Letters To Editor – July 5, 2012

Dear Editor:
  One thing I’ve learned from several years of pointing out the considerable difference in gasoline prices in Water Valley, Oxford, and in particular, Batesville, is that Water Valley has historically always been from a dime to 40 or 50 cents a gallon higher than the other locations.
  Another annoying question is why does Batesville, an obviously flourishing large town, become the benefactor of these lower prices they’ve enjoyed now for months?
    When you consider the thousands of cars in Panola County saving from three to seven or eight dollars  a tank every time they fill up, it is obvious that these huge savings are being pumped into an already growing economy. Why does Batesville get the nod from the local distributors: politics, financial, or personal?
  Again, the point: Water Valley never shares in lower gas benefits. The prices here edge down a little at a time, but always carefully staying a comfortable ten to twenty-five or thirty cents behind the other towns. When the others go up, Water Valley prices zoom again to the top!
    /s/Joe Lowe

Dear parents, students, friends, and community:
I am completely overwhelmed as I write this – staring at the screen waiting for words to come…
For nine years, I have been immeasurably blessed to work with children and youth through Imagination Station. I have loved and admired every single student that has entered the studio, as they have all impacted my life, challenging me to be a better person and to see beauty in all things around me.
That said, I now know that God is asking me to move in another direction. Effective August 2012, I will be closing the studio. After considerable thought and reflection, I have accepted a full-time teaching position at Kirk Academy. I am absolutely thrilled by this new job challenge and feel further blessed as this change affords me more active devotion to my own children who so beautifully and confidently pursue their own interests, primarily during those precious after-school hours…
I cannot fully express the gratitude that I feel toward so many of you in this nurturing community who have supported the growth of Imagination Station over these nine years. God bless you for opening up the world of creativity, fun, and imagination to children and youth. It has been a privilege and a joy!
With utmost regard,
Anissa Wilkinson