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Former resident supports Rogers
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- Published 10/20/2009
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To The Editor:
Some of you old-timers will recall that in the fall of 1995 I ran for City Council against Bill Rogers, and almost won. On election night I was behind by nine votes; at the final count I lost by 16 votes.
Most folks assumed the Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and I were not very close. They may have been right then. But we had a few things in common. We had the ability to be courteous and civil when we disagreed. We had the ability to drop grudges and support ideas we shared in common. We both loved our community. We also had some differences. I was relatively new to Toppenish then, having arrived in 1992. Bill grew up in Toppenish.
Karen Rogers has been a constant public servant in the deepest meaning of the term, “public servant.” She did not need salary or election to provide decades of service to the Chamber of Commerce, the Toppenish High School and its football team, to any hungry or hurt animal in the area, and of course, decades of back-breaking work to provide Toppenish with its spectacular fourth of July parades.
And you can count on both hands the number of Miss Toppenish candidates whose success in this life venture was through the process coordinated by Karen Rogers.
If you were someone with a need, and Karen knew about it, she rallied resources to help you. She still does – all of these things. This she does from her heart and a deep value in community spirit and service.
She doesn’t have to be urged, paid or elected. She does it because that’s who she is. One who believes and serves her community because it is the right thing to do.
Karen studies issues, tracks issues, and lobbies for numerous improvements to the community. She may have stepped on toes over the years, but those toes were likely the idle ones, doing little to serve the community.
Karen’s toes have never been idle when it comes to demonstrating her love and concern for the well being of Toppenish.
I just recently heard that Karen is running for elected office, to become a city council member in Toppenish.
Apparently her husband, Bill, is stepping down. I have moved away from Toppenish but I know, love, and dearly miss my wonderful years there. I truly hope that voters in Toppenish place their confidence and vote for someone as humbly and genuinely dedicated to her community as Karen Rogers.
You could have no finer public servant do this time, by election.If there were six other colleagues on the council who shared Karen’s energy and love for community, the future of Toppenish would brighten and flourish. That comforts me to think about.
You’re such a special, wonderful place. It’s time to put lifetime leader in community service, into formal office as a city council member.
Elaine Willman
Hobart, WI
Some of you old-timers will recall that in the fall of 1995 I ran for City Council against Bill Rogers, and almost won. On election night I was behind by nine votes; at the final count I lost by 16 votes.
Most folks assumed the Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and I were not very close. They may have been right then. But we had a few things in common. We had the ability to be courteous and civil when we disagreed. We had the ability to drop grudges and support ideas we shared in common. We both loved our community. We also had some differences. I was relatively new to Toppenish then, having arrived in 1992. Bill grew up in Toppenish.
Karen Rogers has been a constant public servant in the deepest meaning of the term, “public servant.” She did not need salary or election to provide decades of service to the Chamber of Commerce, the Toppenish High School and its football team, to any hungry or hurt animal in the area, and of course, decades of back-breaking work to provide Toppenish with its spectacular fourth of July parades.
And you can count on both hands the number of Miss Toppenish candidates whose success in this life venture was through the process coordinated by Karen Rogers.
If you were someone with a need, and Karen knew about it, she rallied resources to help you. She still does – all of these things. This she does from her heart and a deep value in community spirit and service.
She doesn’t have to be urged, paid or elected. She does it because that’s who she is. One who believes and serves her community because it is the right thing to do.
Karen studies issues, tracks issues, and lobbies for numerous improvements to the community. She may have stepped on toes over the years, but those toes were likely the idle ones, doing little to serve the community.
Karen’s toes have never been idle when it comes to demonstrating her love and concern for the well being of Toppenish.
I just recently heard that Karen is running for elected office, to become a city council member in Toppenish.
Apparently her husband, Bill, is stepping down. I have moved away from Toppenish but I know, love, and dearly miss my wonderful years there. I truly hope that voters in Toppenish place their confidence and vote for someone as humbly and genuinely dedicated to her community as Karen Rogers.
You could have no finer public servant do this time, by election.If there were six other colleagues on the council who shared Karen’s energy and love for community, the future of Toppenish would brighten and flourish. That comforts me to think about.
You’re such a special, wonderful place. It’s time to put lifetime leader in community service, into formal office as a city council member.
Elaine Willman
Hobart, WI