Letters to the Editor
YCSA needs your help
Dear Independent,York Community Service Association is in the process of preparing to help out families in crisis this holiday season. We are in dire need of groups or individuals interested in sponsoring families in town.
Anyone who feels they would like to help by sponsoring one of our families, please contact me at 363-5504.
It makes it much easier when people work together for the good of everyone in the community. We do not want to turn anyone in need away.
Lorna Ryan, Director
York Community Service Association
Save the Town Farm
Dear Independent,Save the Town Farm.
Do the people of York realize we are about to lose something we inherited? Most of the people I have spoken with don't even realize that they voted for the sale, as it was mixed in with the tax-acquired properties on the warrant article. Why is this current Board of Selectmen so moved to sell something that has been the property of the people for most of the past 100 years?
We are faced with a lot of issues; i.e., drainage, the growth ordinance, etc., and here we have the current Board of Selectmen about to contribute to the already existing dilemma.
Do we really need three more "McMansions" that don't even blend in with the existing neighborhood? Why do we want to spend our children's inheritance in this manner?
Think about it and then call, write, e-mail the Board of Selectmen and the town manager. We won't get a second chance.
Howard Koeppel
York
Remembering Paris, 1962
Dear Independent,When President Kennedy visited President DeGaulle in 1962 he was accompanied by his wife, Jackie. At that time I was assigned to a bureau in the U.S. Army building at 32 Rue Marbeuf, just off the Champs Elysees.
All Paris was agog with a genuine and heartfelt admiration. Suddenly from our six-story edifice there occurred a mass exodus of women, including my two translators. From my window I saw them all depart, a flight of rustling, chattering birds.
Where were they going? It seemed that word had gotten around that Jackie, who spoke French beautifully, was visiting a neighborhood orphanage and our women were determined to see her in the flesh.
My phone rang. It was Captain Mars at Camp des Loges.
"Let me speak with Marie."
"She's not here, Captain."
"Give me Bernadette."
"She's not here either."
"They're both gone? How could you let them both leave? Where are they?"
I explained that there was not a single female left in the building, including the 80-year-old concierge who was hobbling on a cane. They were out hunting Jackie.
"Have them call me when they return. This is serious."
In about half an hour they came back, animated, vivacious, thrilled by their sighting.
Bernadette knew how to handle the captain. Before he could utter a syllable, she went into a non-stop recitation of the beauty of all American women, of all American men, of America's gift to France and of France's eternal gratitude.
That was they way life was lived then: girls wore party dresses against a backdrop of waving flags and martial music. Hope and enthusiasm formed a daily diet.
Eighteen months later came the unbidden and stark reality of senseless deadly violence, of noble purposes throttled in their crib and a grieving woman with two children to raise.
It wasn't even remotely like the Parisian days we knew and adored.
Warren LeMon
York
Thanks from Career Quest
Dear Independent,To Jen Saunders: Thank you for a job well done. York High School thanks you for an exciting and informative evening. Your presentation and willingness to share your career during York High School's Career Night was invaluable.
Junior year in high school is a very exciting time. Students are beginning to explore career options and gain awareness for their post-secondary education. By giving our students the opportunity to spend time with members of our local community, soon-to-be graduates are able to research a wide range of careers.
Listening to your presentation during Career Night helped to guide students in many areas of interests. It also afforded us an opportunity to give students a greater appreciation for various types of professions and trades and to offer information on the education and training needed and required for various careers.
We hope you enjoyed the time spent with us as much as we appreciated having you share your professional knowledge during our annual Career Night!
Thank you for your time and support.
Career Quest Team
York High School
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