LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Appreciates hospital Editor,
Thanks to Sierra View Medical Center and your great staff Dr. Franklin, Dr. Jaisi Sidhu, Dr. Vinay Buttan, nurses Erica, Rene, Dan and more who I can’t remember. You made me feel very comfortable with all I went through and the food was really good.
Thanks again for being there when I was a very scared lady. Gloria Sanders
Porterville
Overkill
Editor,
Tonight, I picked up a pack of Bud Light at a local large retail store. The clerk said I had to show identification.
Now this would not be funny except for the fact that I am 85 years old. “Store policy. It’s the law. If the Porterville police picked you up with this in your car, you could be arrested.” Oh really?
Last time I was carded was in 1950 when I had a fake I.D., which sufficed to let the poor clerk off the hook. Also, I was never carded in any of the “slop chutes” in Camp Lejeune where us 17 year old PFCS drank ourselves into oblivion.
I left the beer on the store counter and bought the same thing uncarded at a nearby “Stop and Rob” store with a clerk who evidently didn’t know I was a criminal, and that she could probably get locked up along with me for not checking my AARP card. “The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.”
A couple of years ago I was told I had to have my six-pack of beer (already boxed) put in a bag as “it was the law.” But if I bought a 12 pack, it was OK, as it wouldn’t fit in a bag. Hmmmmm.
A year or so back a Post Office employee explained that I had to bring in any package over 16 ounces in person to the main P.O. on Mill Street. “FAA regulations” — might be a bomb in it.” I asked if there was anyone there who could tell if there was a bomb in it or not. She said “No.”
Next thing I know I’ll be getting carded at the Mcdonalds drivethrough to make sure I am not too old to buy a kid’s meal. I’m sure there’s law someplace, state, federal, or corporate policy.
I’m sure there is a moral in here somewhere, but I’m not sure what it is. Bill Warner Porterville
Ag burning
Editor,
Letter dated June 10, 2017 titled “Ag Burning,” I can sympathize with Mrs. Beyerbach in regard to ag burning. It should be stopped entirely, especially here in the Valley.
The Air Quality Control Board cannot cover the whole Valley but laws can be changed.
To me, there is no forethought when trees are burned, as to the affects it has on our population. Those of us that have breathing problems; the elder people and young children, these violators should not only be fined but made to pay for any and all air-related incidents where people are admitted to the hospital.
It’s not only the farmer, but those people that burn illegally at night; thinking that they are getting away with something.
The smoke is in the air we breath. Stop the burning. Have some consideration of your neighbors.
Air Quality Control Board you need a office here to stop all burning. There are alternatives. I’m another sufferer starving for good air. Ron Abee Strathmore
Road closure
Editor,
My name it Tony Marquez, I am the coowner of Pearson Ranch Industrial Park at 1018 W. Teapot Dome Ave. I would like to report that Teapot Dome Avenue will be closed to traffic at the intersection with Highway 65, from June 15 until mid-september.
This is a result of the Caltrans Highway 65 widening project. Please advise the readers that all businesses will be open during construction and that there will be a detour to get to the businesses in the industrial park, via Scranton (westbound) to Newcomb (southbound) then to Teapot Dome (eastbound).
The Recorder’s public service of notifying the public will hopefully go a long way in helping all the small businesses stay in business due to “loss of income” that this long-term (3 month) closure is going to cause. Tony Marquez
Porterville
Some shade
Editor,
I was born and raised in Porterville, but moved to the Los Angeles area in 1970.
I was up to your fair city to visit my mom for the last few days. Stopped by the Vietnam War Memorial on Henderson. Impressive, but I do have a complaint.
The “younger” Vietnam veterans I know are in their 70s, couldn’t they shade those benches, so a few less pass out from heat stroke on a typical 100-degree plus, Porterville summer day? James Jones Monrovia. Ca.