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HomeMy WebLinkAbout48 LETTERS/SMOKE FREE ENV.May 15, 2003 Adam Richard Lawrence 508 South 3~ S~t Fairbury, IL 61739 Mayor Oscar O. Ortiz City Hall, P. O. Box 1089 Port Arthur, Texas 77641-1089 RECEIVED MAY 2 2 o~ MAYOR'S OFF '" Dear Mayor Oscar G. Ortiz: My'name is Adam Lawrence. I am a senior at Prairie Central High School, and I am currently cnrolted in American Government. In a recent class discussion, we talked about substantive due pro~ess. With that in mind, I noticed that your city had an unusual law that states, obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator. I was wondering bow this law is reasonable, and bow this law would be enforced. V~naat is your definition of"obnoxious odors?" I thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I look forward to hearing back from you about this peculiar law. Sincerely, JUN 1 2 2003 LEGAL D_EPARTN~ENT~ Michael Delarosa 3724 6th ave Port Arthur ,Texas 77642 March 20th ,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Michael Delarosa and i am a 6th grader at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur, Texas. I like to play football and video games .I am writing to encourage you to help pass the clean air ordinance for Port Arthur because i think it will help alot of people. I think if the law is passed less people will get harmed or very iii.Also it will help the city because more people will want to go eat in a smoke free place or that is what i think.6,200 children die each year and i am i child and i go out to eat all the time and i do not have any plans of death and i do not think any other kids want to either.i just hope you get time to read my letter because i will be very grateful if the law is passed. Sincerly, Michael Delarosa JUN LEGAL Angel Magana 3908 Donald Street Pot Arthur, Texas 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, Hi, my name is Angel Magana I am a 6~ grader at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur Texas. I like to play soccer. I am writing to encourage you to support no smoking in restaurants, because when people go to eat at restaurants they have smoking area and a non- smoking area, but the smoke is still around us and it is bad for us to breathe the bad stuff that is coming out of some persons mouth and we ~nhale it. That is worst than smoking a cigar. So that less people will die from second hand smoking in restaurants because my friend that works at a place that people smoke allot and he got cancer and died. That's why I want you to stop second hand smoking in restaurants. Sincerely, Angel Magana Tiffany Nguyen 4439 Vassar Street Port Arthur, Texas 77642 March 20,2003 No Smoking in restaurant To/~ayor Ortiz My name is Tiffany Nguyen. I am twelve years old. I am writing this letter to you to ask you if you can make ail restaurants in the city smoke free. There are nonsmokers who are dying because they can smelt the smoke or is around the smoke ail the time. There are waiters that work almost everyday and they have to smell the smoke. Some waiters that smell it everyday die from lung cancer. There are also kids that die. 6,200 children die each year due to exposure to tobacco smoke. There are people who care about their children and do not want them to die. I know that there are restaurants that have nonsmoking area and smoking area, but the smoke can still get to the nonsmoking area and people can smell it. If you sit in a room for 2 hours and you suck it aLL in it is equivalent to 3 cigarettes. You can have heart disease or even asthma by smoking. You can die suddenly. Kids these days that are 12 or even younger smoke and die. They try to be cool and be popular so they have to smoke just because other kids tell them to if they want to be popular. I know you are very busy and I know you really care about their health so please think this over. Thank You for reading my letter. Love, Tiffany Nguyen Aquiles Castro 3010 29 Street Port Arthur,Tx 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Aquiles Castro I am 6~h grade student at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur,Tx. I like to play soccer and video games. I am writing to encourage you to support a clean indoor air ordinance for the city of Port Arthur .Beacause I don't think over 6,000 children should die each year due to exposure to tobacco. So please support clean air ordinance and thank you for your time. Sincerely , Aquiles Castro Me'osha McDaniel 53o7 Gulfway Dr.;C~x3 Groves,TX 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Me'osha McDaniel I am a 6th Grader at Edison Middle school in Port Arthur,Texas. I like to go to the'Mall, and the Skating Rink, and most of all I like to go out to eat. I am writing to encourage you to support a clean indoor air ordinance for the city of Port Arthur. I think we shouldn't smoke in public places like a restaurants. I think whenever we go inside places l!ke that we s. hould be able to enjoy our selfs w~thout smelhng that nasty odor of ciggarettes,we could inhale the nicotine a.n.d get sick. Some people can write up a peuuon, and .g. et the peop. le who is against smoking in pubhc areas to s~gn ~t.People that dont smoke,can get a contact and get sick and, Sue. Im writing, to tell y.ou c. ould y.o.u please put a stop against smoking ~n pubhc places. Thank you for taking your time to read my letter. Me'osha McDaniel Omar Castillo 801 San Jacinto avenue Port Arthur,Texas 77642 March 20th,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Omar Castillo I was bom at Laredo Texas. I'm 12 years old and I'm a 6th grader at Edison Middle School. I like to box in the ring with my opponents. I love my family a whole lot but some of them smoke tobacco too much. I'm writing this letter to you to let you know that over 6,200 children die each year due to exposure to tobacco smoke. My opinion is that if you could raise the price of a box of cigarettes, they would be more expensive so less people could buy them. I think its better that less people smoke so no one die from it. That's all I have to say I ran out of time because I have to go to my next class. Omar Castillo Kevin Nguyen 1941 Angelle Dr. Port Arthur, Texas, 77642 March 20,2003 No Smoking In Restaurant Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Kevin Nguyen. I am 11 years old. I was about to write to you about smoking in restaurant. People who eat at restaurant get sick from all the chemicals that goes around the whole restaurant. The chemicals that comes from people who smokes in the restaurant makes the people who don't smoke get really sick because the people that don't smoke get sick from second hand smoke. Over 6,000 people is dying from second hand smoke. I hope that you can ban smoking in restaurants because kids are dying from second hand smoking too. If children that stay alive that breathe second hand smoking, when they grow up, their children could come up with cancer and you will realize that the population in Port Arthur will go down every day. I wish you could stop people from smoking in restaurants. If you can stop people from smoking in restaurants, that's great but people could still be dying from outside smoking but inside of a building, house, and restaurants have a smaller space than outside smoke, that means that in side of a building, smoke could cover the whole place. I hope you could stop people from smoking in buildings, restaurants, and houses. Sincerely yours, Kevin Nguyen 304~5 ITtOM,4S BLVD. ~OR T~ ~ ~X~S 77640 h'I, qRC~ 2o, 2003 Justin Mcllvain 3239 8'~ avenue Port Arthur ,Texas 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Justin Mcllvain I am 12 years old,and I attend Edison Middle School, I am writing you because I would like for you to vote in support of no smoking in restaurants. There are several reasons I would like for you to do this which include: 1.6,200 die each year due to tobacco smoke. 2. Smoking is the third leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. 3.Waiters and waitresses have to breath in the smoke. Thank You, Justin Mcllvain KELLY SANCHEZ, 3200 26ST PORTAUTHUR,TEXAS 77642 MARCH20.2003 DEAR MAYOR ORTIZ, Hi my name is Kelly Sanchez and I go to Edison Middle School and I am 6th grader. I think that there should be nonsmoking places in restaurants because alot of people could die from breathing it. My grand mother had lungcancer and she never smoked.Over 6,000 kids die each year from breathing tobacco.When people are in the nonsmoking section they can still breath the smoke.The waiters and waitresses could get sick by breathing the smoke. Mr. Ortiz I would like to thank you for your time reading this letter. KELLY SANCHEZ Cristina Bermudez 3452 25th St Port Arthur, Texas 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, Hi my name is Cristina Bermudez I go to Edison Middle School in Port Arthur. I love to read when I am not doing my homework. I do very good at school also like to take risk .Also like to go walking in the evening around my bolck . I am writting to tell you that I wish you could make all Port Arthur restaurants could be smoke free. why? Because it is not good for people that dose not smoke get sick. I mean that a person is eating OK and that some people can"t take that so I want you to think about your peole geting sick .Is what I think andyou to make a change that . Thank you for reading my letter. Cristina Bermudez Justin McIlvain 3239 8'h avenue Port Arthur ,Texas 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Justin McIlvain I am 12 years old,and I attend Edison Middle School, I am writing you because I would like for you to vote in support of no smoking in restaurants. There are several reasons I would like for you to do this which include: 1.6,200 die each year due to tobacco smoke. 2. Smoking is the third leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. 3.Waiters and waitresses have to breath in the smoke. Thank You, Justin McIlvain Harriet Hill 2500 Ave B Port Arthur, Texas March 20,2003 77642 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Harriet Hill and I'm a 6th grader that goes to Edison Middle School. I Like to talk on the phone,and play with my 10 week old puppy named Buddy. I'm writing to ask you to help make restaurant's a smoke free place to eat. i'd like you to ban smoking in public places. The main reason that I'm writing this letter becau:se my grandmother died when I was lyears old. I never really got W know her. Anyway I dont want other people to die before there time. About ¥,200 children die each year due to exposures to tobacco smoke. There are about 3,000 chemicals presented in tobacco smoke. Let's talk about Waiters and waitresses that work in restaurant's and how they get tung cancer. They two sections in a restaurant and the smoke travels back and forward. The waiters walk ail over into the Restaurant and breathe in the smoke. Thats what I'm asking you to stop, People die every day because of lung cancer and thats what I'm fighting for. Now I would like to take the time out to thank you tar reading my letter, it was nice for you to take out the time to read my letter. Thanks tar ali that you have done, THANKS, Harriet Hill ERICK SIFUENTES 1931 Ifm AVENUE PORT ARTHUR TEXAS 77642 March 20, 2003 DEAR MAYOR ORTIZ, MY NAME IS ERICK SIFUENTES AND I AM A 6m GRADER AT EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.I LIKE VIDEO GAMES AND SOCCER. I WANTED TO ASK IF SMOKING COULD BE BANNED FROM ALL RESTAURANTS. BECAUSE MY BIG BROTHER WORKS AT A RESTAURANT AND I DON'T WANT HIM TO GET CANCER AND THE PEOPLE EATING AT THE RESTAURANT CAN GET CANCER TOO. 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S incerely~ 5Brencla Vaauera I-Iieu ~guyen 3336 Brittany Avenue Port Arthur Texas ~'7642 March ~ 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Hieu IVguyen and I am a 6~ grader at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur Texas. I am a good boy and I get good grades on my report cards, I am good at home too but the thing I want to ask u is that could u stop all of those smoking in restaurants because I don~t want my dad to have cancer and my brother too. I wanted to tell you that smoking should be banned from all restaurants. When they smoke in restaurants the people eating can't eat no more. I know that you are a busy man and important and I thank ~ for reading my letter. Sincerely Hieu I~guyen Clarence Myers 3914 14thstreet Port Arthur, Texas 77642 Dear Mrs. Rose Chaisson, Hi, I am a sixth grader at Edison Middle School. I enjoy playing with my friends going out to eat at restaurants but there is problem when people smoke while they eat. Now I know you can't stop people from smoking because they can do what they want to. But we can try to because who wants to be in a restaurant and smoke is all in the air some people have Asthma like me for example and all that smoke in the air can I ask you a question DID YOU KNOW THAT 6,200 CHILDREN DIE EACH YEAR DUE TO EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE. Thank you, for your reading my letter. Sincerely, Clarence Myers Jessica Smith 7617 9th ave. apt. 249 Port Arthur, Texas 77640 March 20, 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Jessica Smith and I am a 6th grader at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur, Texas. I am writing to encourage you to support a clean indoor ordinance for the city of Port Arthur. The reason I am writing this letter to you is because I am concerned about the health issues caused by smoking and second-hand smoking in Port Arthur's restaurants. Did you know that more than 90% of Americans favor restricting or banning smoking in public places?Here are some reasons why this is so: 1.It can cause cancer and diseases. 2.It can harm non-smokers. 3.It has a bad look on Port Arthur. Thank you. Sincerely, Jessica smith. 33z~5 3~~. Mau/'cl'u 20, 2003 Dear ~4ayor Ortiz, ~vly name is Krystal BeaM. I am 22 years old. I attend Thomas Edison ~4iddle School. I am writing this letter asking you to make an dollar increase on cigarettes. If you vote to increase the price of cigarettes you couldsave people from getting cancer by making cigarettes harder to get. I think this is a good idea I hope you feelthis is a goodidea too. Thank you, ~Crystal Bean Karla Men~loza 7605 9~ Ave Ap~. 106 Por~ Arthur, Texas 776~0 March 20~, 2003 Pear Mr. Tom Gillam, My is Karla Men~loza I am a stu~leat at E~lison Mi~l~lle School I am writing you to ask you to vo~e to stop people from smoking in restauranfs, lhe reason why I am askng you to ~io this is because think it will help all people be healthy. I rea~l that nonsmokers who are expose~l to environmental tobacco smoke (~TS) absorb nicofine an~i ofher compoun~is just as smokers ~io. I ~ion't think that it is fair for workers in restauranfs to risk geeing lung cancer to ~1o their job. ~hat is the reason why I woul~l like for you to suppor~ the clean air or~linance. 1hank you for your time Karla Men~oza Shelly Doan 3§32 8 Street Port Arthur,Texas 77042 Morch2Oth, 2003 beer Mayor Ortiz, Hi my nome is Shelly boon Z am a 6*h grader at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur, Texas. I am writing to encourage you to surpport A Cleon indoor air ordinance for the city Port Arthur. The reason why om writing this is because every time I go eat somewhere there always smoking and I can't toke it because my dod smoke so we have to sit in the smoking place every time breathe in it om use to it and I wont it to stop and I know some work there but she work in Houston,Texas she have three child and Z don't want her children to get sick and they can get sick from the smoking and there are more than 3,000 chemical present in tobacco smoke, including at least 60 known carcinogens.Z just want to do the right for the city and help to be happy Weston Winn 3420 East 6t~ St Port Arthur TX,77640 March 20~ 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, MY name is Weston Winn I am a 6th grader at Edison middle school in Port Arthur Texas. I like to play on my playstation2 at my house. I am writing to encourage you to support a clean indoor air ordinance for the city of Port Arthur. Please stop people from smoking in restaurants because there are 3,000 chemicals presents in tobacco smoke, including at least 60 known carcinogens. I know my cousin work in a restaurant and I don't want her to get sick off of smoke that people smoke. Sincerely, Weston Winn ANTHONYGOUDEAU 1501POOLEAVE.\510 MARCH20,2003 DEAR ~VIAYOR ORTIZ, ~vlY NAME IS ANTHONY (~OUDEAU ! AM A 6TM, GRADER AT EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. I LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. ! AM A GOOD READER AND A GOOD WRITER IN SCHOOL. IM WRITING TO YOU ABOUT PEOPLE SNIOKEING. YOU NEED TO STOP THEM FROM SMOKEING IN THE RESTAURANTS. ~VIAYOR ORTIZ I HOPE YOU STOP THEM PEOPLE FROM SMOKEING. SINCERELY ANTHONY PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. gvl ichelle Cormier 4001 4t~ street Port Arthur, Texas 77642 March 2otfi, 200:3 Dear Mr. Ortiz, My name is Michelle Cormier andl'm a 12 year old6t~ grade student at Edison Middle School. I have noticedthat some restaurants in Port Arthur have a clean air ordinance but not allof them. This is why I am writing this letter to you. My mom has been smoking since as long as I can remember, andl wouldlike for her to stop. It is hard for to quit because almost every time we go to a restaurant she sees people smoking and this urges her to smoke more. Another reason I wouldlike you topast the law is because when my mom andl go to a restaurants andshe smokes this is bad for my lungs. I know this is badfor me because we are taught this in our teen leadership class. If youpass this law I wouldbe very glad because you couldhelp the part of my family that smokes. Thank you for taking the time to readmy letter l'm sure many other children andadults feelthis way. Sincerely, Yvlichelle Cormier I~ich Rosa Ha 5142 LakeShore Drive Port Arthur,Texas 77642 March 20,2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Bich and ]; am n 6th grader at Thomas A. Edison Middle School in Port Arthur,Texas. I like to play volley ball and surf the net on my computer. Both of these things require me to be healthy. That is why Im writing you today. I would like you to support the clean air ordinance because it would allow kids like myself to stay away from second hand smoke.6,200 children die each year due to exposure to tobacco smoke.]; would like to keep myself and my family safe from cigarette smoke. Please consider voting for the clean air bill. Thank You, Bich GERMAN CUEVAS 5029 8 STREET Port Arthur TX, 77642 March 20, 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz,, Hi, my name is German Cuevas and I go to Edison Middle School I'm 13 years old I'm a 6 grader. I'm writing this letter because I go to a restaurant and it smells like smoke and I get sick .We want a clean ordinance for Port Arthur. Sincerely, German Cuevas Raul Benavides 5037 Procter St. Port Arthur, Texas 77642 March 20th, 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Raul Benavides and I am a 6th grade student at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur, Texas. I like to play Baseball and play my video game. I am writing to encourage you to support a clean indoor air ordinance for the city Port Arthur. I have two relatives that smoke my brother and my brother in law. They try to stop but their addicted. Thank you for reading my letter Sincerely,Raul /2~.~1 7~ c4 ~,i 4~-~ DERRICK GREEN 3850 Eli ST PORT ARTHUR TX 77640 MARCH 20,2003 DEAR MAYOR ORTIZ, HI MY NAME IS DERRICK A STUDENT AND I AM IN THE 6~ AT EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN PORT ARTHUR TEXAS. I LIKE TO PLAY SPORTS. I AM WRITING TO SAY THAT WAITERS AND WAITRESSES OF RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE A SMOKING SECTION HAVE ABOUT A 50-90% INCREASED RISK OF GETTING LUNG CANCER. P.S. PLEASE GRANT MY REQUEST!!!! DERRICK GREEN Joel Escareno 5205 Lewis Dr Port Arthur TX, 77640 March 20, 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, My name is Joel Escareno. Im a 6th grader at Edison middle school in Port Arthur, Texas. I like to play outside with my friends and play video games. I am writing to encourage you to support a clean Indoor air ordinance for the city of Port Arthur. Please stop people that are smoking to stop smoking In restaurants because sitting in a room filled with smoke for 2 hours is equivalent to smoking 3 cigarettes. My friend works in a restaurant I know I don't want her to get sick when people are smoking. Thank you, Joel Escareno GEVlONE GUILL 4625 EVERGREEN PORT ARTHUR TX,77642 March 20, 2003 DEAR MAYOR ORTIZ MY NAME IS GEVIONE GULL, AND I AM A STUDENT AT EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM WRITNG TO TELL YOU THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN AIR ORDINENCE.THE REASON WHY I WANT YOU TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE SUPPORT OF THE CLEAN AIR BILL WOULD SAVE MANY LIVES ON A LONG TERM BASIS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR THE ORDINENCE. THANK YOU, GEVIONE GUILL GEVIONE GUILL 4625 EVERGREEN PORT ARTHUR TX,77642 March 20, 2003 DEAR MAYOR ORTIZ MY NAME IS GEVIONE GULL, AND I AM A STUDENT AT EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM WRITNG TO TELL YOU THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN AIR ORD1NENCE.THE REASON WHY I WANT YOU TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE SUPPORT OF THE CLEAN AIR BILL WOULD SAVE MANY LIVES ON A LONG TERM BASIS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR THE ORDINENCE. THANK YOU, GEVIONE GUILL Victor Mendoza 3821 10 Street Port Arthur Texas 77642 March 20 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz Pasha Guillory 5228 4~ street Port Arthur, Texas 77642 March 20, 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz, Hi! My name is Pasha Guillory and I am a 6t~ grade student at Edison Middle School in Port Arthur, Texas. My hobbies are playing video games, cooking, and reading. I am writing to encourage you to support a dean indoor air ordinance for the city of Port Arthur. A lot of my relatives go out to eat in restaurants and I'm worried about them. If you're not motivated then I'll give a fact to you. Did you know that waiters and waitresses of restaurants are at 50-90% risk of getting lung cancer? ARIELLE ALEXIS 3916 5TM ST. PORT ARTHUR ,TX. 77640 March 20, 2003 Dear Mayor Ortiz I have a problem and I think other people might have it too. The problem I have is that when I go out to eat there are different sections to set in the non-smoke and smoke. Well as you know I am under age so that means I sit in the non smoke section. When I start to eat the smoke from the smoke side start to come over. I don't smoke but when I go out to eat it feels like I smoke, because it gets in my lungs and that can kill me and that's why I'm asking you to pass the law for no smoking in restaurants and I don't want be one of the 6,200 kids that die each due to exposure to tobacco smoke. Sincerely, Bisha Johnson ~6oI qPoole B¥¢ Bpi.#601 Port Brthur, Texas 77642 Blarch 2o 2003 Dear B4ayor Ortiz, B4~t name is Bisha.qohnson and q am a 6t~ brader at 5Edison B4iddle School in Port Brthur ,Texas. qVt3j favoritest hobby isp%inb bas~etballandp%ing baseball g am ~iting to you to as~ you to banpep~om smo~inb in restaurants, because nonsmokers who are exposed to environmental tobacco smo~e (~S) absorb nicotine andother compoun~ just as smokers do. ~hey would have an earlier chance ~ dieing just as the smokers. ~ Grandmother smokes but when she does q ~o outsi~ because q ~n~ that q wouldhave an early chance ~ath. Blthough q t~ telhng her that it isn'nt good for her. Sincerely Yours, Bisha ~qohnson CARL JONES 162-~ WILLIM STEET MARCH 20,2003 DEAR MAYOR ORTIZ,~ I~IY NAME IS CARL JONES AND I AM A 6TH,GRADER AT EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. I LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. AM GOOD AT MATH AND OTHER STUFF. I AM WRITING TO YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT A CLEAN INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. ! THINK YOU SHOD RAISE THE PRICE OF TOBACCO SO PEOPLE WOULD GET MAD AT THE PRICE THEN THEY WONT BUY THEM NO MORE. SINCERELY CARL PORT ARTHUR TEXA~. ~Eve~¥n qVlendoza 353514~*i street Port ~trthur 'T'exas ~rCh 20,2003 Dear CA4a_jor Ortiz, %~i q~ame qs ~EYe{'~t (Mendoza .q'm in the 6t~ [jrad~e .my favorite thi~j w do is w play with al(my cousins vot~ybalF at~d bas~etbaFl.q wouU' l~ke you to db a.fiavor jbr all,'us, we would li~e you to ma~e a law to eveDlone that all ~'the parents should ta~e care ~f the chil~'ens because some kiZ get sadcause they don't get allthe a~enffon~'om theirparents cause their moms and'daZ are w biusey d~in~ d~ugs. ~nd some ~id~ get sic~ wit~ all t~at smo~e~om t~e ci~are~es.~is is a new flaw t~at 'J want you to do.for us q wouFd {]'~e you w tefl( af( t~e restaurants w ta~e aflf t~e smo~e sides cause fle~(e foose t~eir a~petite away. ~,~d t~e waiters s~ouF~'t be sm:ctn~ in the food ~han~ you, NAPHUTIRIEN GREER 1118EASrp 18 ST POP,.T'~P~T'q'(UP,, T'~XBS 77640 ~viB~RCq-f 2o, 2oo3 D~EBR B4BYOR OP.T'BZ, qv[qDD£~E SCq~O0£ qBf PORT' BB, T'~-~UR, T'~EXBS.. q LBE~ ~0 PiBY ~qD~O ~B~S. q WO~D ~qE~ GOB YOU ~0 BB~D S~OEq~ GRO~ ~SPO~SBBZ~ ~OR 53,000 D~B~ B Y~BR B~O~ ~O~S~O~ you,