With regard to the name change by Richland Light Opera Company (RLOC), Mid-Columbia Musical Theater is not a name as much as it is a catagory heading.

This catagory heading could be found in a newspaper, if that newspaper were cleaver enough to include such a headings in its entertainment section, and would include listings of efforts by Columbia Basin College, area high schools, The Academy of Children's Theater and others.

As a former RLOC board member, it saddens me to see "RLOC" being directed into obscurity like this after all these years of contribution to the enrichment of our community.

The new name lacks imagination and does not sing.

RICHARD RODDY, Richland