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Not the Spot for Acres of Concrete      By Jay Abbott, M.D., Litchfield More ... Play Your Fiddle Elsewhere Here are some answers to questions that Matthew P. Valenti has posed in his previous Voice articles: By Tom Bado, Torrington      In response to Mr. Valenti's assertion that "It’s a known fact that most people who criticize public education were poor or failing students" [Teachers Need More Money and Respect, September 28], school transcripts will show that I was around a B student. Not bad at all. More ... Torrington — Don't Give Up on Courthouse By Sally N. Bergad, Torrington      I do not think we should be deterred in our pursuit of the new courthouse for Torrington. A recent interview of State Senator Andrew Roraback might make one think it's curtains for the courthouse in Torrington! I encourage you all to continue to speak out in favor of Torrington as the only legal and... More ... The Spirit of the Virginian By Elmer W. Eriksson, Salisbury      The spirit of the Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, exists today. It is as though he had planted a tree and the fruit of his thought is our garden harvest, to be eaten in communion with his times. Our times call for a return to the garden and agrarian landscapes, wherein the earth and all of us can be re... More ... Smoke Detectors Save Lives By Fire Marshall Steven M. Kelsey, Goshen      This is a letter that can save lives in the town of Goshen and throughout the entire State of Connecticut. More ... Dudleytown Area Closed to Public By John F. Leich, Cornwall Bridge      John F. Leich is Chairman of the Public Relations Committee for Dark Entry Forest, Inc. More ... World Heritage Seeks Area Representatives By Pamela Neubauer, Fayetteville, NY      I am the Northeastern Coordinator for World Heritage. I became part of this nonprofit organization because I believed in the mission of its student exchange program, and I love working with the children. Through the Future Leader Exchange program, the United States Department of State sponsors stude... More ... Drown the Devil Out By Mary S. Reynolds, Thomaston      The devil, Mr. Satan, is on the loose in our country and in the world. He hates holy water. If everyone who believes in God carries a small bottle of holy water and sprinkles one drop wherever you go—home, car, bus, train, stores, workplace, walking, trips and planes—we will drown the devil out. It ... More ... Thanks to Our New York Connection By Ray Pavlak, Winsted      Our New York City connection via The Voice, David Zukerman, has done an outstanding job in keeping us informed and current with what is going on at "ground zero," or what is now being appropriately called "Hallowed Ground" [October 19]. More ... Boycott Stanley Products By Charles D. Smith, Thomaston      The Stanley Works joins the long list of corporations jumping on the Communist Chinese slave labor bandwagon. The globalist congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson is trying to put a positive spin on this, but the fact is that there isn't one! More ... Heroes of Freedom By Beverly Wyckoff, Winsted      The World Trade Center has been attacked before, and for that reason the people who died there on September 11 were not murdered by terrorists. They died in their right as free people to be in that building, conducting the business of trade between free nations. They chose to be there showing us tha... More ...