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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: A love for cats]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Wednesday February 8, 2012    
Do you love animals?



I have had the most wonderful and rewarding volunteer job for the past 10 years that I need to pass on to someone else now. I have been a foster home for feral and shy cats from the Second Chance Animal Center. 



Cats that fail at the shelter because they do not trust humans, or are extremely shy, come to me for rehabilitation.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:34:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: Health care is also a human right]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday February 5, 2012    
Health care is also a human right



In the Jan. 23 Banner, Lee Russ's column, "Our local priorities on display," pointed out the steady rise in people needing help from our local food shelves and other needs that these economic and political times have brought upon us.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:55:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: A letter to Harriette]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday February 5, 2012    
A letter to Harriette



Ms.  Leidich



Your physician has shared the good news that you will be 100 years old and that you are still writing a column for the local newspaper. That is quite a record and on behalf of President Ben S. Pollock and the Board of Directors of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, I wish to extend our heartiest congratulations on]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:55:24 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letter: Where is Coach Reynolds?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday February 6, 2012    
As a fan and supporter of basketball in this town for over 35 years I would like to know what is going on with the girls basketball program. I have heard that coach Reynolds has taken a medical leave of absence. That is unfortunate for him. Where is Bill Martin? How is it that Courtney Ludwig-Reif is listed as the coach?]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:52:59 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: Some answers about independent schools]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 3, 2012    
Trying to answer some independent school questions



Mr. Corey&rsquo;s question about the funding of the proposed North Bennington Independent School is one that is merited. In response it is important to understand the nature of an independent village school. 



The only example of a similar situation at the elementary level is the Mountain School at Winhall.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:56:10 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Banner letters policy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday February 3, 2012    
What&rsquo;s your opinion? We would like to hear from you.



Send letters and columns to the Bennington Banner: Mail to 425 Main St., Bennington, VT 05201; e-mail to news@benningtonbanner.com (no attachments, please); by fax to 802-442-3413.



We may edit any letter or column for length, style or content, and reserve the right to reject letters or columns as not]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:56:04 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: Mr. Salmon and taxes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday February 2, 2012    
On Mr. Salmon and taxes



While speaking on the radio recently (WDEV, Common Sense, Jan. 25), Tom Salmon offered his views on tax policy. He said he would like Vermont to be a "no income tax state." Apparently, he views this as a necessary remedy because "we&rsquo;re a very sketchy state for businesses [and] New Hampshire continues to eat our lunch.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:48:19 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: No notice of teacher's status; a columnist's &lsquo;facts']]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday January 31, 2012    
Some notice of teacher arrest would have helped



Before you published a "Banner" headline in the Banner, it would have been kind and considerate if the parents of the children/potential victims of the nightmare at Monument School had been apprised of the situation.



For five months, since September the parents have been told that the reason Mr.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:58:15 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: We need a hoops court]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Tuesday January 31, 2012    
We need a basketball court



When I was a kid we played basketball at the recreation center (in Montpelier) nights during school, days on weekends. There never was a shortage of kids that wanted to play.



In Bennington, kids have no place to play basketball. Even school teams have trouble getting court time.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:50:07 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letters: Palliative care; the PM House]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Monday January 30, 2012    
We haven&rsquo;t heard enough about palliative care 



In recent editions of the Bennington Banner I have read many articles dealing with doctor-prescribed suicide. But I cannot remember reading anything about palliative care. Palliative care provides adequate symptom relief for chronic or life-threatening conditions in order to enhance the quality of life for]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:52:56 EST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Letter: Enough &lsquo;trickle down&rsquo; economics]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sunday January 29, 2012    
While reading the column "Our local priorities on display" (1/23), I couldn&rsquo;t stop thinking about the phrase "trickle down." We have been told since Ronald Reagan that tax breaks for the rich and for the largest corporations will create prosperity for all of us. If this theory of governing was so wonderful, so effective, we would not be experiencing this dismal]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:54:58 EST]]></pubDate>
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