Willie: Longtime subscriber, first-time writer. Often folks are quick to write a letter of complaint. I’m not one of them.

Willie: I read in today’s paper that Councilwoman Edda Cammick isn’t worried about unity among the council.

Willie: We give regularly to the Salvation Army on a monthly basis, nevertheless I always feel compelled to give a dollar to two to a bell ringer as my way of saying thanks for giving their time to ring the bell.

Willie: I live behind the Moose Lodge on Highway 11. On Christmas Eve, there was an 18-year-old guy out there shooting a gun.

Willie says: I hope all of my loyal readers had a safe and happy New Year’s Eve and an equally happy New Year’s Day! Here’s to an amazing 2018 for all of us and our loved ones.

Willie: I saw on the internet where a topless feminist tried to grab the baby Jesus doll out of the manger at a nativity scene in Rome.

Willie: OK, Willie, let me tell you a little bit about bipolar disorder.

Willie: Thank you for the opportunity to respond to your reader’s concern about dog food donations at the animal shelter.

Willie: I read where Edda Cammick showed her political colors regarding the Oconee Memorial Hospital debt refinancing.

Willie: I read the main article in the paper “Westminster woman’s death ruled a homicide.”

Willie: Thanks to The Journal for the recent article about Toys for Tots.

Willie: I read in your paper that a man tried to give dog food to the Oconee Animal Shelter.

Willie says: To my reader who wrote that he was upset that Westminster didn’t have its own police department protecting them on weeknights or all weekend.

Willie: At Seneca’s Christmas parade, the future home of One Community Church, formerly the United Way home, opened their parking lot to park cars.