Letters to the Editor 05-15-1998
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Expensive BananasEditor, Times-Union: - Motorcycle Accident - Alternative Health - Thanks To Cardinal - Questions Sheriff
Expensive BananasEditor, Times-Union:
Last Thursday, 3.3 pounds of bananas at 49 cents per pound cost me $21.61 at Marsh! While running a number of errands that day, I stopped to buy bananas. I pulled a $20 and several singles from my pocket, and in using the singles to pay for my purchase, I inadvertently dropped the $20 bill. Two errands later, I discovered it was gone. Imagine my chagrin when I started to pay for a small purchase and discovered I didn't have the money. When I returned to Marsh, realizing that was the only place the $20 could be, a cashier asked me if I had lost a $20 bill. She said the cashier who had served me related that they saw a little boy, who was with his mother, pick it up. The office clerk called two customers who could possibly be involved. One said all of her children were in school. The other said that only her daughter was with her, and she (the daughter) had given her no money.Although I've never been "poor," I am retired, and losing $20 hurt - especially when I had to tell my wife about it.
I hope your Mother's Day was enjoyable. What you teach your young child now will become his habit in future years.
G.E. Koehlinger Sr.
Bourbon
Motorcycle Accident
Editor Times-Union:Is this a national trend: police officers and District Attorneys who refuse to file involuntary manslaughter charges against reckless vehicle operators who cause the death of motorcyclists?
Is my information correct? Sheriff Rovenstine has no plans to cite Rick Swope for recklessly turning in front of Scott Carr and killing him? Why is that?
Recently a state trooper in Pennsylvania killed a motorcyclist. Although the trooper was given a ticket for reckless driving, the D.A. refused to prosecute for involuntary manslaughter although the only prerequisite for that charge being filed is that the driver must act recklessly and cause the death of another.
The majority of accidents are NOT just accidental events. They happen when people don't think about what they're doing. In other words, they act recklessly without regard to their own safety or the safety of others. One exception to the rule is equipment malfunction. There was apparently no equipment failure when Swope turned left in front of an oncoming motorcycle in a 55 mph speed zone, unless his truck stalled.
This was not an accident. It was the unintentional killing of another human being due to Mr. Swope's reckless behavior.
Would the same legal result have been arrived at if Swope had turned left and run over/killed both a woman and the child she was pushing in a baby carriage crossing the street he was turning onto? I doubt it.
Certainly Mr Swope feels bad or at least I hope he does. But I'm sure that feeling was improved greatly when the Sheriff decided not to charge him with anything. He got away with murder ... a free kill courtesy of Alan Rovenstine. Those of us who find that repugnant certainly hope the voters present Rovenstine with a pink slip at the first available election.
Joe Dickey
State Information Officer
Pennsylvania Coalition of Motorcyclists Inc.
Alternative Health
Editor Times-Union:I'd like to direct this letter to Mr. Mark Jones, who recently wrote this column his views on local alternative health.
I am involved with the Wholistic Institute of Body, Mind & Spirit here in the Warsaw area. This nonprofit organizations exists to provide a local unbiased forum for natural health. We offer free educational programs, resources and support in many forms. Established this past winter, this organization has presented many programs to the public and is currently scheduling upcoming events.
Many people have been misled to believe that alternative natural healing is New Age Spiritualism, but this is not the case. Alternative healing is just that - alternative - alternative to the conventional allopathic treatments. Proponents of natural healing and people seeking alternative treatments, do so from all spiritual beliefs. Alternative health offers options for individuals in achieving a state of well-being.
I am encouraged that Mr. Jones has investigated alternative health ... limited as it may be, and I encourage him and others to continue to do so. More formally undiscovered areas of natural healing are coming to the mainstream as viable choices in assisting the body to heal itself. Recently, the FDA approved acupuncture as a recognized medical treatment. Many consider this therapy a type of alternative treatment.
Actually, if one looks at healing methods down through the ages, we find that currently classified methods of alternative healing are actually ancient healing methods renewed or rediscovered. These healing methods, which include herbal therapy, aromatherapy, massage, sound, healing touch, homeopathy, prayer and meditation, are found in many of the world's religions, including Christianity.
Proponents of natural healing in this area are by far predominantly Christian. There are a few of us, including myself, who are not. We have in common a vision of a healthy community and society, a desire to educate and encourage individuals to take responsibility for their own health and healing and most importantly, we have in common an understanding of Spirit, which far exceeds the limited vision of man-made religion.
Denise Beno
Warsaw
Thanks To Cardinal
Editor's Note: Following is a letter sent to Candy Townsend, vice president of children's services for the local "First Steps" program administered by Cardinal Center. The letter writer agreed to allow Cardinal Center to submit the letter for publication.Editor, Times-Union:
I wanted to tell you, on this, Jacob's last day of Play and Grow, how much I appreciate the work that your staff has put in on our behalf. When we first came to you (now almost two years ago), we had a tiny, delayed baby with an uncertain future. Though we were fairly sure he would eventually end up "normal" we were struggling with the process that would take him there. I must admit that I was hesitant that the services you provided would be up to the professional standards that we had experienced in Fort Wayne and at Riley Hospital. I even questioned our physician as to whether I should pursue other locations. He assured me that he had great confidence in you folks, and so we got involved.
I am delighted to tell you that it took about three minutes of our first session with Sharon Zaugg to get over any uncertainty we had going into it! Even when Sharon cautiously suggested the First Steps classroom setting, and we entrusted our then 15-month-old baby to you for two entire mornings a week - without us - I felt very confident that Sharon would not mislead us. That first day, we met Margaret and Rose and felt more assured. And I think that by the end of that first session, Jacob and Rose had fallen in love, and that was great with us!
The fast year and a half in the classroom have been a great joy for Jacob, and for us as a family. He has had a wonderful time and made such great gains. He instantly accepted and loved Linda and Debbie this year and speaks of them often away from school. June has been such an encouragement, and helped to provide us with a son who now is hardly ever silent! Esther greets us so warmly and personally, and Stephanie has guided us so kindly and carefully through the process.
It is so amazing and sad to be saying goodbye to individuals who have impacted the life of one tiny little kid so importantly. I hope your staff will take with them the knowledge and satisfaction that they have changed the lives of so many children, and with it, they have changed the lives of the families looking on. Thank you for teaching my son to walk, talk, play and enjoy. I told your staff several months ago that "the way to a mother's heart is by loving her child." You have certainly touched my heart by loving Jacob so completely. Thank you for being a part of God's marvelous plan for Jacob, and for the rest of the family too.
Julie Steele
Akron
Questions Sheriff
Editor Times-Union:What would the sheriff's office have done to Mr. Swope if he turned into the path of a local motorcyclist? What would the sheriff's office have done to Mr. Swope had he turned into the path of a young mother and infant child?Ê
What would the sheriff's office have done to Scott Carr if he had lived and Mr. Swope had been killed? I would venture to say that this incident is far from over!
ÊRoger "Doc" Propst
National PresidentÊ
United States Patriots M/C
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- Expensive BananasEditor, Times-Union: - Motorcycle Accident - Alternative Health - Thanks To Cardinal - Questions Sheriff
Expensive BananasEditor, Times-Union:
Last Thursday, 3.3 pounds of bananas at 49 cents per pound cost me $21.61 at Marsh! While running a number of errands that day, I stopped to buy bananas. I pulled a $20 and several singles from my pocket, and in using the singles to pay for my purchase, I inadvertently dropped the $20 bill. Two errands later, I discovered it was gone. Imagine my chagrin when I started to pay for a small purchase and discovered I didn't have the money. When I returned to Marsh, realizing that was the only place the $20 could be, a cashier asked me if I had lost a $20 bill. She said the cashier who had served me related that they saw a little boy, who was with his mother, pick it up. The office clerk called two customers who could possibly be involved. One said all of her children were in school. The other said that only her daughter was with her, and she (the daughter) had given her no money.Although I've never been "poor," I am retired, and losing $20 hurt - especially when I had to tell my wife about it.
I hope your Mother's Day was enjoyable. What you teach your young child now will become his habit in future years.
G.E. Koehlinger Sr.
Bourbon
Motorcycle Accident
Editor Times-Union:Is this a national trend: police officers and District Attorneys who refuse to file involuntary manslaughter charges against reckless vehicle operators who cause the death of motorcyclists?
Is my information correct? Sheriff Rovenstine has no plans to cite Rick Swope for recklessly turning in front of Scott Carr and killing him? Why is that?
Recently a state trooper in Pennsylvania killed a motorcyclist. Although the trooper was given a ticket for reckless driving, the D.A. refused to prosecute for involuntary manslaughter although the only prerequisite for that charge being filed is that the driver must act recklessly and cause the death of another.
The majority of accidents are NOT just accidental events. They happen when people don't think about what they're doing. In other words, they act recklessly without regard to their own safety or the safety of others. One exception to the rule is equipment malfunction. There was apparently no equipment failure when Swope turned left in front of an oncoming motorcycle in a 55 mph speed zone, unless his truck stalled.
This was not an accident. It was the unintentional killing of another human being due to Mr. Swope's reckless behavior.
Would the same legal result have been arrived at if Swope had turned left and run over/killed both a woman and the child she was pushing in a baby carriage crossing the street he was turning onto? I doubt it.
Certainly Mr Swope feels bad or at least I hope he does. But I'm sure that feeling was improved greatly when the Sheriff decided not to charge him with anything. He got away with murder ... a free kill courtesy of Alan Rovenstine. Those of us who find that repugnant certainly hope the voters present Rovenstine with a pink slip at the first available election.
Joe Dickey
State Information Officer
Pennsylvania Coalition of Motorcyclists Inc.
Alternative Health
Editor Times-Union:I'd like to direct this letter to Mr. Mark Jones, who recently wrote this column his views on local alternative health.
I am involved with the Wholistic Institute of Body, Mind & Spirit here in the Warsaw area. This nonprofit organizations exists to provide a local unbiased forum for natural health. We offer free educational programs, resources and support in many forms. Established this past winter, this organization has presented many programs to the public and is currently scheduling upcoming events.
Many people have been misled to believe that alternative natural healing is New Age Spiritualism, but this is not the case. Alternative healing is just that - alternative - alternative to the conventional allopathic treatments. Proponents of natural healing and people seeking alternative treatments, do so from all spiritual beliefs. Alternative health offers options for individuals in achieving a state of well-being.
I am encouraged that Mr. Jones has investigated alternative health ... limited as it may be, and I encourage him and others to continue to do so. More formally undiscovered areas of natural healing are coming to the mainstream as viable choices in assisting the body to heal itself. Recently, the FDA approved acupuncture as a recognized medical treatment. Many consider this therapy a type of alternative treatment.
Actually, if one looks at healing methods down through the ages, we find that currently classified methods of alternative healing are actually ancient healing methods renewed or rediscovered. These healing methods, which include herbal therapy, aromatherapy, massage, sound, healing touch, homeopathy, prayer and meditation, are found in many of the world's religions, including Christianity.
Proponents of natural healing in this area are by far predominantly Christian. There are a few of us, including myself, who are not. We have in common a vision of a healthy community and society, a desire to educate and encourage individuals to take responsibility for their own health and healing and most importantly, we have in common an understanding of Spirit, which far exceeds the limited vision of man-made religion.
Denise Beno
Warsaw
Thanks To Cardinal
Editor's Note: Following is a letter sent to Candy Townsend, vice president of children's services for the local "First Steps" program administered by Cardinal Center. The letter writer agreed to allow Cardinal Center to submit the letter for publication.Editor, Times-Union:
I wanted to tell you, on this, Jacob's last day of Play and Grow, how much I appreciate the work that your staff has put in on our behalf. When we first came to you (now almost two years ago), we had a tiny, delayed baby with an uncertain future. Though we were fairly sure he would eventually end up "normal" we were struggling with the process that would take him there. I must admit that I was hesitant that the services you provided would be up to the professional standards that we had experienced in Fort Wayne and at Riley Hospital. I even questioned our physician as to whether I should pursue other locations. He assured me that he had great confidence in you folks, and so we got involved.
I am delighted to tell you that it took about three minutes of our first session with Sharon Zaugg to get over any uncertainty we had going into it! Even when Sharon cautiously suggested the First Steps classroom setting, and we entrusted our then 15-month-old baby to you for two entire mornings a week - without us - I felt very confident that Sharon would not mislead us. That first day, we met Margaret and Rose and felt more assured. And I think that by the end of that first session, Jacob and Rose had fallen in love, and that was great with us!
The fast year and a half in the classroom have been a great joy for Jacob, and for us as a family. He has had a wonderful time and made such great gains. He instantly accepted and loved Linda and Debbie this year and speaks of them often away from school. June has been such an encouragement, and helped to provide us with a son who now is hardly ever silent! Esther greets us so warmly and personally, and Stephanie has guided us so kindly and carefully through the process.
It is so amazing and sad to be saying goodbye to individuals who have impacted the life of one tiny little kid so importantly. I hope your staff will take with them the knowledge and satisfaction that they have changed the lives of so many children, and with it, they have changed the lives of the families looking on. Thank you for teaching my son to walk, talk, play and enjoy. I told your staff several months ago that "the way to a mother's heart is by loving her child." You have certainly touched my heart by loving Jacob so completely. Thank you for being a part of God's marvelous plan for Jacob, and for the rest of the family too.
Julie Steele
Akron
Questions Sheriff
Editor Times-Union:What would the sheriff's office have done to Mr. Swope if he turned into the path of a local motorcyclist? What would the sheriff's office have done to Mr. Swope had he turned into the path of a young mother and infant child?Ê
What would the sheriff's office have done to Scott Carr if he had lived and Mr. Swope had been killed? I would venture to say that this incident is far from over!
ÊRoger "Doc" Propst
National PresidentÊ
United States Patriots M/C
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