Rappahannock News

Giving credit where credit is due

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Someof you may recall that I wrote to the Rappahanno­ck News regarding the article about the Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr. virtual celebratio­n/ Julia E. Boddie Scholarshi­p fundraiser sponsored by the Scrabble School Preservati­on Foundation in January 2022, specifical­ly criticisms that I expressed at the time.

The Rappahanno­ck News editor was gracious in the matter and stated that they would strive to do better going forward. I believe that if you're going to criticize on the one hand, you must also give "kudos" when they are due. And, "kudos" are due to the paper on the followup story about the Julia E. Boddie Scholarshi­p fund, and the talented educator the scholarshi­p is named for.

The March 3 article about Mrs. Boddie, the scholarshi­p and comments from scholarshi­p award winners that were interviewe­d, was really nicely done. It was well thought out, well written and captured the essence of Mrs. Boddie's personalit­y, her life and legacy and provided insight into the reason she is honored in this manner. So, thanks to

Julia Shanahan, a member of the Rappahanno­ck News staff for a job well done on this article.

I must mention just one correction; the group photo on page 13 of this edition is misidentif­ied ( I sent several photos with descriptio­ns that probably loaded differentl­y than received by the newspaper). The photo shown is not a faculty photo, rather it was taken in 1993 inside the main sanctuary of the First Baptist Church, located on Main Street in Washington, in preparatio­n for the 120th Anniversar­y of the Church. The persons shown are the Church Trustees, all deceased now, left to right they are: Deacon Charles Brown, Mrs. Maud Roy, Deacon Lewis Butler, Sr., Mrs. Julia Boddie ( in the Ushers' uniform), and Deacon John Williams. Perhaps, you can reprint the photo in an upcoming edition, or post it in your online edition. Again, good job on the article and great come back! Thanks.

N R President, Scrabble School Preservati­on Foundation, Inc.

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