Letters to the Editor 08-09-1999
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Time For Chili - Racism - Library Says Thanks
Time For Chili
Editor, Times-Union:Yes it is and believe it or not it has been, ever since the weather warmed up.
People do things a little backwards, really they do. Check this out... when it is cold out, like last January, you wanted something nice and warm to eat or drink in your tummy, right? So you indulged and went out in the snow and got cold, remember? Why? Because you warmed up your body and it got a little moist. Does water evaporate in minus temps? No, it freezes, and thus you get cold.
Our Heavenly Father sure looked out for his children. (That is us if you never got the drift.) His children in the hot climates got a very special gift from Him for their health. He gave them what I call peppers, and they call chilies. Some are hot and some are not so hot. These hot ones are the ones I want to talk about. When you bite into one of these chilies, the chemical makeup makes your body do different things ... moisture forms on your face, your nose starts to run and your eyes get messed up.
So what is happening? These peppers/chilies act like an air conditioner for the body. As the water appears it evaporates, thus the body is cooled. Ever drink something really cold in the summer when your body is hot and you get stomach pain, or jump into cool water at the lake and your body cramps up? You can drown doing that.
There is a business in Warsaw, that makes the closest to original, what I call chili. The first chili was made in Texas in the 1860s because the meat was getting a little strong smelling and tasting, so these Spanish ladies started putting chilies in the meat and created the first chili. So if you don't have powdered or strips of chilies in your bowl of red you're having vegetable beef soup, not chili.
Remember, easy on the hot items in the cold temps if you're going out in the cold. Eat them in hot temps so your body will cool down. Go downtown, have a bowl of chili, and see if you don't feel cooler when you go back out of doors.
Rob Reed, Warsaw
Racism
Editor, Times-Union:I address this letter to the community to hopefully straighten or give some insight on the problems we are faced with on a daily basis. I call "the plague of today" racism!
I am a man involved in an interracial relationship. Of course you know that the plague of today doesn't allow this in ordinary life.
I was talking to a family member on the phone about two days ago and she was telling me about a confrontation she had with a woman that had said something along the lines of "why does he court a pig like that?" My family member said "if she's a pig then he is a dog and they get along good." The lady implied "you know how it is down home." Down home being the south.
All I have to say is that it's not where you're from, it's where you're at. If two people can't have a wonderful relationship because of the plague, then the world needs to stop and think. There were problems in history with segregation and racism but it is what it was ... History! We must come together as a whole and find a cure for the plague so that the world can function and hopefully find peace among us all. It used to be just a problem but now it is a disease in the minds of most people. My very sweet lady is a caring person that no person should have anything against. Please people I hope you dwell on this problem and find friends of all races to find a cure for this disease.
Thomas E. Seymour, Putnamville Corr. Facility, Greencastle
Library Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:The Warsaw Community Public Library wishes to thank all who helped make the summer reading program "Set Sail for Reading" such a success! Businesses donated prizes, gift certificates and hundreds of coupons plus many people in the community gave of their time and talent to present programs.
The staff of the Times-Union used their expertise in judging the young adult creative writing contest. The combined efforts of everyone led to the success of this year's program.
All previous records were broken! The adult, teen and children registrations hit an all-time high of 1,171. Program attendance in June and July was 3,269 and 83,908 items were checked out. It really was a great summer.
Margaret Fritzel, Program Coordinator
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Time For Chili
Editor, Times-Union:Yes it is and believe it or not it has been, ever since the weather warmed up.
People do things a little backwards, really they do. Check this out... when it is cold out, like last January, you wanted something nice and warm to eat or drink in your tummy, right? So you indulged and went out in the snow and got cold, remember? Why? Because you warmed up your body and it got a little moist. Does water evaporate in minus temps? No, it freezes, and thus you get cold.
Our Heavenly Father sure looked out for his children. (That is us if you never got the drift.) His children in the hot climates got a very special gift from Him for their health. He gave them what I call peppers, and they call chilies. Some are hot and some are not so hot. These hot ones are the ones I want to talk about. When you bite into one of these chilies, the chemical makeup makes your body do different things ... moisture forms on your face, your nose starts to run and your eyes get messed up.
So what is happening? These peppers/chilies act like an air conditioner for the body. As the water appears it evaporates, thus the body is cooled. Ever drink something really cold in the summer when your body is hot and you get stomach pain, or jump into cool water at the lake and your body cramps up? You can drown doing that.
There is a business in Warsaw, that makes the closest to original, what I call chili. The first chili was made in Texas in the 1860s because the meat was getting a little strong smelling and tasting, so these Spanish ladies started putting chilies in the meat and created the first chili. So if you don't have powdered or strips of chilies in your bowl of red you're having vegetable beef soup, not chili.
Remember, easy on the hot items in the cold temps if you're going out in the cold. Eat them in hot temps so your body will cool down. Go downtown, have a bowl of chili, and see if you don't feel cooler when you go back out of doors.
Rob Reed, Warsaw
Racism
Editor, Times-Union:I address this letter to the community to hopefully straighten or give some insight on the problems we are faced with on a daily basis. I call "the plague of today" racism!
I am a man involved in an interracial relationship. Of course you know that the plague of today doesn't allow this in ordinary life.
I was talking to a family member on the phone about two days ago and she was telling me about a confrontation she had with a woman that had said something along the lines of "why does he court a pig like that?" My family member said "if she's a pig then he is a dog and they get along good." The lady implied "you know how it is down home." Down home being the south.
All I have to say is that it's not where you're from, it's where you're at. If two people can't have a wonderful relationship because of the plague, then the world needs to stop and think. There were problems in history with segregation and racism but it is what it was ... History! We must come together as a whole and find a cure for the plague so that the world can function and hopefully find peace among us all. It used to be just a problem but now it is a disease in the minds of most people. My very sweet lady is a caring person that no person should have anything against. Please people I hope you dwell on this problem and find friends of all races to find a cure for this disease.
Thomas E. Seymour, Putnamville Corr. Facility, Greencastle
Library Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:The Warsaw Community Public Library wishes to thank all who helped make the summer reading program "Set Sail for Reading" such a success! Businesses donated prizes, gift certificates and hundreds of coupons plus many people in the community gave of their time and talent to present programs.
The staff of the Times-Union used their expertise in judging the young adult creative writing contest. The combined efforts of everyone led to the success of this year's program.
All previous records were broken! The adult, teen and children registrations hit an all-time high of 1,171. Program attendance in June and July was 3,269 and 83,908 items were checked out. It really was a great summer.
Margaret Fritzel, Program Coordinator
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