To the Editor:

My husband’s work project planted us in your community for several weeks. How refreshing it has been to live briefly in your midst!

It is not just the lovely mountain backdrop where all day long I can “lift up mine eyes unto the hills,” nor is it just the friendly and industrious people all over town that give a full days work and then some and still gladly pitch in with evening community sports, music, and other events. There is also a rich honesty about Enterprise. It is seen in Liza Jane’s “on your honor” roadside farm stand and in the downtown benches that are always available for everyone’s use but have no need to be locked and chained.

The town echoes of the good things that we cherish from the past and hope for the future: the magnificently crafted and stately courthouse and its honor of the veterans who have given much for our freedom, the pleasant songs of the community church bells floating faithfully through the town at their prescribed hours, the senior center meals served by various volunteer groups and provided for by home town businesses and individuals, the rural commentaries, local artists, and old-time radio shows of KWVR, the phenomenally courteous attitude of Enterprise drivers toward pedestrians, the amazing little Soroptimist thrift store that, through the team effort of donors and volunteers, clothes the people of the community and supports worthy local endeavors.

Enterprise and the surrounding area as a community is full of productive and caring citizens with a zest for life. May you collectively continue down the path you have taken, looking after each other in friendship and refreshing those who happen to be passing through. You have truly been a blessing!

Janet Haddock

Pilot Rock