After half-century, time to complete St. John's project

To the editor:

I would like to make a comment on Alan Journet's guest column in your paper which was published on Tuesday. How would he like for Cape Girardeau to have a 1,500-foot gap in the levee protecting Cape Girardeau?

I have lived outside East Prairie for 42 years. My husband and his family farm in the Spillway. We have experienced the flooding for more years than I care to remember. The St. John's project has been worked on by many hundreds of people for almost 50 years. It is about time that people matter more than fish.

SUSAN BRYANT

East Prairie, Mo.