Sayso

Saturday, February 19, 2000     Page: 10A

I DON’T KNOW what all the fuss is in the SAYSO column about this guy
Corbett, he’s a small-town newspaper writer, who bothers to read his comments?
   
WYOMING VALLEY West High School had a bomb scare yesterday and the Plymouth
Police Department closed Route 11. But they closed Route 11 one block from the
elementary school which meant that all the tractor-trailers and all the car
holders that came down Route 11 had to make a left hand turn into that narrow
street and go back up to the stop where there was somebody else up at the top
saying, “Hey you can’t go right you have to go left to go back down on 11
going the other way.” You should have kept Route 11 opened because I don’t
think a bomb blast would have reached Route 11. I HAVE A COMPLAINT. First of
all there was another bomb threat at Valley West and my kids got sent outside,
they had to stand outside for an hour in the cold weather. They wouldn’t allow
them to go to their lockers to get their coats or homework and then they sent
them all home. My kids come in from school, they had to walk from the bus
stop. They’re not wearing any coats, they don’t have any books, they’re
freezing to death. I can understand taking some precautions, but that’s got to
be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of in my life.
    Editor’s note: What do you think Valley West officials should do? I’D LIKE
TO commend Mr. Gus Genetti for the way he handled the recent problem … after
a dinner dance at his establishment. This man didn’t try to talk, weasel or
squirm his way out of the situation. As soon as he found out he promptly
closed down the food storage area where no food was served. He never tried to
point the blame to anyone else. He said, “if there’s a problem we’ll take
care of it.” In fact he called more than one health department in to inspect
his property. Mr. Gus Genetti you’re a true man, you’re a true businessman.
Congratulations. I wish there were more people like you. You did the right
thing. TO THE 40-YEAR-OLD woman who works outdoors for a living and can’t find
long underwear. Try the local ski shops, they have plenty of long underwear in
stock. MOCANAQUA AND Shickshinny will never get anything until they learn to
unite. The county politicians have always kept them divided so they don’t ask
for anything. IS ANYONE ELSE is having problems with the Social Security
Administration? It must have happened in January when they transferred
everything over to the new computers, they put in my husband’s wrong birthday.
I’m having trouble now getting my husband acknowledged that he lives. Is
anybody else having this problem? I JUST GOT finished reading SAYSO and I had
my usual laugh, but I really miss the one thing that you said once in awhile,
will you say it again? How tall are you? EDITOR’S NOTE: No, how tall are YOU?
THE COUNCILMEN IN Wilkes-Barre that own businesses, do they carry health
insurance for their employees? I LIKE TO INFORM people that are traveling by
plane that jewelry, cameras and electronics aren’t insured by the airlines if
stolen and robbed. I know it happened to me. All my jewelry was stolen. I JUST
WANT to say “congratulations” to the little 10-year-old boy who stood up to
Fred Williams.
   
THIS IS FOR THE editor which said “which church.” The only people who
refer to “the church” are Catholics, because as far as they’re concerned
“the church” is the “only church.” I’m glad I cleared that up for you. I
DON’T CARRY much money with me so I cash a lot of checks, and when I’m writing
a check and there’s someone in back of me in a food line or whatever, it’s too
bad if they’re impatient, but I’ll excuse them if they just keep their mouth
shut. I AGREE WITH the caller about management personnel receiving overtime.
In private business they don’t and they shouldn’t, they also shouldn’t be
allowed to belong to unions. But we’re dealing with the good ol’ boys in the
courthouse here. I HOPE THIS is the last time I have to say this. Nobody is
entitled to know the salaries of people who work for private corporations,
except the people themselves and their employers. And as for public employees,
their employers have a right to know their salaries also, and we are the
employers. I AM CALLING about everyone picking on Debbie from Swoyersville,
she thinks she owns her street. Well this one is for you people who have a
problem with Debbie. I don’t think I own my street, I know it. I’ve lived in
Swoyersville all my life. As a child my friends and I rode our bikes on our
street, we played ball on the middle of the street, we played hide and seek in
every yard on our street, that’s the way we were raised and made us respectful
of others people’s property, we took care not to cause any damage. My friends
and I are adults now and we’re raising our children to be the same way. We’re
young and we’ll be along for a long time. When we’re gone we’ll have our
children to carry on. We know we own our street and show it. To those of you
who have a problem with us should consider moving.
   
EDITOR’S NOTE: You go girl. I LIVE IN Old Forge and I find it comical that
the mayor of Wilkes-Barre has pizza at an establishment in Old Forge almost
every Friday night. I guess he believes there are no good pizza places in
Wilkes-Barre. No wonder even city employees don’t want to live there. I THINK
NANTICOKE should borrow the gorilla that they have in Shickshinny and put it
in front of the Travelers Building so when they move their organization out of
there they could just move a zoo in there. It’s been a zoo anyhow so we can
just maybe live up to it. I WAS GLAD TO see in your SAYSO the other day that
someone has finally taken Jack McCarthy to task over the way the Wyoming
Valley Health System is being run. They lost a million seven if I remember
last year and then they want to embark on a $20 million expansion. Now common
sense would tell Jack McCarthy if he ran his business that way he wouldn’t be
on the board nor would any of his cronies be on the board. Perhaps, maybe,
it’s time for a new board. I’M CALLING with regard to the person who commented
about the physical fitness of the officers in Exeter. I’m sure that when
someone breaks into your home or you’re involved in an automobile accident or
you the victim of the crime, the first question you’ll ask is, what size is
your waist and how much do you weigh? It’s my knowledge that the full-time
officers in Exeter have a minimum of 14 years continuous dedicated service to
the borough residents. Each officer is trained in emergency first aid, CPR and
oxygen therapy and child birth. If you’re so concerned about the size of a
waist or the weight of an individual, perhaps you might be acceptable to
donating the money necessary to have your officers with a body by Jake. I
think its time to think about the important things and not appearance. LARRY
KING, THE moderator for three Republican presidential candidates on CNN, had a
lot of nerve asking questions on moral and family values. Mr. King had been
married five times and he should have had Monica Lewinsky sitting alongside of
him and it would have been a perfect team of morality and family values.