Letters

On Oct. 17, more than 100 Dixon Public School students participated in the second annual Kash 4 Kids community cleanup fundraising event.

The American Cancer Action Network campaign to sell at least 10,000 tulip bulbs, to represent the 10,000 people to be diagnosed in Illinois this year with breast cancer, was a huge success. More than 11,000 bulbs were sold in our region, along with memberships to ACSCAN, the advocacy sister organization to the American Cancer Society.

As part of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 5-11, the Dixon City Fire Department, along with the Dixon Firefighters Charitable Association, conducted our third annual Smoke Detector Program. Smoke detectors are a very inexpensive form of life insurance. Early detection is the key to surviving if a fire were to strike your home.

On Oct. 17, St. Mary’s School, Sterling, had its annual auction with the theme “Tailgating Fun.” It was a great evening of food, fun and fellowship as people came together to support St. Mary’s School and raise funds for the overall operation of the school and to provide financial scholarships to families.

The third annual St. Jude Carnival, held Oct. 10 at the Oregon Coliseum, was a huge success.

On behalf of the Sauk Foundation, we thank everyone in the community for helping make our recent used book sale, formerly sponsored by the American Association of University Women, a success. Proceeds from the sale will go toward scholarships for female students at Sauk Valley Community College.

As the old Roy Clark song goes, “Thank God and Greyhound you’re gone.” Well, that’s not the case with former U of I Chancellor Richard Herman.

In World War II after Gen. George Patton moved through the Battle of the Bulge, he was rapidly heading for Berlin. I heard a copy of the radio signals sent to him and also his answer. They told him he would have to wait at the city limits of Berlin until the Russians took Berlin. His answer was: “To hell with the Russians. We will take Berlin and drive those SOBs back to Moscow where they belong.” No one listened.

In response to Jeff Cutter’s letter on Oct. 29 titled “Police are just doing their jobs,” Cutter mentions a few times how dangerous making the “illegal” left turn is, yet the police let the drivers make the turn and only then gave them tickets.

I am writing to applaud Kate Knowles, in her letter to the editor on Oct. 31 titled “Sad that ‘gorgeous’ bear was hunted, killed,” for her courage, both in speaking out and her wisdom concerning the needless killing of the bear by Mr. Heinze.

I oppose the health care reform legislation now being proposed in Congress for the following reasons.

I would like to respond to Vern Klenz’s comments, in the Oct. 29 Web Surfer’s Voice, relating to a statement attributed to me regarding control of county expenditures. 

I do not know your name or who you are, but I do know that you were my guardian angel Friday afternoon, Oct. 23. Words cannot express my gratitude to you for finding my purse in the County Market parking lot and turning it in at the courtesy desk.

The last thing I wish to do is to incense the rivalry between our area schools, but I felt the need to express my opinion.

Although the city of Sterling displayed a certain lack of courage and originality, I would like to commend the city for its ingenuity regarding the recent resolution to its embarrassing fire substation contract fiasco.

Did you know that U.S. coal-fired power plants create more than 130 million tons of toxic coal ash annually, and there are no specific federal regulations governing its disposal?

The Dixon Park District’s large boulders look like something out of the Dark Ages when they built huge forts and huge walls to keep the Huns out and the kings and queens safe. It was the age when the serfs were not allowed to walk on the queen’s green.

President Barack Obama was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. This should present an infinite challenge to the president – a challenge to invest his whole heart and soul and all the powers of his office to foster peace in the world.