After reading two letters in less than a week complaining about wheelchairs riding in the street, I could not contain myself anymore.
I do not live in Sunbury but I do live in a wheelchair 24/7.
My first comment about the letters is the ramps that are being installed on the corners are only a few years late. Those access ramps should have been installed back in the ‘90s, by law.
A copy of the ADA (American Disabilities Act) laws can be obtained free by going to www.ada.gov/, or calling 800-514-0301 (voice), 800-514-0383 (TTY).
I cannot speak for every person riding a wheelchair in the street. I can speak for myself, and I am not just speaking about Sunbury.
It is the case in almost every city around here. If you have to park in the middle of a block because usually someone without a handicap placket is parked on the corner, you must get your chair out of your car and ride to the corner in the street to get to a ramp.
I haven’t been to a city yet, and I consider myself pretty well traveled, where there are ramps in the middle of a block. And let’s just talk a few minutes about the blocks that do not have cement sidewalks.
If you are in a manual wheelchair, it is very hard to get over rocks, stones, sand or dirt. And let’s not even mention the snow piles at all the curbs in the winter. Instead of complaining about wheelchairs being in the streets, spend a day in a wheelchair and find out what it is like.
Carole Clark,
Coal Township
Letters
Squeals on wheels
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Unconcerned lawmaker
Republican Representative Kurt Masser's leadership and support of Governor Tom Corbett's agenda have proven to be nothing short of a disaster for everyone from senior citizens to the children statewide and locally.
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Comic relief
Yet again, the Northumberland County commissioners have supplied -- unintentionally I can only hope -- comic relief in these troubled times for our county.
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Belonging here
This morning, as I was leaving the Sunbury Islamic Center with a group of moms and kids from our Sunday school, someone drove by and screamed out their car window to us: "Go back to where you belong."
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Transportation taxes
On May 22, the state House voted on HB 1100. The Democrat-sponsored bill exempted the sale of airplanes, airplane parts and airplane repairs from the 6 percent state sales tax.
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Stepping up for river
I represent a group of 22 retired state Department of Environmental Protection professionals who have more than 600 years of combined service in managing all aspects of the commonwealth's water quality and pollution control programs.
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Catalyst for study
The Susquehanna River, in many ways, unifies our region. Yet this vital ecological and economic engine, and the source of drinking water for millions, has been increasingly showing signs of distress.
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Access to closed school
As a member of the New Berlin Borough Council, I am interested in maintaining access to the New Berlin Elementary School property for the citizens of the New Berlin community.
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Critical period
More than two years ago, Sunbury native Ashley Spotts received a life-saving lung transplant due to cystic fibrosis (CF) and diabetes. Pennsylvania Cystic Fibrosis, Inc. (PACFI) established the Ashley's Angels Transplant Fund to help the family with medical expenses, and area individuals and families responded by donating to the fund and/or having fundraisers.
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Tough to stop a train
To add a bit of perspective to the recent accident in Milton, as well as subsequent reporting and editorial comments, let's keep in mind that a train cannot overcome the immutable laws of physics.
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