Uniontown Hospital praised
Enclosed with this letter you will find a copy of a survey that was sent and filled out by me pertaining to a recent stay at the Uniontown Hospital. I was properly diagnosed and treated for Guillian Barre Syndrome and can only put this facility in your “Wow” column. The staff could not have treated me any better.
Darrell “Buster” Rishel
Uniontown
Do you know this U.S. hero?
Forty years ago today, I was not alive. I’m told, however, that on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m., America lost a hero. No, he wasn’t fighting overseas to protect the millions of dollars the current presidential administration has invested in foreign oil. Furthermore, he did not deliver the Gettysburg Address during what was the bloodiest war our nation has ever fought.
What he did, however, was attempt to unite a nation divided by petty differences. He attempted to do this peacefully, without pre-emptive invasion of another country or rioting in his own country.
I will not mention his name, because if Fayette County residents don’t know who I’m talking about by now, such ignorance proves just how divided our nation remains. I don’t know how many people know this, but “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably
to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Election day is April 22. If Fayette County residents just can’t make it to the polls on that day, they should not reap the benefits made available to them by government-funded programs.
Timothy A. Strother
Dawson
Citizen activism got results
On a cold, snowy night in February, I was invited to attend an informational meeting relevant to a West Virginia resident desiring to establish a mobile home park adjacent to agricultural property that my son and I own in Nicholson Township.
Upon arriving late at the church social hall, it became evident that a large group of people were in attendance, making it nearly impossible to locate a parking space.
Inside, an aroused group of citizens were clamoring to be heard. The spokesman or catalyst for this group, Bill Christopher, a resident of Nicholson Township, urged the group not to become complacent but to become more aggressive in preventing the mobile home park from becoming a reality.
To complement this ideal, money was collected to retain an attorney and petitions were circulated, whereas hundreds of signatures were obtained in support of opposition.
On Feb. 28, a public hearing was held at the Fayette County Public Service Building in Uniontown to address the petition from the West Virginia residents in pursuit of constructing the mobile home park in Nicholson Township.
Also in attendance was an overflow crowd of Nicholson Township residents, vociferously expressing their sentiments and rationale for denial.
On March 27, at the commissioners’ regular monthly meeting, the rezoning request for high-density residential status was denied.
On behalf of my children and grandchildren, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Fayette County commissioners, the office planning staff, the Nicholson Township supervisors, attorney Gary Altman and for the unyielding support from the residents of Nicholson Township.
John Rogish
Uniontown