Looking back over the past year, as we move into a new and exciting Centennial year, we’re thankful that our pages have been graced by the opinions of many of our readers.
The quality of their comments, the diversity of the issues discussed and the interest they’ve evoked in others, have all been appreciated.
One of the roles of a community newspaper in a vibrant municipality is to stimulate thought and expression.
We provide our thoughts and suggestions through editorials and then open a forum for those who chose to respond or raise their own ideas through Letters to the Editor.
At all the newspapers we’ve worked for over a 30+ year career we’ve benefitted from the opinions of others. In Sylvan Lake and environs we find a very engaged community of people who are certainly interested.
The list below, of letter writers from the past year, is another indication of the interest our readers take in their community. It’s a lengthy list.
Thank you for taking the time to thoughtfully make your points and let your friends and neighbours know your ideas through our pages.
Readers of the Sylvan Lake News have enjoyed and debated the comments, we believe.
Brian Albert
Steve & Michelle Altilio
Allison Ammeter
Pat Ammeter
Theresa Andreeff
Joe Anglin
Will Archer
Alex & Maegan Babich
Richard Backs
Dr. Brad Bahler
Kerry Bales
Arno Baron
Carol Baxter
Allan Bertamini
Amanda Berwick
Colette Bielech
Mark Bouliane
Annie Boychuk
Sensei Christine & Sensei Dennis Braun
Shari Britton
Cindy Brooks
Leonard Bystrom
C. Burrows
Allan Cameron
G. Brooke Carter
Beth and Dave Coghill
Melanie Crehan
Amy Cunningham
Heather Donald
Ria Dubeta
Lyle Dressler
Arnie Enger
Gail Foreman
Fred Freschette
Dale Ganske
Jon Gaudet
Fred and Sue George
Arthur Gordon
Jim Guloien & Jamie Johanson
Everett Gratrix
Gail Grigaliunas
Al Hallgren
Nancy A. Hayes
Bill Hollingshead
Phil Hudec
Brad Inkster
Cathy Janke
Rene Jaspar
Barry Johns
George Johnston
Carrie Klein
Ray Kowalski
Ken Larsen
John Law
Craig Little
Lynda Maine
Randy & Cheryl Maki
Douglas Malsbury
Dale Mannix
Jeff Mcdougall
Leah McIntyre
Helen McLean
Ian McLean
Steve Miller
Brian Mooney
Nic Monod
Gordon Moore
Terry Morris
Wendy Morris
Vernie Munroe
Wyatt Myhr
Marilyn Nielsen
Sherri Nixon
Laurie Norris
Michael O’Hanlon
Lottie Pierce
Cheryl Platt
Wendy Prediger/Raho
Matt Prete
Cynthia Randall
Melissa Rayner
Kay Resvick
Wayne & Jennifer Saastad
Edie Sandberg
Walter Sandusky
Miranda Sears
Aly Seymour
Joanne Sikma
Judith Skibinsky
C. Smith
Dick Snook
Ken Somerville
Brenda Stone
Graeme Strathdee
Jim Sutherland
Bob Swabey
Andrea Swainson
Ken Todd
Kerry Towle
Jim Vetsch
John Walsh
Pat Walsh
Dean Watkiss
Jerry Wohlers
Garth Wood
We’d also be remiss in not thanking the many people who have phoned to let us know about events and story ideas, those who have penned their own information and provided submissions for the paper and those who have taken pictures. We have a small news gathering staff and depend on the assistance of the whole community to produce a newspaper which reflects what’s happening in our area. Your involvement certainly leads to our success.