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Watergate's unsung hero
I am not quite old enough to have a functioning memory of Watergate. But I know the names: President Richard Nixon. G. Gordon Liddy. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (naturally!), along with Katharine Graham, their publisher.
The burglary at the Watergate office took place 50 years ago June 17. In reading some of the Washington Post anniversary pieces, I came across a name I did not know: Frank Wills.
Why should I know his name? Why should you? Well, without Frank Wills, the burglary might never have been solved and Nixon and crew might not have been busted.
Wills, DeNeen L. Brown wrote, was a security guard at the Watergate complex June 17, 1972. He spotted masking tape covering the locks on a door to the stairwell. At first thinking the maintenance team had done it, he took the tape off, but when he returned an hour later, it was back. Wills called police.
The rest is history: officers discovered the burglary in the Democratic National Committee offices, and arrested five people.
I'd never heard of Frank Wills. As the story details, he got a few interviews for a few bucks, then faded from memory, dying in such poverty that he could not even afford electric for his home.
Today, with the Jan. 6 hearings fresh in the headlines, I invite you to check out the Washington Post piece on Mr. Wills. He is worthy of remembrance.
Way beyond 'above and beyond'
The people shown in this photo with county commissioners and administrative staff are road and bridge employees. During the Simms Fire in May, these folks built fire lines and then walked into the line of fire, so to speak, to assist with evacuations. It's an understatement to call this a job well done. Thank you, road and bridge! (Photo from Montrose County)
A world of riches
I snapped this photo in Riverbottom/Cerise Park on Sunday. I don't know whether they found any gold, but since they were able to be out, enjoying a perfect day, I think they already struck it rich.
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