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No sense of direction

Sat., Nov. 8, 2014

On Nov. 1, The Spokesman-Review ran an article in the Today section titled “Poetic Spokane.” All illustration photos used were file photos. Obviously, someone wasn’t paying attention. Dan Morris’ “watching an eastbound train from my northerly window” wondered if the train would stop in Missoula or continue on to Chicago? That would be rather difficult, since the photo is looking east and, more importantly, clearly shows a westbound train turning onto the south leg of the trestle toward Pasco.

The Review would be better served to hire more competent proofreaders and fewer liberal-agenda propagandists such as Shawn Vestal.

Gerald Barnhart

Spokane

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