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YOUR VIEWS*their egos get the best of them, you Warriors showed that your parents raised you to do the right thing and your coaches have taught you to do the right thing as well.Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a shining example and always giving us, the fans, something to cheer aboutHEATHER SMELSER 7928 Church St.Middletown«Just celebrating commerce?4Our Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Isn't the Old Town Development Board denying this freedom with its ban on religious decorations?What is Christmas, if not a religious celebration honoring the birth of Jesus Christ? The board certainly wants to celebrate Christmas with a parade; it wants all the bells and whistles” that give the feeling of a festive season. And it certainly wants shoppers to visit downtown stores.So does the board only want it to be a commercial holiday that generates revenue to the Old Town Mall? Is that what if s all about?We almost bought a shop on the Old Town Mall 12 years ago, before purchasing Calamity Jane's on Cameron Street I'm so glad we're not in a location where the powers that be” feel they can dictate that religion should be banned from public display.It's time Christians in towns andcities throughout this country wake up and realize that our religious freedom is slowly being eroded and will eventually disappear unless we take a stand.We don't usually do a lot of seasonal decorating, but now we hope to come up with a religious theme for next year. And just for the record—customers in our store are not greeted with the now-politically correct, “Happy Holidays”. It's a good, old-fashioned Merry Christmas!” Lefs get back to the reason we celebrate Christmas in the .first place.MAC AND SUE WILBUR 706 S. Cameron St Winchester‘Winnie’ was a real gentleman■Many thanks to Editorial Page Editor Adrian O'Connor and Bob Edwards for the Valley Pike article in Wednesday’s Star on “Winnie” Legge.The article brought back many memories to those of us who spent four years in Handley's FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter, with Winnie” Legge as our advisor and teacher.Since W.R. was a 16-letter man at Virginia Tech, those of us in his agriculture classes got instructions on about everything. His classroom was on the Jefferson Street side of the school and he also had a lab in the basement under the classroom.Everyone got the opportunity Jo be a Chicken Surgeon” at the expense of the chickens and Henry Miller CUne of Clearbrook, who furnished the chick-
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Winchester Star
Winchester, Virginia, US
Fri, Dec 14, 2007
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NA, 09 Oct 2020
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