Meals on Wheels needs your help in Rowan County
Calling all volunteers! Volunteer opportunities are available. Meals on Wheels of Rowan desperately need your help in the South Rowan area. Three routes ó specifically, Enochville, Lakewood and Atwell ó are facing a critical situation.
For various reasons, volunteers from these routes have had to stop delivering, and replacements have not been found. Normally the office staff will deliver the meals until a new volunteer is located, but there are more routes and days available then staff to deliver. The meals are picked up at Jimmies Restaurant in China Grove each weekday at 10:45 a.m., and it takes only an hour to deliver. One person can deliver the meals but some volunteers prefer to go in pairs. Route cards are printed daily with specific directions to help the volunteer locate the client.
Our volunteers are churches, businesses and individuals that deliver one day a month, twice a month or once a week ó whatever the volunteers feel they can do as we try to accommodate their schedules. You may be thinking: I work, therefore I cannot help, but you might be able to refer someone to us. There could even be a possibility your company would allow its employees to volunteer. I would be happy to speak to any group or individual that might be interested.
Please call the MOW office at 704-633-0352 if you have questions or to volunteer. Thank you for helping us to complete our mission ěTo provide a meal and friendly visit to the homebound of Rowan County.î
ó Rita Sims
Salisbury
Sims is executive director of Meals on Wheels of Rowan.
The search for bin Laden
So Rep. Howard Coble, R-6th District, ě…(Doesnít) mean to be blaming President Clinton, but I am told he was within our grasp, but thatís for another day.î How about today, Representative Coble?
We were close to bin Laden in 2001, in the hills of Tora Bora. The U.S. military had to turn down an offer from President Musharraf of Pakistan to direct 60,000 troops to cut off escape routes of al-Queda and Taliban officials from Afghanistan into Pakistan because they had not been directed to prepare for that contingency. The reason? Top administration (that would be President Bush) officials had given priority to planning for war with Iraq over military action in Pakistan. Were we close to catching him? Weííll never know for sure. But we do know the resulting losses, human and economic, the last decade has brought to bear ó while we were chasing the wrong criminal in the wrong country.
If we as Americans do indeed believe it is right to cheer the death of Osama bin Laden, letís do it together, not in a partisan way. George Bush wasted eight years in an effort to capture or kill bin Laden. Now that the Obama adminstration has succeeded (in a little over two), would (just this once) Representative Coble give credit where credit is due? Our fight against terrorism is far from over. It will only be accomplished together!
ó Al Dunn
Salisbury
A real doggie treat
Friends from Salisbury, who know my husband and I are dog-lovers, shared an article (ěBone Appetit!î) from the food section of the April 27 Post.
We got such a laugh out of the photos of sweet-faced ěCallieî on page 8A ó in front of her bowl (marked with a big ěCî of course) on a bone-shaped placemat; Callie anticipating (and looking almost cross-eyed at) a ěLikeable Lickî dog treat being offered to her. Really excellent photos by Jon Lakey, and great story and recipe ideas by Emily Wilder.
The article is a keeper, and we want to place the photos on our desk right where we can easily see them. If ever weíre having a really hard day, weíll be able to look at them and laugh out loud Ö again!
By the way, we think Callie is one fortunate little dog!
ó Nancy Dietz
Statesville