Letters

During the past year, we have been very critical of U.S. Congressman John Spratt and his voting record.
In fact, we have written several letters to the editor expressing our displeasure. We strongly believed Mr. Spratt had been mistakenly following Nancy Pelosi’s lead in recent years on the many bills being considered in Congress.

Christmas is a time for giving. But for me, I can’t separate Christmas from Thanksgiving for I feel this is a time for giving gifts and for giving thanks.
In August of 2009, I received the greatest gift that anyone can get – the gift of life.
A transplanted kidney, donated by a wonderful friend, has given me a new lease on life, the prospect of more Christmas seasons to come and another huge reason to be thankful.

It is impossible for any coach to take a brand new school, with no football field, and develop a football team that wins a state championship in only three varsity seasons. It simply cannot be done. No coach, that I know of, has ever done anything close to accomplishing this impossible feat.
Coach Johnny Roscoe proved that it could be done when his 3AA Northern Guilford team defeated Crest High School 21 to 20 in a thriller at Carter Family Stadium to win the state championship.

I wonder how many people read the Dear Abby column on Dec. 15. If you read it carefully, did you know that Abby’s advice was incorrect, even dangerously incorrect?
The 34-year-old woman who wrote to Dear Abby related a 13-year battle with drugs and admitted she had long history of dangerous sexual habits she described as “prostituting herself in order to support her drug habit.” She is now terrified she might have AIDS and says she has “had boyfriends since getting sober”