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Letters to the Editor
Riding bicycle to work improves health, environment Dear Editor: I am writing to applaud Barbara Hathaway for riding her bicycle to work. Riding a bicycle is a wonderful way to improve health and, at the same time, improve the environment. Barbara Hathaway is a nurse practitioner who lives in our county and works at the ETSU Extended Hours Health Center here in town. Not only is she working to improve her own health but she is also a tremendous role model for others – especially our youth. Riding a bicycle provides exercise, saves money on fuel, prevents excess emission of pollutants in the atmosphere…it is “green,” and can be a stress reliever and a source of enjoyment. I hope others follow her example. Riding a bicycle is an inexpensive means of transportation as well. The initial investment, that of purchasing the bicycle, is all it takes to begin enjoying the beauty that surrounds us in our amazing county, and improve the health and well-being of those who participate. Sincerely,
We need to be more aware of the "horrors" of our own nation Dear Editor: Comments on “Exploitative Child Labor used for Cocoa Production?” Paula Walter told of the horrors of child labor and slavery in Africa; like most stories of abused and neglected, she overlooked the children in the United States, it is not in the production of coco beans, but in the sex industry, and there are not 200,000 children involved, but closer to 270,000-plus but these children are from our home country the U.S.A. A study was done and published by Richard J. Estes and Neil Alan Weiner from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work Center for the Study of Youth Policy, which can now be found at http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Complete_CSEC_020220.pdf. Why is it that church groups focus on abortions and ignore the children living in the horrors of the U.S. sex industry? Why is it we have to look down on the horrors of other nations while ignoring those of our nation? It seems based on their prior actions, the government and religious groups seem to want the sex industry to continue to exploit those children, is it to keep the pedophiles content and those who enjoy molesting minor children without repercussions entertained? The next time you see an article about abortion or exploitation of foreign children ask the writer(s); how many American children have they helped to recover from being exploited by the U.S. sex industry! Let’s save the children who are living and maybe those being aborted will not have to be the replacements in the sex industry of the U.S. Lea LaFluer
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