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Rotisserie riches

We read your article “Chicken soup for the Costco member,” in the March Connection. The story explains how Costco’s fresh food delis are using rotisserie chicken, prepared fresh at the warehouse, in other dishes.

So, last week my wife and I bought an enchilada dinner made with rotisserie chicken. It was fantastic, a real improvement over your previous item made with non-rotisserie chicken. We are looking forward to trying the chicken soup! You keep making quality foods and we promise to do our part as consumers.

Don and Marie Rogers
Camano Island, Washington
Storm on the bayou

I recently read your article “Barbecue on the bayou” in the January issue. It was an interesting and warm article, but I think you might have upset some people living in Louisiana. You blamed the wrong hurricane for the damage.

Katrina, the hurricane you cite in the article, caused very minor problems in the

Hackberry/Holly Beach area that your story referenced. But Hurricane Rita hit them dead on and wiped out several communities.

To many, this might seem like a slight oversight, but to those who live in this area it isn’t. I’m a disaster action team member for the American Red Cross, and I was sent to that area a week after Rita hit. The people of this area say that Katrina victims get all the media attention and aid money, and Rita victims get nothing. I think they are right.

I applaud those in your story who helped the people of Hackberry and your coverage of it, but I just felt compelled to let you know how citing the wrong hurricane may have struck a sensitive nerve with readers in the affected areas.

Tom Miller
East Hanover, New Jersey

From rotisserie chicken, all good things come—soup, salads, wraps, burritos, enchiladas and more.

Richard Carlson

TIM BURMAN

Either way, a sad loss

In the article “Remembering Richard Carlson: Live like your heart is in it” [March 2007], I feel like the article discredits his work. I know Ms. Jordan did not intend to do this, but when she wrote that he “died of a heart attack” it is assumed that he was not living up to what he’d written.

Looking closer at the italicized print it says he died of a “pulmonary embolism” [which] is very different from a heart attack. Most pulmonary embolisms are caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This is a blood clot [usually] in the lower leg that breaks off and goes to the lung. DVT can be seen in young healthy people who know how to manage stress but have been confined in a position that did not allow circulation in the legs. This is why on a long plane ride you should get up and move around or at least pump your calves.

If he truly died of a pulmonary embolism, please inform and explain this to your readers.

Gina Notarnicola
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Pulmonary embolism is listed as the cause of death in the obituary available at richard-carlson.com/press/obituary.html.—Ed.

FRANCE FREEMAN

Pet praise The March issue of The Costco Connection did a wonderful job highlighting America’s passion for pets. Our pets inspire so many aspects of our lives, from pet projects to thriving businesses—and everything in between! American pets are trusted companions and truly a part of our families. We love them, dote on them and pamper them like never before. The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA) is thrilled that you featured our data in your article. However, I would like to make some corrections to the data as it was reported in the arti-

The Costco Connection APRIL 2007

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