Andrea Darvill, Suffolk Park
In a teeny tiny town in BC, Canada where I was living for a time, we have a community newsletter, and at the end there is a section called Kudos and Kruds.
This past few months in Byron I’ve had so many Kudos and Kruds moments and wished I had a place to send them. Maybe it’s an idea for The Echo: a place to sing up those who are adding positively to the community, and a place to publicly air a grievance without naming, shaming, or blaming.
So in the spirit of Kudos and Kruds, I’d like to send a kudos to Baden Offord for his letter in The Echo about two weeks ago. It was eloquent, intelligent, creative and insightful; offering a new perspective on things. It was a delight to learn something new.
I loved the personal touch of quoting Desmond Tutu’s South African philosophy of Ubuntu: My humanity is inextricably bound up in yours. If we really live by that motto, then before we act we can ask; how do my actions, no matter how small, serve the greater community? Thank you Penny for sharing with me, I’ve emailed [his letter] to many people in Canada who loved it as well. It might be worth a reprint.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
