...sons Darry and Torlend Flyum both of Homer; step-father Don Nelson; brothers Mike Tennison, Clyde Tennison, John Nelson and Ty Tennison; sisters Carol Druyvestein and Tina Tennison; 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorial...

Thanks be to Central Peninsula Hospital and CEO Rick Davis for establishing a no-fly zone to which area residents may flee for refuge and in order to escape the endless bombardment of tobacco fumes devastating the health of local citizens.

What rancher in his right mind continually, year after year, kills off and harasses the biggest and best of his herd and expects anything but ruination?

Area residents might do well to remember that the current hospital-versus-docs fiasco is being brought to us by the same folks who concocted the need to sell the hospital - CPGH Inc. What has happened that after years and years of working hand-in-glove with area physicians, our hospital's management has now put our docs in a position where they feel the need for their own facility?

Palmer's column, "Much Uproar Over Salmon" (Clarion, Dec. 9) is an embarrassment. Palmer asserts that nonresidents should "have limits for how many salmon they can take Outside." Sure, our summer visitors can legally catch as many as regulations allow, but they can only take some of them home. Welcome to second-class fishing.

The column refers, somewhat ominously, to "what goes on in nursing homes," claiming to have witnessed such goings-on first hand.

...center's Fall Round-Up fundraiser. A big thank-you to Alaska Railroad for their very generous donation, and to John Nelson for the hand-carved Canada goose that was raffled. Another special thank-you for the wonderful door prizes to Wells...

...with special side dishes and home-grown entertainment. A large round of applause to Peter Brennan, Gwen Johnson and John Nelson for organizing this annual event. Special thanks to the Soldotna Rotary Club: Bill Wirin, Larry Van Ray, Merrill...

...Sprague for their votes. Perhaps the next time this issue is raised before the assembly, those voting otherwise (Fisher, Davis, Long, Martin, and Merkes) will have reconsidered their positions. Thanks for serving, John Nelson Soldotna

...that today's teens need to be taught in high school -- at public expense -- that having a baby involves responsibilities? That a baby needs care and attention? Do today's kids learn nothing at home? Unbelievable! John Nelson Soldotna