Torture

Dear Editor, The United States is in an unparalleled economic crisis. The jobless rate keeps going up daily with no end in sight. Our newly-elected president recently signed into law a bill banning the torture of prisoners of war. While on the other hand, the federal government is using our tax dollars to torture the unborn with partial birth abortions. God is not and will not be mocked. Whatsoever a man sows, so shall he reap. I am talking about the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Billy Graham and M. Wendell Anderson.

Dear Editor, You think we have come far and then things like this happen - Jena 6, rape, torture in West Virginia. What have we come to, what have I done wrong? Some would say just to be born black. Is it a crime? Before you judge me, look at my heart first, before you judge me on the outside. Doug Walker Danville

Dear Editor: President Bush has nominated Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft as attorney general. Gonzales is being questioned closely in the Senate about his justification of torture of persons imprisoned on suspicion of terrorism. In a memo to Bush in January 2002, he wrote that the war on terrorism rendered the Geneva Convention's prohibitions on torture "obsolete" and "quaint. " He played a large role in enabling the torture of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and many secret CIA detention centers.

TODAY ? Field of Torture haunted house, 237 Cook Ave., 6-10 p.m. THURSDAY, OCT. 29 ? Field of Torture haunted house, 237 Cook Ave., 6-10 p.m. ? AARP Chapter 632 meeting, 6 p.m., the Generations Center, 32 Meadow St. A potluck dinner will be served and an auction will be held to benefit charity. FRIDAY, OCT. 30 ? Tiny Tots, 10 a.m., Clark County Public Library, ages 6 months-2 years. ? Story time, 11 a.m., Clark County Public Library, ages 3-7 years.

Meeting Garrard County Board of Education - 4 p.m. Wednesday at the central office for a special called meeting to amend the school calendar. Danville Cemetery Committee - 6 p.m. Thursday at the Doll House Museum at 344 Swope Dr. Buford, Stein get national awards FRANKFORT - The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization, has recognized two Kentucky legislators who have initiated path-breaking animal protection legislation and demonstrably advanced reform in the policy-making arena.

CHURCH ASSOCIATION The Winchester/Clark County Association of Churches will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Winchester Cathedral Church of God, 3313 Lexington Road. Lunch will be served at noon. The Rev. David Douglas, host pastor, will give the devotional. The meeting is open to all ministers and lay leaders of the community, and if they are unable to attend a representatives should be sent from the respective congregations. The Rev. Samuel U. Peoples is president.