Letters To The Editor – July 7, 2011

Dear Editor,

  The International News, filled with the threats from a nuclear-armed Iran, and all the other threats from terrorists, the financial collapse of the world economy, onslaught of dread diseases, are all alarming, but there are other looming dangers that are as alarming as any (or all) of these potential dangers.

  I refer to disturbing changes going on in our ecological environment. There has been some publicity about the dying off of some 30 percent, or more, of honey bees (which affects 70 percent of the world-wide food supply) but it doesn’t seen to have reached a crisis situation with world leadership. It should be number one on the list!

  There are many other apparently serious changes going on in our environment that have not reached a point of concern. Where are the wasps? I’ve lived in an old house for 35 years. I’ve fought wasps, inside and out, for most of that time. I’ve noticed in the last year or two there have been fewer wasps, and this year I haven’t seen a dozen wasps. There are still a few dirt daubers around but not many. Where are the wasps?

  The ecological system seems to have traded desirable ground-nesting birds such as quail, meadow larks, snipes and whipporwills for crows and buzzards. Not a good swap-off!

  National Georgraphic Magazine has had recent articles on the depletion of many, and extenction of some, bat species world-wide.  Have you seen a bat this year? I haven’t!

  What does all this  mean? Wipe out the pollinators and there are obvious looming consequences. Christ prophecies these things as signs of “the end times”.

 
    Have a good day.
  /s/Joe Lowe

TO THE RESIDENTS OF YALOBUSHA COUNTY:

Dear Friends,

  Thank you for the support you have given the Ladies Auxiliary of Yalobusha General Hospital and Yalobusha County Nursing Home (Pink Ladies) over the years.

  You have made it possible for us to purchase many items for the hospital and nursing home, including a big-screen TV, a Pro-Fitter Machine for physical therapy, microwaves for the dining area of the hospital and the Spears Wing, new tables and chairs for the nursing home, some new cots and mattresses for the hospital, a power-lift chair, and more.

  We also donated $1,500 towards the purchase of a storage building for the activities department.

  We sponsor bingo games once a month for the nursing home residents and also sponsored Valentine and Halloween parties for the residents.

  We hold bake sales, yard sales, and raffles to raise the money for these projects and we sell Rada knives and cutlery. You have always supported our efforts and we thank you, but like everyone else hard economic times have hit us. We need your continued support. We accept memorials and honorariums. And, if you have any other donation, we’ll appreciate it and put it to good use.

  We would love for anyone that would like to come sit in on one of our meetings to do so. We meet the second Tuesday of the month, beginning at 1 p.m., in the Spears Wing of the nursing home. We are always in the market for new members.

  Thank you again and God bless you. 

    Sincerely,
  The Pink Ladies