Letters to the Editor 11-17-2004
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Thanks For Fund-Raiser - Mental Health - Irked By Letter - Pop Musical Blasphemy
Thanks For Fund-Raiser
Editor, Times-Union:It is truly amazing how a community of caring people will come together to support others! Trenton Plummer was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy nearly three years ago and did not know what his future held. A virus settled in his heart making it enlarged and weakened - ultimately threatening his life! Wrestling, football, all physical activity was forbidden as a result, leaving this teenager with few options. Trenton then threw himself into music that has grown to be a big part of his life. January 2004, after drug therapy was not successful, doctors recommended putting him on a transplant waiting list as an option. On Aug. 7, 2004, an excellent match was found and the green light was on! After waiting for hours prior to surgery, the time came for goodbyes. It was an amazing moment of faith, uncertainty, strength, sadness, happiness, fear, etc. His transplant and recovery has been very successful! It is unbelievable how incredibly strong Trenton has remained throughout all this.
On Oct. 23, many wonderful individuals came together to raise money for the National Transplant Assistant fund (Restricted Regional Fund of Great Lakes Heart Transplant) in honor of Trenton. The event was a big success and only through the dedication of some fantastic local people. Thanks to ALL who participated in one way or another - you are the reason for the turnout!
Trenton's life was instantly changed because a person had taken the time to become an organ donor. There are many people waiting for transplants that will not be as fortunate! It is very important to fill out your organ donation if you are interested so that someone else may live upon your death. Trenton has a lot to be thankful for and he is just that!
Chris Plummer
Randa Franklin
The family of Trenton Plummer
via e-mail
Mental Health
Editor, Times-Union:The MHA of Kosciusko County does so much more than most people imagine. The MHA is not a treatment facility for people with mental health issues, it is an educational facility. Our focus is on "Mental Wellness" issues. We offer education for prevention of various types of abuse.
In a program we call SAVE (Sexual Assault & Violence Education), school children from preschool through high school are educated to say "NO" to abuse, sexual harassment and bullying and encouraged to tell an adult they trust. Day care providers, church groups, youth organizations and schools can call 574-269-2102 to schedule a presentation.
Parenting education classes on child development are offered to parents who are court-ordered and ones who just want some guidance.
Faith-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention/recovery is offered.
Supervised visitation for families with court orders is available.
The MHA also has the Child Care Voucher Program for Kosciusko County, although at this time there is a waiting list. In order to go on the program, the client needs a TANF IMPACT referral.
For the widows in our community, the MHA program Widow to Widow offers support and fellowship through monthly meetings with activities and informative speakers on a variety of subjects.
The MHA offers a variety of programs in the jail for male and female inmates, including GED preparation and testing; parenting; drug and alcohol abuse recovery/prevention; anger management; and upon release, supervised visitation and conflict resolution.
All of our programs are offered free of charge. Financial support for the programs the MHA offers is in the form of payment on performance grants from the FSSA; United Way (support for two individual programs); K-21; CARe (through Purdue University), the Betty Morgan Fund, Hand Foundation, Zimmer, Dekko Foundation and REMC. The MHA receives no county financial support. Volunteers are being sought for the child abuse prevention programs. To find out more about the individual programs or to volunteer, please call 574-269-2102.
Sandra Frush
Mental Health Association
via e-mail
Irked By Letter
Editor, Times-Union:I have seen many letters regarding the election and its results but I never felt the need to respond until I read the letter from Dyrell Hackworth. He sarcastically mentions having read "intellectually challenging" letters from Janet Collins and James Townsend - whose letters are obviously pro-Democrat. He suggested Janet buy a four-year supply of Pepto Bismol and hunker down with it and he also suggested that James Townsend run for office with all of his insights.
This was only some "advise" he had to offer them. My advice to you - me being one of those dastardly Democrats as opposed to being a "rascally" Republican - is that you not submit any further letters to the paper containing derogatory comments about others till you have honed your grammatical skills. Unfortunately something as small as that leaves one open to ridicule. Just a little friendly advice from one flag waving American to another.
Sarah Lowe
Lowell, Mass.
(former Warsaw resident)
Pop Musical Blasphemy
Editor, Times-Union:I recently read in the Times-Union that some Los Angeles theatrical group is presenting a "pop musical" version of "The Ten Commandments." Just how blasphemous can one get? In many ways, in recent years the world of entertainment has sunken pretty low, but this latest theatrical venture is one of the lowest, most irreverent acts that I can think of. All rules pertaining to morality and right conduct are based on what "The Ten Commandments" stand for, and, as far as this individual is concerned, desecrating God's principles with a "pop musical" is the pits.
("Vengeance is mine," sayeth the Lord.) Oh yes, I'm certain that some will compare my beliefs to those of an old-fashioned, "hell fire and brimstone" preacher; that may be, but the truth is still the truth, and right is right and wrong is wrong. One just simply cannot blaspheme against the word of God without expecting some kind of retribution. (I didn't create that fact. God did.) In closing, I wish to make the following declaration: Many times in my life, I have said to myself, "If one can't have a 'Higher Power' to look to and revere, what is there left?"
Don Kaiser
Warsaw
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Thanks For Fund-Raiser
Editor, Times-Union:It is truly amazing how a community of caring people will come together to support others! Trenton Plummer was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy nearly three years ago and did not know what his future held. A virus settled in his heart making it enlarged and weakened - ultimately threatening his life! Wrestling, football, all physical activity was forbidden as a result, leaving this teenager with few options. Trenton then threw himself into music that has grown to be a big part of his life. January 2004, after drug therapy was not successful, doctors recommended putting him on a transplant waiting list as an option. On Aug. 7, 2004, an excellent match was found and the green light was on! After waiting for hours prior to surgery, the time came for goodbyes. It was an amazing moment of faith, uncertainty, strength, sadness, happiness, fear, etc. His transplant and recovery has been very successful! It is unbelievable how incredibly strong Trenton has remained throughout all this.
On Oct. 23, many wonderful individuals came together to raise money for the National Transplant Assistant fund (Restricted Regional Fund of Great Lakes Heart Transplant) in honor of Trenton. The event was a big success and only through the dedication of some fantastic local people. Thanks to ALL who participated in one way or another - you are the reason for the turnout!
Trenton's life was instantly changed because a person had taken the time to become an organ donor. There are many people waiting for transplants that will not be as fortunate! It is very important to fill out your organ donation if you are interested so that someone else may live upon your death. Trenton has a lot to be thankful for and he is just that!
Chris Plummer
Randa Franklin
The family of Trenton Plummer
via e-mail
Mental Health
Editor, Times-Union:The MHA of Kosciusko County does so much more than most people imagine. The MHA is not a treatment facility for people with mental health issues, it is an educational facility. Our focus is on "Mental Wellness" issues. We offer education for prevention of various types of abuse.
In a program we call SAVE (Sexual Assault & Violence Education), school children from preschool through high school are educated to say "NO" to abuse, sexual harassment and bullying and encouraged to tell an adult they trust. Day care providers, church groups, youth organizations and schools can call 574-269-2102 to schedule a presentation.
Parenting education classes on child development are offered to parents who are court-ordered and ones who just want some guidance.
Faith-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention/recovery is offered.
Supervised visitation for families with court orders is available.
The MHA also has the Child Care Voucher Program for Kosciusko County, although at this time there is a waiting list. In order to go on the program, the client needs a TANF IMPACT referral.
For the widows in our community, the MHA program Widow to Widow offers support and fellowship through monthly meetings with activities and informative speakers on a variety of subjects.
The MHA offers a variety of programs in the jail for male and female inmates, including GED preparation and testing; parenting; drug and alcohol abuse recovery/prevention; anger management; and upon release, supervised visitation and conflict resolution.
All of our programs are offered free of charge. Financial support for the programs the MHA offers is in the form of payment on performance grants from the FSSA; United Way (support for two individual programs); K-21; CARe (through Purdue University), the Betty Morgan Fund, Hand Foundation, Zimmer, Dekko Foundation and REMC. The MHA receives no county financial support. Volunteers are being sought for the child abuse prevention programs. To find out more about the individual programs or to volunteer, please call 574-269-2102.
Sandra Frush
Mental Health Association
via e-mail
Irked By Letter
Editor, Times-Union:I have seen many letters regarding the election and its results but I never felt the need to respond until I read the letter from Dyrell Hackworth. He sarcastically mentions having read "intellectually challenging" letters from Janet Collins and James Townsend - whose letters are obviously pro-Democrat. He suggested Janet buy a four-year supply of Pepto Bismol and hunker down with it and he also suggested that James Townsend run for office with all of his insights.
This was only some "advise" he had to offer them. My advice to you - me being one of those dastardly Democrats as opposed to being a "rascally" Republican - is that you not submit any further letters to the paper containing derogatory comments about others till you have honed your grammatical skills. Unfortunately something as small as that leaves one open to ridicule. Just a little friendly advice from one flag waving American to another.
Sarah Lowe
Lowell, Mass.
(former Warsaw resident)
Pop Musical Blasphemy
Editor, Times-Union:I recently read in the Times-Union that some Los Angeles theatrical group is presenting a "pop musical" version of "The Ten Commandments." Just how blasphemous can one get? In many ways, in recent years the world of entertainment has sunken pretty low, but this latest theatrical venture is one of the lowest, most irreverent acts that I can think of. All rules pertaining to morality and right conduct are based on what "The Ten Commandments" stand for, and, as far as this individual is concerned, desecrating God's principles with a "pop musical" is the pits.
("Vengeance is mine," sayeth the Lord.) Oh yes, I'm certain that some will compare my beliefs to those of an old-fashioned, "hell fire and brimstone" preacher; that may be, but the truth is still the truth, and right is right and wrong is wrong. One just simply cannot blaspheme against the word of God without expecting some kind of retribution. (I didn't create that fact. God did.) In closing, I wish to make the following declaration: Many times in my life, I have said to myself, "If one can't have a 'Higher Power' to look to and revere, what is there left?"
Don Kaiser
Warsaw
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