Rude to graduates

To the extremely rude couple sitting behind me at this year's Pullman High School graduation ceremony:

There were 151 students who graduated from PHS and you had a terrible, negative comment about each student as he or she crossed the platform. One of those graduates happened to be my grandson, and your degrading comments were not appreciated.

Out of respect for my daughter's family and all of the families around us, I refrained from making a scene and telling you both off. In retrospect I wish I had given you a piece of my mind. Those young men and women deserved a day filled with love and praise. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Kathleen Ross

Clarkston

Speeding up

How very fast the time flies as we get older and wiser. One time when I made the remark to this effect, an older man told me to wait another few years. Which I did, and time flew by quicker.

Since that time, I have done a lot as well as seen a lot. It's truly amazing what we have done and seen. Some was bad while some was good; two extreme differences to say the least.

In all this I have never looked back with having any regrets. Believe it or not, the bad things are history but can never be forgotten because of the circumstances that they were.

The good things are also history but are now continuing to be what they are. These things bring a new definition that time does indeed fly faster than it ever had. My life is filled with all the possible goodness that life brings. I yet have some things to be what they will be one day.

We have but one life to live and that is what I now intend to do, knowing that goodness will be the key despite how fast time passes.

Frank Salvado

Clarkston

Breaking free of fear

Eric Barker would have us all believe the destruction of the West and our way of life is imminent, and his solution is a radical land-use plan to either limit private property rights or possibly eliminate them all together.

Barker can choose to live in fear. We should choose to live with the idea that life is an adventure meant to be lived. We can solve any problem before us. Are we up to the challenge?

In 1961, John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Along the way there was tragedy, but it did not deter us. After the near-tragedy of Apollo 13, we still went back to the moon five more times.

Today we face two choices: radical environmental extremism or true management of our natural resources and the recognition that such a use benefits both nature and mankind.

We have seen what their policies have brought us and it is not a pretty sight. It is time to seek real solutions to the challenges before us. When we do this we win.

Jim Chmelik

Idaho County

commissioner

Cottonwood

Don't miss 'Annie Jr.'

Congratulations to Mel Syverson and the cast and crew of the Lewiston Civic Theatre's production of "Annie Jr." It was obvious that everyone had worked very hard to make the show such a success. The energy of the young people was fantastic. How Syverson channels that into such a positive production is amazing.

Don't miss an unforgettable evening of theater that will leave you smiling and humming. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Margaret A. Duncan

Lewiston