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Show TTcd LEdlfiitaDu0 Dear Editor: Education authorities have suggested that the best way to improve education in this country is to give teachers the status, support and recognition they so genuinely deserve. The Hannah Holbrook Elementary School PTA agrees. We are joining together with others in the National PTA to help everyone realize all of the outstanding work being done by our public school teachers. Their work is the foundation of this country, for without them how would we educate our scientists, artists, political leaders, and all the others who make this country one of the best in the world? The Holbrook PTA is planning special activities during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-6. Parents are encouraged to show appreciation to their children's teachers during this week by visiting the school or sending a note of thanks. Sincerely, Hannah Holbrook PTA Dear Editor: This first celebration of National Drinking Water Week May )' 2-8, is a milestone in the recognition of drinking water 'as an environmental issue of national importance. Most of us hardly give a thought to the water that flows from the tap, for our success in controlling waterborne diseases caused by bacteria and viruses has given us some of the highest quality drinking water in the world. Today, however, we face a far-reaching problem: the con-amination con-amination of drinking water supplies by toxic chemicals from landfills agricultural runoff, leaking underground oil, gas and chemical tanks, and even the pipes that carry water from the reservoir to our homes, schools and offices In 1986, Congress responded to these issues by enacting rmportant amendments to the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act Why then, has the League of Women Voters initiated a three-Er,HCt three-Er,HCt fi Cfrn campan on th subject? Because we S H for ,k add,t'onal safeguards and substantive changes called for in the amendments will fail without the active support ot informed citizens. .rSi Th!?ehkn?W,C.d8C and technolV to protect our water Pfii ,? .vrnCrS to Protectlo e political and economic - additional expenses for improved treatment are sensitive, and adequate protection of supplies often is an afterthought to development. An additional barrier is the implicit trust we all stcesTe Tl!L Ur drinking Water as a reSt of past successes But the contamination of U.S. drinkins water is not a theoretical potential problem or something Ere y occurs The problem is here, now. y tKtuls- A commitment is urgently needed from the members of each community citizen, ndustry environment, 7 tal groups - to idenlify SSSh'njgoveran,cn; action. In your community this m,v iLt ? Chart a coursC f pay now so" that you won't "have toTw h efln fi"? t0. contamination of drinking water fr he case of lead would reduce the health KSSlS oTtc S ofcv f" Tht LeagT ofWoS vT l "8 your community to protect IJZ? W" cffort,s ,n We urge you to take a role y iuE ,hf ' r 8 W?,Cr quMy' based on facts rather tha! .muSS! "i to ensure the quality of your coZZ K Y ,WOrkmg ,OCB"y its drinking water. community s priceless resource - Chair I .. f Nancy M. Ncumun -ha,r, League of Women Voters Education Fund National Drinking Water Week |