Half the loaf
To the editor:
My Illinois Times “Best of Springfield” issue [September 18] is still
warm from the printing press as I hammer out this letter of protest.
I’m sure you’ll be besieged with letters of outrage complaining about the
people’s choice for “Best Fire Hydrant” or “Best Snow Plow Guy,” but this oversight
is nothing short of a crime against humanity. I must say I can’t understand
how any place in town could get “Best Bread” over “Incredibly Delicious” . .
. even their building is cool on South Seventh.
Their focaccia is unmatched. . . . even if you broadened the contest to “Best
on Earth.” Their bread is so good it could have actually won in non-bread categories
like “Best (New) Jug Band.” Dynasties have been toppled over bread that wasn’t
half as good as the baguette at Incredibly Delicious.
I’d go on a hunger strike to right this wrong, but it would mean I would have
to deprive myself of their Summer Rye. Their Country French is so perfect they
weren’t even forced to change the name to “Country Freedom” during the war with
Iraq. The Peppery Parmesan loaf is distilled perfection. . . . Monuments should
be carved, poetry written, coins minted, and holidays celebrated in honor of
this perfect amalgam of art and science.
I guess it also would have helped if I’d remembered to vote myself.
Charlie “Pumpernickel” Stratton
Springfield
Let’s hear it for the band
Dear Illinois Times,
Please know how grateful I am to be honored with the Best of Springfield’s
“Best Jazz Group” [September 18]. But I could not have done this without two
special people: Gene Haas, bassist, and Brian Justison, percussionist, are extraordinary
musicians, as well as the finest gentlemen one could ever know, in Springfield
or elsewhere.
Thank you,
Jane Hartman
Keyed to greatness
To the editor:
Thanks so much for the story on Bill Twedell and for giving him the award
for Best Piano Teacher in Springfield. Bill is a great teacher and his friends
and students were thrilled to see the story and picture. He is so dedicated
and his love for music and the piano is contagious. My daughter and I have taken
classes from Bill for over three years and we always look forward to our lessons.
Thanks again. We loved it.
Sincerely,
Nancy Canny
Get behind me, Mark Hyman!
Dear editor:
Can I get an AMEN for Randy Erwin Skalicky’s letter to WICS regarding the
Best Reason to Change the Channel [“Best of Springfield 2003,” September 18]?
What does a fat cat corporate type, living just outside the Beltway, know about
how we view things here in Springpatch? And, for sure, it isn’t news; it should
definitely be placed at the end of the newscast, where commentaries usually
appear–the same place where Jack Connors’ commentaries appear. You know, Jack
Connors probably has very little in common with most residents in our city,
where more than 50 percent of public-school students are classified as low-income.
But even he is preferable as a commentator, since he is a little more in touch
with our community.
This is the problem with large corporations owning community media–there is
no longer any connection with the community. The same can be said for the “local”
radio stations that can no longer play a local request if it’s not on the corporate
list.
Sincerely,
Beverly J. Charles
Springfield
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This article appears in Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2003.
