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

DATE: SUNDAY, April 22, 1990                   TAG: 9004230196
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: F-2   EDITION: METRO 
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MAYBE SHAMY CAN'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH

IN HIS column April 9 concerning field trips, Ed Shamy remarked about "taking field trips to places like Eagle Rock where they do not speak English."

I have lived in Eagle Rock for 28 years and English is the only language spoken here. Perhaps his problem is that he does not have the ability to understand English.

I believe this is the second time he has mentioned Eagle Rock in his little articles. Has he ever been here, or does he even know how to get here? If he had, he would realize that English is spoken here and that Eagle Rock is not in the "boonies" as he implies but in the middle of Botetourt County just off of Routes 220 and 43. DEEDEE BRUCE EAGLE ROCK

by CNB