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Letter: Adair Countians don't wear rose-colored glasses This letter addresses noise, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, and unnecessary, unhealthy noise levels in Columbia. The writer moved from the City of Columbia to an area just outside the city after five years of intermittent, intolerable conditions which, at the time, couldn't seem to be handled by those with the power to do so. Columbians pay Rolls Royce city taxes, and deserve Rolls Royce services, Rolls Royce noise levels. So many of the leaders in our community live in insular neighborhoods where noise abuse does not affect them personally that they seem immune to the suffering of those subjected to the rackets imposed on others. Others fail to speak out because doing so would hurt their busineses. And, unfortunately, some won't help because of fear. As one who has lived with intolerable, but preventable noise for years, just two blocks from the Adair County courthouse, I think that if even one family is subjected to noise abuse--which is physical and painful--our community needs to make adjustments promptly. I think that the City is now beginning to address the issues, and I am sure the college does all in its power to be good neighbors now. -ED WAGGENER To ColumbiaMagazine.com About: http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=26860> Lovely area but time to take off rose colored glasses I would like to respond to Betty Fausnaugh's letter. I take issue with her insinuation that people in Adair County are wearing rose colored glasses regarding the ills of the world. From 1996-2001, we owned and lived in property in the vicinty of the college. The houses on this particular street were side by side with only a small side yard separating them. The house next to mine happened to be rental property that stayed rented to college students the entire time that I lived there. The past two years or so that I lived there the house became known as "the party house" around campus. At least two nights per week and sometimes more there were big keg parties there. At any given time during these parties, which lasted all hours of the night and early morning, there were kids in my yard, the yard of that house, and all along the road walking back and forth, littering with cups and cans, and yelling. During this time I watched numerous fights, sometimes in my own yard, as well as watching, one time, the ambulance pick up an overdose case out of my side yard. The college said it was a police issue because it wasn't happening on their campus. The police did the best they could but we are talking about flocks of kids coming off of the hill to party. My family, which included an infant at the time, could not sleep due to extreme noise, also we lived in fear that one of the many altercations would escalate to the point of someone firing a bullet that might come through my house. We would endure this all night and then have to get up early the next morning for work. This is just my personal experience, the problems with alcohol are not isolated to college areas or college students. I can assure you that even though I may be one of the country bumpkins around here by the standards of someone who has moved to our area from a larger one, that I, nor others like me, are naive to the fact that alcohol and drugs are covertly being sold, used and traded in our community.However, as I illustrated, the end result of alcohol use does not always remain a personal choice, it is often imposed on others.I can say with great certainty that those who have spoken out have not done so out of ignorance or denial but rather the greater chance their lives might be impacted negatively by the personal choice of others. Signed/ Concerned parent and citizenFull name and contact information on file This story was posted on 2009-01-08 05:03:24
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