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first met Bill Fletcher in the spring of2001, he was JLstanding in a middle school library helping unpack bodes • much later I discovered that he had paid for the library books himself, but that is another story. Since that time I have come to know Bill in several roles; single parent, father, sportsman, barrister, sponsor, historian, but mostly as a friend. He is a character, no doubt, but a character with a heart of gold who thinks of his family, friends and those in need before he thinks of himself. I would hope that as the arguments swirl over the proposed conference center, people remember the neighbor who purchased a van to help a handicapped person in our community, contributes generously to local churches and our fire depart ment, opens his farm for the county to use for the Juiy 4th fireworks and has raised two fine young people, mostly on his own.
Bill is simply asking the county to consider a proposal to help keep the family form in his family. It is his right to ask, the residents right to debate and the
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