THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 29, 1996 TAG: 9602270091
SECTION: NORFOLK COMPASS PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Medium: 80 lines
Thanks to the volunteers
I would like to commend the efforts of the volunteers at the Community Adult Clinic offered at First Baptist Church of Lamberts Point.
The doctors, and especially Mrs. Clancey, have been very supportive in providing free medical services and referrals to our program participants. Many are released from state prisons in need of medical attention. Truly, the volunteers at the Free Clinic have made a difference in the well-being of our participants.
Patricia Thomas
Coordinator/Senior
Transition Specialist
STOP/Virginia Cares Inc.
Recycling to what end?
I recently read that they are going to start charging every household for recycling. The 50 cents per month will not hurt me, but why should I, and many others, be obligated to pay for something we do not use?
Of the 70,000 customers they now have, that is $35,000 per month, then $70,000 and so on. Where and when will they stop going up? Getting started seems to be the easiest part.
Sure, I started using their recycling service. I put a large container of aluminum cans out each Wednesday. They were all gone before the collectors got there. I did not want to help scavengers, so I quit and now use the trash.
Question: Other than because an edict will be passed, why should people like me pay?
Tom McMahon
Moose Avenue
Logic left on the rooftop
During my youth on a farm in Ohio, a common saying in the community was that a person didn't have enough sense to come in out of the rain.
Is it possible that WTKR-3 weather reporters are suffering from such an affliction? Probably not. The decision to perch these individuals on the roof, exposed to the elements, pigeons, gulls and who knows what else was undoubtedly made by some person or persons sitting in a comfortable office.
It is possible that those responsible for dismissing the most competent meteorologist hereabout will feel the heat when new ratings are forthcoming? If such is the case, those on the roof will probably be blamed.
Myron O. Wilcox
Lucian Court
Views on juvenile crime
I am writing because I think you need to know how I and my fellow students in Lafayette-Winona Middle School feel about juvenile offenders.
I agree that we should take another approach to juvenile offenders. I think that teenagers know the difference between right and wrong. They should be treated just the same as adults. I agree that most juveniles commit crimes usually because parents don't take responsibility for their kids or teach them values. These are just some of the views I thought you would like to know.
Melvin Howe
Byron Reid
Lafayette-Winona Middle School
In Lafayette-Winona Middle School, we're working on a serious project about the government's juvenile crime discussion. We really don't appreciate what we're reading.
We had to make some agreements with a partner. My partner and I made some good agreements. We agreed that teenagers know the difference between right and wrong so they should be treated like young adults. We also agreed that the only way to teach them is that crime doesn't pay.
On the other hand, we disagreed that locking up the young criminals is the best way to do that. We don't think that's really nice, this little discussion on the get-tough and lock-'em-up approach. We kids really think that's too rough.
We all know right from wrong.
Latrice Hawkins
Irene Moone
Lafayette-Winona Middle School by CNB