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Letters - 12/8
Thanks for cards for troops
On behalf of the U.S.O., the Red Cross, and American Veterans (AMVETS) Grant County Post 777 in Quincy, I would like to extend my deepest thanks to all those who wrote Christmas greetings on Christmas cards for our “Wish a GI Merry Christmas” drive.
We asked people to write Christmas greetings on Christmas cards which we sent off to the U.S.O. and Red Cross so that they could hand them out to our military personnel wherever they are.
We had a great response, taking in somewhere around 600 cards from drop boxes, the high school and other individuals. I have to wonder if some didn’t develop writer’s cramp.
These cards included homemade ones with scribbles from preschoolers all the way up to letters from senior citizens from an assisted living facility.
Again, I want to thank you each of you for your part in our efforts to bring a little Christmas cheer to loved ones who aren’t able to be home for the holidays.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
— James N. Robb, Commander, AMVETS Post 777
Support for Flinn
The QCBID has been a critical component of the economic success of local farmers for over fifty years. However, the District has now entered into a challenging operating climate, and the decisions that must be made are going to be more difficult than those that were made in the past. Upgrading of aging facilities is planned to improve efficiency and reliability, but these needed changes are going to be expensive. In addition, the regulatory environment that the QCBID must operate in is increasing in complexity and more difficult to navigate than in years gone by.
I am supporting Mike Flinn because he has many years of business management experience as a successful farmer through good years and bad. I believe this knowledge will enable him to make the prudent and fiscally responsible decisions necessary regarding the future of the District.
His years of experience as a District board member will pay dividends in helping to guide the QCBID through difficult policy decisions. Most importantly, he understands that the District must remain strong financially to meet its historical purpose: the dependable delivery of lower cost water to the farmers of Grant County. Our continued economic growth and prosperity depend on it.
— Warren Morgan
More needed for youth
Every time I head out of town to the west on Highway 28, I look at that piece of property between the ACE Hardware store and the strip mall with the laundromat and think to myself that would be the perfect place for a bowling alley and/or movie theater.
We need some entertainment here in Quincy. When my kids go bowling in Moses Lake, they always see other Quincy kids and Ephrata kids. In Lewiston, Idaho, my daughter has a “Dollar Theater,” where the movies are actually only $1. They show them after they are done at all the local movie theaters and admission is really just $1. They are always packed. I would not mind paying a $3 admission price for movies that finished playing a month or so ago.
Hayden, Idaho has Triple Play. Miniature golf would be something fun. Moses Lake has the outdoor ice skating, another thing my kids go to and see kids they know. We now have a recreation department with two employees.
They are taking field trips to other cities for recreation. If we were to get any of the above recreational activities here in our own fine town, the public would have to support them and use them regularly.
This would be a bit of a risk, but I believe in our community members and in their participation in these recreational activities. Starting any of these businesses here in our town would also create more jobs available to our community members. I can only see positive things by getting some form of entertainment/recreation going here in our community.
— Stacey Young
