KVH emergency room is lifesaver
To the Editor:
A few weeks ago I was admitted to the emergency room at KVH. They quite literally saved my life. I also received blood. It is to these people that I owe a great deal of thanks. I also realized that while there are a lot of blood donors, more are needed. To those who have thought about it, please give.
Janice Christiansen
Goldendale
Candidate person of integrity
To the Editor:
It was a pleasure to assist Victoria Allen in gathering names in this county for her to run for County Assessor.
Victoria's knowledge of the Assessor’s office and her understanding of the needs of this community will bring a new passion to the position.
It is apparent when she campaigns that she is able to clearly define what she will bring to this office, unlike her opponent, Adam DeHart, who confused me with minimal and vague answers in his attempt to identify what the position meant to him.
Victoria Allen is a woman of integrity. She has my vote!
Jessica Bieker
Goldendale
Lessons to learn in Afghanistan
To the Editor:
I am appalled, as I’m sure you are, with the never-ending ruthlessness of terrorists in Afghanistan. It is beyond belief how their suicide bombers can indiscriminately kill innocent civilians—women and children among them—at the behest of ultra-fundamentalist clergy espousing heretical interpretations of the Koran.
And this is not to mention that almost insurmountable burden borne by our troops in a land where terrorists in civilian clothes take cover in civilian crowds and homes. An evil force is at play in all of this, and it drives many of us to hate such people for their unscrupulous actions.
Of course, this is exactly why they do such things. Either we allow the terrorists of this world to lead us down paths of reactive hate and reciprocal violence, or we step back and assess the moral ambush into which we have fallen. This is the trap Martin Luther King avoided. No matter how vicious and hateful the Klan-inspired segregationalists became, he refused to hate, even to demean, those who would oppress and kill. He understood that to demean one’s opponent is to demean oneself and that sooner or later even the most implacable enemy will crumble under the weight of our refusal to hate. Yes, hate what they do, but not who they are—persons valued by God as are we.
Sadly, we seem not have learned that our enemy has much to teach us about ourselves and about God’s will for us. Had we, I doubt we would find ourselves today behind the eight ball in Afghanistan.
David Duncombe
White Salmon |
