PROBLEMS NEED TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN

Editor:

I would like to commend the local woman ("Small town facing 'big city'
problems" March 2) and her daughter for sharing their pain and the
steps they had to take to save a young girl's life.

As a parent of a son who has been thru the realization of drug
addiction, I can only have empathy for this family. I am proud to say
today that this young man has turned his life around because he had
the courage to reach out and ask for help from his family and thru the
Salvation Army sponsored treatment center in Mission known a Miracle
Valley.

When my son said to me just before his four-month graduation "This
really is a valley of miracles", I cried with hope and the realization
that he now had a chance at a new life without the demon of the drugs
making his ever choice in life.

To every parent, talk and listen to your children and know who, when
and where they are.

Georgie Manns

Yellow Point