ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, June 15, 1996 TAG: 9606170049
SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A-9 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: LETTERS METRO
PERHAPS young people can answer my question. Why do they have to let everyone know what kind of music they enjoy?
I hear their music blasting away right down my road. It's so loud that the birds scatter, the cats cringe and the dogs howl.
I love music, but I play it in my car and house for my enjoyment, not to entertain or annoy anyone else.
What is it with young people who must make a statement - which says: Although my car is very small, I have big speakers that compensate for its size.
I know there's a noise ordinance for this, but I think it's ignored. COYE WITT ROANOKE Don't leave carts in parking spaces|
I AM mad! Not the more politically correct angry, frustrated, annoyed, irritated or exasperated. Oh, I'm all of those too. But most of all, I'm just flat-out all-fired cussin' mad at my fellow citizens - even some who may be my neighbors, colleagues at work, or possibly even fellow churchgoers. I'm so mad at these inconsiderate, thoughtless, careless, imbecilic, insensitive, rude, uncharitable creatures who walk upright and masquerade as human beings that I'm about to have bad thoughts. Really!
This lack of charm I feel is brought on by people who enjoy the convenience of being allowed to push their groceries or other purchases into the parking lot in a cart. And what do these ``clods'' do with the cart? They leave it setting next to someone's automobile where it isn't visible until that person hits it, damaging their auto and the cart. Or they leave it for some other thoughtless person to shove across the parking lot hitting another's vehicle. I've even seen carts left on hillside parking lots where the slighest nudge sends them banging into whatever happpens to be below. Or they leave the cart blocking a parking space, and someone else must move it before they can park.
I've had my vehicles dented, scratched, scarred and beat up by grocery carts - all left by some inconsiderate shopper who was too lazy or too uncaring to push the cart back to the store. They don't even bother pushing them to the holding bin in the parking lot.
Get with it, people! Where is your charity toward your fellow man? Perhaps next time it will be your car that gets damaged, and then, oh my, but won't you be mad? LLOYD R. DAVIS DUBLIN The 9th district is indebted to Boucher|
REPUBLICANS must think that Southwest Virginia voters are pretty dumb. They have nominated a young and inexperienced student to run against Congressman Rick Boucher. They nominated him not based on what he has accomplished or what he wants to do for our area, but because he was willing to call someone who has worked tirelessly for Southwest Virginia ugly names.
Boucher has been the best congressman this area has ever had. He has worked hard to build roads, airports, sewers, industrial parks and other things we need to attract new industry and jobs to our area. He has brought to Southwest Virginia hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars through his Showcasing Southwest Virginia effort. He has been a great friend to education. Just this year, teachers in Virginia voted him their ``Friend of Education.''
He has been a great congressman for Southwest Virginians. Should we trade him in for an untested student running another negative campaign? I say no! It takes more than cheap talk to get my vote. W. BOYD TAYLOR GLADE SPRING Symbolism over substance|
WHITE star - red star (June 4 article, ``Council OKs star to shine blood red after DUI fatalities'')? Typical liberal solution - symbolism over substance. JEFF YATES ROANOKE Certification in agriculture offered|
IN YOUR May 28 article, ``Teaching on the cutting edge,'' you presented a wonderful story on the work of Diane Poole, a Bedford County High School agricultural education teacher. You also pointed out facts about the high demand for agricultural educators in Virginia and that only two state schools offer degrees in agriculture education.
While true, you missed the fact that Ferrum College, a private college south of Roanoke, offers students the opportunity to be certified to teach agriculture at all levels, along with bachelor's degree programs in agriculture, agrobusiness and agroecology. MATT CONN Director of Public Relations Ferrum College FERRUM
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