Letters to the Editor 07-23-2002
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Computer Hacking - Thanks To LifeMed - Oakwood Pops Concert - Table Thieves - Another Choice - American Pride
Computer Hacking
Editor, Times-Union:In March of this year I had my computer hacked into. My daughter accepted a file from someone unknown to her and they put a Trojan on my computer. I caught it the next day and immediately called the police. It was already to late. The Syracuse Police, not having the knowledge yet of computer hacking, called the Ligonier police department for me. Gary Cox came out and got all of the information off of my computer. He found the IP address of the person who hacked into my computer and his location. The information was turned over to the prosecuting attorney, who decided it was not a big enough case to pursue it and dropped it. I want to know what a big enough case entails? I lost over $8,000 from this person getting into my computer. Isn't this theft? I would think this is also a felony of some kind. I am outraged that because the prosecuting attoney has very little knowledge of computer crimes I am out this much money. I would like to thank Det. Gary Cox, Det. Vanvactor and James Layne for all of the help they did give me. I for one am glad this person will soon be out of office and someone who is more knowledgeable will take his place.
Tammy Serafini
Syracuse
via e-mail
Thanks To LifeMed
Editor, Times-Union:I want to take an opportunity to publicly express a deeply felt gratitude and a hug, hearty thank-you to Jack Baker and Beth, the dispatcher, both of LifeMed EMS, North Manchester.
My husband, Stanley, has been totally disabled and wheelchair-bound for nearly six years and we often have required wheelchair transportation for various appointments, sometimes as far away as Chicago and Indianapolis. We are extremely grateful that LifeMed EMS provides a wheelchair van service in addition to their ambulance service. We have always found the staff of LifeMed EMS to be as helpful and as accommodating as they can be. They are very professional, kind, courteous, patient and compassionate.
June 28, my husband's youngest daughter was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a terrible three-car accident, from which she was airlifted to Parkview, Fort Wayne. Both Beth and Jack Baker went way above and beyond their normal services to us to provide transportation for my husband and me after regular business hours to Parkview Fort Wayne and back to Wabash. It was the last time Stanley was able to see and hold the hand of his youngest daughter while she was yet alive. Words cannot adequately express our deep heartfelt gratitude to Jack, Beth and LifeMed Ems for that particular service to us and for all their services to us. We want our community to know what a great and wonderful company LifeMed EMS is.
Stanley and Mara Rose
Wabash
Oakwood Pops Concert
Editor, Times-Union:A 21-gun salute to the Oakwood Foundation for its presentation of the Patriotic Pops Concert on the lawn of Oakwood Inn and the shores of Lake Wawasee. A larger audience this year, on land and water, heard the inspiring music of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, conducted by Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel. We thank Ginny Martin, development coordinator, and Steve Kumpf, director of operations at Oakwood, who were efficient and very cordial collaborators with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic presentation.
We express our sincere gratitude to those contributors, in addition to the Oakwood Foundation, who made the concert possible.
Oakwood is a beautiful setting in which to showcase one of the country's finest orchestras. Many thanks to everyone.
Colleen Benninghoff
Regional Touring Development
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Table Thieves
Editor, Times-Union:To whom it may concern:
Those tables that you took from behind Shoe Show were not yours to take. They were not in the trash or anywhere near the dumpster, they were being picked up at 5 p.m.
I hope you put them to good use, because they were to be used for the dinner after my uncle's funeral.
So thank you very much, and I hope you enjoy them.
Sonia Sturgill
Warsaw
Another Choice
Editor, Times-Union:The recent May 7 primary election clearly demonstrated that there is significant local support for a "none of the above is acceptable" option on election ballots. The results from the election show that 11,997 people voted out of a potential 43,961. Out of those who voted, 10,882 voted in the Republican primary, while 1,115 voted in the Democratic primary.
There were 28 offices up for election, 16 of those received 100 percent of the vote in this county. Those officers were the following: State Senate-District 17, State Representative-18th District, State Representative-22nd District, State Representative-23rd District, Superior Court 3, County Auditor, County Recorder, County Commissioner-Southern District, County Council-District 1, County Council-District 2, County Council-District 3, County Council-District 4, U.S. Representative-23rd District (Democrat), Syracuse Town Council-District 2 and Whitko School Board-Districts 1 and 2.
Since the majority of people voted in the Republican primary, I will discuss the votes in that primary. The first number by each countywide office is the number of people who voted for a candidate; the second number is the number of people who did not vote for a candidate.
County Offices
Superior Court 1 9,556 1,326
Superior Court 2 9,492 1,390
Superior Court 3 8,491 2,391
Prosecuting Attorney 10,235 647
County Auditor 8,993 1,889
County Recorder 8,757 2,125
County Sheriff 10,405 477
County Assessor 9,214 1,668
County Commisioner (Southern District)
8,960 1,922
U.S. Representative-3rd Dist. 10,461 421
What local voters can do in the November election is the following: If there is only one candidate for a particular office, skip over it. If there are two or more candidates for a particular office and you are not satisfied with them, skip over that race. If you are not satisfied with any of the candidates on a ballot, cast a blank ballot to exercise your right to choose or not to choose public officials. And always keep doing this until the state Legislature puts a "none of the above is acceptable" option on ballots in Indiana.
Alex Houze
Member of the Libertarian Party of Kosciusko County
American Pride
Editor, Times-Union:I am a fortunate American. I was privileged to participate, along with over 200 other patriots, in a patriotic program July 14 at the Bremen Missionary Church, Bremen.
Hodge Patel from Sen. Evan Bayh's office, State Representative Bill Friend, Eric Miller from Advance America, Chris Chocola, Plymouth Mayor Jim Yeazel and all the rest of us converged on small town America to join each other in honoring veterans and those in military and public service. We paid tribute to our country, our flag and each other. Each person in attendance joined hearts and hands as we proudly watched as our flag was paraded through that sanctuary and guarded by the Plymouth National Guard. Not a dry eye was to be seen as we covered our hearts with our hands and sang our national anthem.
Yes, dear editor, American pride is alive and well. I've heard over and over from those in attendance how thankful they are for such a program and that great politicians would take time to show the support and interest in something so needful. They gave their rare free time, without payment, to join Mr. and Mrs. Average American in expressing patriotism at its best.
To enjoy such a program is refreshing. To be American is a privilege. Thank God I was born here.
Barb Schaetzle
Bourbon
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Computer Hacking
Editor, Times-Union:In March of this year I had my computer hacked into. My daughter accepted a file from someone unknown to her and they put a Trojan on my computer. I caught it the next day and immediately called the police. It was already to late. The Syracuse Police, not having the knowledge yet of computer hacking, called the Ligonier police department for me. Gary Cox came out and got all of the information off of my computer. He found the IP address of the person who hacked into my computer and his location. The information was turned over to the prosecuting attorney, who decided it was not a big enough case to pursue it and dropped it. I want to know what a big enough case entails? I lost over $8,000 from this person getting into my computer. Isn't this theft? I would think this is also a felony of some kind. I am outraged that because the prosecuting attoney has very little knowledge of computer crimes I am out this much money. I would like to thank Det. Gary Cox, Det. Vanvactor and James Layne for all of the help they did give me. I for one am glad this person will soon be out of office and someone who is more knowledgeable will take his place.
Tammy Serafini
Syracuse
via e-mail
Thanks To LifeMed
Editor, Times-Union:I want to take an opportunity to publicly express a deeply felt gratitude and a hug, hearty thank-you to Jack Baker and Beth, the dispatcher, both of LifeMed EMS, North Manchester.
My husband, Stanley, has been totally disabled and wheelchair-bound for nearly six years and we often have required wheelchair transportation for various appointments, sometimes as far away as Chicago and Indianapolis. We are extremely grateful that LifeMed EMS provides a wheelchair van service in addition to their ambulance service. We have always found the staff of LifeMed EMS to be as helpful and as accommodating as they can be. They are very professional, kind, courteous, patient and compassionate.
June 28, my husband's youngest daughter was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a terrible three-car accident, from which she was airlifted to Parkview, Fort Wayne. Both Beth and Jack Baker went way above and beyond their normal services to us to provide transportation for my husband and me after regular business hours to Parkview Fort Wayne and back to Wabash. It was the last time Stanley was able to see and hold the hand of his youngest daughter while she was yet alive. Words cannot adequately express our deep heartfelt gratitude to Jack, Beth and LifeMed Ems for that particular service to us and for all their services to us. We want our community to know what a great and wonderful company LifeMed EMS is.
Stanley and Mara Rose
Wabash
Oakwood Pops Concert
Editor, Times-Union:A 21-gun salute to the Oakwood Foundation for its presentation of the Patriotic Pops Concert on the lawn of Oakwood Inn and the shores of Lake Wawasee. A larger audience this year, on land and water, heard the inspiring music of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, conducted by Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel. We thank Ginny Martin, development coordinator, and Steve Kumpf, director of operations at Oakwood, who were efficient and very cordial collaborators with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic presentation.
We express our sincere gratitude to those contributors, in addition to the Oakwood Foundation, who made the concert possible.
Oakwood is a beautiful setting in which to showcase one of the country's finest orchestras. Many thanks to everyone.
Colleen Benninghoff
Regional Touring Development
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Table Thieves
Editor, Times-Union:To whom it may concern:
Those tables that you took from behind Shoe Show were not yours to take. They were not in the trash or anywhere near the dumpster, they were being picked up at 5 p.m.
I hope you put them to good use, because they were to be used for the dinner after my uncle's funeral.
So thank you very much, and I hope you enjoy them.
Sonia Sturgill
Warsaw
Another Choice
Editor, Times-Union:The recent May 7 primary election clearly demonstrated that there is significant local support for a "none of the above is acceptable" option on election ballots. The results from the election show that 11,997 people voted out of a potential 43,961. Out of those who voted, 10,882 voted in the Republican primary, while 1,115 voted in the Democratic primary.
There were 28 offices up for election, 16 of those received 100 percent of the vote in this county. Those officers were the following: State Senate-District 17, State Representative-18th District, State Representative-22nd District, State Representative-23rd District, Superior Court 3, County Auditor, County Recorder, County Commissioner-Southern District, County Council-District 1, County Council-District 2, County Council-District 3, County Council-District 4, U.S. Representative-23rd District (Democrat), Syracuse Town Council-District 2 and Whitko School Board-Districts 1 and 2.
Since the majority of people voted in the Republican primary, I will discuss the votes in that primary. The first number by each countywide office is the number of people who voted for a candidate; the second number is the number of people who did not vote for a candidate.
County Offices
Superior Court 1 9,556 1,326
Superior Court 2 9,492 1,390
Superior Court 3 8,491 2,391
Prosecuting Attorney 10,235 647
County Auditor 8,993 1,889
County Recorder 8,757 2,125
County Sheriff 10,405 477
County Assessor 9,214 1,668
County Commisioner (Southern District)
8,960 1,922
U.S. Representative-3rd Dist. 10,461 421
What local voters can do in the November election is the following: If there is only one candidate for a particular office, skip over it. If there are two or more candidates for a particular office and you are not satisfied with them, skip over that race. If you are not satisfied with any of the candidates on a ballot, cast a blank ballot to exercise your right to choose or not to choose public officials. And always keep doing this until the state Legislature puts a "none of the above is acceptable" option on ballots in Indiana.
Alex Houze
Member of the Libertarian Party of Kosciusko County
American Pride
Editor, Times-Union:I am a fortunate American. I was privileged to participate, along with over 200 other patriots, in a patriotic program July 14 at the Bremen Missionary Church, Bremen.
Hodge Patel from Sen. Evan Bayh's office, State Representative Bill Friend, Eric Miller from Advance America, Chris Chocola, Plymouth Mayor Jim Yeazel and all the rest of us converged on small town America to join each other in honoring veterans and those in military and public service. We paid tribute to our country, our flag and each other. Each person in attendance joined hearts and hands as we proudly watched as our flag was paraded through that sanctuary and guarded by the Plymouth National Guard. Not a dry eye was to be seen as we covered our hearts with our hands and sang our national anthem.
Yes, dear editor, American pride is alive and well. I've heard over and over from those in attendance how thankful they are for such a program and that great politicians would take time to show the support and interest in something so needful. They gave their rare free time, without payment, to join Mr. and Mrs. Average American in expressing patriotism at its best.
To enjoy such a program is refreshing. To be American is a privilege. Thank God I was born here.
Barb Schaetzle
Bourbon
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