Letters

To the editor:

For too long, non-smoking North Carolinians have been getting

sick or have lost their lives from other people’s cigarette smoke.

A bill being considered in the N.C. Legislature would save lives by

prohibiting smoking inside public buildings and workplaces.

The smoke-free workplace legislation (HB2) is about public health

and workplace safety. We have numerous laws designed to protect

employees and the public, such as health codes to ensure restaurant

To the editor:

To start with, I am not for or against skydiving. I moved here from South Jersey, and we had a skydiving operation near my home, like the one being proposed at Ocean Isle Beach Airport.

Every year, some skydivers would miss the landing zone, which by the way, was larger than the one proposed at OIB Airport. Skydivers in the past had landed on the local roads, around houses, in the Home Depot parking lot, in the movie theatre parking lot and in the surrounding woods.

To the editor:

With pen and paper, I seek to address

A nation of many now found in distress

Where mighty men strive to hold their composure

In a time of recession and record foreclosure

Where a sinking market leaves us to doubt

If the government can save with another bailout

Where debts rise quickly up to one’s neck

That just can’t be paid with a welfare check

Where we watch as poverty reaches a pinnacle

Where women fear and men grow cynical

And the helpless starve while the lucky are fed

To the editor:

My grandson has attended a local daycare facility for nearly seven months. As requested, I provided the facility with a two-week notice of intent to remove him from the facility; however, during an unpleasurable phone conversation with the owner, I revealed why he was leaving but did not satisfy her thirst—where was he going?

Several hours later, a phone conversation with the owner indirectly instructed me not to bring my grandson back to the facility because of my dissatisfaction with the services he was receiving.