Let us be glad our Whatcom County Sheriff, Bill Elfo, is a fellow who has common sense and is not afraid to think. When I was publisher of the Whatcom Independent I got to know him a bit. We have a good one.

Not like the King County Sheriff's office - where they could not use common sense and look for Tanya Rider till 6 days had passed. The sheriff's staff had their noses in their policy book and could not manage to think - just plain think. Tanya drove off the road and into brush on her way home from work a week ago. For days her husband could not convince the Sheriff's department to look for her. They wanted to investigate him for maybe doing away with her. She was finally found today - 7 days later - in her car and almost dead. The Sheriff said they will review policies. Hmm - not a chance for any improvement there. It is common sense that is lacking. The inability of staff persons to think.