Letters to the Editor 10-17-1997
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Winona Alcohol - Car Thief - Kitson Responds - Breast Cancer - Produce Sale
Winona Alcohol
Editor, Times Union:Would you please print my answer to Mr. Dave Malyman about Winona alcohol.
I want to agree 100 percent with him. I wish this country would have many more men like him.
Let's not only have Winona free from alcohol restaurants but every town in the USA. Here in Warsaw we have some of the best that are [alcohol] free.
Lester Bruner
Warsaw
Car Thief
Editor, Times Union:To the low life(s) who stole and trashed my car:
You know who you are! You're Pig Scum! If you want to have nice things, then you should work for them instead of cashing in on someone else's hard work. You probably think that you are real clever but guess what - your time will come and you will pay! Wouldn't it have been so appropriate if you were injured while you were taking your little joy ride and trashing my car?
Brandy Kozon
Kitson Responds
Editor, Times Union:OK, Mr. Guard, so the Second Amendment doesn't really mean "the people." So let's take a closer look at that. I take it by your logic than that the First Amendment and "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" must refer to someone else. Or in the Fourth Amendment "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects." Or the Tenth Amendment "reserved to the states respectively, or the people."
Have you ever read the Bill of Rights, Mr. Guard, or are you just spouting off the things Sara Brady feeds you? Our founding fathers knew that were it not for the privately owned weapons of 1776 the Revolution would have never gotten off the ground and they wanted to ensure that "the people" would always have that same ability. If what you're saying were true, the American people would have been stripped of their "right to keep and bear arms" a long time ago. But even the politicians are not so stupid as to think they could ever get by with that until they repeal the Second Amendment.
As far as your insinuation that I have some desire to harm someone, I find that cheap and insulting. You obviously know nothing about me or that wouldn't have entered your mind. All I'm going to say about that is in reference to your use of the term "gung-ho." For someone supposedly retired from the Marine Corps you seem to have little knowledge of your own terms. Gung-ho is a Chinese term meaning to work together or in harmony. I fail to see what that has to do with "taking another's life."
As to joining the military, thanks but no thanks. I can't put (Ret.) behind my name, but I have 13 years for pay and three honorable discharges. U.S. Navy, Ind. Army National Guard and U.S. Army.
Oh, and one more thing, as to my being a "bum shot." Meet me up at the Tri-County rifle range some time. Bring your favorite .22. No scopes, no bench rests, just open sights, off-hand at 100 yards. I don't know what sort of shot you are, but I doubt you'll beat me very bad.
Harold Kitson
Warsaw
Breast Cancer
Editor, Times Union:It's scary, we don't want to think about it. You even act ignorant of the possibility of it happening to you. Stop the excuses. If you are a woman of any age and a lump is detected, don't ignore it. And yes, it's scary. It's the hardest thing any woman faces.
You don't feel a lump, so why have a mammogram? Because you could be that 1 out of 9 women who has it. And even if it doesn't run in your family it can happen to you. I know - it happened to me. I was lucky it was found during my 6-week check-up after my son was born. I said, It's only a cyst, or possibly a clogged milk duct. It wasn't. It was a large lump, and it was in my lymph nodes.
I went through a mastectomy, chemo and all the horrible, tiring things that it brings. It's Cancer. Say it, it's real. Face it, it can happen to you. It's been almost two years now. I survived losing my breast, my hair, nausea, sores in my mouth, loss of fingernails and toenails, the list goes on.
But I didn't lose my hands, arms, legs, sight, hearing. Just a breast that acts as no real purpose for my daily living. Think about it. I didn't, most importantly, lose my life. My children, grandchildren, and family still have me here to love them. Thanks to everyone who helped me. I couldn't have done it without you.
Have a mammogram. It could save your life. Encourage your friends and relatives to have one. Cancer doesn't necessarily mean death anymore, it could mean your life.
A special thanks to my husband, Mark, who stayed by my side; who never through it all found me any less a person than I was before. I love you all. Watch for my letter next year. I'll still be here.
Susan Jones
Breast cancer survivor of 2 years
Warsaw
Produce Sale
Editor, Times Union:I thought I had seen it all, but on my way to North Webster at the corner of Old 30 and State Road 13, there's two guys selling produce in front of the cemetery.
I am shocked and disgusted at the disrespect this displays. I was raised that a cemetery is sacred and holy ground, you do not walk on graves, and you treat the dead with respect. As I watched business being conducted people took short cuts through the cemetery, turned around, made U turns in the intersection, and other traffic violations.
I feel there are adequate places in this county to sell produce and the cemetery is not one of them.
Charles P. Murphy
Warsaw
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- Winona Alcohol - Car Thief - Kitson Responds - Breast Cancer - Produce Sale
Winona Alcohol
Editor, Times Union:Would you please print my answer to Mr. Dave Malyman about Winona alcohol.
I want to agree 100 percent with him. I wish this country would have many more men like him.
Let's not only have Winona free from alcohol restaurants but every town in the USA. Here in Warsaw we have some of the best that are [alcohol] free.
Lester Bruner
Warsaw
Car Thief
Editor, Times Union:To the low life(s) who stole and trashed my car:
You know who you are! You're Pig Scum! If you want to have nice things, then you should work for them instead of cashing in on someone else's hard work. You probably think that you are real clever but guess what - your time will come and you will pay! Wouldn't it have been so appropriate if you were injured while you were taking your little joy ride and trashing my car?
Brandy Kozon
Kitson Responds
Editor, Times Union:OK, Mr. Guard, so the Second Amendment doesn't really mean "the people." So let's take a closer look at that. I take it by your logic than that the First Amendment and "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" must refer to someone else. Or in the Fourth Amendment "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects." Or the Tenth Amendment "reserved to the states respectively, or the people."
Have you ever read the Bill of Rights, Mr. Guard, or are you just spouting off the things Sara Brady feeds you? Our founding fathers knew that were it not for the privately owned weapons of 1776 the Revolution would have never gotten off the ground and they wanted to ensure that "the people" would always have that same ability. If what you're saying were true, the American people would have been stripped of their "right to keep and bear arms" a long time ago. But even the politicians are not so stupid as to think they could ever get by with that until they repeal the Second Amendment.
As far as your insinuation that I have some desire to harm someone, I find that cheap and insulting. You obviously know nothing about me or that wouldn't have entered your mind. All I'm going to say about that is in reference to your use of the term "gung-ho." For someone supposedly retired from the Marine Corps you seem to have little knowledge of your own terms. Gung-ho is a Chinese term meaning to work together or in harmony. I fail to see what that has to do with "taking another's life."
As to joining the military, thanks but no thanks. I can't put (Ret.) behind my name, but I have 13 years for pay and three honorable discharges. U.S. Navy, Ind. Army National Guard and U.S. Army.
Oh, and one more thing, as to my being a "bum shot." Meet me up at the Tri-County rifle range some time. Bring your favorite .22. No scopes, no bench rests, just open sights, off-hand at 100 yards. I don't know what sort of shot you are, but I doubt you'll beat me very bad.
Harold Kitson
Warsaw
Breast Cancer
Editor, Times Union:It's scary, we don't want to think about it. You even act ignorant of the possibility of it happening to you. Stop the excuses. If you are a woman of any age and a lump is detected, don't ignore it. And yes, it's scary. It's the hardest thing any woman faces.
You don't feel a lump, so why have a mammogram? Because you could be that 1 out of 9 women who has it. And even if it doesn't run in your family it can happen to you. I know - it happened to me. I was lucky it was found during my 6-week check-up after my son was born. I said, It's only a cyst, or possibly a clogged milk duct. It wasn't. It was a large lump, and it was in my lymph nodes.
I went through a mastectomy, chemo and all the horrible, tiring things that it brings. It's Cancer. Say it, it's real. Face it, it can happen to you. It's been almost two years now. I survived losing my breast, my hair, nausea, sores in my mouth, loss of fingernails and toenails, the list goes on.
But I didn't lose my hands, arms, legs, sight, hearing. Just a breast that acts as no real purpose for my daily living. Think about it. I didn't, most importantly, lose my life. My children, grandchildren, and family still have me here to love them. Thanks to everyone who helped me. I couldn't have done it without you.
Have a mammogram. It could save your life. Encourage your friends and relatives to have one. Cancer doesn't necessarily mean death anymore, it could mean your life.
A special thanks to my husband, Mark, who stayed by my side; who never through it all found me any less a person than I was before. I love you all. Watch for my letter next year. I'll still be here.
Susan Jones
Breast cancer survivor of 2 years
Warsaw
Produce Sale
Editor, Times Union:I thought I had seen it all, but on my way to North Webster at the corner of Old 30 and State Road 13, there's two guys selling produce in front of the cemetery.
I am shocked and disgusted at the disrespect this displays. I was raised that a cemetery is sacred and holy ground, you do not walk on graves, and you treat the dead with respect. As I watched business being conducted people took short cuts through the cemetery, turned around, made U turns in the intersection, and other traffic violations.
I feel there are adequate places in this county to sell produce and the cemetery is not one of them.
Charles P. Murphy
Warsaw
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