Department heads deserve respect
Bee Editorial
      We are going to go out on a limb and make a very bold statement - department heads know more than the council members. So why aren't they taken seriously and listened to? Cutting off a department head in mid-sentence is not only disrespectful but ignorant. These are professionals, with degrees and years of experience in their areas of expertise.
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      PICKY EATERS - On Friday night, I met some students and staff members of Mandarin Kung Fu at a restaurant in order to celebrate one of the students having achieved his black belt. I arrived after meals had been ordered and sat down at the all-male table. We discussed the events of the night, that is until the food arrived. The discussion then turned to what I eat.
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Plenty of people worthy of positive press
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      Twice in the past month I've received phone calls from people who wanted to ask me why I don't write more about topics that would best be categorized as "good news.
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Diagnosis is key for ovarian cancer
      First, I would like to thank The Bee Newspapers for the article on ovarian cancer to commemorate Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Since this is the deadliest of female cancers, it is crucial that the signs and symptoms are publicized.
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Voters should place 'Amherst first'
SATISH MOHAN Amherst Supervisor
      President Kennedy once invited all (about 20) living Nobel Laureates to the White House. He then commented that the presidential house, that evening, had collectively the most brain power it ever had except when Thomas Jefferson alone lived there.
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