Middle-income families get left out of most programs

Middle-income families getleft out of most programs
EDITOR:
In your recent article regarding a city high school on the Youngstown State University campus, it was described as for & quot;those with low family incomes and academic underachievers & quot; who would be given the chance to & quot;graduate from high school with two years' college credit and either an A.D. or junior status toward a bachelor's degree. & quot; What about the average middle income student whose parents will struggle to pay tuition and end up with loans to repay at graduation? Where is the help for them? Or where is the help for the bright, ambitious middle income student who is not offered scholarships and has worked hard all through school but can't afford college?
Why is all the help there for & quot;low income and underachievers?" When will people wake up and realize that the middle income families deserve to have their children considered for these programs ... that children who work hard deserve these rewards, too. Being middle income often turns out to be a handicap, especially when the rewards go to low incomes.
How many of us struggled to make sure our children went to college? And how many of these children were denied college because they were told no financial aid was available because their parents made too much? Children should not be denied the chance of that high school on the YSU campus because they have two parents with jobs or because they try hard and make good grades.
SUSAN KELLY
Girard
A county that won't support airport, shouldn't reap gains
EDITOR:
The Mahoning County Commissioners are shirking their duty to pay their fair share of expenses at the Youngstown Warren Regional Airport. I have the perfect solution to get them to shoulder their responsibility.
Beginning July 1, any goods and services that are required by the air base are to be purchased from any vendor other than a merchant from Mahoning County. Any new reservist is encouraged to take up residency in any location other than Mahoning County. And finally, any current reservist who is a resident of Mahoning County is urged to seek housing outside of Mahoning County.
If the Mahoning County commissioners were as diligent as they are at finding alternate sources for funds to pay their fair share and pay the county's utility bills on time they would have no problem coming up with the necessary funds.
THADDEUS M. PRICE
Warren
Sailor at home is touched by stranger's kind gesture
EDITOR:
My daughter, Amy, and her fianc & eacute; are Navy Corpsmen serving overseas in Naples, Italy. Her father (my husband) passed away May 12th and they returned home for the services.
On May 15th, Amy entered the Dale Cleaners in the plaza located on the corner of Raccoon and Mahoning Ave. to have their dress blues pressed. A kind gentlemen offered his appreciation to my daughter for her service to her country and paid her charge. I would like to thank that gentleman. That gesture touched my daughter at a time when it was most needed.
May God bless those who support our troops.
LINDA CONKLIN
Canfield
Voters need to kick outfiscally delinquent officials
EDITOR:
Cleaning supply companies must see the city of Youngstown and Trumbull County government officials as an easy mark to over-bill. If this over-billing was an accident or not, someone needs to take responsibility. If this would happen in the private business world, someone would be in the unemployment line. When it comes to our tax money, some public officeholders feel the bottomless pit will always be there.
It's time for us, the voters of Trumbull County and in the city of Youngstown, to let some officeholders know it's their last term in office. I thank both papers in Mahoning and Trumbull counties for reporting this story on the front page. It's just too bad nothing ever happens, because you know it's the way they do business in this Valley!
JAMES HERRHOLTZ, SR.
Hubbard
Some need crash courseon stop-sign etiquette
EDITOR:
It never ceases to amaze me. I go to the top of my street, which is a two-way stop at Youngstown-Poland Road. I'm turning left with my signal on, and after waiting about a minute a car pulls up on the other side, but they are coming straight. Traffic has cleared.
Since I was there first I start to go, then I hear this loud beeping and see the occupant of the other car that was across from me yelling. When will these people learn that it's only different from a four-way stop by the fact that two ways always have the right of way and the two at the stop signs give way to the first one. This happens with all ages of drivers and sexes.
BOB CHUDIK
Struthers
Seat-belt citations are notthe ticket to highway safety
EDITOR:
Tell me why one motorist can be driving down a highway -- not exceeding the speed limit and not being a threat to any other motorist -- can be issued a citation for not wearing a seat belt, but at the same time another motorist can be going down the same highway with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand holding a cell phone -- certainly an accident waiting to happen and certainly a threat to other motorists -- but he receives no citation.
To quote our former congressman Jim Traficant, "Beam me up, Scotty." But I'm coming up without a seat belt.
BOB DEAMER
Hubbard
A sign problem in McDonald
EDITOR:
The police in McDonald have nothing else to do, so they go around town and take all the garage sale signs down and put them in their car. I lived here for over 30 years and never heard of such a thing
A man from Pennsylvania came to the sale and told us the police were taking down our signs. He wanted to know what kind of town this is. I would like to know myself. The devil strip belongs to the city, which makes it the taxpayers' property. We should be allowed to put legal garage sale signs there. We have for over 30 years
Why make it a job for the police to take the signs down. Nobody ever took them down before. If this is all the police have to do, lay them off and save the taxpayers money.
DAVE CHERNISKY
McDonald