Correcting errors in my work

People who don't make mistakes are not doing anything. People who are not doing anything are either very rich and getting fat or starving.

It is really embarrassing for people like me in the newspaper business to be making mistakes that are not caught in time to stop the presses so nobody can read them. I depend mostly on the computers spell checking program to eliminate most of my arrows but still occasionally a word will be misspelled but not caught because the word has another meaning entirely different from what I meant it to be.

Addresses, telephone numbers and/or money in numerical symbols can get us in trouble seriously with the individual about who we are writing. Those can cause serious complications and irritations because of the importance of getting them right. A wrong address can make neighbors nervous and wrong telephone number can cause loss of important orders or the receiver of the wrong phone call very upset. Money errors can make bookkeepers and auditors question the honesty of the informant.

An Apology

Such was the case of a recent column that informed the public of the good deeds of a friend who had informed me of his actions. I want to apologize to my friend and let those who question that the amount of his donation was reported by me some $600 wrong.

Sloppiness on my part did not catch the missing 6 in the article that said Frankie took the tips he had received for the past three months from the American Legion, totaling almost $70, and donated it to the veterans to help buy some picnic tables and outdoor furniture. I did not notice that the amount should have read $670.

Frankie and Legionnaires, I am sorry.

Another apology is required

In an effort to put out a fire that I ignited under Charles Harrington with the following article, I will retract all statements that he feels insulted him and defamed his character, and apologize that he mistook the statement as anything other than how I conduct my marriage.

Article in March 11 column

"It was just a short letter to the editor but it caught not only my eyes but, as these letters seem to do, the eyes of hundreds of others who go to this page right after catching what was on the front page.

Charles Harrington is just an acquaintance of the PW and I, has very little personal knowledge of our married relationship except from what he has read about here and rarely witnessed personally. On Tuesday, March 9, his letter expresses the idea that ours is a relationship of perfection and envy because I refer publicly to Joya and my "PW" Pretty Wife.

That idea of perfection is in his imagination, we have our problems with each other just as other married couples do but we are determined to get through them with steadfastness and forgiveness, we trust each other completely and try to avoid situations which can cause distrust.

Two people who are living together have a tremendous chore in blending their two personalities, beliefs, desires, habits, and abilities at communication into an acceptable way of life that has a bit of harmony and avoidance of constant arguments and bickering.

It's called unconditional love."

I am sorry if this column in any way has harmed you.