Greg Johnson, Jr. will be remembered
On Nov. 22, 2008, our community lost an extraordinary young man, Gregory Johnson Jr. Greg graduated with honors from Lower Lake High School in June 2006. Greg participated in numerous activities while attending there.
He was the Student Body Vice President, Activities Director, a drama student and the school”s athletic trainer. Greg was a member of the Academic Decathlon Team and was the Lion”s Club regional finalist Speaker of the Year. He was also a member of the school”s wrestling team.
Greg was very outgoing and loved being around people. He was known for giving the warmest hugs. He was loved by everyone. Greg was not just another student. Greg was a rare and exceptional, well-mannered and amiable individual.
Greg had so much going for him. He was a successful student with a very bright future ahead of him. Greg was attending San Jose State University. He recently received his Associates Degree in Political Science. He was majoring in kinesiology and looked forward to becoming a sports medicine doctor.
Greg was also a very spirited individual and very involved with his church. He was licensed as a minister in 2003 and was ordained in 2004 as a preacher of the Gospel.
It is very difficult for anyone that knew Greg to believe he committed suicide. We do not want his death to be over-looked. May this case remain open until more information is revealed that leads to the truth. We can only hope and pray that anyone who knows any information will come forward.
Greg will be loved, remembered and deeply missed forever by all of his friends, family and our entire community.
Ann Nolasco, teacher
Jan Fiedler, teacher
Charging junk mail will help post office
I been thinking about the post office saying maybe they”ll cut back and not deliver mail on Saturdays and you saying in your editorial that you agree with the post office (Observer*American, Feb. 4). Well, I don”t. I remember when mail was delivered twice a day, six days a week and first class postage was 3 cents and there were penny post cards.
And you know what the difference really is, between then and now? It ain”t millions and millions more letters and post cards. It”s the junk mail that we don”t even read. And every time the post office wants to raise the real cheap price they got for that junk mail, the junk mail mailer companies holler “Free Speech!” and the post office backs down.
You might argue that Monkey Ward and Sears and J.C.Penny quit sending our their monster catalogues because the post office wanted more money for postage. Well, that happened after WWII, when regional shopping malls were being built and those big retailers didn”t have to depend on catalogue sales any more to make money.
What if the post office said, “OK, you junk mail mailers, you”re gonna hafta pay 5 cents more for every piece you mail than you do now?” A course, first of all they”d holler and scream. But what if the post office held fast? Some might quit mailing their junk and that wouldn”t be no bad thing for us post office customers. But in the end, with some less mail to handle and more money for what they would handle, the post office would have enough money to stay in the every day mail delivery business and maybe break even.
A course, advertising is a business expense that is a tax deduction. So if postage cost more for junk mail and advertising mailers, they”d just deduct more from their taxes.
I think the post office ought to try raising junk mail prices a bunch instead of raising first-class stamp prices and saying they might quit delivering mail on Saturdays. Think about it, and maybe you”ll agree.
Don K. Moeller
Kelseyville
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