Tiger’s in the rough

Well ... well, Tiger Woods has made some transgressions.  What exactly does this mean?

Let’s see: He’s the number one golfer in the world, has multimillion dollar endorsements, is a billionaire ... and now he’s sorry.

Really?

His “trysts” are coming out of the woodwork! And all the time he portrayed himself as a “squeeky-clean” role model. “Be a Tiger.”

Albeit, he did elevate the game of golf to a level never seen before; and, yes, his talent is second to none. He created an industry.

His problem was that he truly believed he had “pontoon feet,” that he walked on water.  

Margaret Bakowski

Murrells Inlet

Coat drive, thank you

Thank You, Georgetown County residents, for all your help, generosity and love during my coat drive for children!

I would like to send an extra special thank you to Landy’s Cleaners for cleaning and caring for the coats.

Without their help the coat drive wouldn’t have been a success.

To the people of the Georgetown County United Way thank you for your support, coordinating assistance and temporary storage.

 Without you my dream of helping the needy children of the county would not have come true.  

Thanks to participating businesses and churches, we were able to provide sixty-one coats to needy children across the county and to assist Helping Hands of Georgetown County to provide clothing and coats to needy adults.

I look forward to next years coat drive and the possibility of continuing to work with all of you.

You brightened my days and helped provide a needy child with a warm coat during these tough times.

 Please take my thanks as a small token of my appreciation, and I hope your heart is filled with as much warmth and joy as the child you helped provide a coat for this holiday season.      Thanks once again,

                          Susan D. Lambert

Climate change

The League of Women Voters of South Carolina (LWVSC) commends Senator Lindsey Graham for his public recognition that global climate change is a scientific fact.

  But for many South Carolinians, climate change is not a subject that is willingly embraced.  The League believes that climate change is one of the most serious threats facing the environment, health and economy of our nation and the world.

 For several years the League has adamantly opposed new construction of coal powered plants that are known to be the largest air polluters of emissions that contribute to climate change.

 Fifty years from now, all of this will be forgotten and people will wonder how so many intelligent Americans didn't understand sooner that coal was such a liability. While fighting carbon emitters the League has actively educated the public on the importance of energy conservation and efficiency and renewable alternatives such as solar, wind and biomass.

 As the global climate change talks end in Copenhagen the League believes that addressing environmental concerns must start at home because we  (the U.S.) are still the leader of the free world and what we do can set the course for all nations.

  If we exercise the political will to change our ways, we can set the standard for innovation so that nations like China and India will follow.

 In a short period of time the U.S. Senate will vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Bill.

 It is imperative that we remind our elected leaders that we expect them to make the responsible and tough choices that will curb global warming and speed the transition to a clean energy future for our nation.

 The LWVSC is convinced that the pathway to national economic recovery will be through new clean energy jobs, clean air, clean water and clean soil.

Barbara Zia

President, LWVSC

Peggy Brown

Energy Director, LWVSC