Letters to the Editor 11-15-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Word Of Encouragement - Our Father's House - Apology To Sheriff - Chess Club Says Thanks - The Future Is Not Football
Word Of Encouragement
Editor, Times-Union:I have read with interest the letter under the above title ("The Future Is Football") which appeared in the edition of the paper on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001. I hardly ever write to the editor to respond to letters which appear in the paper, but it is difficult for me to read the slurs and innuendoes which are contained in this letter without making some personal comment.
Let me say that I am an elderly property owner who chose to retire in Warsaw because of the qualities which we discovered in this fine city, and we have never had any children in the school system. However, we think the school system is one of the finest we have seen and the people who are part of it are people who care about the students they teach and help to become good citizens.
I have heard the present football coach speak on a number of occasions and he is a man of the highest integrity. His aim in coaching the young men who play on the football teams is an encouragement to me as a father and grandfather. For the information of the writer of the mentioned letter, the first requisite for any young man who tries out for the team is that he should be a son who honors his parents. Secondly they are to be good students and pay attention to their studies. The statement about academic fraud indicates the ignorance of the writer of the letter. I was pleased to learn that many of the athletes have a higher scholastic standing than many of the non-athletes.
I have met a number of our football players and they are terrific young men. Some of us could learn a thing or two about courtesy and personal decorum from them. Whatever they choose for the future they are going to be better and do better because they have come under the influence of our present football coach. Perhaps a word of encouragement would be more in order.
William H. Roberts
Warsaw
via e-mail
Our Father's House
Editor, Times-Union:As the seasons change and we look to tomorrow, Our Father's House would like to thank the organizations that keep our food program rolling. Thank you to those who make chili and pastas and homemade soup for the older citizens. Thanks to the wonderful people who share meat from their freezers and leftovers from wedding receptions and church dinners.
As the holiday season approaches, we know that the people of this community will remember their neighbors because they do it all year long. Our Father's House is still signing up families for the Thanksgiving baskets and will do so until we exhaust our basket stock.
I am sure that I have forgotten someone here in print, but please know that you are never forgotten in the gratitude of the house that you have built. May the joy of the season be with you and yours and please join with us in thanks for this community in which we live and our hope that peace will reign upon the world.
I am yours in service,
Roz Morgan
Director of Our Father's House
Warsaw
Apology To Sheriff
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to apologize for a misunderstanding on my part. It was not the County Sheriff who stopped by Body Enhancements Tattoo Studio about the parking violations. It was a County Deputy, I did not realize not all county officers are sheriffs. It is a state law that says no parking within 30 feet of an intersection. That is why it is not posted. But it is still a law, so as I said before you are welcome to park in the lot on the west side of the Tattoo Studio to get your paper, or a little further down, just so long as your not within 30 feet of the intersection. My sincere apologies to Sheriff Rovenstine for the misunderstanding.
Doug "Roacho" Sullivan
Body Enhancements Tattoo Studio
Atwood
via e-mail
Chess Club Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:We would like to thank the Warsaw Community Foundation for Public Education Inc. for again sponsoring the second annual Warsaw Chess Tournament. We couldn't do this without their support. This tournament is open to any student in the Warsaw Community Schools, K-8. The 96 students who attended on Saturday, Nov. 10, participated in five rounds of play. They began playing at 9 a.m. and ended at 2 p.m. They were truly all winners. It was an inspiring sight to walk into the Edgewood gymnasium filled with students sitting quietly at tables focused on figuring out the best move to make next. The game of chess teaches children to not only think and plan strategies, but also to persevere. What great life lessons. You could then find many of them playing more chess games in the cafeteria area until the next round of play began. We'd also like to thank the Harrison PTO for providing refreshments at the concession area. We appreciated the many community members and parents who came out to watch and lend their support. Thank you also to Edgewood Middle School for allowing us to use their great facility.
Warsaw Community Schools'
Chess Club Coaches
via e-mail
The Future Is Not Football
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is being sent in reply to Katie Kelley's letter titled "Loving our Boys" which was published on 11/13/01. She came down quite hard on Mr. Richardson, and even got somewhat personal, referring to him as a "little man." Let me first say that although I personally know Jerry Richardson, that alone has nothing to do with the fact that I totally agree with him. I will say - perhaps some renovations are needed, but $10 million dollars for a stadium for high school level players? I don't buy it, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I was a "star athlete" swimmer at Warsaw High School way back when - in the early 1980s. I, along with three other women as a relay team, qualified for the nationals in 1981, which would have meant traveling to Florida to attend this great event. Also, my personal best time ever in my event - the 50 freestyle - tied the time set by one of our relay members - Diane Williams. She qualified for the Pan Am games. If you know anything about swimming, which I'll assume you do not, these accomplishments were quite extraordinary.
And how did we accomplish this you ask? We did this not by practicing twice a day in the nice pool the size the high school now has - but by swimming in the four-lane pool that existed in the YMCA in the early 1980s. Every event my senior year was an away game, as every other school in our conference area refused to swim in our mediocre pool. And being that swimming in Warsaw was not the sport of choice, like, say, basketball or football is now, what was our reward? There was none - we just plain didn't go because the money wasn't there. Period.
I haven't seen that our new pool has churned out any national or Pan AM game swimmers since back when I was in high school, or since that nice new pool was built. I know we have turned out many fine swimmers since that time, but not of that caliber that I am aware of. So, Ms. Kelley, I would deduce that it's not the facilities that make the athlete - it's the athlete that makes the star. I'm not willing to spend my tax dollars to prove that theory, either. In closing, please let me say, the future is not football.
Sarah Lowe
Warsaw
via e-mail
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- Word Of Encouragement - Our Father's House - Apology To Sheriff - Chess Club Says Thanks - The Future Is Not Football
Word Of Encouragement
Editor, Times-Union:I have read with interest the letter under the above title ("The Future Is Football") which appeared in the edition of the paper on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001. I hardly ever write to the editor to respond to letters which appear in the paper, but it is difficult for me to read the slurs and innuendoes which are contained in this letter without making some personal comment.
Let me say that I am an elderly property owner who chose to retire in Warsaw because of the qualities which we discovered in this fine city, and we have never had any children in the school system. However, we think the school system is one of the finest we have seen and the people who are part of it are people who care about the students they teach and help to become good citizens.
I have heard the present football coach speak on a number of occasions and he is a man of the highest integrity. His aim in coaching the young men who play on the football teams is an encouragement to me as a father and grandfather. For the information of the writer of the mentioned letter, the first requisite for any young man who tries out for the team is that he should be a son who honors his parents. Secondly they are to be good students and pay attention to their studies. The statement about academic fraud indicates the ignorance of the writer of the letter. I was pleased to learn that many of the athletes have a higher scholastic standing than many of the non-athletes.
I have met a number of our football players and they are terrific young men. Some of us could learn a thing or two about courtesy and personal decorum from them. Whatever they choose for the future they are going to be better and do better because they have come under the influence of our present football coach. Perhaps a word of encouragement would be more in order.
William H. Roberts
Warsaw
via e-mail
Our Father's House
Editor, Times-Union:As the seasons change and we look to tomorrow, Our Father's House would like to thank the organizations that keep our food program rolling. Thank you to those who make chili and pastas and homemade soup for the older citizens. Thanks to the wonderful people who share meat from their freezers and leftovers from wedding receptions and church dinners.
As the holiday season approaches, we know that the people of this community will remember their neighbors because they do it all year long. Our Father's House is still signing up families for the Thanksgiving baskets and will do so until we exhaust our basket stock.
I am sure that I have forgotten someone here in print, but please know that you are never forgotten in the gratitude of the house that you have built. May the joy of the season be with you and yours and please join with us in thanks for this community in which we live and our hope that peace will reign upon the world.
I am yours in service,
Roz Morgan
Director of Our Father's House
Warsaw
Apology To Sheriff
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to apologize for a misunderstanding on my part. It was not the County Sheriff who stopped by Body Enhancements Tattoo Studio about the parking violations. It was a County Deputy, I did not realize not all county officers are sheriffs. It is a state law that says no parking within 30 feet of an intersection. That is why it is not posted. But it is still a law, so as I said before you are welcome to park in the lot on the west side of the Tattoo Studio to get your paper, or a little further down, just so long as your not within 30 feet of the intersection. My sincere apologies to Sheriff Rovenstine for the misunderstanding.
Doug "Roacho" Sullivan
Body Enhancements Tattoo Studio
Atwood
via e-mail
Chess Club Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:We would like to thank the Warsaw Community Foundation for Public Education Inc. for again sponsoring the second annual Warsaw Chess Tournament. We couldn't do this without their support. This tournament is open to any student in the Warsaw Community Schools, K-8. The 96 students who attended on Saturday, Nov. 10, participated in five rounds of play. They began playing at 9 a.m. and ended at 2 p.m. They were truly all winners. It was an inspiring sight to walk into the Edgewood gymnasium filled with students sitting quietly at tables focused on figuring out the best move to make next. The game of chess teaches children to not only think and plan strategies, but also to persevere. What great life lessons. You could then find many of them playing more chess games in the cafeteria area until the next round of play began. We'd also like to thank the Harrison PTO for providing refreshments at the concession area. We appreciated the many community members and parents who came out to watch and lend their support. Thank you also to Edgewood Middle School for allowing us to use their great facility.
Warsaw Community Schools'
Chess Club Coaches
via e-mail
The Future Is Not Football
Editor, Times-Union:This letter is being sent in reply to Katie Kelley's letter titled "Loving our Boys" which was published on 11/13/01. She came down quite hard on Mr. Richardson, and even got somewhat personal, referring to him as a "little man." Let me first say that although I personally know Jerry Richardson, that alone has nothing to do with the fact that I totally agree with him. I will say - perhaps some renovations are needed, but $10 million dollars for a stadium for high school level players? I don't buy it, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I was a "star athlete" swimmer at Warsaw High School way back when - in the early 1980s. I, along with three other women as a relay team, qualified for the nationals in 1981, which would have meant traveling to Florida to attend this great event. Also, my personal best time ever in my event - the 50 freestyle - tied the time set by one of our relay members - Diane Williams. She qualified for the Pan Am games. If you know anything about swimming, which I'll assume you do not, these accomplishments were quite extraordinary.
And how did we accomplish this you ask? We did this not by practicing twice a day in the nice pool the size the high school now has - but by swimming in the four-lane pool that existed in the YMCA in the early 1980s. Every event my senior year was an away game, as every other school in our conference area refused to swim in our mediocre pool. And being that swimming in Warsaw was not the sport of choice, like, say, basketball or football is now, what was our reward? There was none - we just plain didn't go because the money wasn't there. Period.
I haven't seen that our new pool has churned out any national or Pan AM game swimmers since back when I was in high school, or since that nice new pool was built. I know we have turned out many fine swimmers since that time, but not of that caliber that I am aware of. So, Ms. Kelley, I would deduce that it's not the facilities that make the athlete - it's the athlete that makes the star. I'm not willing to spend my tax dollars to prove that theory, either. In closing, please let me say, the future is not football.
Sarah Lowe
Warsaw
via e-mail
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