&letterheadPostcards for project

TO THE EDITOR: I am a fifth-grade student at Coronado Beach Elementary School in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. I have adopted your state as a class project.

Please send me one postcard from your state. Please do not send me anything but a postcard. We are unable to accept letters or packages due to safety precautions. I am writing in hopes of getting a postcard from as many different people as possible. It would be great if some will take the time to write a short note on the postcard telling me something interesting or special about your state.

I hope your readers can help me with my project. My classmates are also doing this project. Each of us has chosen a different state. I would like to become an expert on your state.

Please accept my thanks in advance for your help.

Brad Kuehler

Coronado Beach Elementary School, 3550 Michigan Ave., New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 32160

&letterheadWary of new law

TO THE EDITOR: In recent months a small group of Peru "planners" are trying to inflict their individual likes and dislikes of OWB (outdoor wood boilers) upon owners/users of these efficient heating systems.

Most, if not all, "planners/complainants" do not even live in the country, nor do they have a country lifestyle; yet, they seem to be able to dictate how a resident/taxpayer keeps himself warm during a North Country winter and deals with power outages that occur in our area; and files a complaint to the town council concerning OWB heat source.

These "planners" currently are trying to persuade the Peru Town Council to restrict and/or eliminate this heat source. Some restrictions are always a good compromise, but "one size does not fit all." These "planners" are concerned with the OWB fine particulate emissions. The television channel 36 weather channel states good under fine particulate emissions, so our OWBs don't seem to be contaminating as dreadfully as "the planners" state they are.

There is OWB fine particulate emissions from the surrounding communities. A placing of a bubble over Peru Town should help in this. Then, there would only be fine particulate emissions from backyard barbecues, campsite fires, wood stoves, wood furnaces and the no-ban garbage burning allowed throughout Peru, at this time.

These "planners/complainants" are currently trying to have the Town Council create a local law from their resolution; and new heating systems will need permits and what is next?

The Town of Peru is now deciding how and when and why a Peru resident/taxpayer "plans" for their very private and personal home and property. Is this a first step in a zoning code scheme? What is it here that doesn't quite meet the eye? Who will benefit? How?

Lynda B. LaMountain