Dear Editor:

I am asking all senior citizens who are financially able and living inside the Meigs Local School District to vote “yes” for the Multi-Purpose Complex Levy on Nov. 3.

Some of us are living on a fixed income are struggling to make ends meet and routinely have more “month than money.” If you are in this group, my letter is not addressed to you.

Others of us have been blessed with sufficient means to live much more comfortably even in a struggling 2009 economy than in the 1930s economy we knew as children and young adults. It is to this larger group that my letter is intended.

If you’re like me, one of the biggest joys in your life has been family. I am fortunate that most of my family has been able to remain in Meigs County, but without modern facilities in education and healthcare, it will be unlikely that today’s parents will be so fortunate.

This levy will last for only five years, but the Multi-Purpose Complex it completes will last for decades and increase the odds that today’s children will have the chance to stay in our community.

Ruby Vaughan

Middleport

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Dear Editor:

This is in response to the letter in your Oct. 21 Letters to the Editor urging voters to vote “no” on the Multi-Purpose Complex Levy.

The writer is correct, painfully so, in stating that these are hard economic times. You don’t have to look very far to realize that fact. However, in these hard times, I am urging voters to consider how a small community like ours improves itself. It is not done through outside sources. It is accomplished by working together for the benefit of all.

I do not have family members that use the Senior Citizen's Center. Nevertheless, I do vote for the Senior Levy because it benefits our community. I do not have close relatives that need the services of the Tuberculosis Clinic at the Health Department, even so I vote for that levy because it provides a valuable service for our community.

I hope I never need the services of the fire department, but I vote for that levy because it protects the whole community.

We need to continue to band together for the benefit of the whole community, not just the services we think us as individuals might need or use. If we continue to do this, our future is bright indeed.

Cheryl King

Pomeroy

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Dear Editor:

A few months back I was traveling along a Meigs County road as many of us do, I came upon a cautiously moving school bus.

As I approached, the flashing lights came on to alert all of what was about to transpire. Right after “big yellow” pulled to a stop, the right side exit door opened and the school bus driver appeared.

Soon after, a not so tall kindergartener or first grader full of high expectations followed close behind. Escorted to the front of the bus, the driver peaked out on the opposite side. Seeing the coast was clear the typical hand motion was given. The little man showing a prideful walk had all of his gear strapped to his back and continued the well worn path to home just a hundred feet away.

As the driver returned to the bus and started to pull away I thought about how the cycle begins again. Each year kids move on and the next ones come on through. I know that I won’t experience this first hand anymore as I am getting older and that is the cycle of life. It will be sadly missed but never regretted, not one bit.

I feel my two children received a valuable education at our Meigs Local campus and their college achievements have proven some of that. Now that my kids have moved on, I don’t feel I should forget about supporting our local efforts.

One of those efforts is the Meigs Local Enrichment and the Multi Purpose Complex with the construction of a new band and track field. There is a public side to the complex which will also have its own vision, but it is all one larger vision.

I know many people have stated that they will support the levy and a few of my friends say they won’t.

Yes, we’re still friends.

Yes it will cost us some tax money.

I have heard the pros and cons and I feel the benefits to our community as a whole out weigh the negatives.

Don and Mary Poole

Middleport