HEROES say ‘thanks’ for the tribute

Ashout out and tremendous “thank you” to Dani Cochran, server extraordinaire, and Schroeder’s New Deli at 406 Broad St. in Rome, for creating the July 22 Led Zeppelin tribute night to benefit HEROES, Great & Small Inc.

Dani, plus Charlie and John Schroeder, have been friends to the HEROES Program for many years. This second annual fundraiser is a blessing to us. HEROES is a local program providing support and education to children traumatized from sexual abuse. Our simple thank you is filled with appreciation, gratitude and ongoing passion to continue the services we have been providing for 25 plus years.

Local support and donations are essential to our ongoing success.

Thank you Dani, Charlie and John. HEROES, Great & Small Inc. Board of Directors

Armuchee

Iseldom have a need to go to the Rome courthouse, usually once a year for auto tags. On my yearly visit last week I was totally amazed to see so many parking spots changed to “reserved.” With no customer (read here “taxpayer”) spots available, after circling twice, I was forced to the parking deck where I had to pay $2, the daily fee, for a ten minute transaction at the tag office.

It appears the citizens are being disadvantaged and county employees are being catered to. While in the parking deck, again I was amazed to see so many “reserved” spots on the first and second decks mostly empty!

Now, I understand the parking deck is operated by the city and the courthouse parking area by the county. What I don’t understand is, while both entities are taxpayer funded, why can’t they cross the aisle, so-tospeak, and utilize the same reserved areas in the parking deck? It only takes five minutes to walk across the street to the courthouse and, from my own observation, many of our county’s finest could use the exercise. H. James Clay Armuchee

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