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not only Mr. Carrigan’s generosity but promoting a message that says it is not OK to treat our water systems and our land systems as tools to be exploited for our use. They must be maintained and nourished for the well-being of this entire planet so that there will be generations to come.
DAFNA LAURIE
Woodville
Bumps don’t
bother all
I take exception to a statement on traffic by one of your “Contributing Writers.”
“What about speed bumps: — everyone hates them.”
Not so, dear writer, not so. I positively dote on speed bumps and have seen the good results of their proper use.
If I were czar (heaven help the republic) there would be speed bumps in every village and hamlet throughout the country.
That article should have been labeled “editorial comment” and not as a news article.
JESSE E. POND JR.
Sperryville
Editor’s note: The writer was paraphrasing part of a quote from a speaker mentioned in the article and relating what took place in a question and answer session at the meeting where that person spoke. He was not expressing an opinion
Help made
job easier
I would like to personally
thank everyone who supported the Amissville Fire and Rescue carnival and the Rappahannock Loan Closet fund-raiser July 4.
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