The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 47, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 December 1980 — Page 5
Letters to the editor
In response to parent
Dear Editor: In response to "A Concerned Parent” in the December 3 letter to the Editor: 1. The vast majority of the Lakeland teachers do not stand in the hallways drinking Coffee during class time. Ope should not generalize from a few isolated examples. 2. Teaching is a profession. We choose to get a college education to become a teacher that requires two degrees in order that we could make a better life for ourselves and our families. In the case of most teachers, it takes two incomes to drive a new car or live in a new house. Very fewteachers drive new cars. Some live in new houses and some do not; but, like most people, their houses and cars belong to the bank. It’s not living high when it requires two incomes to make ends meet. 3. In regard to the new gym, the writer was misinformed. The teachers did not have any say in the building of that gym. The money that built the gym came out of a cumulative building fund. The salaries came from the
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general fund which is completely separate. It is irrelevant to think that a teacher would sacrifice a raise to build a building. 4. In regard to threats being made, we know of none. If there were any, agaih, isolated incidents should not be used to generalize the teachers’ intentions. We are peacefully trying to negotiate a contract. 5. We are not trying to be better than anyone else. We are simply trying to equalize our salaries with those around us in the same profession. If someone were earning more money per week doing the same job as you, (Wa-Nee teachers earn $47 more per week than Lakeland teachers), wouldn’t you strive to catch up with them? 6. Who do we think we are? We are hard working, dedicated people who have one of the most important jobs, teaching the youth of America. With regard to our profession and other corporations, we are underpaid! I! Respectfully, Lakeland Community Educators Association Negotiations Team
Tired of backburner
Dear Editor: I am a concerned mother in this community whose cry for help to the police, the school principal, teachers and other local and state officials, always ends with a whisper of ‘‘Off the record,” or “We can’t tell you what or how but we are working on it,” “Our hands are tied,” and “We need to We should be proud Dear Editor: We should be very proud of our Lakeland School Board for standing up to the Lakeland teachers union. If the teachers who belong to the union want to strike let them — let them strike right dowfcthe road to a better paying area. Mr. Metcalf mentioned in a recent article in your paper that he goes out' of the area to shop Maybe he could move closer to Tepe's. It seems to me summer jobs like painting, working in a clothing store must not be appreciated by teachers too much. Remember several years ago when the teachers were all excited when they thought they might be eligible for unemployment in the summer months. Thank goodness that didn't materialize. Stick to your guns school board. Teachers are no more under paid than some of the rest of us who work long hours and work 12 months out of the year. Respectfully Ruby Johnson No. Webster
see it to believe it,” etc. With each door I open it ends up being closed or put on the back burner until others hope I forget or my anger passes. I feel my rights and the rights of my children and home have been replaced by the rights of others who are known trouble makers in this area. Yet they are protected, by law I’m told. What law protects the victims? If my child protects himself in school from either verbal or physical abuse he is sent to ISS. Not in fairness, but in power which has been given to the dean and principal, my child was told to walk the back halls, to avoid the poor trouble makers, to eat apart from friends if the trouble makers were close by,' not to tell his mother about his problems in school, and to be a big boy and handle it these other ways. I believe in turning the other cheek but not on a constant basis with the same people. I have tried to talk to the parents, even written to them asking for their help in ending the conflicts. Not once has one of the parents had a reply. The replies I receive are from the children — more trouble. Nancv Blade R 3 Syracuse,lnd. Time for students to speak Dear Editor: z€s ’ After reading the letter from the “concerned parent” in last week's paper, we decided it was time for the students to speak out. We attend Wawasee High School • and we think the public has been given a false impression of our teachers. We realize that there are a few teachers that put their coffee drinking before their students, but most of them are excellent teachers who work veryhard to educate us. If people think that we learn anything from substitutes, they are sadly mistaken. Substitutes come in and babysit for us: they don’t teach us. They are no replacement for our regular teachers. The "concerned parent " obviously has no regard for the quality of teaching in the classroom. We are not in favor of a strike. However, we do feel that the teachers are justified in their requests. They do their jobs well, and they deserve more consideration than has been shown to them in recent weeks. Before others evaluate them, we wish they would take into consideration all of the teachers instead of just a few. Sincerely, Three concerned students Barber pole taken from Newman's The candy Striped barber pole at Newman’s Barber Shop in s downtown Milford was taken about 2 am. Saturday and returned around the 8 a.m. hour that same day. Damage was reported t<? the building where the pole had hung.
Christians and politics
Dear Editor: ». I regret there are so many hard feelings concerning fundamental Christians informing people of Congressmen’s voting records and policies, etc. I feel, if people were more knowledgeable of the fundamental’s view point, they would be more understanding. Please don’t overlook the fact that various organzations have corrupt practices. Our country was founded under God and Biblical principles. Our colonists didn’t hesitate to make a stand against immorality, such as: murdering unborn babies; homosexuality; humanism; pornography; ERA; government regulating family and church ministry; etc., in which our country has made a stand against, since the Pilgrims landed. According to many liberals, you would think it’s a major crime, to make this same stand today. It seems that good has become evil, and evil has become good. God forbid! Many people are saying that Christians are trying to legislate morality. We know righteousness cannot be legislated, this will have to come from the heart. What we tried to do was, inform people on moral issues, some Congressmen s voting records and policies; in order to defend our Christian heritage, which we cherish dearly. We feel then, that we have done our part, then it's up to the Lord. Many of our founding fathers, lost all their worldly possessions, and some even their life, for this right. I feel it’s a duty of a true Christian and-or a patriot to preserve our Christian heritage, which our founding fathers fought so diligently for. I thank God that most
A matter of economic survival
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Mauzy to chair committee
Indiana House Speaker J. Roberts Dailey recently announced House standing committee assignments which include a chairmanship for District 17 State Representative Thames Mauzy (R-Warsaw). Mauzy will be mixing some old and new positions this session. He will retain his chairmanship of the Insurance and Corporations Committee and membership on the Natural Resources Committee. A new assignment includes his appointment cm the Labor Committee. The Insurance and Corporations Committee is assigned
Christians in 1776, weren’t like most Christians of today. I’m sure we would never have had our Constitution, which led to our great nation. They would have been too complacent, etc., and most fundamental ministers, for whatever their reasons, would have been too hesitant to have gotten involved in helping to form our new government \under God and Biblical Principles: Our fundamental ministers, who are reluctant in getting involved in government policies, I feel could learn a lesson from Gospel preaching ministers prior to the Revolutionary War. They continually proclaimed liberty throughout the land, which greatly motivated our Colonists. England feared these ministers more than they did the Continental Army. I challenge you to go back and study our framing father’s journals, of the making of the Constitution. I’m sure, you will find, most of them and our Colonists acknowledged these facts: God is the Supreme Ruler; Government is ordained by God; Those, who are in authority are ministers of God, and are to reflect God’s laws and principles throughout the land; Man had God-given rights, what God gives, man cannot take away. These principles, as we know, are reflected in our Constitution, which gave man more freedom than mankind has ever known. Are we honestly, willing to abandon these principles? I pray we can preserve our Christian heritage for our children. — “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." (Proverbs 14:34). Chauncey L. Bennet New Paris, IN
to study all bills dealing with insurance and corporations, both from the company and consumer points of view. The Natural Resources Committed handles bills in a wide range of areas from water management to state parks. The Labor Committee deals with topics such as unemployment compensation and collective bargaining. All 25 standing committees serve important functions, because bills must first be studied and receive committee approval before they can be heard on the floor of the House.
Wed., December 10,1980 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL
Augsburger polls constituents
Indiana State Senator John B. Augsburger has recently mailed questionnaires to his constituents in Senate District 13. “With the 1981 session of the Indiana General Assembly scheduled to begin in January, I am again asking residents of our Senate District for their opinions on various issues that could be before the legislature this year,” states Augsburger in the questionnaire. Some of the questions on the
Fithian sets busy pace
Congressman Floyd Fithian will discuss farm policy at a meeting sponsored by the “Indiana Prairie Farmer” magazine Thursday, Dec. 11. and hold four town meetings Saturday, Dec. 13. The meeting on farm policy is scheduled December Hat 10 a.m. at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. Fithian will participate in a question and answer session along with other public officials and farmers from Indiana. Michigan and Ohio. The meeting will be hosted by Tom Budd of the “Indiana Prairie Farmer.” On Thursday evening, Fithian will attend a dinner sponsored by the United Auto Workers at the Ben Hur Restaurant in Logansportat6:3op.m. On Saturday, Dec. 13, Fithian will hold town meetings in Kosciusko. Marshall and Porter counties. From 9 to 10:15 a.m., the Congressman will meet with residents of Warsaw and Winona Lake at the City Engineering Building. 794 West Center Street in Warsaw? From 11:30 a m. to 12:45 p.m., he will peet with residents of Donaldson, Tyner and Plymouth in Marshall County at the State Exchange Bank. 2701 North Michigan in Plymouth. In Porter County, Fithian will meet with residents of Wheeler
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and Valparaiso from 1 to 2:15 p.m. at Hershman Hall on the campus of Valparaiso technical Institute in Valparaiso. From 2:30 to 3:45 p.m . he will meet with residents of Portage at the Portage City Hall Council Chambers. Two women injured Two women were injured as cars collided at the overpass north of Milford Saturday night. Juaneta T. Wooten, 50, r 2 Milford and _Arola M. Trowbridge, 63, Fort Wayne, were taken to the Goshen Hospital by the Milford EMS unit where they were treated for bruises and released. The Trowbridge woman was driving her 1977 Ford east on CR 1350 N and failed to yield the right of way to SR 15, striking an auto being driven by , Robert L. Wooten, 49, r 2 Milford. He was not injured. > Indiana State Trooper Michael Barnett investigated and set damage to the Wooten vehicle at an estimated $750 and to the Trowbridge vehicle at an estimated SSOO. He was assisted by Kosciusko County deputies.
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