Letters

Another paradise lost.
There was once a beautiful stream where the beaver built their damns, where deer would drink and play, where ducks would swim the day away, all the while, the bald eagle would watch from his nest.
Now the beaver are dead, the dams are gone and the eagle has left.
Think I’m talking about some big city far away? I’m not.

After reading the article last week regarding the zone change for the former Ford property in town, I felt compelled to respond and clarify some of the facts surrounding the issue.  I was contacted for a quote prior to last week’s edition, but chose at that time to not make a comment as I did not want to speak emotionally and without much prior consideration.  It is not my intent to belittle any individuals or cause controversy within our community.  My intent is to simply state the truth that has been glossed over or neglected entirely. 

Fan Fair 2012 was a great success and I have been blessed to be able to witness such a display of teamwork and sacrifice by so many different individuals and business owners in order to achieve what many thought was not possible. Months of planning, organizing, mailing, calling, begging, and borrowing paid off for me when I overheard representatives from WKYT Channel 27 in Lexington commenting to each other about how impressive our community is and how nice it must be to live in such a welcoming place.

On behalf of Phyllis Webster, you will never meet such a wonderful and caring woman, who will go out of her way to help someone. Most people get out of the way so they don’t have to help someone, not even family.
Not Phyllis Webster, she does it all, then some. It was a heartbreak for her to retire. Phyllis has not gone far, she will always be in our hearts and for some of us, Phyllis Webster became family. God bless you, Phyllis.