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This is a comment on your "Walla Walla U-B top 10 stories ballot."
It was quite distressing to read through the list of items we're asked to vote on. Right there among "State budget cuts eliminate local horse races" and "Three moose romp their way through the city," we find "Two children, Olivia and Eva Wilson, are killed in house fire," "Julio Cesar Martinez is killed in a shooting" and "Audrey Brewer is stabbed to death."
And we are asked to vote whether the tragic deaths of four young people should make it into the "Top 10 Stories!"
To me it's disturbing, to say the least, to be publicly reminded, in the venue of a frivolous news story contest, of the appalling events that are an ongoing nightmare for the families and friends of these four dear young people.
I believe it was not your intent to offend, but in this instance it seems you lost sight of simple human empathy and respect for the feelings of others.
My wife, Dixie, and I live next door to the Brewers. They are a wonderful, caring family and a pleasure to have as neighbors. We can only guess at the pain with which they live every day. And to see this most personal and heartbreaking calamity used as part of a contest of top news stories is to me highly insensitive.
How are her family, friends and neighbors supposed to respond to this? "Hey, Audrey's death might make it into the 'top 10!' Cool." Bizarre and revolting, don't you think?
From just a news perspective it may be appropriate for the U-B to make reference to those personal tragedies. The events needed to be reported and they are news. However, for a small community paper to lay out for public voting the traumatic events that many of your readership are still haunted by is very tacky.
I value my daily U-B and will continue to subscribe, but I hope in the future you will rethink what is included in the list of possible top 10 items. May I suggest a contest for the 10 most inspiring news stories of the year? With all that's bad in the world, we could all use something to cheer about.
Casey Cramer
Walla Walla
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Gauzy cotton maxi top with button front closure at the top, with lace and crochet embellishment on the upper bodice. Front of chest has pleated detailing near the button closure. "V"-neckline in front. Ties at back of waist to adjust fit. Slit opening at bottom front. Billowy peasant sleeves.
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**Special Note: It is recommended that you size down one size, since this items runs a little large.
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by jana sue surprisingly nice! i paid a pittance for this after it went on sale! it is incredible well-made and so flattering! it can easily be dressed up or down. highly recommend! 8.27.2013
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Rated 4 out of 5Â by Laraine Lovely but Roomy I just got this piece in the rose colour and I really like its vintage floaty feel. As I am petite (5'3") this hits below the knee on me, and with an extra small it is still quite roomy, particularly through the shoulder and upper arm. I know the sleeves are supposed to be billowy but the amount of fabric through the shoulder and upper arm on me is just on the edge of being sloppy. Since it is roomy on my frame, I find I like it better with jeans and a tank underneath, or with a shorter knee length dress in a darker colour as it adds some dimension and shows that I do have a shape under the fabric. For reference it washes up really well with no fraying, cold water wash and hang to dry in my case. 6.26.2013
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Terrible experience with Cycleworks Edmonton and KTM Canada
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Really sorry to hear about your experience. It's so not cool when your new bike sits in a dealership that is suppose to be working on it for you.
I bought my 07' 990 Adventure from Cycleworks Calgary and will not do ANY business with them again. Stalling and sputtering issues, and I was charged quite steep (well, that only worked once, but they sure tried which is just as bad to me. $135 for a freaken spark plug change even though they were already there!!!) for a number of items that did not fix the problem, though it was on warranty. In the end after 3 visits, it ends up being the rear sparkplug boot continued to slip off the plug.
Also had my bike out of service for 3 weeks due to a fuel pump issue! WTF? Service at Cycleworks = poor!!! Friendly sales = NADA! Parts = MSRP (even after purchasing)
Bottom line, I am going to buy a 990R next year and have my current rides suspension modified so my wife can ride it. I am buying in Vernon, BC!!! Yup, 3 KTM dealers within an hour of my place, but I am going to buy, and service my new bike 6 HOURS away cause I have heard nothing but huge praise for Vernon Motorsports. That is all most of us want... good service with reasonable rates and a smile.
Now that my bike is off warantee, I do all the work on it. I'll be damned if I give 10 cents of business to Cycleworks.
Hope all works out for you and your bike. Hope our Cycleworks warnings carry weight with others. Word of mouth works both ways!
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The British are ComingPosted on Thursday, October 30th, 2014
This season is off to a good start. Well our opening concert had a power failure and we had to cancel the second half of the concert. That was a bummer! But we got the city to pay for us to perform the Scheherazade several weeks later. The British are Coming is the theme of our next concert. I am so excited to be working with Ron White, who has been a member of the SOST for a very long time. What is amazing is that after I had been working with the orchestra here in Beaumont for three years, Ron and I were sitting next to each other playing a gig at a local church and we started talking and realized we were at the same band camp, in the same clarinet section and in the same concert band up in Michigan back in 1981! We could not believe the coincidence and that it took us three years of working together until we realized this fact. Ron's training on the clarinet is really top-notch having studied with some of the biggest names in the clarinet world. The Mozart Clarinet Concerto is a piece that is near and dear to my heart as a clarinetist. It was one of Mozart's last compositions and shows his absolute mastery and how he was light years ahead of any of his contemporaries at the time. A true masterpiece