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Letters

  • Why buy goods from abroad that are dangerous to us?

    Arsenic in our food?

    I was watching the news this morning, and I wasn’t surprised to hear that there was something in our food that didn’t belong there.

    They were talking about apple juice but all the food we buy has changed drastically in the last 40 years.

    When I was young fresh produce was a lot different than it is now. Fresh corn on the cob usually had some imperfections in it.

    It wasn’t unusual to find worms in any kind of fresh produce. We just picked them out and kept on eating.

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  • Rockwood’s green thumb comes from Rockwood 2000

    A heart-felt thank you to the Rockwood resident who wrote how much she appreciates the flowering troughs on the Rockwood Street bridge.

    Rockwood 2000 purchased and planted them. We are also responsible for the plantings at Homecoming Park on the corner of Rockwood and Front Streets.

    Additionally, over the past five years, we have planted (and maintained) the landscaping at the post office, library, community center, dog pound, veteran’s clinic, and along on Gateway Avenue.

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  • Rockwood needs teamwork and maturity, not drama

    Nearly six years ago, apparently I felt full time employment did not consume enough of my life, so I decided to dive into my civic duty — community volunteering.

    As always, I felt our kids needed a venue in our city, to create memories that would bring them back to raise their families (and start businesses).

    Maybe some of the lessons that they would learn from the “old timers” who mostly populate a car show would not hurt them either. So I started Cruise & Classics.

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  • Lack of response could have been the death of her

    I live in the city of Rockwood.

    On July 27, I fell at my home.

    Not knowing what was wrong with me, I called the fire department.

    I told them I had fallen and could not get up, and the person who answered the call said what do you want me to do about it?

    I said I thought they would come and help me up, and they said they didn’t do that and gave me a number to call.

    By then I had lost my eyesight, but I tried to call it. I don’t know who I called.

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  • Books, reading program can make difference

    Love for reading is one of the most valuable gifts an adult can give to a child. That’s why I support the Roane Imagination Library.

    Every month, Roane Imagination Library mails a free book to every enrolled Roane County child aged birth to 5 years.

    In the past seven years, Roane Imagination Library has provided over 125,000 books to Roane County children.

    The Roane Imagination Library is a joint project of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the Tennessee Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation.

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  • Writer looks for earthquake like one that created Reelfoot

    I was  reading the Sept. 14 edition of the Roane County News. The part that interested me was the article on “Earthquake danger still a question.”

    The professor in the article does not know his facts. Between mid-December 1811 and mid-March 1812, Tennessee experienced the massive earthquake that created Reelfoot Lake.

    I have no clue where he got his information, but he is wrong.

    It was so bad some of the tremors was felt all the way to Quebec City, Canada.

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  • Removing Randy Ellis over comments on Facebook wrong

    I was shocked to read in the paper that Randy Ellis had been removed from the budget committee.

    I was even more shocked to hear Ron Woody removed him from the committee because he dared to inform the public of a public meeting.

    God forbid the people be informed and heard at a public meeting.

    Even Mr. Woody admitted that Mr. Ellis served well on the committee except for daring to disagree with Mr. Woody’s tax hike and informing people in his community about the upcoming vote and public hearings.

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  • Roane County News columnist vitriolic, largely unanswered

    Recently I have noticed that the level of vitriol and personal attacks in public debate has increased greatly, and as we have seen lately, our local newspaper is not immune to this phenomenon.

    There is a local commentator who has a regularly provided position in our newspaper to promote his particular political ideology.

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  • Writer revisits the Wisconsin teacher protest issue

    On Aug. 17, the editor of our newspaper wrote an article for the “Nuts and Bolts” section of the opinion page.

    It concerned a particular letter that the editor had modified prior to publication and the explanation of how and why it was so done.

    If I may I would like to address one of the details of that article.

    One of the subjects the original letter addressed was the protests in Madison, Wis., over the altering of laws governing public employee unions and, specifically, the teachers unions.

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  • Thrift store, food pantry combo gives thanks

    On behalf of Seton’s Thrift Store and Food Pantry, we would like to recognize and graciously thank Harriman Save-A-Lot for being such a supportive business in our community.

    The store generously donated items to our food bank recently when our supply had run low, allowing us to provide meals for locals in desperate times.

    In addition to their generosity, they are consistently friendly with a great team of workers, especially Melissa and Randy. They always maintain a positive atmosphere for shoppers.

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