LETTER: Kimmes was community asset

To The Telegram:

My mother-in-law used to say, "Do a good deed daily. If it becomes known, it doesn't count."

I sometimes wonder if she knew Joe Kimmes II. They seemed to live by the same code.

I knew Joe in the 1950s as a neighbor and in the '70s as a state inspector testing his metering equipment. I found him to be a no nonsense business man who became a real asset to his community. Strange how we miss the seeds of greatness in those close to us.

Stand with me and salute, because a great one just passed.

-- Jerry Van Horn,

South Range