I need to preface this letter by stating my copy of The Leader is generally a week late due to the fact I reside in North Carolina, and it takes a bit for some mail to travel from one coast to the other.

First, I want to give kudos to the Quilcene school board for their decision on removing the books “Sam Is My Sister”  and “Pink, Blue, And You” from their school’s library.  Sadly, to me at least, these books will still be available to other children whose parents can’t/won’t/don’t supervise their child(rens’) reading material! I’m sure I’ll have some rhetorical rocks, maybe a few boulders (?) thrown my way, but as I have God’s Word, the Holy Bible, as my shield, I’m not too scared.

Second, I have to agree with Lisa Storey, although I’ve never met her, to my knowledge. I feel the board and Ms. Hennessy need a “touch” of looking into, if that’s possible?  It bothers me as a reader of this fine paper to read these very disturbing articles about how Ms. H- feels that the volunteers, who have been there for years, all of a sudden aren’t doing well enough to suit her? Is there a personality clash, a power struggle, a mind set of, “I’m better than you because I earn a salary?”

I’m not trying to “stir up stink” as we say down here in the South, I would just like to know what’s going on in what used to be a quiet, welcoming town where my mother called her home for over 50 years until she passed away.

Shirley (Hartzell) Page

Richlands, North Carolina