Radio loss leaves us up in the air
To the Editor:
Perhaps our community became too complacent regarding the wonderful service KLCK radio did for us, resulting in us letting it down and losing our station. We have also lost a group of people who, over the years, we not only considered as friends but also had become close as family members. And we greatly miss them.
People who know my voice stop me on the street to tell me they don't like or listen to the music any more. Others complain of so much static they can't listen. I can no longer find KLCK when I scan. Every individual misses local news and the talk shows. They were our only live communication to the outside world and its goings-on. And everyone listened to that.
I always thought I had a reasonable understanding of the English language. But after reading of Marshall Johnson's "doublespeak" and non-answer replies to people's questions, I have come to the conclusion that sometimes words could send a snake to a chiropractor.
The basic reason for losing KLCK boils down to bottom-line finances and dubious politics, and we are now thrown back into the mid 1900s. How sad.
Goodbye, good friends. We miss you-but not the new format which comes nowhere near fitting our community's needs.
Rita Liska
Goldendale
Students prepared for life and college
To the Editor:
Thank you to Thomas Bundy and others in the class of '89, as well as my brother Randy, who took the trouble over the past couple of weeks to write letters to the editor regarding my teaching career. It is not often that teachers receive thanks, particularly thanks in writing in the newspaper. From the comments I've heard about the letters, many teachers besides me got a boost from the letters and felt appreciated.
I would like to say, however, that it was never my goal to prepare students simply for college but for life. Reading, writing, and speaking well are good preparation for any life regardless of career plans. Having consequences for behavior and having consistent rules are also good preparation for life.
Craig Steindorf
Goldendale
Good choice for council
To the Editor:
I was pleased to learn that Mr. Ron Lightfoot has thrown his hat into the ring to run for city council. Ron, a forty year resident of Goldendale, has a proven record of suiting up, showing up, and speaking up in behalf of the citizens of Goldendale. I suppose there are those who have thought his out outspokenness to be harsh at times, but whether I have always agreed with him or not in personal matters, I have always respected the fact that his presence at city hall meetings have been a constant and that he has never shied away in battling for that which he believes in which, more often than not, has been efficiently researched in the interest of his town and those that live here. I wish him well in his bid for this position.
Jessica Bieker
Goldendale
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