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          <title>Holiday mail, gun death, Alcoa closing</title>
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The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are partnering for the third year to present the Holiday Mail for Heroes program.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:45:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer urges others to save, prepare</title>
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The money supply has been doubled, out of thin air, in the last year, in addition to all of the previous increases.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:23:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Company appreciates response for family</title>
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Bristol is fortunate to have the Courtyard by Marriott and its fine employees.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:14:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer supports spanking at school</title>
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Recently in Bristol, Tenn., the director of schools recommended that corporal punishment be dropped.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:07:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Does God expect us to care for others?</title>
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I couldn&#8217;t help but wonder what a person without insurance or other means to pay would have done.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:37:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>What could have been? writer asks</title>
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Who could have been?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:27:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer wants mail to stay in Bristol</title>
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There are good and dedicated men and women working at the 6th Street Post Office and the one at Volunteer Parkway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:16:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer revisits Biblical argument with Cowan</title>
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Several things become apparent while reading Vince Cowan&#8217;s letters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:07:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>McDonnell win based on economy</title>
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That Republican Bob McDonnell won the governor&#8217;s race in Virginia was not a surprise.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:57:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Global warming theory leaves many questions</title>
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Aren&#8217;t statistics wonderful?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Workers, retirees need more income</title>
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I am confused.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:04:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer opposes vote to create BVU authority</title>
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With the rancorous, whirlwind divorce of BVU and our city, it will be only a matter of time before other utilities do the same.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:26:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Nurse Practitioner Week celebrated Nov. 8&#45;14</title>
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As the president of Southwest Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, I am proud to announce Nov. 8-14 as Nurse Practitioner week.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:18:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer laments vote to form BVU authority</title>
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Regarding City Council&#8217;s recent vote on the BVU Authority Act, things do not necessarily have to be the way they are.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:11:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer supports plan for new medical college</title>
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&#8220;Is it a dream&#8230;.or a Nightmare?&#8221; the Nov. 1, 2009, Bristol Herald Courier headline asks about the proposed King College medical school. May it be a dream come true!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:03:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Endorsements for McDonnell, Bolling, Shannon</title>
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As voters prepare to make their choices Tuesday, we remind them of our endorsements for Virginia governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:51:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer backs Mumpower, Jack McCrady</title>
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Two challengers want you to believe their incumbent opponents are against bringing jobs to Washington County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:33:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer urges change in delegate race</title>
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Bud Phillips has sat comfortably as a delegate in the Second District for too long.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:26:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Consider your taxes when you make choice</title>
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Before we head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, I urge everyone to get out their tax bills due in December and compare them to your 2008 bill. Did anyone&#8217;s go down?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:22:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer wants change in leadership</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[
The letter by Mr. Ingle was amusing.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:19:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former opponent backs Shortt on Nov. 3</title>
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In 2003 I had the opportunity to seek election to the Board of Supervisors as the Republican Party nominee against Ronnie Shortt in Wise County&#8217;s District One.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:17:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer urges others to support Terry Frye</title>
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Citizens of Bristol, Va., let me encourage you to re-elect Terry Frye as Commissioner of Revenue on Nov. 3.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:14:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Straten outlines goals, qualifications for office</title>
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I find it interesting that Mr. Singleton would write a letter supporting Jack McCrady for reelection and then spend the bulk of the text denigrating me and my qualifications for the office.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:11:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer says Shortt works hard on jobs</title>
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Ronnie Shortt stands up to be counted present when critical local coal miner jobs are at stake.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:07:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer wants Straten as new supervisor</title>
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Apparently, there are a lot of people living in Washington County, Va., who have no clue as to what is going on in the county.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:02:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Holiday events, bear cub saved &amp;amp; higher taxes</title>
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Civic groups, church groups and businesses have an array of safe Halloween activities planned for children and their families in the region.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:48:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer urges voter support Creigh Deeds</title>
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Bob McDonnell should scare the daylights out of you!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:28:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer cites Mumpower with flood responsibility</title>
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I would like to comment about the letter that stated we should be there for Mrs. Mumpower.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:18:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former department head backs Mumpower in race</title>
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Until retiring last year, I was director of the Washington County, Va., Department of Social Services for 36 years.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:12:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Snapshot opinion on upcoming elections</title>
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Get out and vote your conscience. Ignore the attack ads and judge the candidates on their stand on the issues that are important to you.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:03:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Good leaders must give clear message</title>
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Smart people like those on the Bristol Virginia Utilities board and its staff should not be surprised by the public outcry that BVU&#8217;s spinoff decision is a rush job.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:55:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Jack McCrady deserves second term</title>
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I have been paying close attention to issues raised by the candidates for supervisor representing the Taylor District of Washington County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:19:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer supports Dulcie Mumpower</title>
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As transpires in nearly every election, whether it be local, state or federal, things are told that are either misconstrued or simply just not true altogether.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:12:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer backs Mumpower for supervisor</title>
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It is with great pleasure that I write this letter to let the public know that I have served with Mrs. Dulcie Mumpower for eight years on the Washington County Social Services Board.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:26:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Creigh Deeds will support education in area, beyond</title>
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The upcoming gubernatorial campaign results should be of a major concern to those who have any concern with local education and the state of our high schools.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:14:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Frye deserves support in upcoming election</title>
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I have had the honor of working with Terry Frye since July 2008.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:06:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Shannon for AG</title>
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In the race to become Virginia&#8217;s Attorney General for the next four years, are two lawyers: both from Fairfax County, both represent Northern Virginia residents in the General Assembly and both shared their platforms with this newspaper&#8217;s editorial board.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:55:46 EST</pubDate>
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Bristol Virginia City Council should not give BVU away to become an independent authority.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:17:53 EST</pubDate>
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A public referendum is probably the only objective way to decide if Bristol Virginia Utilities should become an authority.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:08:56 EST</pubDate>
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Republican Bill Bolling has roots in Virginia&#8217;s coalfields and a clear understanding of its rural challenges           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[
I am a member of the United Auto Workers Local 2807.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:30:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Couple supports Dulcie Mumpower on Nov. 3</title>
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As residents of Washington County we are proud to have been represented on the Board of Supervisors by Dulcie Mumpower for the last 16 years.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:17:15 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia has two chief problems &#8211; higher than acceptable unemployment and transportation needs across the commonwealth. We believe Republican Robert F. McDonnell has outlined the most robust plans to address both as governor of Virginia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:15:43 EST</pubDate>
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I recently read your headline article of Oct. 21, about the final gubernatorial debate having &#8220;no game-changing instant&#8221; with great interest.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:12:01 EST</pubDate>
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Is it possible that a newspaper article can be too well written? In a profession devoted to storytelling, such a question normally would be heretical. But a reader raised the issue last week after we published an A5 story Monday on a squirrel hunter           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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Examples of good leadership serve to remind us that courage to lead whether popular or not and for the right reasons according to principled convictions are for the betterment of all.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:01:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Health, football, spanking &amp;amp; pie</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/editorials/article/health_football_spanking_pie/34669/</link>
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Tennessee is making some progress in serving more-nutritious food and drinks in its public schools.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:47:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer backs plan for BVU to separate</title>
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After 40 years of employment for an authority in Virginia plus the same tenure observing other authority experiences nearby I would like to make this contribution to the BVU debate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:24:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Nurse urges patients to show patience</title>
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I am writing in response to two previous letters concerning health care professionals.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:18:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer opposes change to hate crime law</title>
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I am very concerned over any of the proposed legislation referred to as &#8220;hate crime legislation.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:16:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>BVU should become its own authority</title>
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In many ways, Bristol Virginia Utilities already operates as &#8220;an authority&#8221; &#8211; it has separate employees with separate payroll and benefits; it has a separate board of directors; but more importantly, it  has separate funding sources &#8211; from ratepayers instead of taxpayers.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:09:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Solid reasons for separation of BVU from city</title>
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Next week, the Bristol Virginia Utilities Board, created as a division of the city, will make the second of two requests to reinvent itself as a separate authority.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:54:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Red Cross serves people, needs in area</title>
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How many times have you heard people complain that legislators south of Roanoke or north of Knoxville just don&#8217;t know we exist?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:20:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Regional president backs Terry Frye</title>
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For the past eight years, Bristol, Va., has been fortunate to have Terry Frye as its Commissioner of Revenue.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:13:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer likes Thomas, says he&#8217;s fair, honest</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/writer_likes_thomas_says_hes_fair_honest/34632/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Please keep his column in the Bristol Herald Courier.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:07:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Backs Joe Straten In Taylor District</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/writer_backs_joe_straten_in_taylor_district/34564/</link>
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In response to the informative article recently discussing the candidates for Board of Supervisors, I have a few remarks about an outstanding candidate. His name is Joe Straten and he is running in the Taylor District.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:27:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Urges Support For Patton, Wampler</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/writer_urges_support_for_patton_wampler/34563/</link>
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I find it very exciting to know that the voices of the people are being heard.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:17:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Health Care Reform Needed By Everyone</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[
I can&#8217;t remember and few today can remember the Great Depression.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:12:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cowan Asserts That His Position Is Unchanged</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/cowan_asserts_that_his_position_is_unchanged/34561/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Joe Tolbert&#8217;s letter of Oct. 13 distorted the content of my letter of Sept. 24, in a fumbling attempt to once again discredit God&#8217;s Word.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:06:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Find Better Way To Hire, Fire City Attorneys</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/editorials/article/find_better_way_to_hire_fire_city_attorneys/34527/</link>
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Bluff City, Tenn., citizens witnessed an embarrassment on Monday &#8211; the town&#8217;s veteran city attorney was fired and replaced with a newcomer while anyone watching was faced with the obvious truth that three of the members had agreed to the firing beforehand.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:01:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Consider How All Patients Deserve To Be Treated</title>
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I am writing this letter to serve as a reminder to medical staff that patient are real people!            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:49:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Praises Collaborative Rail Efforts</title>
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Imagine, not just restoring passenger train service but riding much faster trains!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:45:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Never wrestle in the mud with a pig; he likes it</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/columnists/article/never_wrestle_in_the_mud_with_a_pig_he_likes_it/34375/</link>
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There&#8217;s an expression down South. Goes something like this. Never wrestle in the mud with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it. Fox News is President Barack Obama&#8217;s pig. (In the interest of fairness, MSNBC was George W. Bush&#8217;s.)           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:37 EST</pubDate>
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Teacher appreciates his students and offers them many good wishes           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:09 EST</pubDate>
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We&#8217;re sad to see this landmark go, but it was long past its time. The Robert E. Lee Motel, a landmark along Lee Highway in Washington County, was torn down Monday and passed into the history books.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:46:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Widespread Greed Prompted Current Collapse</title>
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As &#8220;we the people&#8221; watch the news of an ever darkening economy and people losing their jobs and homes, let us not forget how this all started in the first place: When corporate America, in its greed, began to outsource America&#8217;s jobs, starting with the clothing and textile industries in the 1970s.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:27:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Asserts That God Gives, Government Takes</title>
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Recently I contrasted God and government. Here&#8217;s more: God gives. Government takes.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:13:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bill Bolling Deserves Support In Election</title>
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Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling has shown a strong commitment to bringing new jobs to Virginia.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:04:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Air Monitoring Must Continue</title>
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Without a definitive cause for what has sickened manufacturing workers and caused offensive odors in a nearby neighborhood, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a new air permit last week for a company outside Abingdon that recycles alcohol-based products into fuel.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:54:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Pleased To See Obama Given Peace Prize</title>
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Even though the president may not already accomplished his goals, as he humbly acknowledged, he has offered the world refreshing alternatives to overcome our differences and avoid war.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:22:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Ponders BVU Plan To Split From City</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/writer_ponders_bvu_plan_to_split_from_city/34303/</link>
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For all I do know, the proposed &#8220;spinoff&#8221; by Bristol Virginia Utilities is the best thing for this city, but my problem is that I don&#8217;t know all the facts.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:12:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Guard Against Swine Flu Fears</title>
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Is swine flu as bad as the &#8220;regular&#8221; flu? Or worse? Can you tell based on your symptoms?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:49:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Fears BVU Change Is Selling Out</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/writer_fears_bvu_change_is_selling_out/34171/</link>
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Why create a sovereign Bristol Virginia Utilities Authority for the few vested interests with total autonomy, that they can quickly reshape once chartered, which will effectively be unaccountable to the taxpayers/citizens/consumers of the services who created, paid for, own, and sustain the present BVU asset and currently control it?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:39:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Questions Pitts&#8217; Logic In Recent Column</title>
          <link>http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/writer_questions_pitts_logic_in_recent_column/34170/</link>
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Further, in his column he states &#8220;You need only to look at Iran to know the separation of church and state is a good thing.&#8221; I am not sure how to interpret this statement.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Writer Compares Obama To Britain&#8217;s Chamberlain</title>
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As we know, 15 months later Nazi Germany invaded Poland which initiated  World War II.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Writer Supports Plan To Turn Bristol Virginia Utilities Into An Authority</title>
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I am in support of the proposal to turn Bristol Virginia Utilities into an authority. I think this is in the best interest of the city of Bristol, Va.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:18:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Questions Plan To Separate Bristol Virginia Utilities From City</title>
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The proposed transfer of BVU assets to a newly formed board appears to have very little merit and will not really bring in more revenue to the city.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:15:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Other Views: BVU board member makes a case for splitting</title>
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What began as a local venture soon received an overwhelmingly positive response from regional legislators, economic development experts and business leaders who requested that BVU expand its network another 850 miles in eight neighboring counties. Overlooked and often forgotten, Southwest Virginia, where broadband was not very prevalent, was not awakened.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Family Reunited, Teen Wins, OT Costs</title>
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A mother was reunited with her newborn son on Tuesday after losing him twice &#8211; first to a kidnapper and later to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:50:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Principle Of Sowing, Reaping Affects Everyone</title>
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One of many examples of this can be seen in Leviticus 26:16 and following, wherein God says in essence: &#8220;Trust honor and obey me and I will bless you. If you do not, then my wrath will be poured out upon you.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:21:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Glade Spring Resident Excited By Renewal</title>
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As a new resident of Glade Spring, Va., it has been my pleasure to have known and worked side by side with the many people who are now volunteering their spare time to improve our community.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:11:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>BVU On Its Own?</title>
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BVU looks to create separate authority.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:53:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Wonders What Constitution President Obama Swore To Uphold</title>
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Listen up, President Obama, we need to know what constitution it was that you swore to uphold in your oath of office, because apparently it wasn&#8217;t the U.S. Constitution. And yet, you claim to be a constitutional lawyer (what country?).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:33:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats Also Backed Federal Civil Rights Bill</title>
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A recent letter writer claimed that &#8220;Republicans almost single handedly passed the Civil Rights Bill of the 1960s with virtually no support from Democrats.&#8221; This person needs to check his facts before spouting such stuff.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:27:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Help Available To Understand Scripture</title>
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Take time to think how many years have passed since the first translation of the Scriptures.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:14:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Customers Exposed Fraud Over Dog Sales</title>
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What started as an attempt to buy a friend a dog, ended with the buyers being duped, the sickly dog dying and, eventually, a kennel owner sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:49:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Feels Pride About Glade Spring</title>
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I currently call Glade Spring, Va., my hometown, but I have lived in many places &#8211; small towns, big cities, other states, another country.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:30:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Wants Christian Views Included Always</title>
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In his opinion published Oct. 3, Robert Nelson Jr. wrote: &#8220;Ask yourself, do you want a Christian view to control the way that our laws are made?&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:16:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Region Has Benefited From Coal Mining</title>
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The EPA has arbitrarily decided to subject 79 pending coal mining permits in Appalachia to a so-called &#8220;enhanced review&#8221; process.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:03:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Health Care Reform Needed By All Citizens</title>
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I&#8217;m hoping for health care reform which will truly be in the public interest and that all of us will have affordable access to the care we need.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:19:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Writer Supports Opponents To School Consolidation</title>
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I am writing in response to the headline of Sept. 24, &#8220;No money for high schools&#8217; consolidation&#8221; and Dan Fast&#8217;s remark favoring consolidating Wise County high schools: To the effect that those opposed to consolidation are motivated by fear and ignorance.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>J. TODD FOSTER: Our Health Care Problem An Insurance And Greed Problem</title>
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I went to the doctor the other day, and he handed me an article he had printed from the online site WebMD. America does not have a health care problem, he told me, but an insurance company problem.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:55:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Industry Behind Ads Opposing New Soda Taxes</title>
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Let&#8217;s get real about who the Americans Against Food Taxes really are.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:40:05 EST</pubDate>
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It is beyond me why the Bristol Herald Courier continues to play into Diane Johnson&#8217;s hands in her personal vendetta against Lee Coburn, Glade Spring town councilman, and his family.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:26:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>No Outcry Over Bush Taunting</title>
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I don&#8217;t recall an outcry from the Bluff City resident when the outrageous disrespect was being expressed toward President Bush.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:13:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Arts Generosity, Cell Phone Rules &amp;amp; More Job Loss</title>
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About 140 more people will be out of work when Bosch Braking System closes its Johnson City, Tenn., plant next year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:44:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Publicly Funded Schools Can&#8217;t Encourage Prayer</title>
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Our country was founded upon principles such as &#8220;freedom of religion&#8221; and &#8220;separation of church and state.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:27:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;I Like Ike&#8217; Applies To Ike Mumpower</title>
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In the 1950s during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we often heard the words &#8220;I Iike Ike&#8221; being said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:14:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Food Business Would Be Asset, Deserves Support</title>
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Thank you for your editorial on Tuesday in support of the Richard family&#8217;s plan to plant a fruit garden on their property on the corner of Valley Drive and Old Abingdon Highway in Bristol, Va.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:11:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech Redundancy Crucial For Region</title>
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Bristol Virginia Utilities wants $3 million to upgrade broadband telecommunications in the region, a project that would assure backup for existing technology industries in Russell County and open the door for future technology growth.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:47:07 EST</pubDate>
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