YOUR LETTERS: August 14 2008
A ROUND-UP of letters from the August 14 edition of the Advertiser.
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It's the sound of the countryside
THE reports of chickens being reared by a local family in their garden has made much news in local and national press and media over the last few weeks, and so it should!
Chickens can make a noise - but it is a sound of the countryside! It's far healthier for you than the noise and pollution from juggernaut lorries or the mess left by flytippers etc.
Rugby Borough Council officials should 'work with' the vandals and poorly parented families, who don't have the welfare of their world at heart.
These children with their chickens and home-grown produce, are being brought up in a caring family environment by responsible parents. They will, in turn, grow up to be the thoughtful, passionate, inspired and educated people, which this country needs.
S. Keightley,
Longrood Road,
Rugby.
Hope we're not a pain
HERE'S one charity we sincerely hope is not regarded as a pain (your editorial July 31). The Friends of the Hospital of St Cross is a local charity helping a worthy local cause.
Yes we welcome support and donations and yes we try hard to raise money.
What we do not do is employ any staff - every member of the Friends of St Cross is a volunteer. What we do not do is send out teams to "pound the beat", as you put it.
We do have registered collections, we do have a registered annual raffle, we do look for bequests and we do raise money by any reasonable means we can. We also operate a range of voluntary services at the hospital.
What we do not do is spend much on administration - but just one per cent of our income.
What we do do is spend the other 99 per cent on our local health services - schemes such as the new Joan Cox Diabetic Unit recently opened at St Cross, or on medical equipment that ensures our local hospital has the very latest state-of-the-art equipment.
If your readers want to help us or find out more, they can contact our office at the hospital or visit www.friendsofstcross.org.uk
Tony Cousins, honorary secretary, Friends of the Hospital of St Cross, Brookfield House,
Barby Road,
Rugby.
Editor's footnote: I appreciate all that you say and would urge everyone to support your work.
My target, I think you will understand, is charity commission-only people, paid per donation sign-up.
They are not committed to any charity, but are there to make money.
As such, they can be irritating.
It's not only me, then!
Thank goodness for your editorial comment re charity canvassers. I thought it was only me who was an "old grumpy".
I have been in Rugby since 1964 and during the last 15 years have been based in the town centre.
Like you, Mr. Aengenheister, I am constantly harrassed by these people every time I cross the town centre for lunch.
I'm not averse to giving to charity. In fact, like most people, I give in one way or another, and I do not resent the bucket shakers etc for local charities, as they seem less intimidating.
But I do object to the sometimes insulting response one gets when refusing to be accosted by the people you refer to.
Robert Thompson,
Gatehouse Close,
Hillmorton.
Remember the animals
I REPLY to last week's Editor's Viewpoint headed 'Charity people can be a pain'.
I wish that really deserving animal charities were represented in Rugby town centre, as many operate on a shoe-string, yet do such valuable work.
We need constant reminders of animal cruelty in the UK, and having stalls where leaflets are handed out and donations received is very important for the continuing survival of their valued work.
I personally know how important it is as I held animal information stands in Rugby town centre over many years, but then commercial interests became the priority for the limited spacing available.
Janet Cummings,
Tower Road,
Rugby.
Collecting is no fun
IN response to The Editor's Viewpont that 'Charity collectors can be a pain'.
As one who for the past 30 years has stood in Rugby for more hours than probably anyone else, entirely voluntarily, collecting in all weathers, I can assure you it is not exactly a picnic.
Firstly genuine collectors do it because they are passionate about helping a cause, after a time your skin thickens and you take the abuse, but others make up for it by their friendly and generous support.
I fully appreciate that some people have their chosen charity but many others do not, I am totally amazed that people put money in my tin and then ask "what is it for?"
I do hope that the general public will continue to suppost genuine worthy causes as this is often their only means of fundraising.
Our next collection day for Leukaemia Research is on Saturday, September 27.
Over the next five years we need to find 100million to fund the research which is already planned. It will be used to improve treatments, find cures and learn how to prevent leukaemia, hodgkin's, lymphomas, myeloma and other blood cancers.
A total of 24,500 people are diagnosed every year and it can be anyone, anywhere, any time.
See you all in September.
Janet Haynes,
Rugby Branch Organiser,
Leukaemia Research.
Help the air ambulance
There he goes again. Gordon Brown promising money and protection all round the world.
We read in the paper every day that the cost of living is going up, house prices are tumbling, there's a recession coming down and gloom everywhere.
What we need is a Black Knight, a Batman of the skies.
We all know it is only fiction. Nevertheless, we do have our own commanders of the skies.
They actually do save lives, not like our fictional superheroes. They are given no money from Gordon Brown - they are not even funded by the Lottery.
It is only the pure generosity of the British general public that keeps them up in the air. Our help as one big team keeps these heroes flying to their next emergency callout.
If you haven't guessed by now, it's our Superman, Batman and Spiderman all rolled into one - Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.
We at the Crick Ex-Servicemen's Club are holding an event in aid of the air ambulance.
On August 16 we will be hosting a barbecue, live band and raffle in order to raise funds to keep our heroes flying high.
Donations, gifts, anything towards a raffle prize would be greatly appreciated, not only by us but by all who care for the lives of others. Please come along and show your support for this crucial charity that has already helped save so many lives in every community.
David Adnitt,
Bucknills Lane,
Crick.
PO attitude not good
IF the heart of the community is to be ripped apart by Royal Mail taking the community post offices away - especially in the rural areas - then at least main post offices, such as the one in Rugby, should provide up-to-date services information and prices for the services provided.
This was not the case at Rugby recently.
It is unfair to the customer who thinks there is one price for a service, only to discover they need to pay more for that service to be provided.
Staff at the Post Office are showing they don't care about customers and the community with their attitude. Money comes first and Rugby people come second once again, it seems to me. Royal Mail, get your post office in order and buck your ideas up.
The community needs you to rethink and then cave in your decisions.
Tesco is fine as it is. I don't see a need for change as it is big enough. Tesco is frightened of Asda coming to Rugby as it is huge competition for them.
Well Tesco, get into the town centre first to beat Asda taking that custom. There is an ideal empty store where Kwik Save was and which should be by now back in use.
It is a disgrace and a shame to leave such a good-sized store empty and go to waste like that. Sainsbury's came into the town centre.
I don't know how we are going to fill 16 new shop units when Asda comes when at present we cannot fill what we have already. There are so many empty shop units now.
Coventry is taking our services which should be provided for this town and in this town. It is a disgrace that our growing town will have no tax office in the future. I think we should come to realise that all our services get taken to Coventry these days, as it is becoming normal practice. Perhaps if we become a suburb of Coventry, we may get better services, as we don't live far from there.
Rugby is a growing town though, and should have services of its own to support its growth and therefore have services here. Services in so many aspects of our life we need in Rugby, not Coventry.
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Help offer for bills
It's predicted that the cost of gas and electricity is expected to rise by 40 per cent by the end of the year.
This comes on top of the hike in mortgage interest rates, the increase in petrol prices and the rising cost of food.
While it's depressing news for everyone, for people whose finances are already stretched to the limit, these rises could mean the start of real financial difficulties.
If you think you are going find it hard to make ends meet now is the time to take advice rather than wait for the bills to mount up.
If you are on a low income its important to make sure you're claiming all the welfare benefits and tax credits that you're entitled to, as well as making sure that your debts are managed properly and priority debts are met first.
We at the Legal Services Commission provide a free confidential telephone helpline called Community Legal Advice – 0845 345 4 345 - which provides quality assured legal advice in welfare benefits and tax credits, debt, housing, employment and education. It is funded by legal aid and aimed at people on low incomes.
It is open from 9am – 6.30 pm Monday to Friday and advice is also available in any language.
So if you're on a low income and you're worried about your finances, call Community Legal Advice today.
Glyn Evans,
Regional Director of the Legal Services Commission in the Midlands.
Exciting times ahead
CRUSE Bereavement Care is celebrating 50 years of support work in Britain.
In that time, thousands of people have been helped to come to terms with bereavement and to rebuild their lives following difficult times.
Exciting times are ahead as we develop our branches into areas that will have more autonomy, increasing the scope of our work and helping us to maintain our high professional standards.
Support will continue to be provided in Rugby by our dedicated team of bereavement support workers and our social group will continue to meet on a fortnightly basis, even though Rugby will become part of the new Coventry and Warwickshire area.
This is a unique opportunity for people to be part of these exciting changes. Interested?
Contact us on 521455.
No answer
I WAS astonished to read (July 24 2008) that the Environment Agency has singled out one person - Lilian Pallikaropoulos - to 'blame' for its shortcomings in regulating the operation of the CEMEX cement plant in Rugby.
This plant was only recently fined for its pollution so there can be no doubt that there is an issue of pollution here!
I may not live in Rugby myself but it is clear to me that making one person a scapegoat cannot be the answer to local concerns.
The fact that a petition with 4,000 signatures exists testifies to that.
Tom Hellberg,
Albany Court, Coventry.
It's illogical
ON TUESDAY at around 11.15am the fire alarms sounded at Sainsbury's.
As you might expect, potential customers were prevented from entering the store. However, the management, obviously having one eye on profits, allowed the people already in the store to continue shopping.
Where's the logic in that? Some staff were diverted from their normal duties in order to man the barricades at the main doors.!
Tony Collins,
Chaucer Road,
Rugby.
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