Letters to the Editor

With regard to the letter headlined Homeless or welfare bums in the Feb. 27 edition, I regret the writer has a view that homeless people and alcoholics have a plan to dupe society.

On behalf of the Alzheimer Society Sudbury-Manitoulin, I would like to thank the Dragon Boat Festival Executive for a generous $130, 091.48 in pledge receipts for the year 2005.

I don't like going downtown Sudbury because of the parking problem. But, I do venture there to buy clothing at the men's clothing stores, I recently had to get an X-ray done so I decided to go to 65 Larch St.

It surprises me that in an increasingly litigious society, our city departments expect members of the public, both young and elderly, to climb snowbanks to feed parking meters.

The Sudbury Committee for Christian Unity thanks the more than one hundred people who attended our inaugural event and donated $332.75 to the Elgin Street Mission and Paris Street Pantry. Together we made a difference. Rev.

In the middle of August, my daughter's bike was stolen. When I called the police, I found out many bikes in the neighbourhood had been stolen over the past few weeks, but many people I know in my area knew nothing about it.

I've read many arguments written by people who oppose same gender marriage and the attempt to change the legal definition of marriage. I've also heard arguments in the past opposing equality of rights and freedoms for other minorities.

This has been a week of tears for those who were hit by Hurricane Katrina. It would have been easier to turn the television news off and not have my heart hurting. Simply put, I couldn't.

The front page of Northern Life's Sept. 7 edition showed a wonderful picture of smiling students returning to their post secondary studies.This brought back warm feelings of being a student many years ago.

The Dow Pool Lifesavers want to thank all who bought tickets to our dinner, dance and silent auction on Feb. 4. It's great to know that so many Sudburians want to keep the Dow Pool open. With their help, we were able to raise $5,078.