BEST OF WAS, UM, THE BEST!
    I had to write to tell you how much I enjoyed the Best of the Chippewa Valley 2008. Not only was it entertaining but will serve as a nice resource when I want to go out or check a new place to visit. I loved your categories and keep hoping as I turned the page that it wasn’t going to end and was delighted that it filled the issue! Keep up the great work! It is such an asset to the valley.
 – Kim Yearman

HATS OFF TO YOU
    Just a short note about people and what they look like under their hats. Have you ever talked to someone and that person always wears a hat? In your mind you’re saying to yourself what do they look like without that hat? MMMM? The next time your sitting at the Mall or just walking around gazing at the world look for those hats but if someone looks back at you in a quizical way look away in a hurry.
    Sure there are all kinds of people and all kinds of hats that kinda tell ya what kind of person wears that hat, but that HAT you ask yourself?  So the next time you see Mr. Food on TV13, just sit there and ponder, “what does he look like without a hat?”
– Mark C. Warns

NO WHINING? NO COMPLAINING?
    How about a column devoted to random acts of kindness? Good deeds that people do for one another.  No whining.  No complaining.  Something people can read and feel good about.  Maybe it will start a trend of people caring about each other more and wanting to make a difference in our world.  There is no act of kindness too small or insignificant—every small effort adds up.  Let the voices of good, considerate, caring people be heard.  We are always hearing what bad thing(s) bad people have done.  It’s discouraging and disappointing.  So let’s hear good things about good people for a change!  Let’s hear something positive to feel good about instead of constant negativity.

If a person looks for problems, they’ll find them.  Also true is…if a person looks for reasons to be thankful/grateful, they’ll find them, too.  Maybe our society should stop feeling sorry for themselves and instead focus on all the many reasons we should be thankful—especially for each other.  We should take delight in how individual and unique each and every one of us is.  We should look for the goodness in each other and stop being so critical of one another.  Acts of kindness are all around us—we need only open our eyes to see and open our hearts to feel.
– K.D., Eau Claire