To the editor:

I had the opportunity (on) March 2nd to be an unwitting observer of quite a large number of very competent people. I happened to enter the credit union to make a deposit while someone else was in the process of making a rather illegal withdrawal. I had no idea that was happening and the staff kept me at ease with calmness and plausible reasons for the delay. The staff was so cool and calm, at least externally, that even after I figured out that a robbery was happening, I had no anxiety. The police response was so rapid and so smooth that I was once again left with admiration rather than any anxiety. Bravo to all the people involved, except for the one making the illegal withdrawal.

Larry Handy

Fort Dodge