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Letter to the Editor Hi. My name is Kitten Struchen Murphy and I live 10 miles southwest of Canton off of Hwy.

Sometimes when I am setting out in the woods hunting deer or hogs or fishing a backwoods creek for catfish or white bass, my mind backtracks though the years to sights I’ve seen in the outdoors, not necessarily events but sights that were so amazing that they are permanently engrained in my mind. One such sight occurred many years ago on a deer lease I managed in East Texas. The land was owned by a big timber company at the time and on a remote hillside I found an old abandoned cemetery with markers dating back to the 1800’s. Some of the graves were sunken in and many had flat stones covering them. I had heard about the old cemetery but had not seen it until after dark one evening in early winter when I was walking back from a spot I was hunting near the back of the property. There was an old wrought iron fence in bad repair surrounding the cemetery and the entire enclosure was covered in vines and dead limbs. Fungus grows on dead or decaying wood and Foxfire, which is a form or iridescent fungus, had grown on the dead wood giving the place a faint greenish glow under the full moon that was high in the winter sky. I remember setting on a log for several minutes taking in the sight. The winter sky was velvety black and the stars were shining like diamonds. I took several members of the lease back there during a full moon to observe the phenomenon. I haven’t visited that spot in over three decades and I often wonder if it looks the same, probably not but I get in a very peaceful mindset every time I recall the scene.

I wish to comment on the article in this Paper ‘Salary Grievance’. A Letter to the Editor appeared in this paper in January, but apparently fell on deaf ears - It simply asked why not spend funds on county roads before salary raises.

DR. JACK WELCH jackwelch1975@gmail.com Student-athletes work hard, have feelings and aspirations, and need encouragement.

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