Letters to the Editor 07-18-2006
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Mauk - Home Care & Hospice - APC, BZA Lies - Music For LIFE
Mauk
Editor, Times-Union:I've just read Jonathan Mauk's last retort to my letter. For some reason he says he will no longer respond to my letters. In his last letter he claims I don't comprehend the content of his letters and that if I felt he had personally attacked me, it is an internal thing in my own soul and heart.
I've noticed you completely disregarded my request that you pray for my soul, you keep insisting I do this for myself. I have no doubts that I will enter the kingdom of Heaven - repenting my sins along the way. So, basically, if you are so concerned with my well-being, that should have been enough.
You are the one that skews and twists words and meanings with your religious jargon. You claim you have not personally attacked me when you wrote this, verbatim: "Sarah, such a letter of yours is to be expected from a person of low or no moral standards." If that is not a personal attack on someone's integrity, just what is it then, Jonathan? You made sure to skewer Lisa Rector in regards to her reply also, in which you explained you don't live your life according to the Old Testament.
My bottom line in regards to gay marriage is this. The same kind of people that didn't want slaves to learn how to read, or women to be able to vote, are people like you.
Sarah Lowe, via e-mail
Chelmsford, Mass.
formerly of Warsaw
Home Care & Hospice
Editor, Times-Union:Inaccurate information that appeared in the front page article July 14 is causing great concern for the sick, elderly and poor of our community. Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice is definitely still accepting new clients!
Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice offers seven different programs, such as Home Care, Lifeline and Hospice. There is only one program, REAL Services (also known as Allied Service) that is not able to take new clients at this time. State payments have been greatly reduced so we are short of needed funds. We are able to continue to serve the current patients in this program, but we must ask for more money so we can accept new clients.
Years ago, it was our state government that established this particular program to help aged and disabled low-income individuals. Each year we request money from the county to help pay for just this one specific program. In the article reporting on the county council meeting of July 13, it sounded like we were not taking new clients into any of our programs, which is absolutely not the case.
Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and plans to continue to provide services for the next 30 years as well! We want to alleviate any concerns, so please call us at 574-372-3401 if you have questions.
Rick Paczkowski, via e-mail
Administrator
Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc.
Warsaw
APC, BZA Lies
Editor, Times-Union:Kosciusko County residents beware!
County residents should be very aware of the practices of our county planning commission and the board of zoning appeal. Your property could be in jeopardy!
More than three years ago, I, as well as several others in my neighborhood, attended a hearing by the planning commission in regards to a building permit for a residence being issued. The rebuttal to this issue was a severe problem with drainage from storm water run-off through the proposed building site.
After numerous complaints from area residents and a heated argument between the applicants and the planning director, Dan Richard, the applicants were told they would be issued the requested permit under certain conditions. That condition was that they must install and maintain swells along their property lines to allow water drainage! Three years later and several thousands of dollars worth of damage to my property, it has never been completed nor enforced!
I have sent numerous letters and phone calls to the planning director since this was ordered and have been ignored. I checked with Lee Taylor about the enforcement of this order and was recently told, "According to the BZA a motion has been made to accept the efforts in place on this property. With this information this office will not be pursuing this property as the board feels they are complying with their hearing."
How can they possibly say that? That meeting was recorded and it was said that they must install the swells and maintain them as part of being issued the building permit. I'd bet this would not be the case if this were in the northern part of the county. Maybe it's time some of these representatives be replaced. We want proper representation and protection. Those involved do not appreciate being deceived or lied to by those we are supposed to trust.
Jim Walker
Silver Lake
Music For LIFE
Editor, Times-Union:Eat your vegetables, get plenty of exercise and take music lessons? There is a mountain of scientific research and evidence demonstrating that music instruction improves brain development and test scores among school children. But the connection extends far beyond Generation Y, as local seniors will attest.
Retirees are well aware of the physical and mental benefits of music making and are such advocates, they've organized a national campaign, We Have A Voice, to let elected leaders know music has its place in the school curriculum. They are joining Congress in their vocal support for House Concurrent Resolution 355 that passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives April 4, and now up for Senate vote having been referred to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
We Have A Voice is supported by the 50 nationwide Chapters of LIFE - a music-making organization founded by Lowrey Organ Company. LIFE (Lowrey Is Fun and Easy) was launched in 2003, and has more than 2,000 members, with an average age of 65. LIFE Chapters today launched the first phase of We Have A Voice, a month-long write-in campaign to local, state and national lawmakers that advocates support of House Concurrent Resolution 355 that states schools music programs enhance the intellectual development and enriches the academic environment for students of all ages. The goal of the We Have A Voice program is to increase in funding and curriculum support in schools nationwide and demonstrate that music spans all generations. Michiana Music For LIFE, supported by Shirks Piano & Organ in Mishawaka, is taking their message "to the streets."
Staying sharp is how Tom Moeglein likes to think of it. At 62, he is LIFE's national chapter president and can attest to the health benefits of music making. "You reach a certain age where your body just won't cooperate. It's a fact of life," he states. "But in music, you have the opportunity to be physically active and to connect with other people. Many retirees are looking for something to do. What better hobby than one that creates a new group of friends, lifts your spirits, sharpen your mind, makes you feel better and keeps you active? No one cares how well you play, most of us never played an instrument before - it's just about having fun. Now I want to share it with others and leave a lasting music legacy for younger generations."
Older adults, despite numbers that are swelling with the Baby Boomer generation hitting retirement age, often feel overlooked by society, thus, at a National Chapter Meeting of LIFE in Chicago, Ill., last year, chapter leaders chose the name We Have A Voice for their outreach campaign. Many LIFE Members are former teachers and were vocal about the need for more music teachers and more dedication to school music programs.
Sandra S. Sharp
Leesburg
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- Mauk - Home Care & Hospice - APC, BZA Lies - Music For LIFE
Mauk
Editor, Times-Union:I've just read Jonathan Mauk's last retort to my letter. For some reason he says he will no longer respond to my letters. In his last letter he claims I don't comprehend the content of his letters and that if I felt he had personally attacked me, it is an internal thing in my own soul and heart.
I've noticed you completely disregarded my request that you pray for my soul, you keep insisting I do this for myself. I have no doubts that I will enter the kingdom of Heaven - repenting my sins along the way. So, basically, if you are so concerned with my well-being, that should have been enough.
You are the one that skews and twists words and meanings with your religious jargon. You claim you have not personally attacked me when you wrote this, verbatim: "Sarah, such a letter of yours is to be expected from a person of low or no moral standards." If that is not a personal attack on someone's integrity, just what is it then, Jonathan? You made sure to skewer Lisa Rector in regards to her reply also, in which you explained you don't live your life according to the Old Testament.
My bottom line in regards to gay marriage is this. The same kind of people that didn't want slaves to learn how to read, or women to be able to vote, are people like you.
Sarah Lowe, via e-mail
Chelmsford, Mass.
formerly of Warsaw
Home Care & Hospice
Editor, Times-Union:Inaccurate information that appeared in the front page article July 14 is causing great concern for the sick, elderly and poor of our community. Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice is definitely still accepting new clients!
Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice offers seven different programs, such as Home Care, Lifeline and Hospice. There is only one program, REAL Services (also known as Allied Service) that is not able to take new clients at this time. State payments have been greatly reduced so we are short of needed funds. We are able to continue to serve the current patients in this program, but we must ask for more money so we can accept new clients.
Years ago, it was our state government that established this particular program to help aged and disabled low-income individuals. Each year we request money from the county to help pay for just this one specific program. In the article reporting on the county council meeting of July 13, it sounded like we were not taking new clients into any of our programs, which is absolutely not the case.
Kosciusko Home Care and Hospice is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and plans to continue to provide services for the next 30 years as well! We want to alleviate any concerns, so please call us at 574-372-3401 if you have questions.
Rick Paczkowski, via e-mail
Administrator
Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc.
Warsaw
APC, BZA Lies
Editor, Times-Union:Kosciusko County residents beware!
County residents should be very aware of the practices of our county planning commission and the board of zoning appeal. Your property could be in jeopardy!
More than three years ago, I, as well as several others in my neighborhood, attended a hearing by the planning commission in regards to a building permit for a residence being issued. The rebuttal to this issue was a severe problem with drainage from storm water run-off through the proposed building site.
After numerous complaints from area residents and a heated argument between the applicants and the planning director, Dan Richard, the applicants were told they would be issued the requested permit under certain conditions. That condition was that they must install and maintain swells along their property lines to allow water drainage! Three years later and several thousands of dollars worth of damage to my property, it has never been completed nor enforced!
I have sent numerous letters and phone calls to the planning director since this was ordered and have been ignored. I checked with Lee Taylor about the enforcement of this order and was recently told, "According to the BZA a motion has been made to accept the efforts in place on this property. With this information this office will not be pursuing this property as the board feels they are complying with their hearing."
How can they possibly say that? That meeting was recorded and it was said that they must install the swells and maintain them as part of being issued the building permit. I'd bet this would not be the case if this were in the northern part of the county. Maybe it's time some of these representatives be replaced. We want proper representation and protection. Those involved do not appreciate being deceived or lied to by those we are supposed to trust.
Jim Walker
Silver Lake
Music For LIFE
Editor, Times-Union:Eat your vegetables, get plenty of exercise and take music lessons? There is a mountain of scientific research and evidence demonstrating that music instruction improves brain development and test scores among school children. But the connection extends far beyond Generation Y, as local seniors will attest.
Retirees are well aware of the physical and mental benefits of music making and are such advocates, they've organized a national campaign, We Have A Voice, to let elected leaders know music has its place in the school curriculum. They are joining Congress in their vocal support for House Concurrent Resolution 355 that passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives April 4, and now up for Senate vote having been referred to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
We Have A Voice is supported by the 50 nationwide Chapters of LIFE - a music-making organization founded by Lowrey Organ Company. LIFE (Lowrey Is Fun and Easy) was launched in 2003, and has more than 2,000 members, with an average age of 65. LIFE Chapters today launched the first phase of We Have A Voice, a month-long write-in campaign to local, state and national lawmakers that advocates support of House Concurrent Resolution 355 that states schools music programs enhance the intellectual development and enriches the academic environment for students of all ages. The goal of the We Have A Voice program is to increase in funding and curriculum support in schools nationwide and demonstrate that music spans all generations. Michiana Music For LIFE, supported by Shirks Piano & Organ in Mishawaka, is taking their message "to the streets."
Staying sharp is how Tom Moeglein likes to think of it. At 62, he is LIFE's national chapter president and can attest to the health benefits of music making. "You reach a certain age where your body just won't cooperate. It's a fact of life," he states. "But in music, you have the opportunity to be physically active and to connect with other people. Many retirees are looking for something to do. What better hobby than one that creates a new group of friends, lifts your spirits, sharpen your mind, makes you feel better and keeps you active? No one cares how well you play, most of us never played an instrument before - it's just about having fun. Now I want to share it with others and leave a lasting music legacy for younger generations."
Older adults, despite numbers that are swelling with the Baby Boomer generation hitting retirement age, often feel overlooked by society, thus, at a National Chapter Meeting of LIFE in Chicago, Ill., last year, chapter leaders chose the name We Have A Voice for their outreach campaign. Many LIFE Members are former teachers and were vocal about the need for more music teachers and more dedication to school music programs.
Sandra S. Sharp
Leesburg
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