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Letters

  • Celebrate music in schools

    March is designated as “Music in Our Schools Month” by The National Association for Music Education.
    The purpose is to acknowledge the role music plays in the lives of children as they progress through the public school experience, and how music education has a life-changing impact.
    This year’s theme is “Music Lasts a Lifetime.”

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  • Sheriff gives victim's family hope

    I'd like to share a little about our son, Brandon Billings who was murdered in 2002, which was the most devastating thing a parent could go through.
    Brandon has been dead for eight years. The first five years, nothing was done. When Sheriff Vaughan went into office, he found Brandon's case files packed away in a closet like it was nothing.

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  • Fifth grader needs help researching Virginia

    I am a fifth grade student at Harlan Intermediate School in Harlan, Iowa.
    My class is studying the geography and history of the United States. I think that I am the luckiest person in my class to have gotten Virginia.
    My favorite part about Virginia is that it was one of the first 13 colonies.
    I would really appreciate it if you could send me some souvenirs, books or any more information about your state Virginia.
    My teacher, Mrs. Newlin, would like a car license plate for a school project if possible.
    I appreciate your time. Thank you.

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  • Program brings kids closer to God

    My name is Matthew and I am 12 years old. I want to tell you about Snow Hill Baptist Church AWANA program.
    At Snow Hill we have the AWANA program for children ages 2-18. Before we start, we eat for 10 minutes. After that we have game time for 30 minutes. Then we study and learn God's word.
    We earn AWANA dollars for Bible verses that we memorize and say. We can spend these AWANA dollars for things in the AWANA store.

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  • March is Red Cross Month

    When neighbors help neighbors in emergencies, it's something to celebrate. That is why every U.S. president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has declared March as Red Cross Month.
    The Wood's River Chapter of Red Cross has served this community so long and so well that it is easy to overlook the fact that its services are performed largely by volunteers and are supported through the generosity of people right here in Galax, Grayson, Carroll and Wythe.

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  • Speakers are brave

    I’ve discussed the questions raised by Mike Goldwasser and the response (or lack of) from the Carroll County Board of Supervisors over dinner with my family, over the phone with friends, even debated it at the grocery store.
    Every conversation has ended with, I’m ashamed to say, something like, “pass the salt” or “oh, well.”

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  • Support for school appreciated

    I would like to personally thank each player, spectator, referee, scorekeeper, PTO volunteer and all who made donations in support during the Grayson Highlands School PTO basketball tournament.
    Your support made the tournament a success.
    We are off to a good start in being able to provide our children with the much-needed playground and baseball field.
    We still have a long way to go, so please look for future fundraising events by the PTO so that we can provide for our children. Your support is much needed and greatly appreciated.

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  • Scouting offers many advantages

    I would like to let people know the advantages of being a Boy Scout.
    I am a 14 year old boy and this is what Boy Scouts has done for me.
    Since joining the Boy Scouts a year ago I have had the chance to meet a lot of people, young and old, that I would never have gotten a chance to meet any other way.
    I have also learned a lot of skills and hobbies since joining the Boy Scouts. I have overcome my fear of public speaking and water. I have bettered my morals. I have also learned to work with people.

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  • Carroll should ask attorney general's opinion

    The Carroll Board of Supervisors seems to think that the question about the county administrator’s potential conflict of interest with his investment in land near Wildwood has been put to rest.
    The chairman has stated that their collective conclusion is that there is no evidence of conflict of interest and that the board stands unconditionally behind Mr Larrowe.
    It is not clear that this conclusion is justified. It is based on a review by the county attorney, a person who relies on the board for employment.

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  • Burning releases toxic chemical dioxin

    In response to the editor's note on Christmas tree waste burning: the real issue is "waste burning of chemical compounds creating toxic dioxin" causing health damages.
    The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed in the 1970s that dioxin is a cancer hazard and serious health threat. Its science advisory board published a nine-volume report. In 1986 it proposed controls on dioxin emissions. EPA Chief William Reily reported increases in cancers to people exposed to dioxin, 82 percent above the norm.

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