Our first Red Phone caller, feeling embarrassed and disrespected
by her son’s repeated attempts to string thousands of bras from the
Veterans Memorial Building in Hollister to the Monterey Peninsula
in a show of support for the fight against breast cancer, queried
the Crimson Crusader for some sage advice. She asked if the Crimson
Crusader could convince her son that, while well-intentioned, his
suggestion of a bra chain to raise money for and awareness about
breast cancer wasn’t appropriate.
Our first Red Phone caller, feeling embarrassed and disrespected by her son’s repeated attempts to string thousands of bras from the Veterans Memorial Building in Hollister to the Monterey Peninsula in a show of support for the fight against breast cancer, queried the Crimson Crusader for some sage advice. She asked if the Crimson Crusader could convince her son that, while well-intentioned, his suggestion of a bra chain to raise money for and awareness about breast cancer wasn’t appropriate.
The Crimson Crusader, unfortunately, couldn’t take the case. The Crimson Crusader whole-heartedly supports all efforts to raise awareness about this disease. Secondly, the bra chain idea is a tried and true fundraiser. Women in Cyprus stretched a chain of brassieres 70 miles in May, setting a new world record with the 115,000-bra linkage and raising thousands of dollars in the process. And, out of an abundance of caution, the Crimson Crusader has resolved never to get involved in a family dispute. Please consider contacting the venerable Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069, for advice on how to handle your conflict with your son.
Where’s my letter?
Our next Red Phone caller of the day, feeling snubbed after the Free Lance failed to print her letter to the editor last month, asked the Crimson Crusader for the skinny on the newspaper’s letter policy. The Free Lance encourages letters to the editor, but before we print a letter, it has to pass the scrutiny of the paper’s wise and noble editor, Dan Fitch.
First, letters should be less than 350 words. Second, all letters must include the writer’s name and phone number. The Free Lance does not print anonymous letters to the editor.
The best way to submit a letter is via e-mail. Send that missive to editor@freelancenews. Letter writers can also send their communiques by way of the post office to 350 Sixth Street in Hollister. That’s zip code 95023, for out-of-towners wishing to get their correspondence published. The third and final method is dropping off the letter in person at our office, again located at 350 Sixth Street in Hollister.
Keep it Down!
At wits’ end with his noisy neighbor, our next Red Phone caller asked the Crimson Crusader about what he could do to calm the cacophonous cabal next door that seems to think no one notices its midnight garage-band jam sessions. Well, the first step is to take a deep breath, put on your slippers and kindly ask those Rock and/or Roll neighbors to take it down a notch. If that doesn’t work and their electrified ensemble continues, there’s no need to get angry. Just put in a call to Hollister’s hardworking Code Enforcement Officer Mike Chambless. Although he prefers e-mails, a simple phone call will also suffice. Reach him at 831-636-4356 or [email protected]. If that doesn’t work, it may be time to call the police.
