Raising awareness
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:14 AM PDT
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I would like to thank the Kelso Police Department and specifically Officer Dave Voelker for his efforts within the Kelso School District to raise awareness and food for the Community House on Broadway.
Through Voelker's "Crop a Cop" campaign, he and other Kelso officers challenged students and their families to donate food toward a school food drive to support Community House. At the culmination of the food drive, students within the winning class at each school were given the opportunity to "Crop a Cop" — shaving the officer's head bald in front of the entire student body at each school. The winning class also was provided with a pizza party with the officer, which was funded through the Kelso Police Officers Association.
At Wallace Elementary, students and their families brought in nearly 2000 items in three days time. These numbers were duplicated throughout the various participating elementary schools in Kelso. As a result of this campaign, students learned the value and purpose of Community House and how its services benefit members within our community.
Students showed a great deal enthusiasm and support for this community service project, thanks to the energy provided by Voelker and the other officers within the Kelso Police Department.
Don Iverson
Principal, Wallace Elementary School
Grateful citizen
Whomever picked up my checkbook and turned it in on Sunday the 6th at the Expo Center, I wish to thank you immensely.
Which proves there are still honest people around and again thanks.
Faye Gerdlund
Longview
Shop around
I agree with Syndi Bay when she says local vets are selfish in her letter dated April 9. I had them estimate the charge of pulling one tooth for my little five-pound dog. And guess what, with all the add-ons, they estimated between $895.80 to up as high as $1,240.80.
Shop around. I had it done in Chehalis for $337 for 13 teeth.
James Martin
Ryderwood
Dog park responsibilities
We are owners of a dog park. Pet owners who want a dog park should know we already have one. I live on 10th Avenue in Longview and can see the fairgrounds from my back yard. Every day, 24/7 people in cars pull into the field across from the fairgrounds on Seventh Avenue and let their dogs run wild. And not once have I seen anyone pick up their fido's dropping. They go everywhere.
Now that ball season is here, I am seeing a lot of ball teams come and use the field for practice. Maybe dog owners could use our ball fields when not in use to keep the grass nice and green. Look out, ball players, you might just take a belly slide into one of your pet owner's dog's piles. Dog owners showed their responsibility to me. Junk.
Bill White
Longview
Global warming is a hoax
"Twelve-month-long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming." Alan Howard should place this statement in his Internet search engine and see what comes up. He will notice that the cooling is global and that is "no-bull."
Man-made global warming is a hoax and that also is "no-bull." Howard must be a typical liberal who has to attack the messenger rather than offer any substantial information on the subject.
Walt Stender must have failed Economics 101, and he is, in fact, missing something like he said. Profit is what is left over after all expenses for producing a product and getting it to market are paid for. The other $2 is the combined cost of the raw material (oil), refining it, distributing it and retailing it. The oil company profit on gasoline is less than 10 percent, while the taxes are about 36 percent. The rest is the cost of production and distribution.
I almost forgot the commodity market that sets the final price, and the oil companies have no control over this. The price is set totally by supply and demand. Since Stender said math was never his best subject, I can only hope he understands percentages and fractions along with addition and subtraction.
William Schumacher
Castle Rock
Chain gangs?
This letter is in reply to Charles Poston's letter of April 14.
Inmates growing their own food. Where? We would have to buy land for them to farm on. Then we would have to hire more guards to guard the inmates while they are doing this farming. Oh, yes, there is the chain link fence and the razor wire too. Whoops, added expenses.
Making their own clothing — how? We would have to buy sewing machines and the cloth. Plus all the added electricity to run the machines. Whoops, added expenses.
Wind generated electricity — from where? We would have to build and install wind generators. But we would also have to have a backup system for when the wind doesn't blow. And at the price of gasoline these days that would be a big expense. Whoops, added expenses.
Chain gangs — here again we would have to hire more guards to guard the chain gangs, plus the cost of all that chain. Then, too, there is the cost of the fuel to take said chain gangs to clean up the highways. Whoops, added expenses.
Okay then how about Cryogenics? We could just dip them in liquid nitrogen, stack them in a freezer somewhere and then, when their time is up, thaw them out and let them go. Oh yeah, that's a huge whoops, too. We haven't figured out how to thaw them out alive yet, have we?
Harry Gilpin
Cathlamet
No bitterness
I was reading the article about Sen. Barack Obama in the April 13 paper. He was talking about small towns. I was surprised at what he had to say about some people in small towns clinging to their faith because they are bitter.
I went on and read the rest of the paper and didn't give it that much more thought. Afterwards I picked up my daily devotional (scripture for the day). Here is the commentary on the scripture:
My mind was ruffled with small cares today,/ And I said pettish words, and did not keep/ Long-suffering patience well, and now how deep/ My trouble for this sin. In vain I weep/ For foolish words I never can unsay. - H.S. Hutton
The scripture was:
Let us not therefore judge on another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. (Romans 14:13)
I do not cling to my faith because of bitterness. I cling to the Lord because he first loved me, a sinner. It's that simple. (He also loves Obama.)
Marquita Ward
Longview
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