Letters to the Editor 12-21-1999
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Mentone Christmas - Eye Bank Contributions - Christmas Program - Gun Minority - O'Hair
Mentone Christmas
Editor, Times-Union:Several years ago, the Mentone Chamber of Commerce purchased new Christmas decorations for the town. Over the years, we have maintained, added to the decorations and have been responsible for putting them up and taking them down. We now have a new group of men who have volunteered to do the work it takes to make Mentone a very pretty little town at Christmas time, and we would like to thank them for their efforts this year. The man who organizes the work is Matt Cohagan. He also engineered our overhead lights. Several of our EMTs helped this year: Don Doan, Joe Secrist, Rick Hurley and Dennis Alderfer. Also Jeff Beasley, Jack Simpson, Bob Griffis and Dayton Cohagan. It takes volunteers to make any community work and we have some great ones. We would also like to thank the businesses and many homeowners who have beautifully decorated for the holidays. The Mentone Chamber of Commerce will judge the homes decorated before the 25th and cash prizes will be awarded.
Rita Simpson, president, Mentone Chamber of Commerce
Eye Bank Contributions
Editor, Times-Union:Are you having difficulty finding an appropriate gift for someone this holiday season? Why not give the gift of sight? Gifts toward sight restoration can be given on behalf of friends or relatives in the form of a financial contribution to the Indiana Lions Eye Bank, Indiana University Medical Center, 702 Rotary Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Gifts may be made in memory of a deceased, in recognition of an anniversary, in appreciation for a transplant received by a family member or friend, or to assist in the work of the Eye Bank. An acknowledgement of the gift will be sent to both parties.
What more significant gift could one give than one toward the restoration of sight?
Berniece H. Dwyer, Milford
Christmas Program
Editor, Times-Union:This past Sunday I had the privilege of attending Tippy Valley's Christmas music program. Miss Riner and Mr. Pace and all of the students I know had put a lot of work into this program. My sons were in music so I know from experience how much it takes to make a program like this a success.
I have never seen such rudeness from a few people in the audience. There were children running up and down the bleachers. Even some adults were moving around. Come on now people don't you know how distracting this is to the people who came to enjoy this program?
I attended an area ballgame on Friday night and they made an announcement that no one was to go in or out until the end of the halves. Don't you think the music department needs as much respect as the sports department?
I really commend Miss Riner and Mr. Pace for their patience. Thanks for the good program.
Carol Boyer, Mentone
Gun Minority
Editor, Times-Union:Well, we made it through another year with no new federal firearms legislation. Remarkable, don't you think, with all that has been going on?
I don't personally know each and every one of you that got involved but you do and I salute you for your hard work. But please don't go away. We have a long way to go yet and we need every one of you.
Strange, is it not, how politically incorrect it is to hate minority groups with the exception of one. Law abiding gun owners are probably the most despised group in this nation today. Even though we are probably the most law abiding and certainly the most patriotic. Well, never mind, there will be another day. Until then we must keep up the fight. As Thomas Paine once said, "Those who would reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Harold Kitson, Warsaw
O'Hair
Editor, Times-Union:You do yourselves, Mr. Don Kaiser, and your readership an embarrassing disservice by promulgating one of the oldest "urban legends" around, the Madalyn Murray O'Hair legislation.
Please read the facts behind the fiction you published, including the fact that Madalyn mysteriously disappeared about four years ago.
Then, please "bookmark" one of the "Urban Legend" evaluation sites which you can find from this e-mail, and use it to check out the next story that sounds too good, too bad, or too far out to be true.
David D. Grandstaff, North Manchester
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- Mentone Christmas - Eye Bank Contributions - Christmas Program - Gun Minority - O'Hair
Mentone Christmas
Editor, Times-Union:Several years ago, the Mentone Chamber of Commerce purchased new Christmas decorations for the town. Over the years, we have maintained, added to the decorations and have been responsible for putting them up and taking them down. We now have a new group of men who have volunteered to do the work it takes to make Mentone a very pretty little town at Christmas time, and we would like to thank them for their efforts this year. The man who organizes the work is Matt Cohagan. He also engineered our overhead lights. Several of our EMTs helped this year: Don Doan, Joe Secrist, Rick Hurley and Dennis Alderfer. Also Jeff Beasley, Jack Simpson, Bob Griffis and Dayton Cohagan. It takes volunteers to make any community work and we have some great ones. We would also like to thank the businesses and many homeowners who have beautifully decorated for the holidays. The Mentone Chamber of Commerce will judge the homes decorated before the 25th and cash prizes will be awarded.
Rita Simpson, president, Mentone Chamber of Commerce
Eye Bank Contributions
Editor, Times-Union:Are you having difficulty finding an appropriate gift for someone this holiday season? Why not give the gift of sight? Gifts toward sight restoration can be given on behalf of friends or relatives in the form of a financial contribution to the Indiana Lions Eye Bank, Indiana University Medical Center, 702 Rotary Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Gifts may be made in memory of a deceased, in recognition of an anniversary, in appreciation for a transplant received by a family member or friend, or to assist in the work of the Eye Bank. An acknowledgement of the gift will be sent to both parties.
What more significant gift could one give than one toward the restoration of sight?
Berniece H. Dwyer, Milford
Christmas Program
Editor, Times-Union:This past Sunday I had the privilege of attending Tippy Valley's Christmas music program. Miss Riner and Mr. Pace and all of the students I know had put a lot of work into this program. My sons were in music so I know from experience how much it takes to make a program like this a success.
I have never seen such rudeness from a few people in the audience. There were children running up and down the bleachers. Even some adults were moving around. Come on now people don't you know how distracting this is to the people who came to enjoy this program?
I attended an area ballgame on Friday night and they made an announcement that no one was to go in or out until the end of the halves. Don't you think the music department needs as much respect as the sports department?
I really commend Miss Riner and Mr. Pace for their patience. Thanks for the good program.
Carol Boyer, Mentone
Gun Minority
Editor, Times-Union:Well, we made it through another year with no new federal firearms legislation. Remarkable, don't you think, with all that has been going on?
I don't personally know each and every one of you that got involved but you do and I salute you for your hard work. But please don't go away. We have a long way to go yet and we need every one of you.
Strange, is it not, how politically incorrect it is to hate minority groups with the exception of one. Law abiding gun owners are probably the most despised group in this nation today. Even though we are probably the most law abiding and certainly the most patriotic. Well, never mind, there will be another day. Until then we must keep up the fight. As Thomas Paine once said, "Those who would reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Harold Kitson, Warsaw
O'Hair
Editor, Times-Union:You do yourselves, Mr. Don Kaiser, and your readership an embarrassing disservice by promulgating one of the oldest "urban legends" around, the Madalyn Murray O'Hair legislation.
Please read the facts behind the fiction you published, including the fact that Madalyn mysteriously disappeared about four years ago.
Then, please "bookmark" one of the "Urban Legend" evaluation sites which you can find from this e-mail, and use it to check out the next story that sounds too good, too bad, or too far out to be true.
David D. Grandstaff, North Manchester
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