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Marines Corps League thanks ball attendees
To the editor:
The Antietam Detachment of the Marine Corps League, Hagerstown, Md., wishes to thank all the attendees, Marines, associates and friends of Marines for their attendance at the 237th Marine Corps Ball on Nov. 10.
We, as you, had a great and memorable time. We all enjoyed the camaraderie and esprit de corps. Please make plans to join us again next year for this formal event and military ceremony.
Clark Mayer
Hagerstown
Remember, stadium is for more than just baseball
To the editor:
Regarding the encouraging article, “New stadium idea pitched,” I’d like to remind Washington Countians that it will be a new multi-use complex. It is to be used not only as a sports stadium, but for concerts and other events as well.
I’ll admit to being a huge Suns fan since 1981, but I look forward to more than baseball in that wonderful new complex in the not-too-distant-future.
Babs Savitt
Myersville, Md.
Speaking up could help reduce number of tragedies
To the editor:
The hearts of many are broken as we hear of a person who chose to kill others and himself. He did so by taking a firearm and using it to hurt others. He could have just as easily used a car, a knife or some other tool to do this. His choice was a firearm. And, yes, he could have killed just as many using one of these other tools as he did with a firearm. We cannot legislate people into not breaking laws, it doesn’t work.
We, as a society, need to wake up and realize that people who choose to do these types of acts will do so no matter what the laws are.
We need to become aware and responsible for what we see. There is rarely a case when some tragedy like this happens that we don’t hear comments from people who knew the killer but didn’t talk about their unusual behavior prior to the tragedy. Too often, we excuse the behavior and move on. We need to stop this. We need to develop ways where we can report these behaviors to someone who can evaluate them. This needs to be done in a way that doesn’t violate anyone’s rights but that protects society. And the system must be able to react promptly.
We must also learn to be more aware of our environment and surroundings. Too many of us spend our life hurrying from place to place and we don’t see what is around us. We create environments where we are more easily preyed upon by people who want to hurt others. We must learn how to protect ourselves from the unexpected. This training, be it mental or physical, could make a difference on how we handle ourselves in a crisis.
We must stop spending hours of media time telling the story of these tragedies. There are people who will repeat these events just for that fame. We are creating a reason for them to do a horrible act.
To the editor:
The Antietam Detachment of the Marine Corps League, Hagerstown, Md., wishes to thank all the attendees, Marines, associates and friends of Marines for their attendance at the 237th Marine Corps Ball on Nov. 10.
We, as you, had a great and memorable time. We all enjoyed the camaraderie and esprit de corps. Please make plans to join us again next year for this formal event and military ceremony.
Clark Mayer
Hagerstown
Remember, stadium is for more than just baseball
To the editor:
Regarding the encouraging article, “New stadium idea pitched,” I’d like to remind Washington Countians that it will be a new multi-use complex. It is to be used not only as a sports stadium, but for concerts and other events as well.
I’ll admit to being a huge Suns fan since 1981, but I look forward to more than baseball in that wonderful new complex in the not-too-distant-future.
Babs Savitt
Myersville, Md.
Speaking up could help reduce number of tragedies
To the editor:
The hearts of many are broken as we hear of a person who chose to kill others and himself. He did so by taking a firearm and using it to hurt others. He could have just as easily used a car, a knife or some other tool to do this. His choice was a firearm. And, yes, he could have killed just as many using one of these other tools as he did with a firearm. We cannot legislate people into not breaking laws, it doesn’t work.
We, as a society, need to wake up and realize that people who choose to do these types of acts will do so no matter what the laws are.
We need to become aware and responsible for what we see. There is rarely a case when some tragedy like this happens that we don’t hear comments from people who knew the killer but didn’t talk about their unusual behavior prior to the tragedy. Too often, we excuse the behavior and move on. We need to stop this. We need to develop ways where we can report these behaviors to someone who can evaluate them. This needs to be done in a way that doesn’t violate anyone’s rights but that protects society. And the system must be able to react promptly.
We must also learn to be more aware of our environment and surroundings. Too many of us spend our life hurrying from place to place and we don’t see what is around us. We create environments where we are more easily preyed upon by people who want to hurt others. We must learn how to protect ourselves from the unexpected. This training, be it mental or physical, could make a difference on how we handle ourselves in a crisis.
We must stop spending hours of media time telling the story of these tragedies. There are people who will repeat these events just for that fame. We are creating a reason for them to do a horrible act.
