THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 26, 1996 TAG: 9607260020
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A18 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 20 lines
I enjoyed ``Beach woman gives birds of peace to Olympics'' (MetroNews, July 22) recognizing the beauty of this year's Olympic opening ceremonies in which 100 kites, created by Marguerite E. Stankus to look like white doves, were flown to represent peace.
This is a tremendous improvement over the use in previous years of live doves. Many of the doves, when released, became disoriented, flew into the Olympic torch and burned to death.
The use of Ms. Stankus' marvelous kites to symbolize peace created a more-meaningful statement than endangering the lives of innocent birds.
ROBBIE SCHIFF
Virginia Beach, July 23, 1996 by CNB