No warning with fireworks
To the editor:
The second evening, the 6th of July, when some young neighbors set off their fireworks again I walked over and quietly asked if any of them had a pet, a dog or cat, and that my little poodle is scared to death of the noise of firecrackers going off; that he trembles and cries for long after they have ended and that my neighbor’s pets do the same. The results were so kind and thoughtful of them. No more fireworks …
… until Saturday night when the sky was interrupted by the explosion of the nonetheless beautiful fireworks three times from a different source. And we waited for more. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. Our little Hershey, the poodle, trembled so that I was afraid for his health.
The evening before the previous congenial meeting with our neighbors I phoned two city councilmen and spoke to one, interrupting his Sunday. Mr. Engels was very understanding and said the council was planning to discuss the fireworks problem the next morning. That seemed to be the right action for me to take at the time.
If I have some warning that fireworks were going to be set off again, I will take Hershey a distance far enough away where he wouldn’t hear them.
The published report from the council stated they had received only around 36 complaints and so there would be no action at this time to prohibit them. May I ask every single person who is offended by the new rule of allowing individuals to shoot off fireworks to talk to or write to a representative to that effect?
Helen York
Presque Isle
