The Willow Glen Resident

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Article on billiards hall was unbiased

While Lynne Welke's letter in the Dec. 17 Resident had some valid points, I was surprised at many of the comments.

For one thing, it's natural for individuals to view issues differently, depending on what they have to gain or lose. Ms. Welke's letter is an example of that. Those in favor of Billiards and Brew's late hours see a new business that respects the neighborhood and is trying to improve business. Those against the late hours fear the potential for problems that could indeed occur.

In fairness to Demetri Rizos, he has a sound point. You don't buy a house next to a fertilizer factory and then complain about the smell of manure.

In support of Cecily Barnes, her articles are always well-written, and she has consistently demonstrated the utmost in professional journalism. As a business owner and resident in Willow Glen, I have never received nor witnessed any type of preferential treatment given to businesses or advertisers in The Resident.

As for whether or not Lincoln Avenue is a main street, it's probably easier to walk across Highway 280 than it is to cross Lincoln Avenue during rush-hour traffic.

Randi Fredricks
Arbor Drive

Cookie, write a book!

This is a letter of praise and encouragement for Cookie Curci-Wright and the great job and care she gives her wonderful "Remembering When" articles. I would like all of you to help me encourage her to get all the past articles into a book and into the bookstores before the holidays of 1998.

I did not grow up in Willow Glen but very nearby--close enough to go to the fabulous Garden Theater, frequent the shops along Lincoln Avenue and be about second in line the day La Villa opened in 1947.

I worked for Dr. Allen, the dentist, on Minnesota Avenue from 1985 until a stroke forced his retirement after a 40-year practice in three locations in the area. I, too, have been saddened by the closing of so many of the family-operated stores that treated everyone like family for so many years. It's nice there are still some of these left and others just starting up.

Cookie has such a nice way of taking us all back to happier, more carefree times. I think most of all, she expresses the simple in ways that touch us, in ways to which we can all relate. She reminds us of the happiest parts of our own childhoods and of becoming young adults. She also makes me realize that I am now in the fourth generation of LaVilla ravioli eaters!

I can only imagine the memory chords a Cookie book would strike for the people of Willow Glen and people who were privileged enough to be raised in similar towns.

This book could start an infectious trend of people talking about the happiness and joys of their past, and perhaps make everyone stop whining about the doom and gloom.

Roberta Jaques
Willow Creek Court

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