I commend the Elkhart County Commissioners and the schools of Elkhart County who are supporting the Horizon Education Alliance. Some of the strongest and most innovative economic areas of our country have largely escaped the recession. These are the areas of the country that have the best educational opportunities. They pioneer more creative businesses and create more jobs. Elkhart County would have more stable job opportunities if we had a more diverse economic base. Education opportunities are an essential component in achieving the needed creative entrepreneurship as well as a well-prepared work force.
We have good schools. However, we still experience a significant dropout rate — a sad waste of lives and potential. Too often we pay more by providing prison space for those who drop out of school. The Alliance will reduce dropouts by getting children better prepared for school. The Alliance will help adults be productive citizens with the skills they need to fill increasingly complex work skills. The plan works hand-in-hand with schools to help with good parenting, as well as more varied, innovative, and coordinated educational opportunities for all ages.
The Horizon Education Alliance is a pioneering win-win concept that promises to greatly enhance the human capital of our area. Creative planning has gone into making this dream a possibility. While the majority of funding will come from businesses, individuals and foundations, the County Commissioners want to commit a small portion of funds from landfill revenues to this important community effort. Unfortunately, there are a few outspoken naysayers who apparently feel that improving educational opportunities would be a bad thing. For better learning opportunities and a more vibrant and creative business environment, please make it obvious to the County Council that the majority supports this effort.
Encourage your County Council to approve this on Friday.
— Marvin Bartel
Goshen
Letters to the Editor
County Council should approve Horizon alliance
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Remember the amnesty law of ’86?
The “Gang of Eight” U.S. Senate members have drafted an immigration bill that’s worse then the amnesty bill signed into law by Ronald Reagan in 1986. S. 744 gives those here illegally instant Registered Provisional Immigrant status, which means they are free from being deported if they register for amnesty.
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Don’t ignore signs of someone contemplating suicide
Everyone has issues that they have to deal with in their lives. It’s when we become overwhelmed and our issues become so drastic that they are unbearable that the results can be catastrophic. Suicide is a desperate attempt to escape suffering that has become unbearable.
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Why do immigrants come to the U.S. illegally?
With the current increased interest in fixing our broken immigration system both political parties are putting forth legislation.
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Safety along C.R. 35 is a concern
This letter is meant to bring awareness and hopefully corrections in regard to C.R. 35 in Elkhart County. Something needs to be done immediately to enforce the laws pertaining to the use of C.R. 35.
- Emphasis on gun control makes you wonder
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Goshen should stick with ‘Redskins’
I must respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Ron Chupp (The Goshen News, May 9). What’s in a name, Mr. Chupp? I too have a Native American heritage, and for some reason, I am not offended by the term Redskins, or brown skins or any other color of skins.
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More important issues than a nickname
I would like to, in the most respectful way possible, respond to Mr. Chupp’s letter (The Goshen News, May 9) regarding the ongoing debate over the term “Redskins” being used as the nickname and mascot for the Goshen school system.
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There is hope through God
May I share what happened to me after praying about the issue of whether to have guns carried by school authorities at Goshen High School. While calling out to God, my question was: Why have we as a nation come to trusting in government agencies, such as Homeland Security, rather than obeying the Constitution in what you have declared through our forefathers?
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Sheriff has this reader's support
This letter is in defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in response to Shari Mellin’s letter (The Goshen News, May 8) about Sheriff Brad Rogers not obeying the laws related to anti-gun legislation
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‘Redskins’ nickname is offensive
The question posed (in the May 5 edition) was, “What’s in a Name?” In the case of the GHS (Redskins) mascot, it is insult, degradation, racism, and an ongoing slap-in-the face reminder of the disgusting manner in which my Native American ancestors were treated by Europeans.
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