Letters
Letters for 08-12-2008
Senior Luncheons successful
Dear Editor:
I would like to use this opportunity to thank the VFW Post 3686 for graciously letting us use their building for the past two years for the monthly senior luncheons hosted by Jeff Davis Living Center.
A special thanks to Rose and Albert Mallett and to Mr. Amos Miller and his beloved wife “Toot” who always opened the doors for us promptly around 9 a.m.
Your kindness is appreciated by the staff of Jeff Davis Living Center and by the Seniors of Jeff Davis Parish. Our luncheons will continue to be on the last Wednesday of the month, January thru October.
The new location will be at the Knights of Columbus 2012 Hall at 17280 Hwy. 102, Jennings, La. (2.7 miles North from the overpass on North Cutting Ave.)
Sandra Guidry
Jeff Davis Living Center
Jennings
To catch a thief
Dear Editor,
I read the “Unite With Police” article in the Jennings Daily News just after I had the misfortune of having to report the theft of an air conditioning unit to said police.
What about the police uniting with the people? After all, the public pays their salaries; they don’t come out of the blue.
The public needs cooperation, not to be spoken to like we are foolish when we ask for their help in a theft. What is their problem?
Now you need to post $100 to cover our six-block travel to the scene of the crime. You can also fill out this 21-line item report so that we can file it and maybe we might arrest this person on another charge and maybe he will have your air conditioning unit in his pocket.
What happened to the police coming out to the scene of the theft to check things out? Maybe the following reasons:
Fingerprints? On such a large unit it is not possible due to the fact it is not small enough to fit in our crime unit.
It might be too hot outside right now to investigate and since you do not live here, only own property and shop here, you are not covered so why don’t you just turn this over to your insurance carrier and they will just write you a check?
What happened to trying to catch the thief to prevent him from stealing from someone else? Is that a thing of the past?
Law enforcement doesn’t seem to be able to find out who killed five people.
Did they perhaps commit suicide due to the fact that before they died they hid the weapon or did not have enough evidence or maybe they did not fill out the proper form first?
The public should help more on these cases and save money in this pursuit. If these more important crimes can’t be solved, why ask us to look into a mere missing air conditioning unit, stupid?
After this I might have to shop elsewhere or wind up missing also.
I had always been under the impression that to solve a theft you must investigate for evidence, but now it seems its either pay up or get out of Dodge — we’ve got more important things to do. (Could it be coffee time?)
Dick Waltrip
Mermentau
Blood donors needed
Dear Editor,
LifeShare Blood Centers O and B blood types are depleted and all other blood types are less than a one-day supply. Inventory levels sharply decreased several days before Tropical Storm Edouard’s arrival, due to decreased donations and with the cancellation of blood drives as our community prepared for the storm.
If our community experiences any type of an emergency situation, such as a major vehicle or industrial accident or a natural disaster, our blood supply will not be adequate enough to support it.
It is critical for our community to respond NOW and for the weeks to come in order to increase the community blood supply to an adequate level.
LifeShare Blood Centers is only the “guardian” of the community blood supply. Our community has the absolute responsibility of donating blood on a regular basis so we may maintain an adequate, safe and readily available blood supply for the patients in our area.
For a list of blood drives in your area or for questions about donating blood, please call LifeShare Blood Centers at (337) 436-4932. You must be at least 17 years of age and in general good health.
Debbie Madar, R.N.,
Executive Director
LifeShare Blood Centers
