Author: Elissa Yount

All those years I taught English, my students kept journals–some unforgettable.

Special to Home in Henderson If you are like me, you remember many people in your life who taught you.

Before the last city election, on a September Sunday morning in church, a prominent local businessman came up to me and said, “Elissa, I do not like the direction you have taken the city in and I want you to know that I am voting against you for that reason.”

When most people think of Section 8 housing in Henderson, they lump all money that is spent on assisted living into one pot.

There are so many rumors and so much misinformation flying around town, and a lot of it deals with race.

The City Council of the City of Henderson finds and determines that blighted areas, as specifically defined in General Statutes 160-456, exist in the City of Henderson, and that the redevelopment of such areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and/or welfare of the residents of the City of Henderson.

It is past time to put the lights out for good at Beacon Light.

by Elissa Yount My good mama, who grew up in the country before rural electrification, always said the best sound she ever heard was the sound of flushing water.

by Elissa Yount Suppose that in 1953 your parents bought 79.43 acres of beautiful, pastoral, land with a ten acre pond in the middle of it, with timber and natural growth alongside a dam with huge stones and pristine water.

by Elissa Yount During our time on the Henderson City Council’s Public Utilities Committee, Bobby Gupton and I asked for a tour of all the pump stations and major sewer right-of-way lines for which the city is responsible.

by Elissa Yount Editor’s Note: Elissa sent me this article yesterday with the caveat that a woman has a right to change her mind up until noon on Friday. On my walk through Henderson Thursday morning, someone yelled at me from across the street to be sure to file for office and that they supported me 100%.

by Elissa Yount Editor’s Note: We took a few days off to take the Little Editor to King’s Dominion and completely lost track of what day it is. We apologize to our readers who look forward to Elissa’s Wednesday musings and to Elissa herself for the delay. It is time to get conflicts out of our local government.

Special to Home in Henderson By Elissa Yount If you are intelligent, you know that Henderson cannot afford any capital expense associated with a cultural arts center auditorium.

by Elissa Yount Since July 4, 2009, I have made a request of the Janet Cowell, the Treasurer of North Carolina and the head of the Local Government Commission (LGC), to clarify and confirm the understanding that the LGC has concerning money that the Embassy Cultural Foundation is suppose to pay back to the City of Henderson.

by Elissa Yount My father attended Clark Street Elementary School in the 20’s, and my children attended in the late 70’s and early 80’s.

by Elissa Yount Henderson’s problems of blighted neighborhoods, rutted and overgrown streets, water line failures, cracked and jagged sidewalks, antiquated sewage treatment, crime, litter, and general trashy conditions seem to be far more prevalent than in Oxford, Warrenton, Franklinton, Louisburg, or South Hill.

by Elissa Yount On the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the television was full of great movies and documentaries about the valiant and heroic actions of our courageous veterans.

by Elissa Yount By now we know that federal stimulus money is not going to rain down on Henderson.