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Before combines, peanut sticks were essential tool of the trade
The recent column about copperheads actually came to mind when I was thinking about writing this one. It’s about peanut poles or peanut sticks. In ... Read more
Dog hunting group for Tyler
Editor, The Smithfield Times: The leaders of Virginia Hunting Dog Alliance have been asked many times how we decide to support the candidates we choose ... Read more
Vote Democratic for costlier gas
Editor, The Smithfield Times: President Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline and stopped all drilling for petroleum products on public land. These actions cost thousands of ... Read more
Voting options for every taste
Early in-person voting has begun in Surry, Isle of Wight and across Virginia, and we urge people who are so inclined to take advantage of ... Read more
Help shape town’s future
Citizens repeatedly filled the Smithfield Center this spring and summer to protest a developer’s plans to put 800-plus homes on land at Battery Park and ... Read more
‘Woke’ challenge is a bad idea
Editor, The Smithfield Times: Regarding the story ”Smithfield High students challenged to read ‘woke’ ” (Sept. 8), my thought is that whoever created this chose ... Read more
Excited about Surry broadband
Editor, The Smithfield Times: I read with great appreciation the coverage in The Smithfield Times of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the “Rural Broadband Education Room” ... Read more
Go home after positive test
Editor, The Smithfield Times: If a person goes to, say, CVS or Rite Aid for a COVID test and it’s positive, go home! Quarantine. Don’t ... Read more
Protect the power grid
Editor, The Smithfield Times: We must do more to strengthen our power grid against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. Such an event can result from ... Read more
Polite, persistent activism gets more results than shouting
Citizen activists, angry over any number of things, are increasingly making life miserable for the members of Virginia’s School Boards. As Virginia Coalition of Government ... Read more