
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 17, 1993                   TAG: 9309120279
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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I COMMEND the Roanoke Times & World-News as a sophisticated newspaper whose editorial pages particularly please me as fair, thoughtful and articulate. Of course, I know that f+iyouo know that the compliment means I generally share the opinion of your writers. I especially enjoy Paxton Davis' column, and was delighted by his recent lauding of Harriet Davidson and her family (Aug. 6, ``An honor earned, an honor bestowed'').

My pride in ``our'' paper emboldens me to register a small protest over a July 31 article by staff writer Pat Brown in the Virginia section (``Treated like family in Russia''). The article was good in that it gave an early statement about the Sister City's efforts to support Pskov's citizens in extremely difficult times. But I wish the focus had been more on those efforts and that you had included mention of other local citizens who contributed greatly to the efforts.

Natasha Petersen, recently retired after 30-plus years of teachi

Louise H. Patterson

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