Great article

To the editor:

I’d like to compliment Joshua Kornfeld on his delightful article celebrating Cathy DeLorey’s 50-year teaching career.

While she certainly provided some juicy tidbits, several of my book club friends and fellow teachers commented that it was one of the best articles we have read in the Review…and all of us are 30-plus-year residents.

We appreciate your honoring of her long and successful career. Teaching is not easy, and she was born to do it!

Susan Knell

Suquamish

Photo misleading

To the editor:

In your April 4 article about the Bainbridge Island School District cutting band programs, The Review made the journalistic decision to run a photo of two young people playing the cello. I’d like to point out a few important errors:

Those students are not part of BISD. In the 31 years I’ve lived here, there has never been an orchestra program. Band—and until a few years ago, choir—have been the only school-based music options available. The photo you used originally ran in The Review last year for a feature on Kids in Concert, a free after-school music program I help lead.

KIC exists precisely because public school arts programs keep getting cut, leaving access to music education to only the wealthiest families. The district’s decision to eliminate band is deeply disappointing—but your choice to illustrate the story with a misleading photo does a disservice to both the issue and the young musicians actually affected by it.

Kirsten Branson-Meyer

Bainbridge

Thank you

To the editor:

Your work, career and you are heard, seen, felt and valued. You didn’t take down Nixon. Your wins are bigger. You uplifted people.

When we share stories we often don’t know their impact on others. I’m just one example. Your stories in the Kingston Community News caused me to subscribe to the North Kitsap Herald and learn about locals who care about our community and try to make a difference.

Thank you for being you, Steve (retiring editor Powell). I am grateful for your impact on me. I’m excited for Tyler Shuey to continue your legacy and make his own mark on the world.

Neil Diercks

Kingston