Letters to the Editor 09-22-2000
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Olympics - Back To Bondage - KABS Service - Boathouse License - O'Bannon Integrity - Chicken Flack - Job Shadowing - Girls In Sports
Olympics
Editor, Times-Union:Dear Olympic committee:
In the past week I have watched the athletes from around the world as they compete for the gold. To be honest, our hearts bleed for those who are going home empty-handed. With that in mind, allow us here at the ISHAA to summit this wonderful and "fair" proposal for your consideration.
Here in Indiana, we once had a one-class basketball state champion. True, it had a tradition and prestige like no other tourney in the nation, much like what sets the Olympic games apart from all the rest. But only the best team was allowed to win, leaving us left with those poor kids on the losing end ... how "unfair."
So the ISHAA committee had this great idea to have several state champions. Now everyone can feel like winners. Heck ... we even convinced our Indiana citizens that a multi-class tourney would increase revenues and increase the interest in the game. Who needs prestige when you have liberal solutions?
We are proposing that the Olympics follow suit. Given the number of athletes and countries competing, we would recommend at least five classes, but of course, the more classes the better. That way many more athletes can feel like they truly earned medals.
Wow! Now doesn't that make a lot of sense? Please write back with your input regarding class Olympics. We are all anxious to hear the opinions of others.
With great big bandage over our hearts, the self-governed ISHAA.
Scott Rieder
South Bend
via e-mail
Back To Bondage
Editor, Times-Union:When the 13 colonies were still a part of England, Professor Alexander Tyler wrote about the fall of the Athenian republic over a thousand years ago: "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage." -Alexander Tyler
Patrick Brown
Warsaw
via e-mail
KABS Service
Editor, Times-Union:KABS is a federally funded public transit service. We are prevented by Federal Transit Administration rules from operating a school bus service. Students that are transported by KABS must fit within the services we offer to the general public.
Every day we provide services to the elderly, the poor and the disabled in this community. Over 350 people a day access employment, medical and dental appointments, school, social services, shopping and many other community resources from a KABS bus.
Sometimes difficult decisions are required. The needs of the transit-dependent in our community must take priority over school students. Those are the rules.
Perhaps someday this community will recognize the value of public transportation. Maybe we will someday have the resources to meet all the demands placed on us. Until then we can only promise to do our best.
Tom Sherron
General manager
via e-mail
Boathouse License
Editor, Times-Union:Recently a letter to the editor, signed by Irene and Arne Cedervall, appeared in the Times-Union regarding the granting of alcoholic beverage license to Winona Lake's new Boathouse Restaurant. I completely agree with the sentiments of the Cedervalls. The article in the Times-Union on Sept. 8 gave the impression that there was no opposition to the alcoholic board's action. ("There were no remonstrances against the petitioners," etc.) Was the date of the public hearing purposely kept secret? How come so few knew the Boathouse application was on the agenda? There are many in Winona Lake who are unhappy about the approval and would have expressed themselves so, if they had known.
It is absolutly out of character for the Winona Lake community to make a big to-do about the "days of Billy Sunday" and then bring alcohol which Billy Sunday so vigorously opposed, into the Village of Winona's primary eating place.
I believe I speak for many residents when I would also ask, "How does the availability of beverage alcohol make a 'great restaurant?'" This is a sad day for our community.
Robert Seitz
Winona Lake
via e-mail
O'Bannon Integrity
Editor, Times-Union:Today I read an article in the Kokomo Perspective and 47 percent of the people said they were voting for Frank O'Bannon because of integrity. Does anyone remember his platform four years ago? I do. It was free school books. My daughter is still waiting. Do you remember his first accomplishment? It was getting the NCAA headquaters moved to Indianapolis. At his chest pounding news conference when asked about the school book,s he replied, "There is no money left for books."
His next great feat was saying no to the Indians who wanted to open a casino at Pokagon. To help stop this project he called the Department of Interior. Once again at a news conference his truth was not forthcoming. Quote: "four riverboats is enough." Does anyone remember this? I do. So what do now have? At last count we had nine, with three times the floor space of the first four. Has anyone noticed that No. 10 just sank coming up the Mississippi?
Our schools remain near the worst in the country, property taxes have been a mess for 12 years and tax cuts are just for a privileged few, not just everyone. Don't we all put our pants on one leg at a time? Integrity, where is it?
Richard Johnson
Kokomo
via e-mail
Chicken Flack
Editor, Times-Union:I cannot believe the "flack" that Tippy Valley is receiving over a "chicken"!
Furthermore, to receive front page news? I know there are a lot more disturbing things going on in our county that deserve this kind of coverage but are never mentioned, let alone the front page. ...
People go to a restaurant, no offense to restaurants, and pay in excess of $100 to have a LIVE LOBSTER cooked. This lobster is dropped in boiling water while still alive ... and after a high pitched shrill it is dead. But ... this is accepted? What is the difference. BUT- when some kids take a $1 chicken and kill it is a major catastrophe. I just hope the area residents will take notice and complain the next time something really serious has happened at TVHS.
Tim Horn
Claypool
via e-mail
Job Shadowing
Editor, Times-Union:The last two years Warsaw Community High School has released the juniors and seniors that have met ISTEP+/Graduation Qualification Examination for job shadowing and college visitation days during the ISTEP+/GQE testing.
These juniors and seniors have gone with parents to work, contacted a veterinarian to observe what s/he does, gone to Tri-Lakes Game Preserve to observe firsthand what a naturalist does, along with other countless examples.
Any effort such as this requires the participation by local businesses and individuals, which has been outstanding. But I am most impressed with the enthusiasm shown by this community in support of our young people, and education in general. Many people have gone the extra mile to help and provide quality experiences for our students. The local colleges and universities have been wonderful to make special plans for the influx of young people to tour their facility.
Thank you Warsaw, Winona Lake and Kosciusko County for all you do to support education, and in particular Warsaw Community High School.
Rick Swaim, director
WCHS counseling/guidance
Via e-mail
Girls In Sports
Editor, Times-Union:This year in powder-puff at WCHS the girls showed their true strength when it comes to playing football. The game was supposed to be tag football but many girls insisted on tackling the others to make the game more interesting. Even though the game ended up in an uproar the girls still showed the guys that they have a mean side underneath them.
Why is it that whenever girls are playing football (for example: powder-puff) that the guys think that it's just a silly game with girls pulling other girls' hair out? Girls are able to play football just as tough as guys and maybe even better! A lot of the girls at WCHS think that there should be a regular girls football team. The schools have boys football teams, so why can't they have girls as well?
I feel that it would be a really good idea to change it around a little. Instead of just having boys football there should also be girls football. If anyone feels that girls can't play football then obviously they didn't go to the WCHS powder-puff games on this past Thursday evening. Guys have a lot of sports that they can play in and no one expects girls to want to do them because they could get hurt but it's time to make a change and I feel that it should start right about now!
Brooke Stutzman
Student at WCHS
via e-mail
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- Olympics - Back To Bondage - KABS Service - Boathouse License - O'Bannon Integrity - Chicken Flack - Job Shadowing - Girls In Sports
Olympics
Editor, Times-Union:Dear Olympic committee:
In the past week I have watched the athletes from around the world as they compete for the gold. To be honest, our hearts bleed for those who are going home empty-handed. With that in mind, allow us here at the ISHAA to summit this wonderful and "fair" proposal for your consideration.
Here in Indiana, we once had a one-class basketball state champion. True, it had a tradition and prestige like no other tourney in the nation, much like what sets the Olympic games apart from all the rest. But only the best team was allowed to win, leaving us left with those poor kids on the losing end ... how "unfair."
So the ISHAA committee had this great idea to have several state champions. Now everyone can feel like winners. Heck ... we even convinced our Indiana citizens that a multi-class tourney would increase revenues and increase the interest in the game. Who needs prestige when you have liberal solutions?
We are proposing that the Olympics follow suit. Given the number of athletes and countries competing, we would recommend at least five classes, but of course, the more classes the better. That way many more athletes can feel like they truly earned medals.
Wow! Now doesn't that make a lot of sense? Please write back with your input regarding class Olympics. We are all anxious to hear the opinions of others.
With great big bandage over our hearts, the self-governed ISHAA.
Scott Rieder
South Bend
via e-mail
Back To Bondage
Editor, Times-Union:When the 13 colonies were still a part of England, Professor Alexander Tyler wrote about the fall of the Athenian republic over a thousand years ago: "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage." -Alexander Tyler
Patrick Brown
Warsaw
via e-mail
KABS Service
Editor, Times-Union:KABS is a federally funded public transit service. We are prevented by Federal Transit Administration rules from operating a school bus service. Students that are transported by KABS must fit within the services we offer to the general public.
Every day we provide services to the elderly, the poor and the disabled in this community. Over 350 people a day access employment, medical and dental appointments, school, social services, shopping and many other community resources from a KABS bus.
Sometimes difficult decisions are required. The needs of the transit-dependent in our community must take priority over school students. Those are the rules.
Perhaps someday this community will recognize the value of public transportation. Maybe we will someday have the resources to meet all the demands placed on us. Until then we can only promise to do our best.
Tom Sherron
General manager
via e-mail
Boathouse License
Editor, Times-Union:Recently a letter to the editor, signed by Irene and Arne Cedervall, appeared in the Times-Union regarding the granting of alcoholic beverage license to Winona Lake's new Boathouse Restaurant. I completely agree with the sentiments of the Cedervalls. The article in the Times-Union on Sept. 8 gave the impression that there was no opposition to the alcoholic board's action. ("There were no remonstrances against the petitioners," etc.) Was the date of the public hearing purposely kept secret? How come so few knew the Boathouse application was on the agenda? There are many in Winona Lake who are unhappy about the approval and would have expressed themselves so, if they had known.
It is absolutly out of character for the Winona Lake community to make a big to-do about the "days of Billy Sunday" and then bring alcohol which Billy Sunday so vigorously opposed, into the Village of Winona's primary eating place.
I believe I speak for many residents when I would also ask, "How does the availability of beverage alcohol make a 'great restaurant?'" This is a sad day for our community.
Robert Seitz
Winona Lake
via e-mail
O'Bannon Integrity
Editor, Times-Union:Today I read an article in the Kokomo Perspective and 47 percent of the people said they were voting for Frank O'Bannon because of integrity. Does anyone remember his platform four years ago? I do. It was free school books. My daughter is still waiting. Do you remember his first accomplishment? It was getting the NCAA headquaters moved to Indianapolis. At his chest pounding news conference when asked about the school book,s he replied, "There is no money left for books."
His next great feat was saying no to the Indians who wanted to open a casino at Pokagon. To help stop this project he called the Department of Interior. Once again at a news conference his truth was not forthcoming. Quote: "four riverboats is enough." Does anyone remember this? I do. So what do now have? At last count we had nine, with three times the floor space of the first four. Has anyone noticed that No. 10 just sank coming up the Mississippi?
Our schools remain near the worst in the country, property taxes have been a mess for 12 years and tax cuts are just for a privileged few, not just everyone. Don't we all put our pants on one leg at a time? Integrity, where is it?
Richard Johnson
Kokomo
via e-mail
Chicken Flack
Editor, Times-Union:I cannot believe the "flack" that Tippy Valley is receiving over a "chicken"!
Furthermore, to receive front page news? I know there are a lot more disturbing things going on in our county that deserve this kind of coverage but are never mentioned, let alone the front page. ...
People go to a restaurant, no offense to restaurants, and pay in excess of $100 to have a LIVE LOBSTER cooked. This lobster is dropped in boiling water while still alive ... and after a high pitched shrill it is dead. But ... this is accepted? What is the difference. BUT- when some kids take a $1 chicken and kill it is a major catastrophe. I just hope the area residents will take notice and complain the next time something really serious has happened at TVHS.
Tim Horn
Claypool
via e-mail
Job Shadowing
Editor, Times-Union:The last two years Warsaw Community High School has released the juniors and seniors that have met ISTEP+/Graduation Qualification Examination for job shadowing and college visitation days during the ISTEP+/GQE testing.
These juniors and seniors have gone with parents to work, contacted a veterinarian to observe what s/he does, gone to Tri-Lakes Game Preserve to observe firsthand what a naturalist does, along with other countless examples.
Any effort such as this requires the participation by local businesses and individuals, which has been outstanding. But I am most impressed with the enthusiasm shown by this community in support of our young people, and education in general. Many people have gone the extra mile to help and provide quality experiences for our students. The local colleges and universities have been wonderful to make special plans for the influx of young people to tour their facility.
Thank you Warsaw, Winona Lake and Kosciusko County for all you do to support education, and in particular Warsaw Community High School.
Rick Swaim, director
WCHS counseling/guidance
Via e-mail
Girls In Sports
Editor, Times-Union:This year in powder-puff at WCHS the girls showed their true strength when it comes to playing football. The game was supposed to be tag football but many girls insisted on tackling the others to make the game more interesting. Even though the game ended up in an uproar the girls still showed the guys that they have a mean side underneath them.
Why is it that whenever girls are playing football (for example: powder-puff) that the guys think that it's just a silly game with girls pulling other girls' hair out? Girls are able to play football just as tough as guys and maybe even better! A lot of the girls at WCHS think that there should be a regular girls football team. The schools have boys football teams, so why can't they have girls as well?
I feel that it would be a really good idea to change it around a little. Instead of just having boys football there should also be girls football. If anyone feels that girls can't play football then obviously they didn't go to the WCHS powder-puff games on this past Thursday evening. Guys have a lot of sports that they can play in and no one expects girls to want to do them because they could get hurt but it's time to make a change and I feel that it should start right about now!
Brooke Stutzman
Student at WCHS
via e-mail
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