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Might a I suggest a quote from life's little instruction book: "When you live in the boss' house, speak well of the boss."

Recently, I renewed my subscription to 'The Peninsula Clarion' after having been on hiatus with 'The Anchorage Daily News' for a year. It's a bit like Anne Murray's lyrical song, "A Little Good News Today." Although our newspaper is smaller, "There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber band --," (so the words to the song go), 'The Peninsula Clarion' seems to contain everything relevant to the Kenai Peninsula. Our entwined relationship (who we are in the sphere of the universe), is brought to my attention for consideration at times -- needless to say, I'm thrilled to be reading Les Palmer's column again; it's informative, witty, wrought in fact (I think), and often funny. That reminds me, "We sure could use a Little Good News today."

Mr. Hahn's letter "Enough is Enough" (Clarion, Nov. 16) is basically correct. We "locals" have also been reading the different sides of the problems apparent within Central Peninsula Hospital with some interest the last few months about management and employee concerns. It is correct that most business problems can be attributed to management and corrected by formulating and following policy.

Yes, I did fly down south for a few days last week. I also had a chance to see the very same ducks I had seen flying south from Soldotna. You might ask how on earth anyone would be able to tell if they we're the same ducks? Well them ducks whipped by my window pretty fast but I could still see that same silly grin on their Buffleheaded faces. So I'm pretty sure they we're the same ones I saw leaving Soldotna just a few weeks back. Them ducks are pretty smart; they seem to just somehow know when the nasty cold weather is coming; so they get out of town before it hits.

I was very disappointed to hear of the mayor's recommendation not to go forth with an operational audit of the hospital. It appears to me that the hospital administration, which is reflective of the Board of Directors, was personally offended by the proposal of an audit. My question is: What's the big deal? Isn't an operational audit just as much a part of the business world as the yearly financial audits that the taxpayers already pay for? I'm glad for our community hospital, but having it is not just a stroke of luck for the peninsula, but deliberate foresight of the pioneers that came before us.