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  December 28, 2012

  Changes needed in support for mentally ill

  I think a reasonable analogy for police interventions in mental illness cases would be safety barriers and cars. When we need them to stop something, the situation is bad, and someone is probably going to get hurt. The time for the actions that gave a better chance for a good outcome have passed. The institutions mentioned in the article as not being more critical of police actions are no doubt aware of this, as they are aware that prevention and treatment would require changes in how support for the mentally ill is provided and funded. I'm not sure the will and resources to do this are available.

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  December 28, 2012

  Evil and violence visited two schools on Dec. 14

  Headlines in the Dec. 16 newspaper on page A1: "Christmas decorations taken down"; page A2, "Chinese school attack: 22 kids, 1 adult injured."

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  December 28, 2012

  We need fewer radar guns, more patrolmen

  As sad and demonic as are the shootings in Newtown, Conn. and other schools, malls, businesses etc. around our nation, it is not the fault of the weapons used, but the demoralization of our society and the failures of the governmental, judicial, law enforcement and education systems.

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  December 28, 2012

  Evil, violence visited two schools on Dec. 14

  Headlines in the Dec. 16 newspaper on page A1: "Christmas decorations taken down;" page A2, "Chinese school attack: 22 kids, 1 adult injured."

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  December 28, 2012

  EBT cards should be used to help the truly needy

  I was recently in a local convenience store paying for gas when the clerk pointed out to me that the guy in front of me just used his electronic benefit transfer card cash to buy a 12-pack of beer, two packs of smokes and lottery tickets. It was hard for me to believe they could use their taxpayer-funded EBT card to buy that stuff; I thought it is just to help truly needy families buy food. So I checked with another local store owner who tells me EBT cash is a major income stream for him; selling beer, wine, smokes, lottery tickets etc.

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  December 27, 2012

  Sincere thank-you for returning lost card

  I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to the person who returned my debit card that I lost in the Waterville Walmart parking lot a few weeks ago.

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  December 27, 2012

  Banning guns easy; helping others not so much

  I am going to suggest something horrible, so please bear with me.

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  December 27, 2012

  Love is difference between giving hugs or death

  It was totally unexpected. One minute I was standing with friends outside the Miami Dolphins football stadium, and the next I was waiting my turn for a hug from a woman I didn't know.

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  December 27, 2012

  2 suggestions to add to list of questions for NRA

  Thanks to Bill Nemitz for his column in the Dec. 16 newspaper, "20 difficult questions for the NRA," which I think belonged on the editorial page.

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  December 27, 2012

  Many people die before receiving Social Security

  I am sick and tired of hearing politicians talk about Social Security as an entitlement and how one party wants to cut it. Many people die before they ever receive Social Security, after having paid in for years.

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