Don’t play with brain trauma | Letters to the editor: Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022
Don’t play with brain trauma
Asking your hamstring if it’s hurt makes more sense than asking your brain if it’s hurt. Your hamstring can’t lie, but the brain of an athlete has been trained to lie. “Play through the pain” is a saying that comes to mind. Also, the brain is connected to the wallet. That million-dollar athlete, with all those cars, homes and bills, needs to stay in the game to get that next record, that next contract, that next endorsement.
But they ask an obviously dazed athlete if he or she is OK to stay in the game? Really? They are asking a person to use the injured organ to make a rational decision while it is injured.
Let’s make this simple: if you even think to ask the question of someone, the answer is probably yes, they’re concussed. If the hit looked bad enough to ask, the answer is almost certainly, yes, they’re concussed. And if they are walking around like a drunken frat boy on a Saturday night, the answer is a huge yes, they are concussed.
The people who sign the checks need to take ownership of their employees’ well-being.
Tim di Lorimier, Modesto
Streets are their homes
The homeless situation in our county of Stanislaus and surrounding areas is a farce. The play on the word “homeless” is being used as a tool and shield to protect and disguise the utter failure of our leaders.The homeless in fact make their homes in our neighborhood alleys, parks and doorways. But the term “street people” doesn’t conjure up pity and funds. And it certainly doesn’t present our city and county leaders with the shield they so badly need to hide their failures.
Is it really so hard to admit you’ve got it all wrong?
Sandra McGlenn, Modesto
Goriel for Modesto council
Representation is the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented. Naramsen Goriel takes representation to heart. We should be guaranteed helpful advice and effective representation. That’s why I endorse Naramsen Goriel for Modesto City Council District 5. If elected, Naramsen will do his absolute best to portray the good nature and strong work ethic Modesto has. We can accomplish progress for our community only when we have representation that is sincere and truthful.
Michael Hermis, Modesto
Support Prospect Theater
If you are among the Modesto area residents who haven’t yet attended a performance at the Prospect Theater Project, you have a wonderful opportunity to correct that cultural oversight. This local treasure offers top-quality drama in an intimate setting.
Jim Autry, Modesto
Hooray for library gala
The Stanislaus Library Foundation has the greatest supporters! This year, our annual Author’s Garden Gala was a resounding success, thanks to our generous sponsors and donors. Many of our sponsors support this gala year after year and we could not hold this fun event without their support.
This year, our donors were incredibly generous in donating to our Fund-A-Need campaign, held in honor of Carol Shour, a longtime board member, past president and gala committee chairperson. Each year, this campaign supports a different, specific need of the library. This year, donors contributed to buying new, up-to-date books on states, countries and cultures. Our students need accurate and current books as they learn about our country and the world. Our generous donors are helping to provide those important resources to students in our area.
Our libraries in Stanislaus County are vibrant, busy places that enhance the quality of life here.
Susan Thomas, Turlock