Memorable program
TO THE EDITOR: On March 19 at 7 p.m. the Peru Middle/High School auditorium will come alive as we celebrate our 25th year of lip sync. Our success over the past 24 years has been due to Laura Marlow who began the program, our very talented students, the dedicated back stage crew, Mr. Miner who videotapes it every year, teachers who volunteer their time, our many parent chaperones, our Peru Volunteer Fire Department who has provided security, Mrs. Henry and her staff for the concession stand, our supportive administration, past judges, the many sponsors, the sell out crowds and of course Entertainment Unlimited.
The last act of the show this year will feature past lip-sync participants along with video segments of shows over the past 24 years. We are also featuring a theme this year of the '50s and '60s. If you are a past lip sync participant and would like to be a part of this huge celebration or know of someone not living in the area who would like to be, please contact and leave a message for Diane Menard at 236-5078 or Vincent O'Driscoll at 563-1542.
Diane Menard
Producer
Vincent O'Driscoll
Co-producer
Keep money local
TO THE EDITOR: Spend your money locally and keep it local.
Just read the 'Burg, printed and mailed from New Hampshire. I see these one- or two-day sales of people coming to our area for the sale of portable electric heaters taking the money from our locals, out of the area. I see these guys coming for a weekend to buy gold and other precious metals, taking off with the money.
We have locals who are here that sell heaters (and are available to fix or replace them if a problem comes up). We have trusted locals who buy gold and silver. We have publications that are printed right here. Buy local. Keep it local and don't buy your next couch from a parking lot.
Steve Hall
Morrisonville
Liberty to decide
TO THE EDITOR: Pledge
In a free country, no citizen should be required to recite a pledge, of any type, whether it is religious, political, or patriotic. Freedom of choice is such a tenet of our American beliefs, we have incorporated it in our Pledge of Allegiance in the words "liberty and justice for all." Would it make sense to remove the choice to recite a pledge that itself promises liberty?
I am attaching the Merriam Webster definition of liberty below, the italics are mine: liberty
Date: 14th century
1: the quality or state of being free: a: the power to do as one pleases;b: freedom from physical restraint; c: freedom from arbitrary or despotic control; d: the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges; e: the power of choice.
synonyms: see freedom
source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.
Thanks for letting this 24-year veteran add his two cents.
Don Davison Lt.Col. (Ret.)
Plattsburgh
Surgery avoided
TO THE EDITOR: On Jan. 11, a reporter from the Press-Republican came to my apartment to interview me on organ donation and what it is like to be on dialysis. The article came out in the Press-Republican on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
The reporter, Denise Raymo, did a wonderful job on the story. I was very happy with it. The article stated that I had to have heart surgery sometime in January. On Jan. 12, the next day after the interview, I had to go to Burlington hospital (FAHC) to have a heart catheterization to decide what they had to do in the surgery, While doing the procedure, they discovered there was nothing wrong with the valve and I did not have to have that surgery. I walked out of that hospital so happy, as the surgery was very risky, there was a possibility of death, stroke or heart attack because I have so much else wrong with me.
Family and friends enjoyed the article very much and are so happy that I do not have to have the heart surgery. Now I have to be patient and wait to be put back on active status on the transplant list for a kidney. I hope that people have signed donor cards or are thinking about doing it. Thank you.
Elaine G. Manor
Malone
Selfless gesture
TO THE EDITOR: Today, I had the good fortune of having a bank card that I had dropped be found and returned to a central location. In today's world, where anything is possible, it showed that heroes are still alive today.
My heartfelt thanks go to Kevin Linsley, the man who found and returned the card. Not only did he pick it up with the intention of returning it, but he took the extra time and trouble to attempt to return it personally to my bank. Honesty and integrity are two values that served as vital elements to building our great country of America, and the wonderful North Country we live in, with its diversity which we enjoy everyday. Mr. Linsley demonstrated another core value of selflessness in that he refused an offered reward.
I thank God for you and your sense of honor, Kevin Linsley.
Eleanor Murray
Plattsburgh
Politics as usual
TO THE EDITOR: Whether you are a Democrat, Republican or independent, the latest activities of this administration should make you stop and think. Today's paper (Jan. 18) boldly pronounces the political reality of the motive behind the administration's sudden keen interest in the special election for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. It is to save the seat in order to save the Health Care bill. If it were not so boldly proclaimed it would be called a "hidden agenda."
I guess this is just politics as usual, and I am sure someone can and will point out a similar example on the other side of the aisle. But this tactic strikes a nerve with me. When the president himself takes an active role in a local election (as was also done in the Bill Owens case) I believe the election results will be distorted. The choice between two candidates and their qualifications and beliefs instead becomes another presidential election bringing the still strong (though waning) star power of the president into the equation.
Besides, Mr. Obama was elected at least in part on the idea of "no more politics as usual." I believe he should let the local process play out accordingly. The fact that it happens all the time will be held up by some as justification. To me, this just points out how far astray we have gone when this type of tactic can so easily be condoned.
The article goes on to say that the Democrats will, if the Republican wins, rush the existing bill through before the new senator can be sworn in. How can this be right? Since the Republican campaigned on the fact that he is opposed to the bill, if he wins would that not be an expression of the people he represents? How then can the "appointed" (i.e. not elected) senator vote for the bill if the vote comes up after the election but before the swearing in? This would seem to me to be a flagrant thumbing of his nose at the will of the people. But then, with nearly 60 percent of Americans in national polls opposing the bill, is not having 60 percent of the Senate vote for it also ignoring the people's will?
Tom Maglienti
Morrisonville
Opinion
January 31, 2010
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 1, 2010
- Editorial
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Editorial: No raise for state legislators
This is not the year for state lawmakers to look for a raise.
- Editorial: A pair of aces among the Cards
- Editorial: Nurses, aides: a breed apart
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Editorial: No raise for state legislators
- Cheers and Jeers
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Cheers and Jeers: Feb. 13, 2012
CHEERS to Peru High School teacher Kathleen Roach and Cardinal Points.
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Cheers and Jeers: Feb. 13, 2012
- Letters to the Editor
- Speakout
- In My Opinion
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In My Opinion: E'town water, sewer essential
Elizabethtown has a history of economic ups and downs, Town Supervisor Margaret Bartley writes.
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In My Opinion: E'town water, sewer essential
