Letter to the Editor: Ingredients matter in news, business recipes

Dear Editor,

Remember that humorous scene in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (the movie about country music legend Loretta Lynn), when Doolittle Lynn takes a bite of the pie young Loretta made for the pie auction? It turns out Loretta, despite her best efforts at following the recipe, had used salt instead of sugar, and the pie didn’t turn out the way Loretta intended.

The same thing sometimes happens when a news article comes out in print – all the information is there, but it reads differently than the original intent. Obviously, from the numerous phone calls to Acacia Spa, there are many who were confused by the Nov. 2 article in Springfield Business Journal’s winter construction report, where it could be inferred that Allyson and Richard Kennedy aren’t the owners of Acacia Spa.

Rest assured that we do have, and always have had, full ownership of Acacia and have no intentions of selling the business. As mentioned in the article, Acacia Spa will soon be relocating to a new building on Lone Pine Avenue, which is made possible by the hard work and participation of many individuals and their businesses. That recipe of everyone working together is what makes Springfield such a great community and place to do business.

—Richard Kennedy, owner, Acacia Spa