Dear Editor,
We’ve all heard about the one per cent of the hyper-rich, the super-billionaires who own almost everything and think this means the world belongs to them. You probably don’t know any of them, and you probably don’t know anyone who knows any of them, so they don’t actually have much influence on our lives. You may know a millionaire or two, but millionaires don’t count for anything in the realm of the truly-overblown and self-aggrandized.

But there’s another one per cent, measured not by material acquisition, but by responsible ownership of their communities. They’re the ones who take part in every worthwhile activity; those who clean up after the careless 99 per cent.
One percent; that means one in a hundred; if Shawville has around 1,600 inhabitants, there might be 16 of them. I’d say that’s about right. We lost one of those recently. Dr. Grant Rogers was always there when you needed him, whether you knew it or not. He’s gone, and now there’s a big vacancy in the exclusive club of one per cent.
Look around and see if there’s something left undone, that ought to be taken care of; this is your chance to join the one per cent, with all the privileges that pertain to that elevated status. You get to walk around in a cleaner world, with a clearer conscience. Just pick up after yourself and after someone else who forgot. You may be the only one who knows you’re doing it, but that’s okay. The 99 per cent seldom recognize those who are doing the work.

Robert Wills, Thorne, Que.