by U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge This Memorial Day 2010 America pays tribute to its sons and daughters who have died in combat.
Category: Opinion
To the editor: No joy in Dudville
Bill Edwards, President of the Chamber of Commerce, has struck out.
Elissa Yount: On responsibility
In a civilized society, we all expect each other to live up to our responsibilities.
Tuesday’s open line
Finally, a council meeting that didn’t last longer than our camera’s battery. Here’s your open line.
To the editor: Anti-sidewalk display, anti-business
The Downtown Development Commission recently met to discuss, of all things, sidewalk displays.
Thursday’s open line
What is the appeal of this “Glee” TV show? I don’t know about you, but my personal hell certainly includes endless show tunes and cheesy covers of classic rock. Let me know what I should see in it on today’s open line.
To the editor: A lesson in “isms”
Recently, several friends and I visited Mr. John M. Roberts in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Tuesday’s open line
For the eighth time since Home in Henderson began, the address 1012 Standish Street in Henderson, North Carolina been mentioned in a “Crime” feature:
Important for citizens to attend budget meeting
by Lewis Edwards A Henderson City Council budget work session meeting is scheduled to be held at City Hall on Thursday night, May 13, 2010, at 6:00 p.m.
Elissa Yount: Grilling would be good
This week I had planned to write about the information coming out of the Kerr Lake Regional Water Meeting which met Monday morning at 9:30.
Wednesday’s open line
It is with no small amount of sadness that we say goodbye to Ms. Amelia Aycock. Ms. Aycock joined the Home in Henderson staff in 2009 and served as our Vance County Schools correspondent. Now that she is graduating from Northern Vance High School, she’s moving on to bigger and better things. We wish her all of the best in her future endeavors.
Elissa Yount: Clear up the confusion
There are times that require that you take the pin out of the grenade.
Friday/weekend open line
I grew up in a “traditional” family: my father worked and my mother kept house. It’s a luxury that my children did not get to enjoy. My family has income from two full-time careers, yet we do not seem to enjoy the prosperity our parents did. Prices go up, taxes go up, but our incomes have been relatively stable for years. How long until we have to pull our children out of school to go to the fields to cut …
Wednesday’s open line
On the subject of county-wide water: Why were Henderson city residents not given the opportunity to vote in the county water referendum? Hendersonians pay taxes to Vance County, and at the same rate as non-Henderson residents. Do city residents not share in the potential liabilities should county tax funds be required at any point to build or sustain a water operation? This could potentially be a jointly funded project from which city residents share only the financial burden without any …
Elissa Yount: Are we mushrooms?
Do you ever feel like a mushroom – kept in the dark and fed manure?
To the editor: We need Dan Brummitt
Since he was elected in 2006, Dan Brummitt has distinguished himself as one of the best, if not the best, commissioner to have ever served the citizens of Vance County.
Monday’s open line
Home in Henderson is still engaged in its legal battle. Please consider giving to the HiH Legal Defense Fund today. As it turns out, talk ain’t cheap. Here’s your open line.
Friday/weekend open line
The challenges in our lives have a wonderful way of putting the important things in perspective and helping us tell what is important from what is not. It is with no small amount of gratitude to Providence that your humble editor is looking forward to a weekend at home with his family. May your time be as well-spent. Here’s your open line.
Thursday’s open line
We just learned that “Big” Ben Roethlisberger, starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers was handed an apparently well-deserved six-game suspension for his shenanigans. Now this is a cause for major concern. I may have to start rooting for the Panthers, thus severing those last ties to my birthplace. I suppose there’s always the Jets… Here’s your open line.