Letters

One Wednesday morning I couldn’t sleep and I knew my Lancaster News would be in that little orange box at the end of the driveway. So, I slipped on an old coat and took a plunge into the darkened morning.

The moon seemed to be hiding behind some clouds, then I noticed the flashing yellow caution lights of a school bus coming to a stop on the curbside southbound lane of old U.S. 521.

Why the only traffic stopping was directly behind the bus. All other lanes were in race mode. But kids will dart into traffic, they’re so young and trusting.

I raised a cat named Blackie and trained him from a kitten. I trained him to do tricks and speak in a human voice. A professor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did a sonogram on Blackie, who could say “I want my mama,” and “I love you.”

Blackie knew what he was saying and and would kiss us every day and say he loved us. He earned money for us in the Augusta area until the city of Augusta made me get a business license. I, in turn, sued the city. You can Google the story and read the details, as well as see Blackie talk.

I read with much dismay the recent article in the Jan. 2 issue of The Lancaster News concerning the Sun City road issues.

My first question is: Why weren’t the roads inspected by Lancaster County during construction of the roads? That way, any standards could have been addressed at that time and corrected.

By Pulte not supplying the necessary engineering proof and certification immediately tells Lancaster County that the roads are not to specification.

When a civilian loses his life during a violent confrontation with police, there is frequently a complaint that the officers overreacted or used excessive force.

The officers who arrested Curtis Ja’ven Sowell in the story, “Man pulls handgun during arrest,” in the Jan. 9 edition of The Lancaster News, are to be congratulated for their quick thinking and self-restraint.

Mr. Sowell should count himself lucky and the rest of us can sleep a little easier knowing that such professionals are protecting our streets.

Charles Kaska