In response to “‘Deadliest Catch’ sets sail from Kodiak” (Daily Mirror, Jan. 2, 2008):

My name is Marlene Lambert. I live in Milton, Ind., in the Lower 48. I read the Kodiak Daily Mirror every day. My son, Joe Spink, lived and worked in Kodiak. He was the deck boss on the F/V Jenoah out of Kodiak. He went overboard and was lost at sea on Sept. 21, 2004. I came to Kodiak in November of 2004 for the court hearing to declare him dead. I fell in love with Kodiak and the people there. I have never gone to any other place to visit and been made to feel so much at home.

I brought my youngest daughter to Kodiak for the Crab Festival and the Fisherman’s Memorial in May of 2005. I did not think I was going to get her to go back home. She, too, fell in love with the island and the people. I am so glad that the producers of the “Deadliest Catch” have come to their senses and are including a ship from Kodiak with Kodiak crewmen on it.

I would just like to wish the captain and the crew a very prosperous and very safe trip from me and my family. I watch the show every week; so I am looking forward to seeing them. Kodiak and the people of Kodiak are always in our hearts and prayers.