In response to the letter ("Carry a water bottle as a good dog owner," June 1), I too would love to beautify my storefront on Lincoln Avenue with big pots of flowers and have attempted to do so on several occasions.

However, people constantly pulled the flowers out, broke the plants, and poured excess hot coffee on top of the plants, causing them to die.

I have removed the plants, which are now doing beautifully at my home. There is something to be said about people in the world that destroy beautiful things.

Violet Johnson

Spa R&R

Distilled water facts
grossly overstated

In the latest issue of the Willow Glen Resident, Carl Heintze ("Bottled water flooding the market by the gallon," June 8) indicated in his second paragraph that approximately 40 percent of bottled water is actually sold as distilled water. This could not be further from the facts.

In 1998 we sold our water store, which sold distilled water and filtered water.

Distilling water is an extremely expensive procedure and unless a label indicates distilled, it is not. I do not know of any bottled water that indicates it has been distilled.

We are longtime Willow Glen residents and enjoy the local paper; however, articles should be thoroughly researched.

Gary and Jan Hendrickson

Willow Glen