Let's value life!

Bob,


I feel your "humorous" cartoon depicting the killing of a bear published in the March 3rd Chronicle is inappropriate. The killing of any living animal, especially one who unsuspectingly was just enjoying a drink of water from a pond, is not what we want to laugh at, or foster in our children. Please rethink such humor going forward unless there was a hidden message in this one. For the most-part, I think many of your other cartoons were good. but this one was definitely not. Let's value life!

Terry Ardito

Thank you for supporting Camphill Village!

Dear Editor,

I speak for our Board of Directors and the 240 people who live and work in Camphill Village, many of whom are adults with developmental disabilities and offer a heartfelt thank you to the volunteer firefighters who helped us on Feb. 13.

It was 3 am on a Sunday morning when the alarm went out.    Fighting a fire that burned our Garden Shed and workshop to the ground was dangerous and challenging with the ice and snow….remaining cheerful and dedicated is another. 

Many of the firefighters were still on the scene twelve hours later.  A nicer and more dedicated group of people can’t be found – they mentioned that it was “nothing”, “all in the line of duty”, “our pleasure”.     We applaud the volunteers from the Ancram, Copake, Craryville, Hillsdale, and Taghkanic  departments for their unfailing assistance and willingness to help as volunteers. 

We especially thank Chief John DeRoche of the Copake Fire Company #1.

With sincere appreciation,

Robert G. Norris

President, Board of Directors

Camphill Village USA, Inc.