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Has Adeline Jouflas ("Racial incident like ISIS in Utah," August 26) ever visited Friendship Manor? It's a beautiful place. A rose garden, a fountain, water falls and a gazebo.
With 180-plus senior citizens and many employees, we have run the gambit on all ethnic and religious groups. I have lived here over nine years and have never witnessed racial problems. There are always two sides to every story. Three of the Friendship Manor's staff have been honored as employees of the year by Tamarack Management Corp. One being Sara Struhs as site manager of the year.
To my knowledge, the investigators have not interviewed any current residents who would give a positive or negative point of view of racial disturbance at Friendship Manor. People with love in their hearts will find love. People with hate in their hearts will find hate.
Donald E. Shelby Sr.
Salt Lake City