To the editor: One of the greatest assets our community has is Columbia Gorge Community College. Excellence requires leadership and innovation, and yet CGCC stays stuck on neutral, not accelerating. It’s over time for change, which I will be voting for on this month’s ballot.

To the editor: Anyone driving past my home would not immediately say, “That is the yard of a Master Gardener.” In fact, taking a long look at my yard, one might be operating under a totally different set of assumptions!