Letters to the Editor
The importance of informed choice
To the Editor:
I would like to raise awareness of the importance of informed choice. If a girl or woman truly deserves the right to choose to have an abortion, she also deserves the right to understand what this choice really means and to know the risks involved. Anyone who withholds information and suppresses the truth is not giving a girl or woman the opportunity to make an informed choice.
A simple bottle of aspirin includes a printed warning about the possible dangers of taking aspirin. It shouldn’t be unusual, then, to suggest that if someone is going to do something as significant as having an abortion, she should have a right to know every detail and all possible risks.
Our society is not “pro-choice” about suicide because we all recognize that suicide is harmful. Signs on bridges say, “Life is worth living.” This truth is not limited, though, to the lives of people already born. If a pregnant mother jumped over the bridge, she would have ended her life and her baby’s. Abortion, too, ends the life of a baby. Girls and women really need to understand this.
While we are concerned about the rights of the unborn, it is also of great concern to us that through false information girls’ and women’s true rights and freedom of choice are being denied.
Check out the website www.LoveTheUnbornBabies.name/tragedy.html to learn the “untold” truths about abortion. To receive the full article on “Informed Choice”, write to PO Box 7, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Rivqah Coover
Cambridge
Thanks Sen. Collins
To the Editor:
I would like to take a moment to thank U.S. Senator Susan Collins for taking the time to join us in The Sangerville Bicentennial Parade and Opening Ceremony. Her presence made the day even more special.
Senator Collins continues to work hard each and every day to do her best for the hardworking people of Maine.
Ron Smith, parade chairman
Sangerville Bicentennial Committee
An unforgettable celebration
To the Editor:
The Sangerville Bicentennial Committee would like to take this opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks in recognition of all of the support extended for our 200th birthday celebration. Without community-minded volunteers, organizations and businesses, we would not have been able to provide the Town of Sangerville with a memorable celebration. It was a great day and was enjoyed by area residents and visitors.
We were honored to host Governor Paul LePage and the Honorable U.S. Senator Susan Collins. We thank them for their participation on our special day.
The Sangerville Bicentennial Committee worked diligently to achieve an unforgettable celebration and manage expenses in a prudent manner. We are happy to report we achieved our goals. The day was remarkable and through fundraising and money management, we only spent $3,963.59 of the funds appropriated for our bicentennial celebration.
Thank you to all who attended or extended support. We hope you had a fabulous day.
Kathy Starbird and
Pam Smith, co-chairs
Sangerville Bicentennial Committee
Good to see Memorial Parade back again
To the Editor;:
I would like to thank my parade chairman, Steve Engstrom, and everyone who helped in this year’s Memorial Day Parade; and a big “thank you” to the people who marched with us.
It was great to see it come back. I look forward to next year.
Buster Gilbert
Commander, Post 29
Dover-Foxcroft