SERVICE: Agencies go above, beyond

I would like to start this letter off by thanking the city of Coeur d’Alene Street Department and also the nice lady at the Idaho Transportation Department (Andrea). A few days ago a dead deer was found in our yard. My husband is 86 years old and disabled. I have a broken arm and our son cannot lift anything. I was told to call Fish and Game as they would certainly want to know how and why the deer was dead. I called them and explained our circumstance to the lady and she said no, we do not do this. This is your responsibility.

So a friend told me to call the Idaho Transportation Department. I did and the lady there was wonderful. As I explained our situation to her she said I will call the city for you. Within 15 minutes we got a call from the City Street Department. He was so nice and I told him the deer would be next to the street. They came within 30 minutes to get the deer.

I guess I will never understand what Fish and Game does. But there still are a lot of nice people out there, as we discovered with the city and the transportation department.

BONNIE and BILL WILLOUGHBY

Coeur d’Alene