Saturday, there was two self-defense classes offered (free of charge) at Caudill's ATA Black Belt Academy at 307 W. Market St., Warsaw. A children's class (ages 5-12) will be offered at 10 a.m. and a women's class (12 to adult) will be offered at 11 a.m.
For more information about crime victim services, please contact the Victim Service Center at 574-372-9539 or 574-269-9112.
Becky Moreno, via e-mail
Victim Assistance Coordinator
Drivers And Language
Editor, Times-Union:Driving in California is a thrill of a lifetime. It's like the jalopy races every day like they used to run at the fairgrounds here in Warsaw. But I have found something much more thrilling right here on the country roads around Warsaw.
Its a whole new angle and it requires no brakes at all. Wise drivers have learned a way to save a lot of tax money so our politicians down south can throw the savings into the general fund for whatever.
Drivers have created another lane out of that double yellow line in the middle of the road. It's a bit narrow but think of all the brake linings it saves when you can careen into that third lane when you see an obstacle (that's pedestrian for the unenlightened). You don't lose one mile an hour in that third lane. Forty, 50, 60 miles per hour? No sweat. Golly, this is cooler than the Santa Monica freeway at quitting time.
I went to the motor vehicle office to get a new license. I was doing fine until I came to a bunch of blank signs on the test. Now when I was 16 and took the test here in town, they showed us what the sign said and we were supposed to do what it says. But now we are supposed to know what the sign means by a blank sign. I sat there a minute in bewilderment. Then it finally dawned on me that this test was designed for people who can't read English. I thought, "shazam!" Do I really want to be on a highway where most of the drivers are fast becoming people who can't read English?
Tom Metzger, via e-mail
Warsaw
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Voters Guide
Editor, Times-Union:As Kosciusko County Right to Life does every election year, a Voter Guide was prepared with candidate responses to questions regarding various pro-life issues. Candidates for the sheriff's race were included.ÊRocky Goshert sent in his response to the 13 questions.ÊHowever, he left the last question blank which meant that the Voter Guide listed "Did Not Respond" for that question.ÊThose who received the Voter Guide may have assumed that he was avoiding the question.ÊWhen Goshert received a copy of the Guide, he notified us that he had intended to complete the last question.
That question reads, "Under what circumstances do you believe abortion should be legal?"ÊThe answers to choose from were:
A. Abortion should never be legal.
B. To save the life of the mother only.
C. To save the life of the mother, rape and incest.
D. If the child is determined to have mental or physical disabilities.
E. Abortion should be legal in all cases
In a phone conversation with Goshert, he stated that he would choose "A" - Abortion should never be legal.
The following were the responses received from the other sheriff candidates:
Louis Brown - C
Jim Bumbaugh - Did Not Respond
Samuel Whitaker - A
To be as fair as possible, Kosciusko County Right to Life wanted to set the record straight.
Dave Koontz, via e-mail
Director
Kosciusko County Right to Life
Victims' Rights
Editor, Times-Union:Each and every day in America, 45 people are murdered; 46 people are killed by drunken drivers; 575 women and men are raped; 12,249 people are assaulted; 1,612 women are battered by an intimate partner; 2,482 children are abused or neglected; 3,775 people are stalked; and more than 25,000 people become victims of identity theft.
During the week of April 23-29, crime victims and survivors and those who serve them joined together across America to promote victims' rights and services, and to educate our communities about the devastating impact of crime on victims, neighborhoods, schools and our nation as a whole. The theme of 2006 National Crime Victims' Rights Week - "Victims' Rights: Strength in Unity" - pays tribute to crime victims and survivors who, for many decades, have joined together in mutual support and advocacy to promote victims' rights and services. For decades, crime victims and those who serve them have joined forces to ensure that all victims are aware of their rights, and have access to the many community - and justice system-based services that can help them in the aftermath of crime. There are many programs in our community that provide victims with crisis intervention, counseling, support, safety planning, and advocacy throughout the criminal justice process; and our state's victim compensation program helps victims recover from the many costs associated with criminal victimization.
According to John W. Gillis, director of the Office for Victims of Crime within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, "the victims services field has gained strength by having a unified vision, a unified voice, and unified policies and practices to promote justice and healing for crime victims."
The following local events were offered to the community to help commemorate Victims' Rights Week: "The X-Man Takes 5" - a play about dating violence - April 27-29 at 8 p.m. This event was held at Celebration Church, CR 250E, Winona Lake, half mile south of US 30E on CR 250E.
Saturday, there was two self-defense classes offered (free of charge) at Caudill's ATA Black Belt Academy at 307 W. Market St., Warsaw. A children's class (ages 5-12) will be offered at 10 a.m. and a women's class (12 to adult) will be offered at 11 a.m.
For more information about crime victim services, please contact the Victim Service Center at 574-372-9539 or 574-269-9112.
Becky Moreno, via e-mail
Victim Assistance Coordinator
Drivers And Language
Editor, Times-Union:Driving in California is a thrill of a lifetime. It's like the jalopy races every day like they used to run at the fairgrounds here in Warsaw. But I have found something much more thrilling right here on the country roads around Warsaw.
Its a whole new angle and it requires no brakes at all. Wise drivers have learned a way to save a lot of tax money so our politicians down south can throw the savings into the general fund for whatever.
Drivers have created another lane out of that double yellow line in the middle of the road. It's a bit narrow but think of all the brake linings it saves when you can careen into that third lane when you see an obstacle (that's pedestrian for the unenlightened). You don't lose one mile an hour in that third lane. Forty, 50, 60 miles per hour? No sweat. Golly, this is cooler than the Santa Monica freeway at quitting time.
I went to the motor vehicle office to get a new license. I was doing fine until I came to a bunch of blank signs on the test. Now when I was 16 and took the test here in town, they showed us what the sign said and we were supposed to do what it says. But now we are supposed to know what the sign means by a blank sign. I sat there a minute in bewilderment. Then it finally dawned on me that this test was designed for people who can't read English. I thought, "shazam!" Do I really want to be on a highway where most of the drivers are fast becoming people who can't read English?
Tom Metzger, via e-mail
Warsaw
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