LETTERS: Dec. 15, 2007

December 14, 2007 06:12 pm

— Ode to stolen trash can
I washed it, kept it clean, and admired it and the wonderful job it did. And then one minute it was there and the next minute it was gone. I don’t even have any photographs to help me remember and yet in my mind’s eye I can picture it just like it was yesterday. It was something that I had to remember Regina by and the one thing I ever got from Caesars that didn’t cost me. It also brought me a big dose of reality about just how dangerous the world we live in has become.
I am writing this to try and keep the rest of you from having to go through this heart wrenching experience. At the very least you will give it a great big hug knowing you may never see it again. My big beautiful green garbage can complete with white numbers and a built in handle for garbage trucks is gone. A call to the city revealed that they are disappearing at the rate of more than 30 a week. It is obviously the work of professionals, probably out of Detroit or Chicago or at the least Indianapolis. As I pen this letter they are probably secreted together in some clandestine location planning their next caper. So, when you put your big beautiful green garbage can complete with white numbers and a built in handle for garbage trucks remember you could be next. Regardless of your neighborhood, social status, or political affiliation, you could be next. Cherish the time you have with it and remember it can’t be replaced. Oh you can get a reasonable facsimile for $80 but it just isn’t the same. It is not your big beautiful green garbage can complete with white numbers and a built in handle for garbage trucks.
I have got to go now because I no longer take such things for granted. I am headed out to take pictures of my bright green recycle bin complete with numbers and instructions.
— Mike Culwell, New Albany
Nominees sought for MLK award
The time has come again to nominate two individuals — youth and adult, from our community for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom and Justice Award. This award is given yearly to a citizen who has made significant contributions in the areas of race relations, justice and/or human rights. These individuals must be a resident of Clark County for at least one year, be between the ages of 12 and 20 for the youth award and at least 21 for the adult award.
Past winners of this award have been: The late Michael Anderson, former Pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church, Joe Easley, former Pastor of Wall Street United Methodist Church, Jim Brown, Pastor Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church of Jeffersonville, Fire Chief Craig Miles, the Theater Department of Jeffersonville High School in recognition of their original play, “School Colors,” and many community activists. The 2007 winner was Susan Luna, school counselor at Parkview Middle School.
This award will be presented at the 24th Memorial Service of the King Holiday Weekend at St. Augustine Church, 315 E. Chestnut St., Jeffersonville. The starting time will be 1 p.m. on Jan. 21. The service will be preceded by a Memorial March assembling at noon in the New City Hall Building, then marching to the church.
For more information, see the advertisement in The Evening News or contact myself, Mrs. Janice W. Leavell at 812-283-1737. Thank you for your continued support and interest in the King Holiday!
— Janice W. Leavell, Chair, MLK Jr. Holiday Committee, Clark County