Let's be good stewards

I remember Dad used to sometimes take my sister and me to the soda fountain in the town where we grew up. I just said "soda fountain"; does that make me a senior citizen?

I remember seeing a little boy and his older sister drinking a large milk shake with two straws.

The little boy couldn't drink very fast, and he told his sister she was taking too much, and she answered, "I'm using my own straw and so I can take as much as I want!"

I thought that wasn't fair because there was only one milk shake between them. I didn't say anything to anyone.

My wife and I drove into Spokane the other day. It was really hot.

I was surprised to see so many sprinklers running in the middle of the day, and some watering not only the grass, but the sidewalks and the streets too.

I saw this in both Cheney and Spokane. This reminded me a few years ago I talked to a city worker about this and he said it didn't matter because the city owns the pumps.

I remember thinking "Yea but you are taking water from the same aquifer as everyone else around here."

I didn't say anything.

Let's all be good stewards of shared resources. I checked my sprinklers and made sure they were not watering the streets. They come on at midnight - so the water goes into the ground and doesn't evaporate up into the air.

Jeremy Street

Cheney,