July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Take control of teen cell phones
To the editor: Well, another year of school is right around the corner. Which means another year of teen-agers being sent to the dean's office for cell phone violations. My child is no exception.
I wondered what remedy could be utilized to prevent this escalating problem. I spoke with parents of other teens and discovered that phone companies have a service that can block phone usage for specific times of the day. The service costs $4.99 monthly and if you have Verizon simply go to www.verizonwireless.com and then my Verizon, my services, safeguards, parental control, usage control and select time restrictions. You can select 10 time restriction zones for each line.
Cell phones are a great piece of technology, but like all good things, they have an appropriate place and use. Students do not need to be texting between 8:10 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on school days. Therefore, I recommend that all parents with students taking cell phones to school consider this option. It would be much simpler than having your student spend school days in after-school detention
Lisa Wood
Portland
Missing
To the editor:
On July 14, our dog became missing. Her name is Mutt. She has a tan body, with some white on her legs, a dark brown spot on the front of her face and a stubby nose like a bulldog.
She came to us around Christmas time on a very cold and windy day. She was skin and bones and ready to have pups. She had six pups and all of them died because she had no milk to feed them.
She is a smart dog. Bud and I both got attached to her. We had her spayed. She can run and jump like a deer, and her tail goes up and down and all the way around when she is happy - which she is a lot of the time.
When Bud went to feed Mutt Wednesday morning (July 15) right after we ate breakfast, she was gone. She was always waiting for Bud to feed her every morning.
We could tell she was used to riding in vehicles because she wanted to get in ours. It made both of us sad that she is gone and we would like to have her back. We drove around and stopped at houses to try and find her.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Study
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I wondered what remedy could be utilized to prevent this escalating problem. I spoke with parents of other teens and discovered that phone companies have a service that can block phone usage for specific times of the day. The service costs $4.99 monthly and if you have Verizon simply go to www.verizonwireless.com and then my Verizon, my services, safeguards, parental control, usage control and select time restrictions. You can select 10 time restriction zones for each line.
Cell phones are a great piece of technology, but like all good things, they have an appropriate place and use. Students do not need to be texting between 8:10 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. on school days. Therefore, I recommend that all parents with students taking cell phones to school consider this option. It would be much simpler than having your student spend school days in after-school detention
Lisa Wood
Portland
Missing
To the editor:
On July 14, our dog became missing. Her name is Mutt. She has a tan body, with some white on her legs, a dark brown spot on the front of her face and a stubby nose like a bulldog.
She came to us around Christmas time on a very cold and windy day. She was skin and bones and ready to have pups. She had six pups and all of them died because she had no milk to feed them.
She is a smart dog. Bud and I both got attached to her. We had her spayed. She can run and jump like a deer, and her tail goes up and down and all the way around when she is happy - which she is a lot of the time.
When Bud went to feed Mutt Wednesday morning (July 15) right after we ate breakfast, she was gone. She was always waiting for Bud to feed her every morning.
We could tell she was used to riding in vehicles because she wanted to get in ours. It made both of us sad that she is gone and we would like to have her back. We drove around and stopped at houses to try and find her.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Study
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