THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 6, 1995 TAG: 9508050077
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 80 lines
In response to your special report, ``Water woes worsen; Don't drink the water (The Clipper, July 30):
The people of Chesapeake crack me up!
Surely, the residents of Great Bridge can drink Chesapeake water without any complaints!
They need to get their proper perspective on things. I see how many approved proposals go through City Council. Is there none to improve water treatment?
Naval ships have been converting salt water into suitable drinking water for decades.
Get a grip, people! Fix the problem or quit complaining.
Lois Hill
Bluebonnet Street Petty complaint
It bothers me to read in this paper that the City of Chesapeake was going to fine the Boy Scouts of America for putting up signs for the Cub Scout Day Camp program they had last week in Deep Creek.
Come on! This is so petty.
What about people who put up yard sale signs? I can't believe the City of Chesapeake has nothing better to do with their time. What harm were those signs doing?
K. Smith
Executive Boulevard Senseless destruction
On Wednesday evening, July 19, someone senselessly damaged the outdoor classroom at Great Bridge Intermediate School. This is a wonderfully wooded area through which nature trails had been cut for the third, fourth and fifth graders to learn more about their environment. Trees had been marked and two large, wooden learning centers about trees and animals had been built as a part of an Eagle Scout project. The perpetrators tore up signs and deliberately broke the wood and plexiglass centers. They damaged part of a bridge and stole two wood-burned entrance signs reading ``Wildcat Wilderness.''
Countless hours went into the planning and building of this area for our students. We teach our students to respect property, and someone comes in and damages their outdoor classroom.
A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Individuals with information should call the school at 482-4405 or the Chesapeake Police Department.
Rebecca C.W. Adams
Principal
Great Bridge Intermediate School Wasteful practice
Recently I was shopping at Victoria's Secret, a favorite store of many women. I saw the sales associate cutting straps on bras and such items. According to an employee, the products were being destroyed and discarded due to sanitary laws that prevent them from being resold.
The company could be donating these items to charities! There are homeless and battered women who are not able to have bras and panties because these companies would rather destroy what they cannot make financial profit from.
I am interested in starting programs where companies donate items they cannot sell to charities. I want to expose the companies that are behaving in the manner mentioned above rather than taking a compassionate and responsible action.
Consumers need to write letters to customer service departments and store managers. It doesn't matter whether the letters are lengthy or or as simple as ``Donate your discards.'' A letter letter takes no more than five minutes of a consumer's time.
I realize change starts with action. Solutions come one at a time. There are many people who complain. Let's offer them an alternative. Some answers are easier than others.
Julie Maschino
Aspinock Avenue by CNB