Letters

We have a new candidate for the Virginia Senate in the 40th District who is well qualified.
He is John M. Lamie, born in Saltville in 1955. He graduated from King College, magna cum laude, in 1977 and then he attended the University of Tennessee School of Law, graduating in 1980.
His law firm is Browning, Lamie & Gifford, PC. They have offices in Abingdon, Lebanon, Grundy and Wytheville.

The wasteful, frivolous Hillsville bypass project apparently is nearing completion. Why the county and state would want to build a four‑lane highway around Hillsville that would shunt scarce dollars around downtown Hillsville, rather than through it, remains a puzzling question for taxpayers.

I would like to address the person or persons who sent the unsigned letter to the owners of Valley Diner.
Your intentions may have been “good,” however they were extremely hurtful and rude.
The owners work very hard to keep their business going and in today’s economy it is not an easy task. The owners donate things to the rescue squad, fire department in Elk Creek for the annual Rook tournament and for Dr. Harvey’s fishing event.
Even though it is a bad economy, they want to contribute to the community as best they can.

In speaking with residents at Grayson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, I am amazed at the complexity of their past, as well as the simplicity.
Most of the ladies were not only wives but housekeepers, loving mothers and some even worked outside the home at local sewing factories, mills and other places.
They tell of raising children, keeping the house clean, baking homemade bread, ironing, washing, gardening, picking weeds, canning and freezing vegetables and fruits, making jams and jellies, feeding farmhands and family. Regular church attendance was a given.