Lineman for the county:Alan Prendergast's article was very well-written and informative, and certainly captured what is happening in Elbert County. Thanks.
Fred Beisser
Parker
Send in the Clown
Lifetime channel:Regarding Michael Roberts's "Tears of a Clown," in the May 13 issue:
I'd like to thank Channel 12 for producing a fine retrospective of the life of Russell Scott, aka Blinky the Clown, and his worthy consorts, Zelda and Otis. Bob Palmer narrated this little locally made gem; it was very good to hear his voice again. The amount of time spent on Russ's young life was nicely done, and I enjoyed the bits about early Colorado TV. The after-the-famous-times were good, too, showing the interesting and apropos retirement Russ chose for himself. Many personal documentaries stumble at these points, tending to concentrate on the "famous years" everyone recalls most easily. I sincerely hope that Scott-o's Mini Circus is in a local museum somewhere, or will be.
Me, I first saw Blinky on a thirteen-inch black-and-white TV in 1963, when I was five. He taught me one of my first jokes, a classic vaudeville-style two-liner: "What do you do when your big toe falls off? Call for the big toe truck!" Later, Blinky kept my young brother and sister company when I had to sit them.
For Russ Scott, I pen this little ditty:
Happy life...time to you,
Happy life...time to you,
Happy life...time, dear Blinky,
Happy life...time to you.
You laughed us, you safed us,
You forever embraced us,
Happy life...time, dear Blinky,
Happy life...time to you.
Now, if we could get more of this kinda locally produced program from Channel 12 (and Channel 6, too!) instead of being held hostage to endless infomercial reruns of Suze Ormond, Wayne Dyer and the '50s-music gang, et al., then we'd have something worth watching.
Joe Hutchinson
Wellington
Voices Carry
His vote's come in:Regarding the May 13 Off Limits:
Ronnie Crawford is right. Our country is broken, and it sure needs a lot of fixing. That's where my generation needs to step in and make voices for themselves by registering to vote. Many of my friends feel that they shouldn't register because, they say, "Who's going to listen to us? We're still kids in their eyes." But once one of us steps up...there are many of us that will be right there behind that one person, trying to change this country for the better. From what I've noticed, just one voice in this generation has a larger impact on the government than someone of my parents' generation or my grandparents' generation.
What I'm trying to do here is get the people of this generation, the ones who are just graduating high school and college, to go out there and register to vote. We'll have an even higher impact on our government and how this country runs if we all put in our voice this November. You don't agree with Bush/Cheney? Register, and you can put someone new into office.
Jamie Oberloh
Denver
