TO THE EDITOR
line, sometimes over half an hour, watching
Post Office workers moving so slowly with
bored faces; then, there is never enough
parking space at the downtown office. And I
don’t know why they don’t have a small
corner with some toys for customers with
kids, so, for example, my twins will not run
around and make the Post Office lady get
frustrated, because she can’t understand
they are 3-year-old toddlers, and running
and laughing are normal things for that age.
Tetyana Beede
Eugene
COMMON SENSE
LINE IN THE SAND
If you’re Jeffrey Luers, you get 22 years
for setting fire to some SUVs. If you try to
blow up LAX, you get 22 years. Makes
sense to me.
Brian Wilson
Eugene
In a ditch along a gravel road near
Crawford, Texas, a grieving mother clutch-
ing a picture of her son is gallantly doing
something that should have been done years
ago. Cindy Sheehan has vowed not to end
her vigil until President Bush can tell her
face to face: What was the noble cause her
son Casey, sacrificed his life for in Iraq ?
Meanwhile, out of fear or shame, the
news media would rather talk about a
teenager who has been missing for more
than two months in Aruba.
A line has been finally drawn in the sand.
This war must stop until we have a reason
just and noble enough to send young
American soldiers to their death.
Michael T. Hinojosa
Drain
HOORAY FOR HODGERT
Eugene taxpayers are extremely fortu-
nate to have high school physics teacher
Mike Hodgert working for them. I met Mr.
Hodgert at the end of July in John Day at a
race of small electric vehicles built by his
high school students. The teamwork and va-
riety of skills involved in making these cars
provide lifelong skills to Eugene students.
Mr. Hodgert’s enthusiasm and teaching
skills for the Elecrathon project are
truly amazing. I could see many benefits
of having all students take his course.
Steve Hicks
White Sulphur Springs, Mont.
HELP ANTHONY
In all of Eugene, one of the folks who for
the past 10 years quietly served as a com-
munity member to emulate, has been our
friend Anthony Vanderford — a fine sculp-
tor, tie-dye artist, father, husband, friend.
Busy with his life, Anthony chose to also be
an active member of the community, work-
ing with at-risk kids, mentoring budding
young artists in projects such as school mu-
rals, panels and face masks.
Today, Anthony, 34, is fighting cancer of
the liver. Please celebrate his life, give
thanks for all of his service to Eugene, and
support Anthony and his family by buying
raffle tickets ($5 each, 5 for $20 — great
prizes!) for a drawing Aug. 27. Tickets are at
the Lane Arts Council, Saturday Market,
Morning Glory Café, or by direct donation
to the Anthony Cancer Fund #38010l at the
Oregon Community Credit Union.
Justine Cooper
Eugene
PO’D AT THE PO
I just wanted to ask, why do we have
such a horrible customer service at the Post
Office? Not only that you have to stay in a
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As a matter of fact, the lady was told to go
out and check them out. There’s real protec-
tion for our tax money!
Am I misunderstanding something about
needs and priorities here? Is ticketing the
old lady a sure way to some extra income
for the PD, but checking a out a strange car
in someone’s driveway in the middle of the
night an unlikely source of income?
Is this how we build up trust to work to-
gether?
Ilse Kolbuszowski
Eugene
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BE PREDICTABLE
To all automobile drivers in Eugene:
How wonderful it is that you want to help
me out as I wait to push my infant son
around downtown Eugene. May I suggest
that when you see me with the pram, wait-
ing at an uncontrolled intersection, devoid
of crossing signal or pedestrian crossing
that, instead of slowing down or stopping in
the middle of the street, you continue to
drive your car in a regular, controlled and
predictable fashion. For those of you wish-
ing to show support, a simple wave and a
thumbs-up as you drive by would be great.
I know when you slow down, you mean
to be helpful; but every time this happens I
wonder several things: A) is that driver lost?
B) is that driver waiting for me to step into
the street so they can speed up? and, C) is
that driver going to get rear-ended by the
driver behind them?
It’s great that chivalry is not dead in
Eugene, but as it’s been more than 10 years
since my last CPR class, I’m afraid if you
keep this sort of driving up it soon will be.
John Burridge
Eugene
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