Letters
to
Editor
Letter
to the
Editor:
Volunteers
are the
saving
grace of
any
non-profit
organization.
They
play an
integral
part in
helping
good
causes
raise
money or
offer
their
time in
working
for
them.
Such was
the case
with the
Greater
Hawkins
Veterans
Memorial.
On
Saturday,
May
26th, we
held our
Annual
“Bucket
Brigade”,
and
collected
much
needed
monies
in both
Hawkins
and
Holly
Lake
Ranch.
We are
happy to
report
that we
collected
over
$2,500.00
in a
four
hour
period.
Thanks
go to
all of
you for
your
donations.
These
volunteers
ranged
from
veterans,
non-veterans,
senior
citizens,
young
people,
males,
females,
and some
who
served
our
country
from War
War II,
Korea,
Viet
Nam, and
Iraq.
The
make-up
was
unbelievable!
In
Hawkins,
our
volunteers
were:
DR.
HERMAN
PEACE,
MARY
JANE
YOUNG,
BOB &
GYPSY
SCHNIEDER,
JEANETTE
& SVEN
STERNER,
JAN
SHIPPEY,
MARV
MYERS,
JOE
BARON,
JOE
CIRASOLA,
DR. JOAN
FIELDS,
AND
HOBBS
WILLIAMS.
At Holly
Lake,
our
volunteers
were:
DAN
WEBB,
LEE
BAILEY,
JOE
CIRASOLA,
MIKE
FLEMING,
JOE
BULGAR,
ANDY
ANDERSON,
SNUFFY &
CINDY
NORRIS,
JOHN
OTT, TOM
EHRENFRIED,
BOB
KUNSTMAN,
JERRY
WEEKS,
JAMES
GODWIN,
RON
JOHNSON,
AND
yours
truly.
The
GHVMA
wish to
extend
our
deepest
thanks
to all
of these
volunteers.
YOU MADE
IT
HAPPEN!
Roy
Bielich
From
Open “B”
Board
meeting:
First, I
would
like to
thank
Bonnie
Hardaway
for
setting
the
great
example
on how
to
present
an item
on the
Agenda
at a
“Pre B
Board
Meeting”.
She had
done her
research,
she gave
us
background
and
facts,
in a
concise,
calm,
confident
manner -
gave the
solutions
to her
topic
(which I
have no
doubt
will be
implemented
in the
future).
People
were
quiet
and
actually
listened
to her.
She
finished,
with an
“any
questions”
and a
“thank
you”. I
thank
you
Bonnie.
The key
word in
the
above
paragraph
is
“LISTENED”.
Seems
there
are some
peoples
on the
Ranch,
that
just
don’t
want to
listen -
no
matter
what the
topic,
or the
solutions.
I guess
you
could
call it
- closed
minds.
Not only
that,
they
don’t
want
others
of us,
who wish
to
listen,
to
listen
either.
I do
believe
I heard
the
remark,
“that’s
none of
your
business”
said,
when a
question
was
asked as
to the
origin
of some
offered
information.
A person
might
not
realize
that
that
phrase,
“none of
your
business”
pretty
much
negates
any good
that
could
come
from the
topic in
discussion
after
that
remark.
David
Wilson
was very
gracious,
but
admitted
to us
all he
had no
experience
in
operating
a
restaurant,
and did
the best
he
could.
That’s
all you
can ask
of
anyone,
but if
the best
you are
doing is
still
loosing
us much
money,
then one
has to
stop
doing
the best
they
can, and
someone
else has
to do
better.
No one
disliked
David,
everyone
loved
him. He
is a
great
guy. No
need for
so much
animosity.
Simple
business
decision.
“LISTEN”.
May I
say
“thank
you” to
our
seated
“B
Board”.
They are
an
eclectic
group
with
much
and
varied
experience
and
together
they
have
the
“smarts”,
intelligence,
if you
will, to
do us
some
very
good
work.
They are
working
on
behalf
of HLR
members,
and are
not
afraid
to say
“No”,
when
things
are not
in our
best
interest,
to
anyone.
This is
refreshing
and new
to me.
We
should
“listen”,
to what
they
have to
say -
yeah,
just
give it
a listen
- you
might
learn
something
and,
like
it. I,
also,
appreciate
the
professionalism,
graciousness,
tolerance
and
courteousness
they
practice
when
they are
treated
so
rudely
by a few
of our
closed
minded
members.
Those
who just
will not
“listen”
even for
the good
of all
of the
members.
Again, I
thank
all the
“B”
Board
Members
for
their
caring
and
sharing.
Thank
you,
Shirley
Malone
