Daily Archives: October 8, 2013

Syrian Civil War

The issue that started the war between the rebels and the government of Syria is the fact that President, al-Assad and his entire family has held presidency since 1971.  In April of 2011 the government deployed their army to stop the demonstrations across the country. By 2013 the death total had reached the 100,000 mark and by September the toll reached 120,000 deaths. Also ten’s of thousands of protesters were imprisoned and tortured. One of the most mind blowing things is that the government is using chemical weapons on their own people.  President al Assad denies using chemical weapons.


Something should be done! The government doesn’t seem stable and because the rebels are fighting back with force the president was pressured and made a poor decision in using chemical weapons. President al Assad said that the rebels cannot be negotiated with.  This sounds like a lousy excuse for taking innocent peoples’ lives.  There is no excuse!   However, President al Assad did admit that both sides were at fault for  starting the war.   No explanation seems like a good one.

~Joey

Vote Yes!

 

 

After the town pool in Cheshire CT had it’s bubble collapse again, people of the town started to wonder if the pool needed a more durable covering.  Finally, the people decided that a tension membrane was the way to go but, before they could start building it, the town has to hold a vote on November 5.  The tension membrane has better features than the old bubble in many ways.  One way is the tension membrane can withstand heavy loads of snow which brought down the last bubble.  Another way is the tension membrane can allow the community to have the pool open all of the time.  This helps many year-long organizations including Cheshire’s swim team, the Sea Dogs because they need the pool all year long for practices and meets.  The tension membrane is also a good solution because it can open on the sides during the summer so it can let fresh air in.  Many people are against the tension membrane though.  Many Cheshire residents that don’t use the pool just want to give up on the pool because they don’t want to have to pay taxes for a pool that they don’t even use.

In my opinion, I believe the Cheshire pool needs the tension membrane.  It will be great for open swim and organizations because it will be open all year long.   I’m on the Cheshire Sea Dogs swim team and we need the pool up and running all year long for our practices and swim meets.  Our team needs a reliable and durable structure like the tension membrane for the pool.  We need all Cheshire residents to vote yes for the tension membrane so we can get our pool up and running again!

~Courtney