Opinion

Getting anything new rolling can be a challenge, as organizers make first-time mistakes while trying to get people to buy into what they鈥檙e doing. Such is the case with Car Free Sunday in Courtenay and Cumberland, but not in Comox.

I would love to send out a huge thank you to a wonderful person who found my wedding and engagement rings and turned them into the Lewis Centre in Courtenay two weekends ago.

Dear editor, This letter is in response to your recent front page story about the angry parents at Royston Elementary.

Teachers aren鈥檛 stupid people. They know they get a good wage to do an important job, a job that is difficult to do well, but one that can also offer a lot of personal satisfaction and fulfillment.

Dear editor, Firstly, Andrew Gower, thank you for organizing the car-free Sunday in the Valley. The amount of energy your team has spent on details for this event is astounding. Please ignore all the negative feedback in the newspaper.

Dear editor, I read with dismay the article "Students, parents upset at Royston Elementary鈥� (Record, Sept. 14) about class reconfigurations after four days in class.

Dear editor, Once again the council and residents of Comox are dealing with a contentious issue.

Dear editor, I would like to set the record straight that we did not 鈥渉ave the gall to ask Courtenay City Council for a bridge specifically for cyclists.鈥�

Dear editor, My wife and I just recently took up geocaching and rediscovered camping (after having camped in many different ways over the years 鈥� backpacking, tenting, truck camper, etc.).

Dear editor, How many of the people that drive regularly down a street to shop in one or two stores are aware of what all the stores and businesses in that street have to offer?