By: centraljersey.com
The following letter was addressed to members of the Allentown and Upper Freehold communities:
The 2010 Allentown Pop Warner Jr. Pee Wee cheer team would like to thank all of you for your support and donations during our recent competition season. We were very fortunate to have qualified to compete in the national competition in Disney World, Florida, and could not have made the trip without the support of both communities.
The donations, participation in our fundraising events, along with the outpouring of support and words of encouragement meant so much to our team. It was an awesome feeling for our team to know that we had Allentown and Upper Freehold cheering for us while we were in Florida.
We were incredibly proud to show off our Redbird pride for the crowd and bring home the trophy and wonderful news of finishing second in the nation! With all the support and encouragement, we felt like winners before we even made the trip to Florida. We had a very special season. Thank you for helping to make our dreams come true.
For more information about the Allentown Redbirds Pop Warner Cheer and Football program, go to www.allentownredbirds.org.
Dona Daesener, cheer coach Beth Semanchick, cheer coach and the 2010 Allentown Redbirds Pop Warner Jr. Pee Wee Cheer Team
Money spent on wars should be spent at home
To the editor:
There is probably no other country in the world that is more important than the United States, because there were many times over the years we gave aid to others.
The Russians even said the world needs the United States.
Right now the United States and the rest of the world are in an economic turmoil. With national debt that is sky high our country has to find ways, among other things, to reduce spending.
I question the wisdom of our last two presidents for starting and maintaining the two wars we are fighting overseas. Not only were the wars unpopular but the U.S. is supplying most of the men and equipment that is taxing our resources and at a time when we can’t afford it.
We started the war in Iraq because we thought they had weapons of mass destruction when it was not true. Another reason was the presence of terrorists when actually there weren’t much of a problem until we invaded the country and stirred them up.
Also, the U.S. failed to learn from history when in 1980 the Russians invaded Afghanistan and were unsuccessful after 12 years of fighting.
The money we are spending on the wars can be put to better use at home taking care of our financial problems which are in dire need of attention.
The people of the Mideast have lived and fought their way for thousands of years and I don’t think we should interfere.
John Pinelli Jr. Princeton
