Street Beat: What is the best thing or the worst thing that happened to you in 2005?

Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Marcia Bird

Joseph

“My best thing and worst thing was the same thing. My son graduated and moved out.”

A.J. Frye

La Grande

“I don’t think I had a best or worst. It was just kind of an average year.”

Ryan Hook

Joseph

“The best thing is that we bought our new house in February. There haven’t been any big catastrophes.”

Steve Isley

Joseph

“The best? All kinds of things. You can’t have a worthless year and get away with it?”

Gina Barstad

Joseph

“The best thing was taking a 14-day cruise through the Panama Canal. That was definitely a highlight.”

Nancy Elson

Enterprise

“The very, very worst things that happened were that my oldest sister and oldest brother died. And my last daughter went to college and left home for good.”