Letters to the Editor 11-26-2004
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Tiger Says 'Go Warriors' - Spirit Of Giving - Wal-Mart Says Thanks - Election Problem - Christmas Child
Tiger Says 'Go Warriors'
Editor, Times-Union:I am a transplanted Tiger, meaning that I'm a WCHS grad and former athlete, living in Syracuse. Not only do I live in Syracuse, but I also live in asub division next door to Wawasee High School. Some would say adding insult to injury would have to include that my in-laws, who live across the road from us, also work for Wawasee High School.
Now, the rivalry between Warsaw and Wawasee is well known. Not to mention, both schools have had a lot to be proud of lately, athletic-wise. Shanna Zolman of course just leaps to mind, the stripes in me have to chime in next with Jaclyn Leininger. It's back and forth and it will always be that way. I have had my own ways of rebelling against the Warrior path. When the Tigers roll into town, especially when my sister is playing for Warsaw, I will wear my orange and black big and bold. Usually, not far behind, is my mother-in-law with her green and gold.
I relent at times, too. My sons were invited to be members of the homecoming parade this year. I asked out of pity while my mother-in-law readied the float to please post a score for Warsaw. She was kind enough to make the float scoreboard read 24-3, of course in favor of Wawasee.
The ironic thing about all this is, while I'll probably always bleed a little orange and black, I attended Silver Lake Elementary, so living here in Syracuse is not that foreign.
This year's Wawasee football team is the stuff Hoosier hysteria is famous for. A small town, in northeast Indiana, traveling to the capital to play a big school for the title. This entire community is proud of them. So out of pride for them, and due reward, I'll retire the orange and black for a Saturday in Indy, and don the green and gold.
And this Tiger couldn't be more proud of these Warriors.
Go Warriors, win state!
Jama K. Brown
Syracuse
via e-mail
Spirit Of Giving
Editor, Times-Union:I'm here to tell you that the spirit of giving is alive and well here in our little berg of Warsaw. I can say that as I was the recipient of such giving just last night. You can picture it, or maybe you've done it ... taking the kids out of the house to run an errand in order to give Mommy some quiet moments in the evening after dinner.
I arrive at the new Walgreen's just to get milk and paper napkins. For the kids it's an outing, maybe even an adventure. We walk all the aisles of the store commenting on everything from perfume to waterfall sculptures to the inevitable milk case. We get the goods, go for the register, put the items on the counter and then it happens ... no ID, no cash, no credit card! I'm financially grounded.
As I take the big sigh and apologize to the lady at the counter, three kindly women behind me in line offer to pay the bill FOR me. I assure them in great embarrassment that I DO have the money, I just left it at home, and I'll just go get it. They begin to insist and won't take NO for an answer. They plop the money on the counter and tell me with a chuckle ... pass it forward ... do it for someone else. And with that I humbly thanked them gathered the kids and headed out the door.
It was a great illustration of a lesson straight from 2 Corinthians 9:6 for me, the lady at the counter, my kids and you the reader. God loves a cheerful giver! May God richly bless those wonderful ladies.
Roger W. Hansen
Warsaw
via e-mail
Wal-Mart Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:Thank you very much for all the help and participation of the community. You made our Riley Hospital craft show on Nov. 13 a great success.
Sincerely,
Debbie Ponko, community coordinator
Gary Elders, store manager
Election Problem
Editor, Times-Union:The recent Nov. 2 elections highlighted again a growing problem in the State of Indiana and especially Kosciusko County: the lack of actual elective offices on the ballot. Fourteen candidates in this county alone who ran for state, county and school board offices won with 100 percent of the vote. Which gives the false impression of unanimous public support for those candidates and their policies. It should be noted that even though we do not have compulsory voting and a one-party dictatorship like such regimes as Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Soviet Union in this country, local voters do have about the same amount of choice on their ballots when it comes to political races with only one candidate for public office as the citizens of those evil regimes had on their ballots when they were allowed to vote.
Some residents of this county would probably say, well, if you are tired of seeing candidates get 100 percent of the vote, then why not run for office yourself, which I will counter that statement by the following: based on my experiences as a former member of a third political party and the success rate of Kosciusko County Democrats in challenging the Republican establishment in this county. That trying to organize the residents of this county into a political party that can actually do significant amounts of fund-raising and fielding of candidates to get enough supporters to the polls to challenge Republicans in this county and actually win offices can best be described as an inch by inch uphill snail's pace struggle that sometimes ends up being a stuck on square one, spin your wheels, barely make a dent, complete waste of time.
Therefore the choice facing residents of this county and state is to continue the present course, make elective public offices that only get 100 percent of the vote repeatedly into appointed ones, or amend the Indiana Constitution to allow a none of the above option is acceptable option for all public offices no matter how many candidates are running for that particular office on Indiana ballots. This option would be great for this county because it would unite independents, third-party members, Democrats and alienated Republicans into a single opposition coalition against establishment Republicans in this county. And establishment Republicans would respond better to voter concerns because a none of the above option would work in the following matter if none of the above receives a solid simple majority of the vote meaning at least 51 percent and above that particular office shall remain vacant and unfunded until the next election. This would give real power to voters and a real incentive for candidates to actually listen to the voting public and carry out their promises. Plus residents of Kosciusko County would also start to see some real competitive races for once.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
Christmas Child
Editor, Times-Union:I attend Warsaw Baptist Church and we would like to thank all who contributed to Operation Christmas Child by filling shoe boxes with small items and bringing them to the church. The shoeboxes were taken to a main site on Sunday and went to Niles, Mich., to pick up more boxes and left for North Carolina on Monday.
There was a tremendous response by the public. We had MOPS, soccer clubs, youth and homeschool groups, Warsaw Christian School and a lot of individuals. Too many to name (which is great). Along with several area shoe stores who donated empty shoeboxes to be filled.
Thanks to all of you, 60 children from around the world will receive their very first Christmas gift.
God has truly blessed us with all of you, we hoped that you were also. May God continue to bless you all and please have a Joyous Christmas.
A special thanks to Times-Union for printing my letters. Thank you all.
Jill Newell
Warsaw
via e-mail
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Tiger Says 'Go Warriors'
Editor, Times-Union:I am a transplanted Tiger, meaning that I'm a WCHS grad and former athlete, living in Syracuse. Not only do I live in Syracuse, but I also live in asub division next door to Wawasee High School. Some would say adding insult to injury would have to include that my in-laws, who live across the road from us, also work for Wawasee High School.
Now, the rivalry between Warsaw and Wawasee is well known. Not to mention, both schools have had a lot to be proud of lately, athletic-wise. Shanna Zolman of course just leaps to mind, the stripes in me have to chime in next with Jaclyn Leininger. It's back and forth and it will always be that way. I have had my own ways of rebelling against the Warrior path. When the Tigers roll into town, especially when my sister is playing for Warsaw, I will wear my orange and black big and bold. Usually, not far behind, is my mother-in-law with her green and gold.
I relent at times, too. My sons were invited to be members of the homecoming parade this year. I asked out of pity while my mother-in-law readied the float to please post a score for Warsaw. She was kind enough to make the float scoreboard read 24-3, of course in favor of Wawasee.
The ironic thing about all this is, while I'll probably always bleed a little orange and black, I attended Silver Lake Elementary, so living here in Syracuse is not that foreign.
This year's Wawasee football team is the stuff Hoosier hysteria is famous for. A small town, in northeast Indiana, traveling to the capital to play a big school for the title. This entire community is proud of them. So out of pride for them, and due reward, I'll retire the orange and black for a Saturday in Indy, and don the green and gold.
And this Tiger couldn't be more proud of these Warriors.
Go Warriors, win state!
Jama K. Brown
Syracuse
via e-mail
Spirit Of Giving
Editor, Times-Union:I'm here to tell you that the spirit of giving is alive and well here in our little berg of Warsaw. I can say that as I was the recipient of such giving just last night. You can picture it, or maybe you've done it ... taking the kids out of the house to run an errand in order to give Mommy some quiet moments in the evening after dinner.
I arrive at the new Walgreen's just to get milk and paper napkins. For the kids it's an outing, maybe even an adventure. We walk all the aisles of the store commenting on everything from perfume to waterfall sculptures to the inevitable milk case. We get the goods, go for the register, put the items on the counter and then it happens ... no ID, no cash, no credit card! I'm financially grounded.
As I take the big sigh and apologize to the lady at the counter, three kindly women behind me in line offer to pay the bill FOR me. I assure them in great embarrassment that I DO have the money, I just left it at home, and I'll just go get it. They begin to insist and won't take NO for an answer. They plop the money on the counter and tell me with a chuckle ... pass it forward ... do it for someone else. And with that I humbly thanked them gathered the kids and headed out the door.
It was a great illustration of a lesson straight from 2 Corinthians 9:6 for me, the lady at the counter, my kids and you the reader. God loves a cheerful giver! May God richly bless those wonderful ladies.
Roger W. Hansen
Warsaw
via e-mail
Wal-Mart Says Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:Thank you very much for all the help and participation of the community. You made our Riley Hospital craft show on Nov. 13 a great success.
Sincerely,
Debbie Ponko, community coordinator
Gary Elders, store manager
Election Problem
Editor, Times-Union:The recent Nov. 2 elections highlighted again a growing problem in the State of Indiana and especially Kosciusko County: the lack of actual elective offices on the ballot. Fourteen candidates in this county alone who ran for state, county and school board offices won with 100 percent of the vote. Which gives the false impression of unanimous public support for those candidates and their policies. It should be noted that even though we do not have compulsory voting and a one-party dictatorship like such regimes as Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Soviet Union in this country, local voters do have about the same amount of choice on their ballots when it comes to political races with only one candidate for public office as the citizens of those evil regimes had on their ballots when they were allowed to vote.
Some residents of this county would probably say, well, if you are tired of seeing candidates get 100 percent of the vote, then why not run for office yourself, which I will counter that statement by the following: based on my experiences as a former member of a third political party and the success rate of Kosciusko County Democrats in challenging the Republican establishment in this county. That trying to organize the residents of this county into a political party that can actually do significant amounts of fund-raising and fielding of candidates to get enough supporters to the polls to challenge Republicans in this county and actually win offices can best be described as an inch by inch uphill snail's pace struggle that sometimes ends up being a stuck on square one, spin your wheels, barely make a dent, complete waste of time.
Therefore the choice facing residents of this county and state is to continue the present course, make elective public offices that only get 100 percent of the vote repeatedly into appointed ones, or amend the Indiana Constitution to allow a none of the above option is acceptable option for all public offices no matter how many candidates are running for that particular office on Indiana ballots. This option would be great for this county because it would unite independents, third-party members, Democrats and alienated Republicans into a single opposition coalition against establishment Republicans in this county. And establishment Republicans would respond better to voter concerns because a none of the above option would work in the following matter if none of the above receives a solid simple majority of the vote meaning at least 51 percent and above that particular office shall remain vacant and unfunded until the next election. This would give real power to voters and a real incentive for candidates to actually listen to the voting public and carry out their promises. Plus residents of Kosciusko County would also start to see some real competitive races for once.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
Christmas Child
Editor, Times-Union:I attend Warsaw Baptist Church and we would like to thank all who contributed to Operation Christmas Child by filling shoe boxes with small items and bringing them to the church. The shoeboxes were taken to a main site on Sunday and went to Niles, Mich., to pick up more boxes and left for North Carolina on Monday.
There was a tremendous response by the public. We had MOPS, soccer clubs, youth and homeschool groups, Warsaw Christian School and a lot of individuals. Too many to name (which is great). Along with several area shoe stores who donated empty shoeboxes to be filled.
Thanks to all of you, 60 children from around the world will receive their very first Christmas gift.
God has truly blessed us with all of you, we hoped that you were also. May God continue to bless you all and please have a Joyous Christmas.
A special thanks to Times-Union for printing my letters. Thank you all.
Jill Newell
Warsaw
via e-mail
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