Letters to the editor | Friday, Feb. 21, 2020: Here’s how you can help Stanislaus cancer patients
Consider driving cancer patients
The American Cancer Society needs more volunteer drivers to support the Road To Recovery program, which provides cancer patients with rides to treatment. This year, an estimated 2,000 residents of Stanislaus County will be diagnosed with cancer, and for some, getting to treatments can be their biggest roadblock. A successful transportation assistance program can be a tremendous, potentially life-saving asset to the community. Even the best treatment can’t work if a cancer patient can’t get there.
The need for more drivers is urgent. In many communities, transportation needs can go unmet. The organization screens and trains all volunteer drivers, and coordinates rides for patients. Volunteer drivers donate their time and can provide as many rides as they want.
ACS stands shoulder-to-shoulder with cancer patients and those supporting them, focused on improving patient access to quality care, including transportation. To learn more, visit cancer.org or call our local ACS office at 209.524.7241.
Michael Riddle, Modesto
Ex-Ceres mayors back Condit
As former mayors of Ceres, we care deeply about the future of our city. We understand how important it is that we elect people who will always work to improve our quality of life and who will stand up and ask the tough questions. We also know how important it is to have a strong voice on the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors. Ceres needs to have a county supervisor that we can rely on to fight for us and ensure District 5 is treated fairly.
This is why we strongly endorse Councilmember Channce Condit for Stanislaus County Supervisor. We believe Channce has the determination to make a positive difference and we know he is a fighter for the people of Ceres. District 5 has a great opportunity to elect a leader for the future. Please join us and vote Channce Condit for District 5 County Supervisor.
Eric Ingwerson, Louie Arrollo, Barbara Hinton, and Jim Delhart, former mayors, Ceres
Climate change science is baloney
Re “Newsom backs talks over Stanislaus and Tuolumne rivers” (Page 8A, Feb. 6): I was very disappointed in the op-ed piece written by Gavin Newsom about water policy.
He said, “Guided by science, this new framework will provide the foundation for binding voluntary agreements between government agencies and water users with partnership and oversight from environmental groups.”
Science would be the baloney that says climate change is caused by humans. I submit that the climate has always been changing. Chicago would be under a sheet of ice if the planet had not warmed after the last Ice Age. In the 800s, the Vikings went to a new land and called it Greenland. Why? Because everything was green. Shortly after we went into a mini-ice age that lasted about a thousand years.
The next part of that statement basically says that the Sierra Club would be in charge of public policy when it comes to water. The end result will be permanent water shortages as our reservoirs are drained for environmental purposes.
What we are seeing is the result of state government run by the Democratic party. I hope water agencies and farmer groups fight this. Our future depends on it.
Bob Morgan, Copperopolis
Killing the U.S. environment
Is Trump hell-bent on becoming a mass murderer as he strives to dismember the Clean Air Act and other environmental safeguards? His destructiveness could reach genocidal proportions.
Chief Joseph is credited with observing, “What we do to the earth, we do to ourselves.” A logical extension of that aphorism says, what we do to the air and the water, we do to ourselves.
Premature death and physical and mental suffering will be the product of Trump’s ignorance and greed. Those who support his destruction of regulations and restrictions in the name of business profits are no less guilty. The Central Valley is a well-documented victim of destructive pollution that takes a heavy toll on the young, while their good health should be our prime objective. We cannot accomplish that while politicians and businesses seek relaxed regulations. What quality of life do we want for our children?
Timothy Buchanan, Modesto
This story was originally published February 21, 2020 at 10:32 AM with the headline "Letters to the editor | Friday, Feb. 21, 2020: Here’s how you can help Stanislaus cancer patients."