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ices later on. LVA Rappahannock helps some adults each year who seek to remedy their lack of education, but it can never reach all those who will remain undereducated if OSH is permitted to die;
One final thought. LVA Rappahannock has epjoyed continuing broad support in the communty, both in dollars and volunteer services, since it was established four year ago. If the community is willing to support a cure for “Functional illiteracy,” which involves hard work for the learners and is often difficult of fulfillment, I should think it would jump at the opportunity to support a preventive program that would not only make possible a better life for the less advantaged young people in our midst but also save the county money in the long run. :
The dollars we spend on our public schools should be regarded as an investment in the future—long term, not short term. Strong public schools are basic to our county’s social and economic well being, as they are to any community. And OSH is basic to the strength of our high school, given the endemic problem of “functional illiteracy.” When our taxes are devoted at the local level to the welfare of our children, as they would be if OSH is continued, the entire community benefits, both new and into the future.
For these reasons, I urge our governing body to act prudently and vote the necessary funds to continue Operation Safe Haven.
LEE BIRD
Washington
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To the Editor:
My family and I have been residents of Washington for ten years. Our life and that of our children have focused on this lovely, historic town. Unfortunately, because we live just outside the town limits, we are unable to vote in the upcoming mayoral and council elections. Our lives are intimately affected by the town and the decisions made by the council yet we have no voice. Thus I am taking advantage of the letters column in this newspaper to express my views.
I have often wondered how a town like ours, so small and personal, can have a mayor who resides in West Palm Beach and Alexandria? The day to day life of our community, the concerns and problems that residents must deal with cannot be truly understood from afar. The future, whatever it holds, will affect the people who live here now and the mayor and town council will direct our course. I, for one was delighted
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