Letters to the editor (12-20-16)

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Johnson is continuing a proud Livingstone legacy

Congratulations, Anthony Johnson, Teacher of the Year.

Please continue to share your tremendous gifts and powerful story. Your unique teaching strategies are making a difference in the lives you touch each day. Thank you for believing without seeing and for your determination to inspire and empower your students to succeed, in spite of their challenges.

Thank you also for your commitment to teaching excellence and for continuing the Livingstone College legacy of outstanding educators serving our local community, our state and our nation.

— Catrelia Hunter

Cleveland

Service was a gift

A big thank you to the ministerial staff at St. John’s for the moving and eloquent Lessons and Carols service to celebrate Christmas. The articulations of each chorus, soloist, and musician were exceptional.

Each year it is a blessing to attend and this year was a special celebration of the gifts of many who read, sang, and played. Thank you especially to Minister of Music Rob Durocher and Rosemary Kinard, director of the St. John’s Men’s Chorus. Youthful Kevin Agner is always a special treat to hear on the cello, and the children who read the lessons provided a wonderful touch of magic to a season filled with wonder.

To all who participated, thank you for your gracious gift to all of us.

— Gerrie W. Blackwelder

Salisbury