Letter: We have many wonderful people in the Tri-Cities
I must applaud the selection of Joyce Kerr as Woman Of The Year. I may be a little biased, as the Kerr family have been friends with my family since before I was born. I haven’t spent all of my life in the Tri-Cities, but for one reason or another it has always been “home.” I and my family love her and her family very much. I can think of no one who deserves the title and recognition as her. Congratulations, Joyce Kerr!
Unrelated but concerning our area, just a few years ago I performed with the great jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, a graduate of the Richland High School Class of 1961. Larry recently passed, but we had never met or performed together until that time. I’ll always remember his reaction when I told him where I was from. He looked at me and said: “You mean I’m a Bomber and you’re a Lion and we have never played together? Get out your horn, man ... let’s play!”
Roll on, Tri-Cities. Even with the world in the condition it is, we have many wonderful people here, that sometimes get scattered around the world.
Barry Bergstrom, Kennewick
This story was originally published March 3, 2017 at 9:29 PM with the headline "Letter: We have many wonderful people in the Tri-Cities."