Asking a big favor...thanks in advance!
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 11:36 pm
If any of you are related to or know celebrities...or just regular patriotic folks, I'd appreciate it immensely if you email them and see if they'll post a get well message for Jessica on my board for her to see and her family to read her.
I'm so upset...I've emailed friends, politicians, race drivers, country singers...everyone I can think of. So far, few have posted--and no celebrities. I even stopped by the mayor's office here in town today...with a 4x6 index card with the URL to the site and direct link to the board, but so far nada. I thought mayor Thompson was a good guy...maybe I was wrong.
I'm also very surprised Senator Zell Miller didn't post, or Charlie Daniels...both very patriotic, as is Alan Jackson and Bill Elliott...as is Trisha Yearwood
I've emailed letters...clearly stating I was in contact with several of Jessica's friends and a state senator from their district and that Jessica would see this board--and my only concern was for her to get better--that I'm just a compassionate and patriotic man..not some egomaniac wanting to see Michael Waltrip's or Sonny Perdue's name in his forum. According to a cousin named Brandi, Jessica's cousin Dan and mom saw the site already and were both thrilled...but I can't confirm this is really their cousin (she certainly knows a lot about them...that Jessica was born in Elizabeth, not Palestine...which Dee's friend also said). I did notice a Sandra Lynch posted tonight from nearby Elizabeth, WV...I'm guessing she's related.
I've run into a major roadblock here...the local paper refused to print my letter to the editor and link, because it wasn't a tribute to the missing POW from Douglas County, which IMO is ridiculous. Those yellow bows on my front door, oak tree, and my car antenna are in HIS honor. The second page of the website is dedicated to all those who serve. I've spoken to Ron's parents...his sister. I've prayed for him, and shed tears for him on more than one occasion this week. I told the mayor this morning, I'm worried to death about Ron Young...but my tribute and get well board for Pfc Jessica Lynch are personal (if he ever sees Becky, he'll know why too). He said he would post...but hasn't. I feel it's kinda petty, and to be honest, I feel betrayed...by my own hometown. Just for the record, I've never ever had the Douglas County Sentinel fail to publish my letter to the editor before--and I've written a dozen or more over the past two decades
Of course, the Newnan Times-Herald hasn't published the letter either, according to dad. The only one to post a get well wish from Coweta county so far is my baby sister Beth (sure glad I used the dirty word filter
) I emailed a letter to the Parkersburg newspaper today...it's actually closer to Palestine than Calhoun County, but the Hur Herald has been angelic for me in getting out the word. Bob and Dianne Weaver are good people....I thank God for them.
I'll really appreciate any assistance you can give me. That board will supposedly hold 1000 posts at a time, and I'd love to find out....give Jessica's family plenty of get well wishes to read her
Thanks in Advance,
Perry
I'm so upset...I've emailed friends, politicians, race drivers, country singers...everyone I can think of. So far, few have posted--and no celebrities. I even stopped by the mayor's office here in town today...with a 4x6 index card with the URL to the site and direct link to the board, but so far nada. I thought mayor Thompson was a good guy...maybe I was wrong.
I'm also very surprised Senator Zell Miller didn't post, or Charlie Daniels...both very patriotic, as is Alan Jackson and Bill Elliott...as is Trisha Yearwood
I've emailed letters...clearly stating I was in contact with several of Jessica's friends and a state senator from their district and that Jessica would see this board--and my only concern was for her to get better--that I'm just a compassionate and patriotic man..not some egomaniac wanting to see Michael Waltrip's or Sonny Perdue's name in his forum. According to a cousin named Brandi, Jessica's cousin Dan and mom saw the site already and were both thrilled...but I can't confirm this is really their cousin (she certainly knows a lot about them...that Jessica was born in Elizabeth, not Palestine...which Dee's friend also said). I did notice a Sandra Lynch posted tonight from nearby Elizabeth, WV...I'm guessing she's related.
I've run into a major roadblock here...the local paper refused to print my letter to the editor and link, because it wasn't a tribute to the missing POW from Douglas County, which IMO is ridiculous. Those yellow bows on my front door, oak tree, and my car antenna are in HIS honor. The second page of the website is dedicated to all those who serve. I've spoken to Ron's parents...his sister. I've prayed for him, and shed tears for him on more than one occasion this week. I told the mayor this morning, I'm worried to death about Ron Young...but my tribute and get well board for Pfc Jessica Lynch are personal (if he ever sees Becky, he'll know why too). He said he would post...but hasn't. I feel it's kinda petty, and to be honest, I feel betrayed...by my own hometown. Just for the record, I've never ever had the Douglas County Sentinel fail to publish my letter to the editor before--and I've written a dozen or more over the past two decades
Of course, the Newnan Times-Herald hasn't published the letter either, according to dad. The only one to post a get well wish from Coweta county so far is my baby sister Beth (sure glad I used the dirty word filter
) I emailed a letter to the Parkersburg newspaper today...it's actually closer to Palestine than Calhoun County, but the Hur Herald has been angelic for me in getting out the word. Bob and Dianne Weaver are good people....I thank God for them.
I'll really appreciate any assistance you can give me. That board will supposedly hold 1000 posts at a time, and I'd love to find out....give Jessica's family plenty of get well wishes to read her
Thanks in Advance,
Perry
