First, he should drop the slanderous stuff about his opponents. The ads with two fisherman blaming Harris for a fictitious burglary doesn't cut it. It's contemptably negative, and all it says is that he is reaching into the mud.

By any chance, was Morgado listening when the president and vice president of the United States enjoined both their opponents and their own party members to conduct political campaigns on issues of legitimate differences, and to restore civil discourse to our electoral process?

The other commercial is better but doesn't tell us anything. The whole world expects Morgado's mother to love him and think highly of him; it would be news if she didn't.

I want to know about Morgado, his qualifications, his vision for the city and how he proposes to make that vision a reality. Surely he has some legitimate differences with both Harris and Fasi. Let us hear what they are.

Thomas Gans

In the air, the smaller planes are relatively slow. Unfortunately, against the clutter of homes and businesses below, or bright and flashing lights of a city at night, those aircraft are extremely difficult to see. They become inadvertent targets of other faster-flying machines which may be overtaking them from higher altitudes.

"See and be seen" has always been a standard watchword for the FAA, our "protectors" of safety. Certainly that program is not a guarantee, not even in conjunction with the use of radar in the immediate vicinity of the airport.

We don't have to wait for an accident. All of us who value safety should be grateful for the opportunity to grab a segment of the Barbers Point Naval Airfield.

Half of the present runways would be more than adequate - less than 360 acres out of the air station's 2,150 we are to be allotted!

Ray Thiele
Kailua

The recent severe illness of a Marine (who probably contracted the disease at Maunawili Stream in late July) is a sharp reminder that this bacteria, emanating from the urine of feral and other infected mammals, is a threat to people who toil in or otherwise expose themselves or their children to surface water or mud in these islands.

Warnings about leptospirosis are a part of the preparation for every Sierra Club outing. Recently, we made education about leptospirosis the focus of our hikes and table display at Kahuku Hospital's Healthy Days at the Kahana fair.

The Sierra Club, whose volunteers are building a public access trail at Maunawili, has suggested signs that warn about the disease. The state routinely posts warning signs where a vector of the disease has been indicated. Fortunately, the incidence rate is low - averaging five reported cases a year on Oahu.

The bacteria is believed to penetrate breaks in the skin and mucous membranes. Its flu-like symptoms must be the alert warning for physicians to check for the presence of leptospirosis.

If leptospirosis is diagnosed, appropriate steps must be taken quickly: Always request that a check for leptospirosis be made in the presence of flu-like symptoms if you or your children have been in contact with surface water or mud.

Reese Liggett
Oahu Outings Chairman
Sierra Club

Each and every fall, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) sponsor a Good Citizen scholarship contest in all of the high schools across the nation. We have 78 high schools in the islands.

In Hawaii there are first-, second- and third-place state winners. In addition, for every school that participates, there will be a Good Citizen winner.

The residents of this state should be aware of this wonderful commitment by the ladies of the DAR to reward seniors for their years of leadership, dependability and patriotism.

I have met people throughout the years who tell me they were their school's Good Citizen winners. They even want to show me the pins they still treasure.

As chairperson of this contest for the last four years, I must tell you that there have never been more than 15 schools participating in any one year. I would like to see participation by all 78 high schools in Hawaii.

Dusty Woodstock
Aiea