JoAnne Hersch
Los Gatos
Election outcome is simple logic
Declare Florida a Draw. This conclusion is the truth. Each side now has 2,290,xxx votes. The uncertainties of counting, peculiar ballots of several kinds, peculiar campaign habits, make this conclusion proper and legal.
Then follow the Constitution and give the overall decision to the electoral college. The count here is 268 to 245. Give 13 Florida electoral votes to each candidate. The result is Gore, which accords with the will of the majority of the American people.
Charles Walton
Los Gatos
Thanks to town residents for participation
I want to express my profound gratitude to all of the Los Gatos residents who demonstrated their commitment to the community's health by walking in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Los Gatos residents joined thousands of others from throughout the Bay Area at the Oct. 22 event.
Together, 11,000 participants raised $906,000 to support breast cancer research and advocacy, as well as local breast-health programs. These include Reach to Recovery, through which newly diagnosed women are matched with a survivor who provides practical advice and emotional support; and Tell-A-Friend, through which women call their friends and family members over age 40 who haven't had a mammogram and encourage them to get one. One in nine women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, so such programs are likely to benefit someone close to each of us.
In addition to supporting crucial services, walkers honored loved ones who have battled breast cancer, heard inspirational messages from survivors, and received critical breast-health information. While there were tearful moments, the prevailing mood was one of hope and possibility.
None of this would have been possible without the energy and enthusiasm of walkers from cities throughout the Bay Area. The success of the event is a testament to the power of committed, concerned individuals to make our community an even better place to live.
Julie Shaver
Cancer Control Director
Silicon Valley Region
Correction
A letter opposing the opening of Longs Drugs at Rinconada Hills shopping center with the signature of B. Ann Curtis ran in the Nov. 22 issue of the Los Gatos Weekly-Times. Curtis says she did not write the letter, although she has signed several petitions on the subject. The letter was one of several identified as "letters to the editor" brought to this newspaper by someone representing herself as the chairman of a Rinconada Hills neighborhood group opposing the drugstore. We should have checked each letter's authenticity instead of taking the word of the person who brought them to us at face value. We apologize for the oversight.
Los Gatos, California Since 1881
