RE: Relay coverage
Dear Editor:
Just a quick “thank you” to Diane Emeott for the front page coverage and photos of the Relay For Life at Quiet Waters Park in your May 10 edition, as well as your pre-event coverage in your May 3 edition. It was excellent! We appreciate your continuing support of Relay For Life!
Pat Erb
Relay For Life of Deerfield Beach,
Lighthouse Point and Hillsboro Beach
Deerfield Senior softball player turns 90 on Friday!
Dear Editor:
My Dad, Tony Soto, will be celebrating his 90th birthday this Friday, May 18, doing what he loves the most – catching for his team at Pioneer Park from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.Four generations of our family will be there to cheer him on from as far away as Las Vegas!
My name is Bobbie Lent, a former Deerfield resident for 19years. I raised my family on SE 7 Avenue. Dad has been playing with the Deerfield team for 10 years when he spends the winters with me, but he “started” his softball career at age75 up in Clifton Park, NY.
He hadn’t played ball since high school! He had devoted all his time and talents to raising his girls, my sister and I, and being a loving husband to my mom.
He is and was the best dad any daughter could ask for –fun and friendly, with a style all his own. We are so blessed.He has taught all three grandchildren and two great-grands how to sing “Take me out to the Ballgame” by the time they were 2! I could go on and on…
Does he look like an athlete? Well, no. Can he run the bases anymore? No, he has a pinch runner. Can he bat and hit?Absolutely.Come out and see for yourself! HE IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE 90 YEAR OLD.
Bobbie Lent
Boca Raton
Reconciliation is essential to protecting American security
Dear Editor:
My Republican colleagues and I in the U. S. House of Representatives have voted on and approved a clear and concise plan that will carry the American economy into the next decade, by trimming $180 billion off the United States deficit. These savings are imperative in creating jobs for the American people, by eliminating the massive burden our country’s debt and deficit have placed on American families.
This Reconciliation plan is essential to offset the automatic cuts to our nation’s military set to go into effect in January2013.
If the House-approved Reconciliation plan is not passed and put into law, the Dept. of Defense will see severe, 10percent cuts and shrink to its smallest size since before the Second World War. Under the current sequestration law, the cuts to the nation’s defense capabilities would result in:
• The smallest ground force since 1940
• The smallest fleet of ships since 1915
• The smallest tactical fighter force in the history of the Air Force
At a time when our country is still at war with Afghanistan and facing increased threats from Iran, North Korea, unrest in the Middle East, and a rising China, reducing our military is dangerous, irresponsible and puts the national security of America at risk. With recent reports of a thrwarted terrorist plan against America, it is absurd to think that reducing our defense is safe for American families.
In contrast, Democrats have failed to offer any credible solutions to put our country back on track. Instead, the President insists on taking more money from hardworking families and small businesses, while building up the class of economically-dependent Americans. Senate Democrats have failed to pass a budget in more than 1,000 days, a crucial blueprint for going forward, which proves they do not have a plan, or are simply not interested in the future of the American economy.
As one of the only members of Congress who has actually served on a battlefield, I am increasingly disheartened by the
lack of understanding from leaders as to how the United States military functions and/or what is needed for its continued success.
The American military cannot continue to be the billpayer for America’s economic hardships and failed policies.
Congressman Allen West
U.S. House of Representatives,District 22
