Feed the hungry

Many friends have expressed to me the growing sentiment of most people: we have been happy and appreciative of the time spent with family that would not have occurred without the virus.

Many of us have spent time helping with the food shortage to those in critical need.

The lessons I learned are how important home, friends and family are to our well being. Seeing people who have nothing to fall back on is really humbling.

I have had to look back to see the strength that has come from generations before us. They survived much worse. I remember picking tomatoes and other ways of life that are now gone. I dearly miss what I was so anxious to escape. The mundane rituals of daily life are now precious memories.

Dawn Corley, Lexington

Turn off speed zone signs

Turn off the school zone signs.

By the time schools reopen, nobody will be paying attention to the speed zone signs.

I believe if the sign is lit and flashing it is against the law not to obey it.

Is it that hard to turn these signs off in times like this and also on holidays and days when the students don’t have school?

Bob Koch, Lexington

Back roads travel fan

Thanks for publishing Tom Poland’s Down South columns, sharing with us his travels on the back roads.

I grew up in New England. My Dad took us for wonderful Sunday afternoon drives on the back roads around our town. We stopped to explore old cemeteries and he would take us to secret spots he explored in his youth and would tell us stories.

I enjoyed Tom’s column about the horse and mule graveyard in North Carolina. I had horses for years and was touched.

Also, a recent one about hauling water from a well. Several years ago a sturdy well bucket from the 1800s came into my possession. Today, it is in the living room, but I have often wondered what it did in its former life… maybe used to water livestock, get water for the household, or maybe help put out a fire. There was probably a dipper nearby to use for people to drink.

Annie Manchester, Lexington

A letter to lawmakers

I have written emails to state Sen. Shane Massey asking what is going on in the legislature as they seem to have defied Gov. McMaster’s demand for “spacing and if you have a non-essential job, stay home.” Please bring the “Heartbeat (anti-abortion) Bill” to a vote.

With the downturn in all markets, wouldn’t it be prudent to not spend the $1.8 billion that mysteriously appeared, saving this money to prop up of the state pension program?

Right now we need to buy time, obey authorities and protect ourselves.

Tom Plowden, Edgefield County •

• 1st responders are our neighbors helping our neighbors, rushing to addresses just down the street and taking the sick to the nearby hospital. The workers on the front line are heroes, too, manning cash registers at supermarkets or delivering takeout from restaurants with closed dining areas.

Dean Ridings, American Newspapers.

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