Just sent a letter to our local paper, about Walgreens...
Editor,
I'm really bummed at the soon-to-be closing of Whiting's Walgreens. It's not that I care about the store itself but I think of those two huge, stately, lovely pine trees which "had" to come down to clear the path for the store. They took decades to grow and now they're gone forever, all because of a chain's arrogant miscalculation that they could prosper right across the street from a firmly established CVS, and in an area where residents have many, many varied options for pharmacies.
I'm no "tree hugger," mind you. I'm not one who would've chained myself to the trees while reciting "Woodman, Spare That Tree" and listening to "King of Trees" by Cat Stevens, had I known in advance that the trees were coming down! What I am is a Bible-believing Christian who believes God has given man dominion over the earth but we MUST be good stewards of our resources that He has loaned to us. I was sad when the trees came down a few years ago but now that Walgreens is going, my sadness has turned to anger. "Thanks," Walgreens...those amazing trees were already on the corner of Healthy and Happy before you came along! And this is coming from someone who is politically conservative and a Capitalist who had his own business up north for 35 years.
And now that you're going, Walgreens, I have a question for you. Can you put those trees back? (Not the midget ones you planted, but "those" trees you took down.)
I didn't think so!
"WALLS OF GREEN"
You loveliest Walls of Green
along came a chain, saw
no beauty...nothing serene
They decided the Walls must fall
And now they are moving on
and now, you're forever gone...
---Who do we call?
Chet Jelinski, Whiting
I sincerely doubt that they'll print ANY or ALL of this letter, but, we'll see...
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