Opinion
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- Written by: Bob, Judy and John Heeszel
With the disappearance of our son and brother Jim on Jan. 29, 2009, until the discovery of his body on March 30, 2009, our family has been through some horrible days wondering and praying for his safe return. Unfortunately it was not meant to be.
A special thank you to godparents Jim and Sue Burton for stepping up and taking over to arrange a very special memorial service. Words are not enough to express the gratitude we feel towards you for that. Without your help we don't know if we could have done what you two accomplished for us.
To Jim's godbrothers, Frank and Duane, and godsister, Lynette, we love you and thank you for being there for us. Also a big thank you to the Moose Lodge for letting us come in and use the facilities there.
Also thanks to Stephanie of Jones and Lewis for helping me with the book and putting a beautiful tribute on your site to honor our son.
To all of Jim's friends, your support to this family will never be forgotten. Friends from his school days and adulthood have shown us Jim was well liked among all of you.
To his GBS friends ... what can we say? You are TRUE brothers and sisters and we love all of you very much. You all came from near and far to show your friendship and loyalty to our son.
Again, thank you one and all for your continued support, we love all of you.
Bob, Judy and John Heeszel are from Clearlake Oaks.
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- Written by: Jaclyn Ley
Thanks to Bernie and Lynne Butcher, owners of the Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon, for sharing the “History of the Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon” followed by a tour of the hotel and the old livery stable next to the Blue Wing.
We are also thankful to Sheldon Steinberg, owner of the livery stable, who although he could not be at the meeting was nice enough to let Bernie and Lynne share the restored livery stable where he runs his antique plumbing fixture business.
Thank you to all who attended to make this a wonderful event.
Jaclyn Ley is a member of the Lake County Historical Society. She lives in Lakeport.
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- Written by: Justin Kelleher
I have been following his plight since the beginning on several prominent Web sites and am shocked that in this day and age that the behaviour we have seen, and your readers have experienced, from local law enforcement is not going unchecked.
As a longtime sailor, and with the research I have done, I cannot think how I could have avoided the gross negligence of another person that the group on the sailboat had forced upon them.
I hope that these influences will be soon removed from your community and all can live in fair environment knowing that they will be treated honestly and fairly by those that are there to serve and PROTECT us.
Justin Kelleher lives in Perth, Western Australia.
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- Written by: Herb Gura
One disadvantage of the Clearlake Observer-American only being published once weekly is that it gets behind the news and editorial curve.
An example is their April 22 edition which ran a month-old letter to the editor from Ed Robey regarding some comments I’d made back in March about the Clearlake City Council's handling of the decision on Provinsalia.
Ed’s letter and my responses to it were plastered all over the editorial pages of most of Lake County’s news publications for a couple of weeks. There were back and forth blogs from others supporting one or the other of us. I talked about the “dispute” on my KPFZ radio show on April 11 and listeners called and gave their opinions.
Mr. Robey and I communicated by email and finally had a brief and cordial conversation in front of Clearlake City Hall. Ed and I shook hands and I believe both of us were happy to move on. I am looking forward to working together with him on the many issues in which we are political allies.
It was therefore a disappointing experience to have the Clearlake Observer-American dredge the whole thing up again by publishing Ed’s original letter on April 22, so long after the fact and so long after the matter had been put to rest.
It would have been better for everyone if their editor had just let this stale story die a natural death.
Herb Gura lives in Clearlake Oaks.
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