Letters

With our current economic crisis, I have noticed that many churches in our area do some type of assistance program for people who live in the City of Galax.
I work at First United Methodist Church of Galax and we have a new ministry “Kid Junction,” which offers assistance for parents.
We help parents who are struggling financially in our city by providing items for their babies and children up to first and second grade. We provide a variety of clothing, hygiene care items and school supplies.

In dedication and in memory of a sheriff in West Virginia and a 35-year veteran of the Virginia State Police who were brutally killed while sitting in their patrol cars.
In our violent society, losers continue to take lives of the ones who protect and serve the public. If this isn’t bad enough, an evil heart is now going after court officials and firefighters.
The scumbags of the earth who don’t have a life. They live in misery and have respect for nothing. They take their spite out on authorities, children and elderly.

This is in response to the letter written about Willing Partners.
I had shopped there in the past and in the present. It has been freshly painted, clean and well organized.
Willing Partners still has lamps, pictures, DVDs, CDs, records, clothes and furniture.
The employees are friendly, cheerful, polite and always willing to assist you.
It is easier to walk around there and look for various items.
Willing Partners depends on donations.
B.J. Powell
Galax

I went to Willing Partners in Galax and was appalled at the so-called improvements.
Gone was the wall of pictures, gone were all the wooden shelves, lamps and other home decor. Gone are all the craft items, pillows, blankets and sheets.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of going to a thrift store is hunting through tons of stuff to find that one little hidden gem.
Just because it’s someone else’s unwanted item doesn’t mean it belongs in the trash. There’s nothing much left at all.