Blessed to have Smith, Barbieri

Sun., Nov. 8, 2015

What a great, informative article Shawn Vestal wrote for the Oct. 30 Spokesman-Review. Our community is richly blessed to have Sharon Smith and Don Barbieri doing their magic in many directions.

For several years, my husband and I were the state committee man and woman representing Skamania County for the Democratic Party. Sharon Smith was the outstanding state vice chair for a time, and we were so disappointed when she chose not to run again. Now we have moved to Spokane and your article beautifully explains the great ways she is using her skills and energy.

We can see that the change was in a good cause and feel that Spokane is very lucky to have this team living out their values with such generosity.

Roz Luther

Spokane

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