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The men and women of the area fire and rescue crews respond to all sorts of emergencies at all hours of the day. Recently one of those crews responded to the cry for help of one particularly vulnerable member of the population.

Childhood Friends Reunited After 80 Years

Raphine firefighters participated in the search for the small plane that crashed into the Blue Ridge Mountains about three miles north of Montebello Sunday afternoon.

Music and summer seem to go hand-in-hand as many of us associate specific songs of our youth with certain memorable summers. Hearing those songs now evokes feelings of nostalgia for care-free days of summer and maybe even our first love. Viewed from the distance of time, life seemed simpler then, more pleasurable.

A benefit cakewalk for Tammy Morris will be held at the Buena Vista Fire Department this Saturday, June 10, at 5 p.m. The event will also feature food, a silent auction, a 50/50 raffle and door prizes.

Inflation has been taking a bite out of everyone’s wallet over the past couple of years. We’ve heard what the economists claim are the big drivers of inflation: supply chain bottlenecks, fuel and grain costs related to the war in Ukraine, bird flu in the case of eggs, and rising wages, among many factors. One driver not mentioned but certainly affecting our newspaper is the dramatic increase in postal rates.

Karyn Gardner, (540) 228-2176, (540) 655-3646 [email protected]

June 5, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I lament the unwelcome presence of the Lee-Jackson Memorial Park in Fairfield. The 80-foot tall Confederate flag now flying at the Interstate 81 southbound exit sends a big message to all our nonwhite travelers, neighbors and friends, and their allies. The message is “You are not welcome here!”

June 5, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: “Arguing it does not do enough to rein in federal spending, Rep. Ben Cline (R-6th) on Wednesday voted against a bill to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling that passed the U.S. House with support from a bipartisan coalition.”

June 4, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I love my hometown paper, but in the May 31 editorial, “A Reasonable Bipartisan Compromise,” they are wrong. When some one or some country is $31.4 trillion in debt, a decision to increase that amount to $34.4 trillion over two more years is unreasonable at best and just plain dumb at worst.

June 5, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: To read the desire and praise for suspending the debt ceiling in last week’s editorial and letters to the editor was shocking.

June 5, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: The Lexington School Board has some good candidates applying for the open position.

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”

Carolyn Foster Mottola, 83, died peacefully on May 28, 2023, in hospice, in the presence of her beloved Joe, her devoted husband of 59 years.

A memorial service for David W. Smith, who died on May 6, 2023, will be celebrated on Saturday, June 10, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 103 Davidson St., Lexington, with the Rev. Dr. Eric M. Parker officiating.

Renée Clark Crino passed away peacefully at The Welsh Home in Rocky River, Ohio, on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Mrs. Crino was 93 years old.

Denny James Goff of Glasgow was born May 5, 1977. He passed away May 25, 2023, at his home. Denny was a welder and loved his family and really loved to drag race.

William Arthur Connelly, 82, of Buena Vista, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Betty Lou Martin Mays, 75, of Buena Vista, passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023.