Letters to the Editor 12-20-2006
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Child ID - Supports Menards - Attract Business - Angels
Child ID
Editor, Times-Union:I am writing about an article "Teen Still Missing" on Page 3A of the Dec. 14 Times-Union.
The final comment, "The sheriff's department is treating her as a runaway case. Since she is not in danger, the situation does not qualify for Amber Alert." The sentiment that the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club has been attempting to communicate through our SafeAssured child identification system is that Missing Child posters can be issued even when a missing child does not meet the requirements for Amber Alert. This girl is missing, and a poster developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children could be circulated to expedite finding her.
Hopefully, by the time you receive this, the girl will have been found.
No one wants to think something horrible will happen to his or her child, but the fact is our society is not the safe and happy place we'd like it to be.
Should your child become lost or go missing, being prepared with all of the information law enforcement would need to get the word out on your child is critical. A SafeAssured ID kit holds all the pieces in one secure place; all the digital information we record is immediately available for e-mail distribution to law enforcement, media, and if the case qualifies, the Amber Alert coordinators in all 50 states.
This product provides parents with a picture ID card and a mini CD with a digital photo, streaming video showing mannerisms and gait, voice recording, all 10 digital fingerprints and personal identifying marks/scars.
It was developed in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and offers five ways for parents to include a DNA sample and instructions on how to store the sample in your own home.
The Optimist Clubs live the motto "Bringing out the Best in Kids." Providing parents with the opportunity to have a SafeAssured ID for each child is one way we serve our community.
We can offer enrollments at schools, Family Safety Days and places of business. Call 574-269-3447 for more information on sponsoring an enrollment event.
The following link provides the poster of the missing girl as supplied by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as does the enrollment kit from the Optimists:
www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1059641&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US
Fred Nieter
Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club
Supports Menards
Editor, Times-Union:Thank you, Gary Gerard, for saying what I wanted to say about the Warsaw Plan Commission's lack of common sense and planning for the future good of Warsaw. I am talking about Menards' request for rezoning the land for a new and complete lumber and home improvement complex for the Warsaw area.
After hearing the arguments not to put the store there, I would like to voice my argument for the store.
The school's traffic problem, who allowed all the apartments across from the school?
Menards has come up with plans which eliminates the problem at the intersection on U.S. 30 and Parker Street, which already exists.
Trucks for Menards would come from U.S. 30, not the other roads. We would not have the junkyard look at this intersection that has been there for years. Go to Fort Wayne and look at Menards on the northeast side off 469. The parking lot almost looks like a park. This could be done in Warsaw.
We need Menards in Warsaw. I sent an e-mail to Menards two years ago asking them to put a store in Warsaw so that we would not have to drive to Goshen or Fort Wayne for all, I said all our building needs.
Thanks again, Gary.
Jack W. Klinefelter
Warsaw
Attract Business
Editor, Times-Union:This is in reference to Gary Gerard's News Views on Dec. 16. Gary's article made my day - couldn't ask for a better choice of words!
Companies today are downsizing or moving out of Warsaw, completely closing their doors for good. Good-paying jobs (pay rate above poverty level, but consistent with the standard of living) are becoming part of the past. All that will be available will be service jobs that pay minimum wage or a few factories whose income is just a fraction higher, with sub-standard benefit packages or incentive programs. Good jobs will go ... then people will move to other areas that offer more.
We have heard it before ... first the race track, Meijers and now Menards. They were not wanted, but in the background complaints are made from retailers because shoppers patronize larger scale stores and malls in surrounding towns and don't have a clue as to why we don't shop around Warsaw. Shopping in Warsaw has become a monopoly with no offer for selection. Choice does not exist because of greed and the fear of competition.
As a community, we must enjoy wasting our time and gas driving north or east to other areas to shop. We thrive on allowing tax dollars to go outside of Warsaw. Who needs tax revenue anyway? Who needs jobs or money to support or families? We don't welcome opportunity or diversity anyway. Knowing that other towns are surpassing us, we still want things to continue in the same old rut as we always have.
Financial and social standing is all that matters. If you don't have either one, then your vote doesn't count. Warsaw will never have the chance to prosper, not until Club CAVE and Club BANANA is abolished.
Warsaw has had too many chances as far as I am concerned to get it right. Warsaw should be proud that new businesses have chosen us and want to build on our soil. Warsaw will never improve unless we exit our stagnate ways, accept change and get with the current trends. Warsaw will always be the same town, doing the same thing, unless we are willing to have an open mind.
A fair system needs to be in place for all of Kosciusko County citizens, not just the select few who think they are more important, who have the position to vote for all of us. If we are not careful, Warsaw will be noted for the NIMBY capital of the world. We will be bypassed to other towns who have an interest in success and prosperity.
Misty Wagley
Warsaw, via e-mail
Angels
Editor, Times-Union:With Christmas fast approaching, and the hustle and bustle around, some of us are reminded of angels. I have met an angel this year, and I would like to tell you about them. The angels I am going to tell you about are a great organization called Hospice.
My name is Jana Nichols, and I have had a first-hand experience with these angels. My first meeting with them was last May, when we enrolled my mother, Sue Gill. I was not sure what these people did, but I will explain. My mother was dying of lung cancer and did not want to leave her house. Hospice allows a dying person their last wishes, and makes them and their family comfortable. I worked with these angels for three weeks before my mother's passing. These angels gave us strength and the ability to allow her to pass with grace and dignity.
My second meeting with them was on Nov. 3. My father, Mike Gill, had moved into our house, and was dying of cancer. I had watched him decline that week, and the morning of Nov. 3, I did not feel I could adequately care for him in our home. Once again, an angel came, and in a matter of two hours, had a hospital bed, and everything I needed to care for him delivered and set up in our home. They gave me the strength and ability to care for him in our home. On Sunday morning, he was in distress, and we needed extra medication for him. The nurse caring for dad called the sheriff's department, who then got our nurse out of church to get the needed medication for dad. This took a matter of 45 minutes.
I did not realize what this organization did, but now I know. They are angels with halos. They give families the ability to care for their loved ones in their home, or however they wish. Anything that is requested is given in such a speedy manner that I cannot express. The next time you see a person that is associated with Hospice, please wrap your arms around them and thank them. I want to express my heartfelt thanks this Christmas to them, for without them I could not have gotten through the loss of both of my parents without them.
Thank you, angels!
Jana Nichols
Warsaw, via e-mail
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Child ID
Editor, Times-Union:I am writing about an article "Teen Still Missing" on Page 3A of the Dec. 14 Times-Union.
The final comment, "The sheriff's department is treating her as a runaway case. Since she is not in danger, the situation does not qualify for Amber Alert." The sentiment that the Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club has been attempting to communicate through our SafeAssured child identification system is that Missing Child posters can be issued even when a missing child does not meet the requirements for Amber Alert. This girl is missing, and a poster developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children could be circulated to expedite finding her.
Hopefully, by the time you receive this, the girl will have been found.
No one wants to think something horrible will happen to his or her child, but the fact is our society is not the safe and happy place we'd like it to be.
Should your child become lost or go missing, being prepared with all of the information law enforcement would need to get the word out on your child is critical. A SafeAssured ID kit holds all the pieces in one secure place; all the digital information we record is immediately available for e-mail distribution to law enforcement, media, and if the case qualifies, the Amber Alert coordinators in all 50 states.
This product provides parents with a picture ID card and a mini CD with a digital photo, streaming video showing mannerisms and gait, voice recording, all 10 digital fingerprints and personal identifying marks/scars.
It was developed in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and offers five ways for parents to include a DNA sample and instructions on how to store the sample in your own home.
The Optimist Clubs live the motto "Bringing out the Best in Kids." Providing parents with the opportunity to have a SafeAssured ID for each child is one way we serve our community.
We can offer enrollments at schools, Family Safety Days and places of business. Call 574-269-3447 for more information on sponsoring an enrollment event.
The following link provides the poster of the missing girl as supplied by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as does the enrollment kit from the Optimists:
www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1059641&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US
Fred Nieter
Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club
Supports Menards
Editor, Times-Union:Thank you, Gary Gerard, for saying what I wanted to say about the Warsaw Plan Commission's lack of common sense and planning for the future good of Warsaw. I am talking about Menards' request for rezoning the land for a new and complete lumber and home improvement complex for the Warsaw area.
After hearing the arguments not to put the store there, I would like to voice my argument for the store.
The school's traffic problem, who allowed all the apartments across from the school?
Menards has come up with plans which eliminates the problem at the intersection on U.S. 30 and Parker Street, which already exists.
Trucks for Menards would come from U.S. 30, not the other roads. We would not have the junkyard look at this intersection that has been there for years. Go to Fort Wayne and look at Menards on the northeast side off 469. The parking lot almost looks like a park. This could be done in Warsaw.
We need Menards in Warsaw. I sent an e-mail to Menards two years ago asking them to put a store in Warsaw so that we would not have to drive to Goshen or Fort Wayne for all, I said all our building needs.
Thanks again, Gary.
Jack W. Klinefelter
Warsaw
Attract Business
Editor, Times-Union:This is in reference to Gary Gerard's News Views on Dec. 16. Gary's article made my day - couldn't ask for a better choice of words!
Companies today are downsizing or moving out of Warsaw, completely closing their doors for good. Good-paying jobs (pay rate above poverty level, but consistent with the standard of living) are becoming part of the past. All that will be available will be service jobs that pay minimum wage or a few factories whose income is just a fraction higher, with sub-standard benefit packages or incentive programs. Good jobs will go ... then people will move to other areas that offer more.
We have heard it before ... first the race track, Meijers and now Menards. They were not wanted, but in the background complaints are made from retailers because shoppers patronize larger scale stores and malls in surrounding towns and don't have a clue as to why we don't shop around Warsaw. Shopping in Warsaw has become a monopoly with no offer for selection. Choice does not exist because of greed and the fear of competition.
As a community, we must enjoy wasting our time and gas driving north or east to other areas to shop. We thrive on allowing tax dollars to go outside of Warsaw. Who needs tax revenue anyway? Who needs jobs or money to support or families? We don't welcome opportunity or diversity anyway. Knowing that other towns are surpassing us, we still want things to continue in the same old rut as we always have.
Financial and social standing is all that matters. If you don't have either one, then your vote doesn't count. Warsaw will never have the chance to prosper, not until Club CAVE and Club BANANA is abolished.
Warsaw has had too many chances as far as I am concerned to get it right. Warsaw should be proud that new businesses have chosen us and want to build on our soil. Warsaw will never improve unless we exit our stagnate ways, accept change and get with the current trends. Warsaw will always be the same town, doing the same thing, unless we are willing to have an open mind.
A fair system needs to be in place for all of Kosciusko County citizens, not just the select few who think they are more important, who have the position to vote for all of us. If we are not careful, Warsaw will be noted for the NIMBY capital of the world. We will be bypassed to other towns who have an interest in success and prosperity.
Misty Wagley
Warsaw, via e-mail
Angels
Editor, Times-Union:With Christmas fast approaching, and the hustle and bustle around, some of us are reminded of angels. I have met an angel this year, and I would like to tell you about them. The angels I am going to tell you about are a great organization called Hospice.
My name is Jana Nichols, and I have had a first-hand experience with these angels. My first meeting with them was last May, when we enrolled my mother, Sue Gill. I was not sure what these people did, but I will explain. My mother was dying of lung cancer and did not want to leave her house. Hospice allows a dying person their last wishes, and makes them and their family comfortable. I worked with these angels for three weeks before my mother's passing. These angels gave us strength and the ability to allow her to pass with grace and dignity.
My second meeting with them was on Nov. 3. My father, Mike Gill, had moved into our house, and was dying of cancer. I had watched him decline that week, and the morning of Nov. 3, I did not feel I could adequately care for him in our home. Once again, an angel came, and in a matter of two hours, had a hospital bed, and everything I needed to care for him delivered and set up in our home. They gave me the strength and ability to care for him in our home. On Sunday morning, he was in distress, and we needed extra medication for him. The nurse caring for dad called the sheriff's department, who then got our nurse out of church to get the needed medication for dad. This took a matter of 45 minutes.
I did not realize what this organization did, but now I know. They are angels with halos. They give families the ability to care for their loved ones in their home, or however they wish. Anything that is requested is given in such a speedy manner that I cannot express. The next time you see a person that is associated with Hospice, please wrap your arms around them and thank them. I want to express my heartfelt thanks this Christmas to them, for without them I could not have gotten through the loss of both of my parents without them.
Thank you, angels!
Jana Nichols
Warsaw, via e-mail
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