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For Saturday: Health care finally comes home to Craig County residents. Thanks to a federal grant the rural county will now have a medical center.

For Tuesday: The American Cancer Society plans to spend all of its $15 million advertising budget this year on ads that target the need for expanded access to health care. Some people might find the cost excessive and the money better spent on providing free mammograms and colonoscopies. But an ad campaign that acknowledges the nation's greatest hope of winning the fight against cancer is fixing its health care system, is money well spent.

No place for political ploys
Immigration legislation proposed by state Republicans smacks of political gamesmanship.
State Republicans have found a way to divert attention from the flawed transportation plan and its voter-repelling bad-driver fees: an illegal immigration proposal that would prohibit public colleges and universities from accepting illegal immigrants.
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We smell a rat
The rats at Fairview Elementary School didn't just move in overnight.
We don't know about you, but if a rat were to drop out of a ceiling tile right now or skitter across our floor, we're thinking we'd deal with it. ASAP. Like yesterday. Rats are nasty, disease-bearing creatures that gnaw through walls, wiring, insulation, books, food pantries, whatever. They are not a force to ignore.
Read more.

No place for political ploys
Immigration legislation proposed by state Republicans smacks of political gamesmanship.
State Republicans have found a way to divert attention from the flawed transportation plan and its voter-repelling bad-driver fees: an illegal immigration proposal that would prohibit public colleges and universities from accepting illegal immigrants.
Read more.

We smell a rat
The rats at Fairview Elementary School didn't just move in overnight.
We don't know about you, but if a rat were to drop out of a ceiling tile right now or skitter across our floor, we're thinking we'd deal with it. ASAP. Like yesterday. Rats are nasty, disease-bearing creatures that gnaw through walls, wiring, insulation, books, food pantries, whatever. They are not a force to ignore.
Read more.

No place for political ploys
Immigration legislation proposed by state Republicans smacks of political gamesmanship.
State Republicans have found a way to divert attention from the flawed transportation plan and its voter-repelling bad-driver fees: an illegal immigration proposal that would prohibit public colleges and universities from accepting illegal immigrants.
Read more.

We smell a rat
The rats at Fairview Elementary School didn't just move in overnight.
We don't know about you, but if a rat were to drop out of a ceiling tile right now or skitter across our floor, we're thinking we'd deal with it. ASAP. Like yesterday. Rats are nasty, disease-bearing creatures that gnaw through walls, wiring, insulation, books, food pantries, whatever. They are not a force to ignore.
Read more.

A sustainable future is within reach
Gregg Lewis
Lewis is a Roanoke architect.
Congratulations to Dr. Alan Henry and Larry and Veronica Van Deventer for their work to bring the Madison Field community to reality ("Building a field of green," June 13). Their passion for the work of sustainable development is beautifully illustrated by the talented staff at Hill Studio.
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Friday's letters can be read here.

A sustainable future is within reach
Gregg Lewis
Lewis is a Roanoke architect.
Congratulations to Dr. Alan Henry and Larry and Veronica Van Deventer for their work to bring the Madison Field community to reality ("Building a field of green," June 13). Their passion for the work of sustainable development is beautifully illustrated by the talented staff at Hill Studio.
Read more.

Friday's letters can be read here.

A sustainable future is within reach
Gregg Lewis
Lewis is a Roanoke architect.
Congratulations to Dr. Alan Henry and Larry and Veronica Van Deventer for their work to bring the Madison Field community to reality ("Building a field of green," June 13). Their passion for the work of sustainable development is beautifully illustrated by the talented staff at Hill Studio.
Read more.

Friday's letters can be read here.

On Sunday, we'll comment on the report by the governor's panel that investigated the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. It's a thorough and critical report on the actions and inaction of university officials and Tech and state mental health agencies in dealing with gunman Seung Hui-Cho in the months before his shooting spree and during the critical two hours between the time he killed his first two victims in a dorm and began the wholesale slaughter in Norris Hall. The conclusion: A quicker campuswide alert could have reduced, but not prevented, the carnage, and it would have done no harm.

For Friday: A rat infestation at Fairview Elementary will close the school. Good thing as no one wants to share classrooms with rodents. But why did it take so long to deal with this vermin?