Dear Senator Lesil McGuire,

I see your SB 24, An Act establishing the Sport Fishing Guide Services Board, SFGSB.

I began sportfish guiding on the Kenai River back in 1979. All I needed back then was a $10 sport fishing license and a boat in order to guide. I charged $50 per client back then when fuel costs were around a couple dollars per gallon.

I am writing this in response to a recent letter to the editor in the Peninsula Clarion, on Nov. 8, where the writer blatantly used a tactic that is known as red-baiting. 

The article in (the Nov. 11) Clarion on MF Global's dive reported that David Kotok, a money manager, asked "How did this happen?" This question has motivated me for several years to search for answers to that very question.

"A Colossal Failure of Common Sense" written by the Vice-President of Lehman Brothers, Larry McDonald,  explains answers to that question and to the question of "Could we have seen it coming?" with respect to the failure of Lehman Brothers.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna for their generosity and hospitality on behalf of the board of directors, staff, and volunteers. The Christ Lutheran congregation and their Pastor Randy Parshall have been so gracious in granting the use of their facility over the last 7 years to conduct local hospice volunteer training. We are blessed with a comfortable room to host our presentations and a kitchen that meets our needs perfectly. Our volunteer training requires the completion of a 30 hour course over a 2 week time-span.