Letters to the editor: Store closing lamented
I am so sorry that Pelzl’s is closing its doors. I know I’ll miss going in there. I don’t care what I needed/wanted/had to have, it was there! One thing very special is the quality of the service they gave. If you asked for something, someone took the time to go show you where it was.
If there was an item they did not have, Don and Beth were ready and willing to order it for you.
I found unique and wonderful things in that store that I never found anywhere else — and at such good prices. It was a lovely place to do gift shopping because there was a selection of quality items for any occasion.
That store will be missed.
Billie Aye
Rural Tonganoxie
Letters to the editor: Make use of mammograms
A woman today has a lower risk of dying from breast cancer than at any time in decades. This remarkable progress has been made possible by increased use of mammography, which can detect tumors early, when they are smaller, easier to treat, and most important, survivable.
But while mammography rates increased from just 39 percent in 1987 to 70 percent in 2000, new data show a troubling trend: mammography rates declined by 4 percentage points between 2000 and 2004. This should concern us all, as these declining rates threaten to reverse the progress we’ve made.
As we approach National Mammography Day on Oct. 19, I urge all women 40 and older to get a mammogram this year and every year. Mammography is the most effective screening test for the early detection of breast cancer. Women can sign up to receive a free email mammogram reminder from the American Cancer Society online at cancer.org/mammogramreminder to help remind them to schedule their test.
Mammograms can help save lives, but for many women, they are financially out of reach. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program provides mammograms to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women, but lack of funds limit the program to serving only one in five eligible women aged 50 to 64. The Society’s sister advocacy organization, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM, is urging Congress to increase funding so that more eligible women can be served. For more information about this program or to get involved, call 1 (800) ACS-2345 or visit acscan.org/makingstrides.
We want to continue making strides against breast cancer, but we can only realize our goals if we remain vigilant in the fight.
Carla Kath
Regional Communications Director
American Cancer Society-High Plains Division, Merriam
Letters to the editor: Positive reinforcement
The members of Stranger Township Volunteer Fire Department want to thank all of the residents that were able to attend the annual open house on Saturday, Oct. 6.
We really appreciate all of the positive reinforcement and praise you gave us!
We also wanted to apologize for any inconvenience to those that might have come on Sunday, Oct. 7, due to an error in the newspaper.
We would like to invite you to the next Stranger Township board meeting at 6 p.m. Dec. 27 at the Mayginnis School at the intersection of 189th Street and Hollingsworth Road. Subjects discussed consist of the Mayginnis School House, Moore’s Summit Cemetery, and the fire department.
Brad Marcellus
Tonganoxie