4-H: No whining here

4-H: No whining

here

I enjoyed reading [the] follow-up

letter concerning my "written attack" of Ms. Buchanan's letter.

I do not feel I was attacking anyone, just making an observation. Let

me add a few things:

First off, neither I, nor anyone

I know, has anything to do with the 4-H shooting program in Fayette County.

Therefore, travelling 30 to 45 minutes to Bear Creek is not "time-consuming"

for me.

I commend the fact that you

drive your children to wherever their activities take them. One day when

I have children, I'm sure I will do the same. And I'm sorry that you don't

think that outside activities like these boost children's self-confidence,

but I work in a school and I know how important these things can be to

a student's development.

I do hope that your community

and 4-H can come to some sort of agreement soon, because I am not one

to wish discomfort on a neighbor.

As far as bringing "discredit"

to 4-H, I send a heartfelt apology to anyone involved in the Cooperative

Extension Service who might feel that I have tarnished their image in

any way.

I participated in 4-H for five

years, went to Rock Eagle three times, and won the District Project Achievement

for playing piano three times. I'm graduating from the University of Georgia

in May with my bachelor of science in education after working my way through

school.

So, 4-H, I'm sorry to have

become such a failure. I hope you can sleep at night knowing that you

had such a scoundrel like myself in your program for so many years.

Melissa Payne

Fayetteville