Letters to The Editor: November 14-20, 2024

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The Editor:

On behalf of the entire winter clothing distribution team and the Community Assistance Program, I would like to extend a very heartfelt thank you to our amazing community!

Through your generosity we served over 100 families this year. The volume of coats, hats, gloves, etc. that was donated was incredible. We received over 600 coats! Many talented people personally made hats, scarves, gloves and socks to donate as well.

Our community truly knows what it means to take care of each other; from businesses opening their spaces for donation bins, to every single donated item, we thank you!

Amee Nelson

CAP winter clothing drive director

Blaine

 

The Editor:

I want to offer my gratitude for your terrific newspaper. I live in Birch Bay part of the year, and read every single issue! I so appreciate the coverage you offer including the factual local news you provide along with human interest stories. Your balance of the type of news, along with the totally engaging Doug Dahl “Road Rules” column make me a supporter!

I feel informed about important issues and events because of you. It has allowed me to know when there was an open city council meeting that I have attended, or to know about a community event that I can participate in.

I saw your request in a recent issue for people to donate to support your work. I am happy to pay for a year’s subscription to this important work and encourage others to do so too!

Tuney Kannapell

Birch Bay

 

The Editor:

I write this letter today from a place of deep regret and sorrow. I have asked myself over and over how is it that three or four volunteer board members could have collectively found a way to create a situation where our deeply loved [Blaine Senior Center] director Pete Nelson is now resigning.

There are approximately 800 members at the Blaine Senior Center, and when Pete Nelson became director a few years ago there were only 400 members. Everything Pete Nelson did for our center was over the top, and he did it from his deep love and appreciation for our senior population. You just tell me how many people any of you know that literally love senior citizens? Not many, and that’s the truth. Pete, on the other hand, adores older people and created an environment where kindness matters. And we had fun together as a collective.

Pete Nelson is no run of the mill guy, he’s an exceptional individual that each of us at the center are going to miss more than we can imagine. This is a very sad and regretful situation for so many of us senior citizens.

In closing, I just wanted to add my personal opinion, I honestly don’t think there will ever be another director at our Blaine Senior Center that will ever care about us seniors the way Pete Nelson did, and always will. This is a terrible loss to all of us seniors here at the center. So many of us love and respect Pete Nelson and all he’s done for us here at the Blaine Senior Center.

A member in deep regret and sorrow.

Tess Tessler

Blaine

 

The Editor:

Several people approached John on Veterans Day at Bob’s Burgers and Brew, saying they read all about him in The Northern Light. One man said he never thought he would get the chance to meet him and shook John’s hand!

Barbara Finn

Birch Bay

 

The Editor:

I write this after Election Day. I admit, I was not prepared for the psychic trauma that has occurred within me.

Mainly, because I was and am ready for a woman to lead this country, and cannot understand those who refuse to judge women on a level playing field. A strong woman does not intimidate nor threaten me. Women are not weak, they are the stronger sex. They are kinder, more concerned with the greater good, with less ego, and are far less likely to send someone’s children to war.

My very first love, my mother. Then, as I grow up, my first romantic love as a teen, another woman. Special teachers who helped me see my value and potential were all women. And when I had a very profound health issue, the doctors didn’t know what to do, so they did nothing. It was the nurses who comforted me when I needed it most and gave me the will to pull through a terrible ordeal. So impressive were they I had to write them a letter of thanks and praise after I had recovered with their help. Again, women.

And finally, my wife, the woman I love most in my life, for having all the qualities of being a woman she brought with her.

Though my chosen team lost, I will not storm the Capitol, or wreak havoc on my fellow citizens who chose differently than I. I am still convinced a woman can and will make a good leader for America. Maybe next time.

Gary Meader

Nooksack

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