Leave it as you found it

Leave it as you found it

EDITOR:

I had the pleasure of attending one of the area’s band shows Aug. 31, at Fitch High School stadium. The bands were wonderful, large and small alike. The evening was cool, but not too cool. When the Fitch marching band came on to the field for the last time, they took your breath away, both musically and just the sight of them in their uniforms made you proud to be a band parent. My son is in the YSU marching band, the reason for us being there. They were one of the guest bands.

Now I know recently the topics of the letters to the editor have been the economy, GM, Delphi, and most recently, Mr. Traficant, and I know all of the above are on most people’s minds. My subject, however, is trash. We purchased snacks at the concession stand and took a seat in the bleachers. The parents at the stand were thoughtful enough to give us a small fold out box for our popcorn, etc. When the show was over, I picked up the box and started down the stairs to find a trash can, which was not hard to do, as they were placed within reach of everyone leaving. When I turned to look up into the bleachers, I was appalled at the number of people who left their trash behind.

This was a perfectly clean stadium when we entered it, why couldn’t everyone who attended this show and ate, take the trash with them when leaving?

Just what are we teaching our kids when they see us walking away from the mess “we” created? Are the same people who do this the ones who walk away from a mess in the movie theater? When you are attending any of the fine games this season at any of the high school stadiums, look around at the space you’re sitting in. Is it clean? Then leave it that way. Whose trash is it, anyway?

SUE OHLIN

New Middletown

Letter was a clunker

EDITOR:

A letter that appeared in The Vindicator, Aug. 25 from a misinformed Hermitage resident needs a response.

1. Toyota Corollas sell for approximately $18,000 and not $30,000 as the write suggested. They get 30-35 mpg and some even get 40.

2. Implying the Toyota automobile is a “foreign” car is indicative of the writer’s lack of knowledge. I own a Toyota that was manufactured in Kentucky ,which means Kentucky residents benefited from the Toyota plant with wages for its workers and the community and state also benefited from tax dollars provided by the company.

3. It appears the writer would have the government take away an individual’s right and freedom of choice and limit “cash for clunkers” to vehicles from just the “bailed out” companies, GM and Chrysler.

The “cash for clunkers” government sponsored effort not only increased the national debt, but failed in its efforts to boost GM sales.

Most people choose to purchase a vehicle based not just on its cost, but also on its record for frequency of repairs, gas mileage, body integrity and trade-in value. This is still a free country, although with this administration and its dozens of czars (some of them with very questionable backgrounds), some of the freedoms we have may be short-lived.

MARY BELLOTO

North Lima