Regarding a SPEAK OUT call in the Dec. 16, edition, Michael Adams, foreman at the York Township Highway Department, informed us that the hours for electronics drop-off behind the Goodwill on Roosevelt Road, Lombard, are actually 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. He also emphasized that the drop-off site is for York Township residents only. He said the site takes electronics but not those with batteries (except cell phones) or freon; nor does it take light bulbs or items containing chemicals. For more information, call 630-627-2200.—JAC

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Hello, this is Lombard calling. I just wondered if there’s any way anybody in this whole world can improve our post office. Last night we got our mail at 7:30 p.m. This is crazy. Other towns, Villa Park and Glen Ellyn, seem to have no problem. There are a million excuses but how come these towns can still deliver their mail? I just find it terrible and when you call the post office they have 50 excuses but none makes sense. I live on the 200 block of North Park and everybody on this block has been complaining and complaining and it does no good. Thank you.

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Have you been paying close attention to all the problems we have in this world, all the problems we’re having in the state of Illinois and all the problems we have in Villa Park, Lombard, Glen Ellyn, etc. and you know how we can stop the problem? There is only one way we can stop the problem. That’s getting back to God’s law. Until we go back to God’s law, posting the 10 commandments in all schools and teaching children right from wrong, we’re going to have more and more problems. God’s law is perfect. That’s what this country was founded on and that’s what made this country right. Now we’re getting away from God’s law and we’re having all the problems. So wake up, ladies and gentlemen, face the facts. Be prepared for more and more problems ahead.

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Good morning. I just want you to know about a very dedicated bell ringer for The Salvation Army who’s outside the Jewel on Main Street near Roosevelt. That man is there up to 40 hours a week. He is very dedicated and this is probably about the third year he’s been there. If everyone would just give a little bit of their time or energy like this person does, wow, what a very Merry Christmas the world would have.

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I’d like to respond to the person who was very critical of the St. John’s Lutheran comfort dog. Feeding the hungry and clothing and sheltering the poor are wonderful ways of showing God’s love, but so are the intangibles of care and compassion. The Tribune has published several articles about the wonderful work the Lutheran comfort dogs did for the mourners at Sandy Hook or tornado survivors of the Washington, Ill., disaster. My wife, who has been in the hospital and a nursing home, found the comfort dogs to be the best therapy possible, the cheer and the affection they showed. Comfort dogs help the depressed, anxious and those really sick at heart. I would like at this Christmastime that the person who judged so harshly the money spent on the comfort dog take another look, maybe a more compassionate look at what the person said.

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Hi, this is Lombard calling from the vicinity of East Hickory and Craig. I, too, have noticed there is more dog waste on the parkway on my street. It seems to me there are either more irresponsible dog owners out there or people don’t understand they have a duty to pick up the doody. Thank you for your concern. Have a great holiday. Bye, bye.

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Hey, to the ongoing skeet shooting issue regarding it bothering veterans, well, you can probably bring a few veterans to the table who say it bothers them. I can bring a lot more to the table who say it’s our Second Amendment right. That’s why this country is unique and great, as opposed to what our president said when we’re pretty much the same as other countries. Second Amendment rights—being able to shoot guns at inanimate objects. Go to your American Legion in Wheaton during a turkey shoot, and talk to the veterans out there and see what they say about the skeet shooting there. I think you’d have your head turned around. Too many Obama voters are calling into the paper and voicing uninformed views.

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Yesterday I had a problem with my generator. I called Rob Lynn Power Systems here in Lombard. Within an hour they came to my house, diagnosed a minor problem, fixed it and they didn’t charge me for the visit or the repair. These guys are great. It pays off to work with local businesses here in Lombard.

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Yeah, this is Lombard calling. After reading today in the Lombardian about the board presented the preliminary facility conditions report of the library, wouldn’t it be logical, instead of spending all these millions of dollars trying to come up with plans, seeing if you have to rebuild the library, spending $1.35 million just to repair the boiler and so forth. You have a building sitting there idle, the Mr. Z’s building, where you have ample amount of parking. The building is big enough to have a library and anything else you want to have in it. Technically you could just gut the inside and be able to put in all you need, and then the outside is perfectly good. Isn’t that logical instead of having a building sit there empty for so long? Thank you.

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Bah, humbug to the caller who criticized the church for getting a comfort dog. Consider that this dog is really a staff member and not a pet, and it serves a purpose. Would you complain if you read that the church hired a human being whose job it is to be a comfort to others in a time of need? Think of all the volunteer hours these people have spent in training and also taking the dog to various places to offer comfort. I would guess churches have money budgeted for their individual ministries, or raise the money to make it happen. Sounds like St. John’s did some of both. I am not a member of the church but can tell you that I have seen the benefits of a comfort dog, and there’s no money value one can place on that.

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Lombard calling. I called the Lombard Post Office looking for the ZIP code of a neighboring town; they said, “We don’t have anything to look it up, call the 800 number.” I called Villa Park Post Office. They said, “Hold on for a second, we’ve got a couple of books here. I will find the ZIP code for you.” Within 30 seconds they found the ZIP code. Way to go Lombard, keep up the bad job.

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It’s dark so much earlier now—everyone please remember to turn on your head lights, and any time when its raining. It’s the law. Thanks.

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There’s an article in the Tribune about the building industry not being able to get trained tradesmen in the work force. If the politicians weren’t so doggone greedy to keep increasing the taxes and raising the price of property, where you have to build a million-dollar house to put on the property, we would have houses being built and people buying them. Automobiles cost what homes used to cost. And homes are out of reach. You talk to real estate people and they say, “If you can’t afford over $250,00 I’ve got nothing to show to you.” No wonder men aren’t working. Who can afford to pay all this stuff? In about four or five years we are going to go belly up.

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Lombard and Villa Park calling. My friend just saw someone hit and kill a cat on School Street. They didn’t stop. So sorry for the owners. Goodbye.

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Hi, this is a correction to the comment about television recycling from last week. Goodwill does not take any TVs of any way, shape or form. Either you have to take them to the recycling center or stick them in your garage and wait until next September when they have the next recycling extravaganza and you can get rid of it that way. Thank you.