Letter to the Editor - Jacobs

November 19, 2004

Dear Editor:

A notice on television said there are just 45 days left in the year 2004 which means there are just 38 days until Christmas. Scary, huh? But before you rush off to Pueblo or Lamar and the pushing, shoving crowds with their coughing and sneezing, look around at home. The Art Gallery is a treasure chest of beautiful, hand made, 'manufactured' at home gifts. The members of the group are all friends and neighbors - people who will help you select just the right gift for everybody on your list. The drug store has shelves of nice gifts and clerks who are ready to help you with your Christmas choices. Theresa has a lovely line of unique gifts and don't forget the most thoughtful of all - flowers. Even the truck stop has a rack of CD's, tapes and videos.

I have lived here so long I can remember when there was a business at every store front. I know firsthand how heartbreaking it is to have to close up shop as we did with our family owned business a few years ago. We had been a part of the local economy since 1938 and it was devastating.

So I echo Jeff Campbell, Dennis Pearson and the City Council - Buy At Home.

Betty Jacobs