Letters policy

The News Courier encourages letters to the editor. Submissions should be no more than 400 words and should include a name, address and telephone number for verification. Submissions that do not meet requirements are subject to editing. Send letters by noon on Thursdays to P.O. Box 670, Athens, Ala., 35613, or e-mail to kelly@athensnews-courier.com.

Good Samaritan strikes

Dear Editor:

This is to the nameless person at Walmart Saturday night who found and returned my checkbook, which I recovered and actually used to get something to eat. If you read this, I would like to give you heartfelt thanks for all the pain and suffering your good deed helped me avoid.

I am a graduate of UAB 1986 and have been a mid-level health-care provider since then. A stroke threw me down from this lofty perch and I have returned to sweet home Alabama to rebuild my life.

If you feel as though there is anyone I can help, please feel free to contact me through the newspaper and I would be glad to return the favor anyway I can.

Again, God bless you and thank you many times over. I’m glad the parable of the Good Samaritan has been in good hands.

Sincerely,

Stephen Lashley