Letters

We want to take this time to thank everyone who has shown support through this extremely difficult time. The support has shown us the true meaning of friendship and community. Your love and compassion have helped ease some of our burdens and worries. We would like to thank all the people (some who we did not know personally) who sent cards, who called and who stopped by to visit. We would like to also mention our entire family and make a special thanks to them.

My new neighbor saved my food my refrigerator and freezer when we lost power for five days in the Troutdale area.

My next-door neighbor knocked on my door with extension cords to save my food with his generator.

My wife and I, along with another couple in our community, had a 10-year long ritual of a Friday evening meal at a local eating establishment. As a result, we got to be very good friends with the owners. I fondly recall those Friday night rendezvous, especially after losing my wife to an extended illness this past spring.

Approximately 40 gift bags were left at the Fries Recreation Center for the senior citizens who meet there on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

Each bag contained three gifts that had been individually wrapped. No gift bag contained the same selection of gifts, which shows how much thought and time the giver spent selecting each item.