Astounding gift
TO THE EDITOR: My daughter and I had the most amazing thing happen in Plattsburgh today, Feb. 19.
We went to the Debs store in Champlain Centre North to pay on her prom dress. (We had put a dress and shoes on layaway the prior weekend.) I presented my receipt to the cashier with the intent of paying $20 toward the dress and shoes. She rang in my info then said I only owed 1 cent, that my layaway was otherwise paid for. I said "That can't be! I only opened the layaway last weekend. There must be a glitch in the system."
She went to get another cashier, as she hadn't worked the day before. The new cashier said "Is this the dress lady?" Still clueless, I said "Well, yes. I am here to pay on a dress." The cashier asked me to wait while she went to the back room. Out she comes with my daughter's dress and shoes. She said "This is good. This is very good."
She then proceeded to read a note pinned to the wrapping. I don't recall all the wording, but it seems that each year, an anonymous physician's wife pays off a young girl's prom dress to enable the lucky recipient to enjoy her prom! Whomever you are, my daughter and I cannot express our thanks enough! The world needs more people to give of themselves while expecting nothing in return.
Again, thank you very much. I hope that someday my daughter and I are in a position to give someone a gift like this.
Marci and Erika Oliver
Willsboro
Bolting from church
TO THE EDITOR: It's time for that year again. Where the holidays pop up and more and more people are showing up at church thinking that it's a good thing to go just then instead of year round. The one thing I find rude lately is that most people have no interest and decide to leave right before Communion even starts or Mass ends.
I was in church this afternoon, and even before our priest left, everyone took off for dinner or wherever they had to be. I play the piano in this church, and it's so disrespectful to the priest and as well as to others, as well as to those of us who volunteer or work there, Some people just can't find it in their hearts to just stay a few seconds longer. Trust me, it won't kill you. I play for another small church, as well, and in that church they all stay. They don't disrespect anyone by leaving early.
So, I ask this for the Lent season as well as Advent or any other time when people feel like they want to go, think about staying as a place of respect and not to fly out of the church right before the service ends. And, as well as to the rest of the churchgoers that only go seasonally, will it kill you to go the rest of the year, too?
Khristina Heffernan
Plattsburgh
Opinion
March 11, 2010
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Editorial: No raise for state legislators
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Cheers and Jeers: Feb. 13, 2012
CHEERS to Peru High School teacher Kathleen Roach and Cardinal Points.
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Cheers and Jeers: Feb. 13, 2012
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In My Opinion: E'town water, sewer essential
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