Thanks for help
TO THE EDITOR: Each year, American Legion Auxiliary volunteers distribute red crepe paper poppies in exchange for donations to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans. A well-recognized symbol of sacrifice, the poppy is worn to honor men and women who have served and died for their country.
American Legion Auxiliary Post 912 would like to express our thanks to the village of Rouses Point, as well as Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Cornerstone Pharmacy, Dollar General and Good Friends Restaurant for once again this year allowing our members to distribute poppies at their locations.
Berna Badger
Rouses Point
Appreciates votes
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thank you to the voters in the Town of Black Brook for re-electing me as town justice.
I have been fortunate to serve the town for the past 32 years in the offices of assessor and councilman and most recently since 1992 as your town justice. Your support now and in the past will always hold a special place in my life. Thank you again for your confidence and support.
Gary E. Frenia
Schuyler Falls
We need to help
TO THE EDITOR: War is so terrible that a strong case always can and always should be made against it. However, once we have invaded a country and overthrown its government, we owe it to the people of that country to allow them to make a better government and build a better life. This is not only a moral imperative, it is the prudent thing to do.
If we had abandoned the German people after World War II, leaving them to their bombed-out cities and towns, they would have hated us, and most likely all of Germany and perhaps other parts of western Europe would have fallen under Soviet domination. Instead, we befriended them and helped them rebuild and ended up with the best kind of friend: one who will tell us when they think we are wrong.
There are those who say we should abandon the Afghan people. They say that al-Qaida is the enemy, not the Taliban. They either don't know or pretend they don't know who the Taliban is. The Taliban terrorized the Afghan people when they were in power. They beat women for showing their eyes in public, and publicly executed them for being accused of adultery. They willingly provided a base of operations for al-Qaida before 911, and fought along side them afterwards. They murder homosexuals by slowing crushing them, and they bomb secular schools.
The Taliban throws acid in the faces of little girls who are trying to learn to read. I, for one, think we should give those little girls a chance.
Steve Krieg
Plattsburgh
Baucus bill
TO THE EDITOR: Memo to Mr. Wayne Schaub: The bill I was referring to in my previous letter to the editor was and is the Baucus bill that had to be voted on in the House of Representatives by Friday, Oct. 16 or Monday, Oct. 19 and debate was scheduled by Sen. Reid for the U.S. Senate the week of Oct. 26-30.
As it currently stands, it does not have the death panels in it or a public option, although a provision is made for that "public option" to be added at the last minute between U.S. House passage and message to Senate. Thus the "killer amendment" of the public option will be in the final version to be voted on by the Senate and unless some senator objects to its inclusion, who is a member of the majority, then the version that arrives at the president's desk will have a public option.
Now I do not object to a public option per se. I just do not want my premiums tripled overnight, which is going to happen on all private insurance plans, so states the American Insurance Group, a holding company that oversees 90 percent of all insurance medical plans sold in the USA.
So people, here is your only choice: Get a public option and triple your premium expense, or insist on its removal from Obamacare and pay $2,500 per year fine for non-insurance or at least $4,000 per year for insurance you may not use.
Jim Knapp
Plattsburgh
Sample scam
TO THE EDITOR: Internet users: Be advised of a new recent scam I just found out about. Here's what they do: They get you to order a "sample" of a product (and they are offering several different ones, e.g., Dazzle Smile tooth whitener, also others like a sample of vitamins, hair growth, hormone cosmetics, etc.) They get your credit care number and send you a product. Then they charge you on the credit card for a six-month supply ($87 for my Dazzle White, in my case) and call the sample your first trial order. The only way to get the $87 off the credit card and refunded is to mail back the "sample" and hope they remove the charge from the credit card. (They recommend you mail it with proof of date mailed at the post office, another additional cost to the victim.)
Please beware of this.
Alice Wintermitz
Keeseville
Successful tournament
TO THE EDITOR: The Peru Lions Club held the 15th Annual Stanley Hughes Golf Classic at the Barracks Golf Course on Sept. 13. Thanks to the sponsors listed below more than $4,000 was raised. The money will be used to support local programs in sight conservation. These include eye exams and glasses for those who could not otherwise afford them. Part of the proceeds will also go to support a new pedestrian trail in the village of Peru. The Lions Club is supporting the project organized by the "Friends of the Little Ausable River Trail" whose aim is to improve the quality of life for the residents of Peru. On behalf of the club, we would like to thank them for helping to make this year's event a success:
2009 Corporate Sponsors: Keeseville Pharmacy, Celtic Marketing, Jack Hogan Refrigeration, Eye Care for the Adirondacks, Abbott, Frenyea, Russell & Coffey, Bill Giroux Tree Service, Donlan and Barcomb Investment Services, McKesson Medical Surgical, Peru Health Mart Pharmacy, Rite Aid Phamacy, Professional Family Eyecare Dr. Robert Adler, Plattsburgh Internal Medicine, Industrial Med Testing, Plattsburgh North Country Chamber of Commerce, Community Planning and Environmental Assoc. and Fisher Associates.
Individual Sponsors: Patricia Neiswender, Marion Tomaso, Helen Frament, Dan and Karen Hickey, Dr. Tom LaMar DDS, Don McMurtry, Jim Young, Joe Alexander, Beckie and Mike Cassidy, John Armstrong, Cathy Phillips and Nan Stolzenburg.
Business Sponsors: Liberty's , Kinneston Associates Inc., Remillard Farm, Forrence Orchard, Candy Man Homemade Adirondack Chocolates, Mccormick and Deon, Eagle's Nest Veterinary Hospital, G&G; Tire, Parker Chevrolet Pontiac, Peabody's, Shear Creation Hair Salon, Wilson Appliance Centers, Peru Hardware, Warren Tire Service, Willow Brook Nursery, Langley Associates, Iroquois Campground, Crickets Restaurant, Little Pizza Shop, New Impressions Salon and The LA Group.
Ed Eisele
Dave Dalton
Jim Kieslich
Golf tournament committee
Lions Club
Peru
Opinion
November 24, 2009
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 25, 2009
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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
