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In response to the Feb. 12 column "An enormous dilemma."

Life for the elephants is hard these days. Many children believe elephants live in zoos. This is sad because people are thinking about themselves instead of others creature on our planet. Humans have become the Nazi that captured the Jews, but this time it is with animals. The elephants should be released. If we don't take care of the animals, who will?

Also, if we kill all the elephants, the whole food chain will be unbalanced, likely causing humans' lives to change. A famous saying goes "Treat others like you want to be treated." What happened to this saying? How would humans feel if they were taken from their homes and sent into a tiny room?

I hope to see the release of elephants. If they are not released, humans will be affected negatively and might be extinct before our time.

Samiul Ahad

8th-grade student, Roskruge Middle School, Tucson

Arizona was admitted to the union 94 years ago. In commemoration of this historic event in Arizona history, I hung out my Arizona flag. I would have hoped the Star would have had a feature about this event.

For example, are there any centenarians in the state who are able to give a personal account of the celebrations that took place Feb. 14, 1912? I would encourage people to keep this in mind next Feb. 14 and pause a moment to reflect on this historic event in our state's history.

John T. Clymer, M.D.

In response to the Feb. 12 article "This was no place for politics."

A dozen flowers to the author for his thoughtful letter.

A stem to the Star for publishing the letter.

A dozen thorns to the Star for having no editorial opinion regarding the use of the late Coretta Scott King's funeral for partisan political commentary.

Kenneth C. Damschen

In response to the Feb. 10 column "Speak out vs. policy shift that threatens parks."

You have until Feb. 18 at midnight to voice your opposition to the proposed policy changes greatly weakening the National Park Service's ability to preserve our national parks.

The new language removes the mandate to protect the resources of the park as a primary goal for the enjoyment of future generations. The wording throughout has been changed so our national parks could be opened to exploitation and commercialization.

As one example, the word "limit" in the original document has been replaced in many places by the word "manage." You can "manage" parkland by allowing grazing of cattle, logging and mining. This new policy wants to "balance" preservation of the parks with current enjoyment by allowing further commercialization.

Let's not let these protections disappear. Call or e-mail your congressman to say you are against the proposed changes.

Anne Edwards

Tucson

In response to the Feb. 12 column "An enormous dilemma."

Elephants should not be in the zoos because it is not good for them. Also elephants should not be at the Reid Park Zoo because they need to walk and eat more. Elephants walk a lot, about 30 to 50 miles a day in the wild, so they need more space.

Elephants should also have their families with them because they get sad without them. They should be in the wild where they belong. They should be where they are not sad.

Monica Garcia

8th-grade student, Roskruge Middle School , Tucson

In response to the Feb. 10 letters to the editor "Terrorism worse than cartoon" and "Let us decide for ourselves."

I hope these letters about the Star's stance on the Danish cartoons don't reflect support from the Star's readers.

I was very pleased with the Star's decision and haven't seen a better statement on the responsibilities that should go with freedom of the press.

Marcia Traer

In response to the Feb. 12 editorial "Incentive pact with developer a winning plan."

The Star can't see why the Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce would be supporting the Oro Valley Marketplace if it were not good for business. Could it be that the Star and the chamber find the Marketplace at Oro Valley in our best interest because they have much to gain monetarily?

The Star depends on retail advertising to pay for its bread and butter while the chamber bands business together in a block in an apparent belief that Vestar will bring shoppers who will buy, buy, buy.

Residents' pleas to have the question voted on were denied many times. Why the reluctance on the Oro Valley Council's part to having citizens heard? We are disappointed in the Star. This editorial seems to us to be self-serving.

Jane and Richard Ulmer