Letters to the Editor 09-21-2005
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- U.S. 30 - Truth - Katrina Response - Charity At Home - Lovely Man - Dog Problem
U.S. 30
Editor, Times-Union:I quite often read the Times-Union on the Internet and this letter is the result of reading the letter from the lady who is concerned about the red light runners on U.S. 30. I was born and raised in Pierceton more years ago than I like to remember. I usually get back to Warsaw at least once a year to visit my mother, Helen Wagoner, who is a resident of the Retired Tiger Apartments. I am very cautious when I drive 30 from the Shell Station east of town to the street that takes you to the hospital turning off 30. I witnessed two weeks ago a semi run the light at the corner where Center Street curves off and junctions 30. My personal opinion is that I doubt putting a camera there will deter semis from running the light. I would bet 99.9 percent of the red light runners are over the road drivers and enforcing the violations would be somewhat a problem. At the same time, if just one person's life could be spared it would be worth it.
It just happens today's local paper has a good article about the cameras, red light runners, and the cost of operation. We had a fatal accident last week half a block from our apartment where the driver ran the red light, lost control of his truck, side-swiped a van going the same direction and wrapped his truck around a light pole. As I said, I am very cautious when I drive 30, but driving 30 is a piece of cake compared to driving in the Phoenix area. Not only do you have to be concerned about the crazy drivers who rarely obey the speed limit, seem to play dodge 'em by whipping in and out of traffic, we are faced with people shooting at other drivers from their car. A policeman was shot two days ago while in his car, and the shooters got away. He was not hit. Two other people in a car Thursday were not so lucky, they were killed.
I know one way speeding and red light running could be controlled, but the citizens of the area would not permit it. Some residential areas here have speed bumps in the streets. If speed bumps were put a reasonable distance apart along the area from the Shell station to a point west of the street going to the hospital, speed and red light running would certainly be greatly reduced. But as I said, residents would not permit this. The speed bumps here are designed to reduce the speed driven to 20 miles per hour and are very effective. I would think speed bumps could be designed and installed on 30 to permit the speed of vehicles to drive safely at 30 miles per hour.
The first thing you might say when you read this if you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen. I can put up with the crazy drivers and the crime rate so that we can enjoy the warm weather (360 days of sunshine), and the wonderful Mexican food.
George Winsley
Mesa, Ariz.
Truth
Editor, Times-Union:It's been a long time since I wrote you, but at times it seems like the truth gets such a "bum rap" that the "rocks will cry out" if some of us don't stand up and speak out!
Your "Views" of Sept. 9 was so loaded with truth it made an old retired business man like me want to shout, "Amen!" We thank you, Mr. Editor, even if we don't say so often.
Now when will those we elect and send to Washington to lead us stop, "speaking with wicked and forked tongue;" stop playing politics and help our President lead us back to the foundation of truth and honest-to-God straight thinking and right living! God is eager to "Bless America!" if we let him! Deep inside me I know God wants to bless us, but God is holy and cannot approve of wickedness, no matter what our religion or politics. God gave us 10 rules for living centuries ago, and I've never heard where he has changed his mind on any of them. (Gambling enslaves the poorest of our society!)
Gambling violates at least two of these "Rules for living."
Murdering people (in the womb or later) violates another. Sex sins of all kinds violate another. What is there about these "10 Rules" we don't understand? It's deciding in our hearts to obey them that we need to do!
Years ago the Walmer family came to Warsaw and operated a plumbing supply company. I'm retired, enjoy being a "Lay Pastor" of a small church while my family runs the business. We chose to operate that business on honesty, service and truth. My wife and I hope it continues that way.
About 10 days ago, a fellow supposedly from San Diego, "threw down the gauntlet" in your paper, attacking the character of two of our choice Warsaw senior citizens, Robert and Jodie Boggs, our close neighbors. "Ignorance is bliss" sometimes, but it often leads to real embarrassment and stupid statements. The fellow knows neither of the Boggs. His judgmental, false statements clearly reveal that. The Boggs contributed a son and three grandsons to the military service of our country! One or more of them are in the tragic Gulf crisis right now, besides all the money these generous souls contribute. Their oldest granddaughter is an attorney in Tallahassee, Fla. We have known the Boggs for many years. Mr. Editor, in the "olden days" born-again Methodists were against smokin', drinkin', evil speakin' and every violation of the 10 rules for living our great Creator put in His Book - and they stood up for each other. And that's just what we're doin' right now!
Warren and Josephine Walmer
Winona Lake
Katrina Response
Editor, Times-Union:Gary Gerard asks in News Views, "Was the response to Katrina really that bad?" I suggest he and others who share this view go to their rooftops without food, water, sanitation and medicine and see how many days it takes to become "bad."
As I watched the devastation on TV, I began to imagine what a president in touch with reality might do. I imagined he might initiate a public works program to repair the nation's decaying infrastructure while putting people to work. I imagined he might hold a press conference admitting the war in Iraq is indeed a quagmire and troops would be brought home immediately. I imagined he might repeal the tax cuts to the wealthy and rescind the egregious bankruptcy reform bill. I imagined he might end the tax break for big oil at a time when they're experiencing record profits. Why, I even imagined he might unite, not further polarize, our nation with his next nominee for the Supreme Court. And then I imagined what might not have happened had he not cut funding for flood control.
But then my reverie was abruptly ended when this compassionate conservative, this paragon of morality leader struck down the prevailing wage. Thus, this President made sure that those with nothing will continue to have nothing while price gouging and war profiteering continue as usual.
Then the nightmare of incompetence all came back to me.
This administration "didn't know" that terrorists might fly airplanes into buildings. They "didn't know" there were no WMDs in Iraq. They "didn't know" the insurgency would be so strong. They "didn't know" the cost would be $500 billion. They "didn't know" the cost of the Medicare reform bill. They "didn't know" the scope of this disaster. They "didn't know" about the people in the convention center. Well exactly what do they know?
Now we're supposed to send money and sacrifice to help in the relief effort. While my heart breaks from the scenes of death and destruction, my buying power has been diminished by the greed of the oil companies and the policies of neglect of the working class by this administration. The hard times have only just begun. I read an interesting suggestion in another paper that I hope catches on. How about diverting the war budget to Katrina Relief and hold fund-raisers for Iraq?
In closing, I have a question for the "Christians" that think Katrina was God's way of punishing New Orleans for its wickedness. Can we also assume Florida was punished by the barrage of hurricanes last year for putting this sorry excuse in office?
Janet Collins
Etna Green
Charity At Home
Editor, Times-Union:One can't help but be impressed by the relief effort of the Warsaw community to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. It would be equally heartwarming if similar interest in the welfare of the homeless, hungry and destitute in Warsaw was shown.
Area agencies tasked with providing shelter and basic needs are often apparently unable to help for one reason or another leaving many of these individuals, seemingly especially males, to fend for themselves. When they are finally reduced to settling wherever they can, they reportedly are informed that they can "camp" only in designated camping areas -Êa neat trick when you're penniless.
I was always told that charity began at home.
Bryan Ciula
Warsaw
Lovely Man
Editor, Times-Union:It is sad the lovely man is gone.
Chris Schenkel was a prince.
Jo Ann Mosbaugh
Executive Director
North Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Dog Problem
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is to the man who was at our neighbor's Sept. 14. The name calling and exchange of words was totally uncalled for. Telling us we needed to get a life, telling us we had nothing better to do than complain about our neighbors' dogs being in our yard barking their heads off. Totally making us look like we are the ones with the problem. Asking my husband to come over there and you would take care of him, then trying to leave before the police got there. Just shows what kind of person you are. You are not even the homeowner or the owner of the dogs.
We have had problems with our neighbors' dogs ever since they moved into the house. Let us see about 8 or 9 years now. After they have continuously let their dogs run the entire neighborhood, after having one dog put to sleep because it bit a person riding their bike and after having one dog hit on Packerton Road they have continued to let their dogs run the entire neighborhood. We guess some people just never learn. This has been an ongoing problem and certainly is nothing new.
We can only speak for ourselves but we are not the only neighbors that live around Southtown that are totally fed up with dogs running the entire neighborhood. Dogs are no different than kids. They have to be taken care of and seems like some of our neighbors need to start being more responsible. However, if they chose to keep the dogs in their own yards, that would be fine with us.
We will not apologize for our 16-year-old daughter that spouted back at you. She was only respecting her own dog that died that day of complications from cancer and we were merely in our yard trying to bury our dog in peace and quiet. What a joke, that sure didn't happen. We certainly have more respect for our 16-year-old daughter than we ever will a grown man like you. We are so sorry that our life does not include allowing our neighbor's dogs in our yard barking their heads off. We could think of a thousand different things we would rather have been doing than burying our family dog and having to call the police. We will continue to call the police and sign a City Ordinance every time one of their dogs is in our yard. We are totally fed up with the problem.
Pat and Tracy Lambert
Winona Lake
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- U.S. 30 - Truth - Katrina Response - Charity At Home - Lovely Man - Dog Problem
U.S. 30
Editor, Times-Union:I quite often read the Times-Union on the Internet and this letter is the result of reading the letter from the lady who is concerned about the red light runners on U.S. 30. I was born and raised in Pierceton more years ago than I like to remember. I usually get back to Warsaw at least once a year to visit my mother, Helen Wagoner, who is a resident of the Retired Tiger Apartments. I am very cautious when I drive 30 from the Shell Station east of town to the street that takes you to the hospital turning off 30. I witnessed two weeks ago a semi run the light at the corner where Center Street curves off and junctions 30. My personal opinion is that I doubt putting a camera there will deter semis from running the light. I would bet 99.9 percent of the red light runners are over the road drivers and enforcing the violations would be somewhat a problem. At the same time, if just one person's life could be spared it would be worth it.
It just happens today's local paper has a good article about the cameras, red light runners, and the cost of operation. We had a fatal accident last week half a block from our apartment where the driver ran the red light, lost control of his truck, side-swiped a van going the same direction and wrapped his truck around a light pole. As I said, I am very cautious when I drive 30, but driving 30 is a piece of cake compared to driving in the Phoenix area. Not only do you have to be concerned about the crazy drivers who rarely obey the speed limit, seem to play dodge 'em by whipping in and out of traffic, we are faced with people shooting at other drivers from their car. A policeman was shot two days ago while in his car, and the shooters got away. He was not hit. Two other people in a car Thursday were not so lucky, they were killed.
I know one way speeding and red light running could be controlled, but the citizens of the area would not permit it. Some residential areas here have speed bumps in the streets. If speed bumps were put a reasonable distance apart along the area from the Shell station to a point west of the street going to the hospital, speed and red light running would certainly be greatly reduced. But as I said, residents would not permit this. The speed bumps here are designed to reduce the speed driven to 20 miles per hour and are very effective. I would think speed bumps could be designed and installed on 30 to permit the speed of vehicles to drive safely at 30 miles per hour.
The first thing you might say when you read this if you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen. I can put up with the crazy drivers and the crime rate so that we can enjoy the warm weather (360 days of sunshine), and the wonderful Mexican food.
George Winsley
Mesa, Ariz.
Truth
Editor, Times-Union:It's been a long time since I wrote you, but at times it seems like the truth gets such a "bum rap" that the "rocks will cry out" if some of us don't stand up and speak out!
Your "Views" of Sept. 9 was so loaded with truth it made an old retired business man like me want to shout, "Amen!" We thank you, Mr. Editor, even if we don't say so often.
Now when will those we elect and send to Washington to lead us stop, "speaking with wicked and forked tongue;" stop playing politics and help our President lead us back to the foundation of truth and honest-to-God straight thinking and right living! God is eager to "Bless America!" if we let him! Deep inside me I know God wants to bless us, but God is holy and cannot approve of wickedness, no matter what our religion or politics. God gave us 10 rules for living centuries ago, and I've never heard where he has changed his mind on any of them. (Gambling enslaves the poorest of our society!)
Gambling violates at least two of these "Rules for living."
Murdering people (in the womb or later) violates another. Sex sins of all kinds violate another. What is there about these "10 Rules" we don't understand? It's deciding in our hearts to obey them that we need to do!
Years ago the Walmer family came to Warsaw and operated a plumbing supply company. I'm retired, enjoy being a "Lay Pastor" of a small church while my family runs the business. We chose to operate that business on honesty, service and truth. My wife and I hope it continues that way.
About 10 days ago, a fellow supposedly from San Diego, "threw down the gauntlet" in your paper, attacking the character of two of our choice Warsaw senior citizens, Robert and Jodie Boggs, our close neighbors. "Ignorance is bliss" sometimes, but it often leads to real embarrassment and stupid statements. The fellow knows neither of the Boggs. His judgmental, false statements clearly reveal that. The Boggs contributed a son and three grandsons to the military service of our country! One or more of them are in the tragic Gulf crisis right now, besides all the money these generous souls contribute. Their oldest granddaughter is an attorney in Tallahassee, Fla. We have known the Boggs for many years. Mr. Editor, in the "olden days" born-again Methodists were against smokin', drinkin', evil speakin' and every violation of the 10 rules for living our great Creator put in His Book - and they stood up for each other. And that's just what we're doin' right now!
Warren and Josephine Walmer
Winona Lake
Katrina Response
Editor, Times-Union:Gary Gerard asks in News Views, "Was the response to Katrina really that bad?" I suggest he and others who share this view go to their rooftops without food, water, sanitation and medicine and see how many days it takes to become "bad."
As I watched the devastation on TV, I began to imagine what a president in touch with reality might do. I imagined he might initiate a public works program to repair the nation's decaying infrastructure while putting people to work. I imagined he might hold a press conference admitting the war in Iraq is indeed a quagmire and troops would be brought home immediately. I imagined he might repeal the tax cuts to the wealthy and rescind the egregious bankruptcy reform bill. I imagined he might end the tax break for big oil at a time when they're experiencing record profits. Why, I even imagined he might unite, not further polarize, our nation with his next nominee for the Supreme Court. And then I imagined what might not have happened had he not cut funding for flood control.
But then my reverie was abruptly ended when this compassionate conservative, this paragon of morality leader struck down the prevailing wage. Thus, this President made sure that those with nothing will continue to have nothing while price gouging and war profiteering continue as usual.
Then the nightmare of incompetence all came back to me.
This administration "didn't know" that terrorists might fly airplanes into buildings. They "didn't know" there were no WMDs in Iraq. They "didn't know" the insurgency would be so strong. They "didn't know" the cost would be $500 billion. They "didn't know" the cost of the Medicare reform bill. They "didn't know" the scope of this disaster. They "didn't know" about the people in the convention center. Well exactly what do they know?
Now we're supposed to send money and sacrifice to help in the relief effort. While my heart breaks from the scenes of death and destruction, my buying power has been diminished by the greed of the oil companies and the policies of neglect of the working class by this administration. The hard times have only just begun. I read an interesting suggestion in another paper that I hope catches on. How about diverting the war budget to Katrina Relief and hold fund-raisers for Iraq?
In closing, I have a question for the "Christians" that think Katrina was God's way of punishing New Orleans for its wickedness. Can we also assume Florida was punished by the barrage of hurricanes last year for putting this sorry excuse in office?
Janet Collins
Etna Green
Charity At Home
Editor, Times-Union:One can't help but be impressed by the relief effort of the Warsaw community to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. It would be equally heartwarming if similar interest in the welfare of the homeless, hungry and destitute in Warsaw was shown.
Area agencies tasked with providing shelter and basic needs are often apparently unable to help for one reason or another leaving many of these individuals, seemingly especially males, to fend for themselves. When they are finally reduced to settling wherever they can, they reportedly are informed that they can "camp" only in designated camping areas -Êa neat trick when you're penniless.
I was always told that charity began at home.
Bryan Ciula
Warsaw
Lovely Man
Editor, Times-Union:It is sad the lovely man is gone.
Chris Schenkel was a prince.
Jo Ann Mosbaugh
Executive Director
North Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Dog Problem
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is to the man who was at our neighbor's Sept. 14. The name calling and exchange of words was totally uncalled for. Telling us we needed to get a life, telling us we had nothing better to do than complain about our neighbors' dogs being in our yard barking their heads off. Totally making us look like we are the ones with the problem. Asking my husband to come over there and you would take care of him, then trying to leave before the police got there. Just shows what kind of person you are. You are not even the homeowner or the owner of the dogs.
We have had problems with our neighbors' dogs ever since they moved into the house. Let us see about 8 or 9 years now. After they have continuously let their dogs run the entire neighborhood, after having one dog put to sleep because it bit a person riding their bike and after having one dog hit on Packerton Road they have continued to let their dogs run the entire neighborhood. We guess some people just never learn. This has been an ongoing problem and certainly is nothing new.
We can only speak for ourselves but we are not the only neighbors that live around Southtown that are totally fed up with dogs running the entire neighborhood. Dogs are no different than kids. They have to be taken care of and seems like some of our neighbors need to start being more responsible. However, if they chose to keep the dogs in their own yards, that would be fine with us.
We will not apologize for our 16-year-old daughter that spouted back at you. She was only respecting her own dog that died that day of complications from cancer and we were merely in our yard trying to bury our dog in peace and quiet. What a joke, that sure didn't happen. We certainly have more respect for our 16-year-old daughter than we ever will a grown man like you. We are so sorry that our life does not include allowing our neighbor's dogs in our yard barking their heads off. We could think of a thousand different things we would rather have been doing than burying our family dog and having to call the police. We will continue to call the police and sign a City Ordinance every time one of their dogs is in our yard. We are totally fed up with the problem.
Pat and Tracy Lambert
Winona Lake
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