Flashing But Failing
Dear Editor, Have you noticed the school zone lights lately? Because they sure aren’t doing their job right. The posted hours say 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.—and yet, the lights start flashing as early as 6:30 and keep going until nearly 9:00. That might not sound like a big deal, but it is.
When drivers see those lights on at the wrong time every day, they stop trusting them. And when that happens, it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. A child could be crossing the street during the real school zone hour, and a driver—used to the lights crying wolf—might blow right through. That’s not a risk we can afford.
I don’t know if this falls on the school district, the city, or both—but someone needs to take responsibility. Talk to each other. Coordinate. Fix it. These lights are here for a reason: to protect kids. Let’s make sure they’re working like they should before tragedy makes us wish we did.
Mr. Henry Meyer Grants
Random Acts of Kindness
Dear editor, The City of Grants had a successful Spring Cleanup this past Saturday. We had dumpsters parked and placed at the Grants Police Department and our City Employees were there to help residents unload their trash, rubbish and junk. We had a dumpster for tires! We had a large group of volunteers meet at 8:00am at the two large fields next to Allsup's on Roosevelt and Elm, everyone came to work and clean up! Thank you to Shannon DeVine, Projects for the City, Denise Hansen, Director of Marketing, Councilman George 'Gunney' Garcia, Terry Fletcher, Bishop Glen Martinez and his first Counselor, Sean Merayo and the LDS Mt. Taylor members and so many others! I had a community service worker that did a great job and worked very hard!
On behalf of the City of Grants, I would like to thank everyone that wasn't mentioned by name, that took out a shovel and rake and made a difference in their part of the City! These efforts do make a difference! A clean city will become a safer city. As we reach out to others in our community and help those who cannot help themselves, the infirmed, the elderly, our area will be blessed. We also can improve our City through acts of random kindness. We can take dinner, a pie, a loaf of bread, cookies or homemade tortillas to our neighbors who is sick and lonely and brighten their day. We can love our neighbors.
As we have celebrated Passover and continue to celebrate Easter this weekend, our thoughts and feelings of the heart can be drawn out in humble gratitude for the Savior of the World, even Jesus Christ, and His great love and sacrifice for each of us. His was a perfect love that offers eternal life in His Father's Kingdom as families. I am personally humbled and grateful for the Savior's Atonement and what it truly means. Thank you everyone for your acts of love to each other, seen and not seen.
Robert S. Windhorst, Code Enforcement Officer, City of Grants