Letters to the Editor 09-14-1999
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Dalton Employees Respond - Milford Phenomenon - Driving While Intoxicated - Thanks To Sports - Dalton Employees Value Jobs - Priorities - MDA Achievement
Dalton Employees Respond
Editor, Times-Union:In response to the letter from the Dalton neighbors in the Sept. 7 issue:
We are in an area affected by Dalton Foundry. It feeds, clothes and pays our family's bills. We understand your point of view, but until we hit the lottery or Power Ball, we will have to live with the standards by which Dalton's is allowed to operate.
We understand that you are upset with the noise and dirt, as employees we take turn feeling this way, too.
We employees, along with management, have been through much turmoil in the last few years. But the foundry stayed put along with 600-plus employees that are not on welfare or food stamps.
No, we are not company men. We are processing finishers, core makers, lead utilities, and so on, who complain about our contract, management, hours, etc. But every payday we are thankful for our jobs and hope they will always be there.
We hope this doesn't become another "Warsaw Speedway" issue. That was recreation, this is our future.
Lawrence Fugate, Pierceton; Matt Evans, Silver Lake
Milford Phenomenon
Editor, Times-Union:To roughly answer your question, the red and green flashing light is Sirius, the Dog Star, in the constellation of Canis Major (50 trillion miles away and 30 times brighter than our sun). If you're referring to the bright, white light in the eastern horizon, that is Alphard, in the Hydra constellation.
Dennis L. Hersch, Warsaw
Driving While Intoxicated
Editor, Times-Union:On Sept. 2, a Mr. Chivington, of North Webster, had a blood alcohol level of .188 percent. He killed a sober man, who made a wrong left turn. He was declared innocent by a "jury."
On Sept. 3, the next day, a Mrs. Arburgy was arrested while driving drunk with an alcohol level of .16.
So the more drunk you are, .188 to .16 percent, the easier to get off "scott free." Wait a minute. I do not like our judicial system, if this is the way it works.
I firmly believe both should have their licenses taken away for one year on their first charge, two years with no license and the third time, take the cars away and give them a tricycle for their lifetime.
A dead man cannot come back to life, so he is forgotten. Once a drunk, always one.
Albert G. Smith, Warsaw
Thanks To Sports
Editor, Times-Union:To the sports department... Since I criticized you publicly, I must thank you publicly. Thanks for the article of the Colts this past week. Thanks again.
Dale Beery, Sidney
Dalton Employees Value Jobs
Editor, Times-Union:We read with concern the letter from the Dalton Foundry neighbors who wish to take issue with the noise, dirt and pollution coming from the foundry. Our family depends on Dalton Foundries for income. Dalton employees work a very physically demanding, hot (temps more than 100 in summer) and dirty job, yet they value their jobs.
Dalton is dirty and probably loud, typical for a foundry. We live less than a mile away and do not hear noise or get the dirt. If you live within the immediate area you should expect some effects from the plant.
We don't know the facts, but we believe Dalton has been there long before many of the homes or homeowners in that area, especially on the south side of Winona Avenue. The east end of Warsaw, especially along the railroad, was at one time predominantly industrial/manufacturing. There are many buildings in use or vacant to prove that.
To the neighbors of Dalton, when you live in any area you have things to put up with. It could be a lot worse. If you obtained your home in that area in the last 20 years, you knew Dalton Foundries was there. If you have had your home longer than that, why are you complaining now?
If Dalton can do anything to keep the environment cleaner and quieter than they already have without a serious threat to their existence, then they should. We sincerely hope that our city officials realize the importance of Dalton's existence in this community. They provide jobs and revenue in taxes. We have seen the damage done to our County Fair Association because of lost revenue. Is this to be another race track issue?
If you're successful in your campaign with Dalton, please come work on our neighborhood. We live on Center Street; maybe you can stop the loud people from driving and walking down the street. Perhaps you can get the businesses to tone down their lights some. There are some rundown houses in the area; could you get that taken care of? Oh yes, we can hear the trains two blocks away; occasionally they make our house shake.
No, we're not going to ask for a meeting. We knew that was part of the bargain when we bought the house. It's part of living in the city.
Tony and Deborah Griffith, Warsaw
Priorities
Editor, Times-Union:With all the real problems in the world today, I get amused with some of the petty complaints I read in this column. We need to take a second look at our priorities.
We spend so much time and money talking about a "No Kill" shelter for animals. I love animals, but it bothers me that people concentrate so much on this issue while at the same time we torture and murder thousands of babies every year during abortion.What about a no kill shelter for them? I even had a pastor tell me that abortion is between a woman, her doctor and God. I'm sorry, but murder is everyone's business. But that's the way most churches are going today. They seem to be going more liberal. We are tearing the Bible apart, if it fits our lifestyle we believe in it, if it doesn't, we say it's up to your own interpretation. We have homosexual Christians and homosexual pastors. We even have homosexuals being married in churches by our pastors. If you are an old school conservative Christian, it's considered bad. But the Bible hasn't changed, the world has. For the worst.
Too many Christians are embarrassed to stand up against today's evils, to be outspoken because it's usually not a popular position. We need to be more aggressive with our beliefs. We go to church on Sunday, but how often do we approach people with the word of God during the week? Many times it takes a personal crisis to wake us up. It did for me, but it took two of them. Before they happened, I usually kept my Christianity to myself. I didn't want to be considered corny, old-fashioned or hypocritical, because I constantly make mistakes. But I don't care anymore, I'm very proud to be an old-fashioned, corny, conservative Christian and I've made a commitment to myself and God to spread my beliefs with anyone that will listen. You don't know how long you have to live so I plan on spending every day like it's my last. I often think of people that have come in and out of my life and I wonder if I will see them in heaven. I hope so. The last time I wrote to the editor, someone replied that I should have left my number because of my views. My pager number is 1-800-490-6854. Feel free and God Bless.
Matthew Trier, Warsaw
MDA Achievement
Editor, Times-Union:The people of Warsaw have done it again! They really pulled for us this year and helped make the 1999 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon a winner with $53.1 million in pledges and contributions!
By taking part in local MDA events, by calling in pledges to the Telethon broadcast on WSJV-TV, Channel 28, by helping "my kids" in other ways, Times-Union readers have made a huge difference for families throughout Indiana and across the nation.
They've helped speed MDA-funded research and around the globe. Moreover, they've helped maintain the national network of clinics that resulted in MDA becoming the first organization honored by the American Medical Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award "for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity."
For making the 1999 MDA Telethon a bell-ringer, thanks, Warsaw!
Jerry Lewis, National Chairman, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Tucson, Ariz.
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Dalton Employees Respond
Editor, Times-Union:In response to the letter from the Dalton neighbors in the Sept. 7 issue:
We are in an area affected by Dalton Foundry. It feeds, clothes and pays our family's bills. We understand your point of view, but until we hit the lottery or Power Ball, we will have to live with the standards by which Dalton's is allowed to operate.
We understand that you are upset with the noise and dirt, as employees we take turn feeling this way, too.
We employees, along with management, have been through much turmoil in the last few years. But the foundry stayed put along with 600-plus employees that are not on welfare or food stamps.
No, we are not company men. We are processing finishers, core makers, lead utilities, and so on, who complain about our contract, management, hours, etc. But every payday we are thankful for our jobs and hope they will always be there.
We hope this doesn't become another "Warsaw Speedway" issue. That was recreation, this is our future.
Lawrence Fugate, Pierceton; Matt Evans, Silver Lake
Milford Phenomenon
Editor, Times-Union:To roughly answer your question, the red and green flashing light is Sirius, the Dog Star, in the constellation of Canis Major (50 trillion miles away and 30 times brighter than our sun). If you're referring to the bright, white light in the eastern horizon, that is Alphard, in the Hydra constellation.
Dennis L. Hersch, Warsaw
Driving While Intoxicated
Editor, Times-Union:On Sept. 2, a Mr. Chivington, of North Webster, had a blood alcohol level of .188 percent. He killed a sober man, who made a wrong left turn. He was declared innocent by a "jury."
On Sept. 3, the next day, a Mrs. Arburgy was arrested while driving drunk with an alcohol level of .16.
So the more drunk you are, .188 to .16 percent, the easier to get off "scott free." Wait a minute. I do not like our judicial system, if this is the way it works.
I firmly believe both should have their licenses taken away for one year on their first charge, two years with no license and the third time, take the cars away and give them a tricycle for their lifetime.
A dead man cannot come back to life, so he is forgotten. Once a drunk, always one.
Albert G. Smith, Warsaw
Thanks To Sports
Editor, Times-Union:To the sports department... Since I criticized you publicly, I must thank you publicly. Thanks for the article of the Colts this past week. Thanks again.
Dale Beery, Sidney
Dalton Employees Value Jobs
Editor, Times-Union:We read with concern the letter from the Dalton Foundry neighbors who wish to take issue with the noise, dirt and pollution coming from the foundry. Our family depends on Dalton Foundries for income. Dalton employees work a very physically demanding, hot (temps more than 100 in summer) and dirty job, yet they value their jobs.
Dalton is dirty and probably loud, typical for a foundry. We live less than a mile away and do not hear noise or get the dirt. If you live within the immediate area you should expect some effects from the plant.
We don't know the facts, but we believe Dalton has been there long before many of the homes or homeowners in that area, especially on the south side of Winona Avenue. The east end of Warsaw, especially along the railroad, was at one time predominantly industrial/manufacturing. There are many buildings in use or vacant to prove that.
To the neighbors of Dalton, when you live in any area you have things to put up with. It could be a lot worse. If you obtained your home in that area in the last 20 years, you knew Dalton Foundries was there. If you have had your home longer than that, why are you complaining now?
If Dalton can do anything to keep the environment cleaner and quieter than they already have without a serious threat to their existence, then they should. We sincerely hope that our city officials realize the importance of Dalton's existence in this community. They provide jobs and revenue in taxes. We have seen the damage done to our County Fair Association because of lost revenue. Is this to be another race track issue?
If you're successful in your campaign with Dalton, please come work on our neighborhood. We live on Center Street; maybe you can stop the loud people from driving and walking down the street. Perhaps you can get the businesses to tone down their lights some. There are some rundown houses in the area; could you get that taken care of? Oh yes, we can hear the trains two blocks away; occasionally they make our house shake.
No, we're not going to ask for a meeting. We knew that was part of the bargain when we bought the house. It's part of living in the city.
Tony and Deborah Griffith, Warsaw
Priorities
Editor, Times-Union:With all the real problems in the world today, I get amused with some of the petty complaints I read in this column. We need to take a second look at our priorities.
We spend so much time and money talking about a "No Kill" shelter for animals. I love animals, but it bothers me that people concentrate so much on this issue while at the same time we torture and murder thousands of babies every year during abortion.What about a no kill shelter for them? I even had a pastor tell me that abortion is between a woman, her doctor and God. I'm sorry, but murder is everyone's business. But that's the way most churches are going today. They seem to be going more liberal. We are tearing the Bible apart, if it fits our lifestyle we believe in it, if it doesn't, we say it's up to your own interpretation. We have homosexual Christians and homosexual pastors. We even have homosexuals being married in churches by our pastors. If you are an old school conservative Christian, it's considered bad. But the Bible hasn't changed, the world has. For the worst.
Too many Christians are embarrassed to stand up against today's evils, to be outspoken because it's usually not a popular position. We need to be more aggressive with our beliefs. We go to church on Sunday, but how often do we approach people with the word of God during the week? Many times it takes a personal crisis to wake us up. It did for me, but it took two of them. Before they happened, I usually kept my Christianity to myself. I didn't want to be considered corny, old-fashioned or hypocritical, because I constantly make mistakes. But I don't care anymore, I'm very proud to be an old-fashioned, corny, conservative Christian and I've made a commitment to myself and God to spread my beliefs with anyone that will listen. You don't know how long you have to live so I plan on spending every day like it's my last. I often think of people that have come in and out of my life and I wonder if I will see them in heaven. I hope so. The last time I wrote to the editor, someone replied that I should have left my number because of my views. My pager number is 1-800-490-6854. Feel free and God Bless.
Matthew Trier, Warsaw
MDA Achievement
Editor, Times-Union:The people of Warsaw have done it again! They really pulled for us this year and helped make the 1999 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon a winner with $53.1 million in pledges and contributions!
By taking part in local MDA events, by calling in pledges to the Telethon broadcast on WSJV-TV, Channel 28, by helping "my kids" in other ways, Times-Union readers have made a huge difference for families throughout Indiana and across the nation.
They've helped speed MDA-funded research and around the globe. Moreover, they've helped maintain the national network of clinics that resulted in MDA becoming the first organization honored by the American Medical Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award "for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity."
For making the 1999 MDA Telethon a bell-ringer, thanks, Warsaw!
Jerry Lewis, National Chairman, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Tucson, Ariz.
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