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GREENING THE COURSE I live out at Piper Glen and was very thrilled that Walters Golf Management is now on site to help recover this great course. It is nice to see sprinklers working again and actual people working on the greens, fairways and sand traps. It has been hard to watch the last couple years of neglect by the previous owner. Open play, leagues, outings and homeowners have sadly watched the downfall of this once beautiful course.
I enjoyed Bruce Rushton’s Sep. 15 article, “Car dealer pursues Piper Glen”, and am very encouraged that Todd Green is interested in Piper Glen. Mr. Green is a successful, credible, local businessman that gives back to his community. I do hope that he will continue to have interest in buying Piper Glen. Lynda Kovarik Chatham
GREAT EXPECTATIONS I am writing with gratitude and delight in response to pictorial and journalistic reports in the State Journal-Register and Illinois Times of Mr. Samuel J. Cahnman. (“This week,” Chris Britt, Sep. 3) They have not hindered Mr. Cahnman’s passion for the American judicial system. It is courageous and commendable to see an individual stand firm and continue to courageously fight for himself and others despite the fear and ignorance of a few people. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is filled with political cartoons much worse than Mr. Britt’s, which trashed Cahnman.
I am not expecting Mr. Cahnman to become president, but I am expecting great things from him along the lines of our beloved Abraham Lincoln. With malice to none and charity to all. Donna J. Mapes Springfield
BAG GRASS CLIPPINGS In Springfield, all leaves, limbs and yard waste are neatly bagged or barreled at curbside. The appropriate stickers are purchased and applied to hasten removal. Very neat. Very civic-minded. But all over town, private and professional yard-tenders are blowing, raking or pushing their grass clippings into the street. On purpose.
Has anyone ever noticed the bundled rolls of straw that large construction sites use to prevent erosion? These bundles squat down tight to the ground to divert water.
Shouldn’t grass clippings be bagged with the rest of the yard detritus to avoid blocking the storm drains? Check out your local storm drain. Sue Anderson Springfield
WILL RAUNER REP THE GOP? Considering the aim of the governor to destroy Illinois (at least the working and poorer classes), I can hardly wait to see the governor on the stage at the GOP debates in 2020.
Oh, the anticipation!
Dominic Giomini Springfield
