Opinion

Like a recurring nightmare, Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) has raised its head once again in our community. Company officials hosted a public information meeting on Thursday night, Sept.

Editor: I am writing to express my gratitude for the ambulance service, firemen and police for their quick response on Aug. 23 when my daughter, Brenda Waddell, took very ill while picnicking at Secret Beach.

Editor: Re: Jenny Wagler's article Coast dependent on off-Coast food imports, Coast Reporter, Sept. 11.

Oftentimes I hear people wondering why newspapers, including ours, seem to focus on what's wrong with our society. They want to see more good news stories, especially on the front page.

Editor: Thank-you Dianne Goldberg for putting into words exactly what I was thinking after reading the Sept. 4 issue (Coast Reporter, letters, Sept. 11). All week I was trying to put my anger and sadness on paper, but you said it perfectly.

Editor: I am saddened and dismayed that the Sunshine Coast Regional District and the Sechelt Indian Band are looking at an independent power project.

Editor: I find it quite curious that two local governments, the Sunshine Coast Regional District and the Sechelt Indian Band should be "eligible" to apply for a licence for an independent power project: i.e. run of river project.

Editor: This morning at 8 a.m. on Sept. 21, I tried to do my recycling at the IGA drop off area in Gibsons and I found a disgusting display of boxes, papers, egg cartons, bottles, cans, plastics, ect.

Editor: I get dizzy from MP John Weston's constant "spin" on problems facing this country. When you state in a recent article on upgrading local small craft harbours that, "The Conservative government understands that the commercial fishery in B.C.

Editor: So our new education minister suggests with the cutbacks to the schools sports programs, the students instead of participating in organized team sports, walk, dance and play in the park to get in shape.