Dr. Pam Cain is an exceptional educator

It has been my privilege over the past two years to work with Dr. Pam Cain on the Rowan County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council. As a recently retired elementary school principal, I am very impressed with Dr. Cain’s willingness to participate in many of the initiatives suggested by law enforcement that target interventions to keep our students active and involved in their schools instead of committing acts of violence and eventually dropping out of school.

Dr. Cain is one of the most caring and knowledgeable educators I have met. She never fails to compliment others for their efforts and is always attentive to others’ opinions and suggestions to improve the learning environments for our students. Her enthusiasm and sincere concern for her teachers and students in Kannapolis City Schools is evident, and her service as superintendent of KCS is beyond reproach.

Sometimes the politics behind the scenes dictates actions taken by school boards that are not understood by others, but as a retired principal and past EC teachers, I would consider it an honor to be a part of Dr. Pam Cain’s team.

Thank you, Dr. Cain, for your many hours of dedicated service. You have certainly been a role model for me.

— Dr. Lynn G. Marsh

Salisbury

Vets invited for coffee

I have been wanting to write this letter to the editor for over a year. Since I’ve been going to the coffee shop at Thelma’s in the old Salisbury Mall (now West End Plaza) on Tuesday mornings for the last year and a half, I have met many veterans of all military services — Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy. What I have learned in talking to these men and women is that all veterans are not created equal.

Wat I mean by this is that their experiences are all quite different. The older men — say, World War II people — have a great story to tell but are reluctant to do so. The Korean War men don’t want to talk about their experiences much. Now the Vietnam men will spill the full stories, some maybe even inflated. But the younger vets — from the Gulf wars and present goings-on in the Middle East — just don’t show up at Thelma’s Coffee Shop at all.

The reason I think all vets are not created equal is, of course, due to the different experiences each has had in the Army, Air Force, Navy or Marine Corps, draftee or volunteer. And what really makes a difference is whether a real war was declared or whether it was just a police action, as with Korea and Vietnam, with no intentions of winning. People need a real war to be able to fight for love of country and die for same.

The veterans I’ve met have good memories of their time in the service, even if some stories are inflated. Their memories are just not what they used to be.

Every veteran in Rowan County should visit the coffee shop on Tuesday mornings, 0900 to 1100 hours, for free coffee and donuts and plenty of reminiscences. Thank you, Thelma. Happy Veterans Day.

— Hugh Martin

Salisbury 

Thanks for donated Bibles 

I want to thank the churches, people, Ace Tire, East 52 Auto Care Center and editor Elizabeth Cook for helping me to get donated Bibles to send overseas. God bless you all. Also, thanks to my son Matthew for his help and my wife Barbara. And thank God most of all.

We now have 700 Bibles, plus 900 Gospel of John booklets.

P.S. The last day for collecting Bibles was Nov. 2, so we don’t put a burden on East 52 Auto Care Center or Ace Tire.

— Sterling Weaver

Salisbury

 

The reality of God’s love

This letter was submitted in remembrance of Ella Mae Lambert, a frequent letter writer to the Salisbury Post who recently passed away.

Not in word alone, but in power (I Corinthians 4: 20; 2:4).

I do not understand about God, nor why he does or does not do — but I know that if I receive Christ, and love and trust him perfectly, that I am safe from his terror (I Corinthians 5:11) and his judgment. He will love me and provide for me as He sees fit, so that whether it is good or bad that befalls me, I am safe in Christ, with Him. This is perfect security, confidence, contentment and completeness.

We must have his favor.

He knows our heart’s desire and our intentions.

Though I do not know what God will do about everything, nor where He will lead me, nor why; I just go along with Him.

— Doris Allen, Debbie Kilgore                        & the neighbors

Salisbury