Letters to the Editor

May 02, 2008 04:13 pm

— Landfill could be
good for community
To the Editor:
This is in response to the letter to the editor about the landfill that was printed on April 26.
I agree in the summer it is painful on a beautiful summer evening to get hit with the odor of methane gas in and around Danville.
With the Earth Day celebrations just over, it appears we are behind. And maybe we are ready to capture that gas and use it? Heat the Hendricks County Jail, the Hendricks County Government Center, the hospital, or bargain for companies to have free heat for their buildings instead of tax abatements.
Or it could be sold to consumers in the area and give them a break. Why not?
Earth Day is every day! First, recycle and extend the life of the landfill. Here is a huge opportunity if someone knows how to do this and make it good for the property owners on the south of Rockville Road, the homeowners north of the landfill, Avon property owners too. We could have an incinerator and recycle and capture the methane gas to operate it.
Hendricks County residents and businesses need to come alive and set an example for their children and grandchildren. We would be creating jobs and generating tax revenue.
Who owns the landfill? Who agrees? We can take Carmel’s trash and make money on it, what could be better than that? I think we need an attorney to look into this.
Paula D. Neville
Avon

Puppy mill operators
need to be stopped
To the Editor:
I recent saw a story about puppy mills on “Good Morning America.”
They should be abolished. It’s a horrible existance for the mother dogs. They never get washed or walked and are always outside in pens. They have heat lamps, but that doesn’t help in winter.
We even have one outside of Indianapolis in Breman. I was horrified.
I love dogs and other animals. I belong to the United States Humane Society in Washington, D.C.
Please put this in the Hendricks County Flyer so other people will know what’s going on with dogs in these horrible puppy mills.
The television show featured a rescuer who rescued 19 dogs. It takes up to two months to get them used to being free. He knows they’re getting acclimated when they start wagging their tails. Then they’re put up for adoption and hopefully find a better life.
Sincerely,
Mary Lewis
Indianapolis