Today’s open line is not for the squeamish. You have been warned.
Category: Opinion
Elissa Yount: Righteous indigestion
Recently I was told by a gentleman in the city that he was tired of my “righteous indigestion” and wanted me to find something positive to write about.
Elissa Yount: Risky assignment
Making a list of resolutions for Henderson would be quite easy.
Elissa Yount: Needed for Christmas – Efficiency
Cooking our holiday favorites in 2009 is sure a lot easier than it was in 1955.
Elissa Yount: Comparison shopping
Sometimes it is very difficult to find out if you are getting your money’s worth when you shop for groceries these days.
Monday’s open line
Tonight brings us to the swearing-in of the fourth Henderson City Council since I began covering that body in 2005. This is the first time that the change hasn’t been…dramatic. City councils, like any other aggregates of humans, have personalities that are distinct from their constituent members. We wonder what the future will bring. Here’s your open line.
To the editor: Changing myth into fact
In her letter to the editor about the naming of Clark Street School, Mrs. Heneritta Clark refers to Dr. Charles Drew, a great pioneer in medicine, and attributes his untimely death to the fact that he was refused treatment at a “white” hospital in 1950.
Thursday’s open line
We don’t know who wrote the opinion piece in yesterday’s Daily Dispatch extolling the virtues of a white Christmas, but it was clearly composed by someone who: 1) Did not have to shovel the white **** off of our sidewalk, Mrs. Paxton’s sidewalk, and Mrs. Gardener’s sidewalk every time it snowed, including Christmas morning; and 2) Does not currently have a 40′ driveway. In our humble opinion, snow is not a luxury, but rather one of the consequences of the …
Elissa Yount: Against the wind
Henderson is running against the wind, and it is time that the City Council got us out of the hurricane.
Tuesday’s open line
It seems that Henderson got some positive recognition in the January 2010 issue of Car and Driver. In an article that lists Raleigh as one of the ten best driver cities in America, on pages 72 and 73, the article notes: “At the Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre in nearby Henderson, get the drive-in experience of ’50s American lore. See the latest family fare in a tailgating atmosphere, with the sound pumped through your car radio.” Kudos to Jim & Megan …
Elissa Yount: DOT can move fast after all
It seems the North Carolina Department of Transportation can move swiftly after all.
Friday/weekend open line
I once heard tell of a family for whom it was traditional to eat turkey pot pie for their Thanksgiving meal. Some families, I understand, do not serve turkey at all. Some celebrate with extended family, while others observe with only the members of the nuclear unit. (Our family tradition when I was growing up was for the adults to air their philosophical differences at each other, kind of like Festivus’ The Airing of Grievances. I’ve declined to continue that …
Elissa Yount: Hendersonians worry about DOT plans
We, the people, came out to have our say at the public information session held about the Traffic Separation Study in the Henderson City Council chambers on Tuesday afternoon.
Elissa Yount: Who’s got our back?
Henderson has gotten hitched up with EE&T, an engineering consulting firm out of Newport News, Virginia.
Elissa Yount: A very artful dodger
Editor’s Note: Due to my inability to click the right button, this column failed to publish on its regular Wednesday run date. With apologies, here it is, better late than never. I’ve heard of people talking out of both sides of their mouth, but Mr. Sharif Abdehalim, the owner of the Beacon Light property, talks out of both sides, the top, and the bottom of his mouth.
Elissa Yount: PO’d (Plenty Owed) at the P.O.
Remember that old song from the 50’s that went: “I put a letter in the mail box and sent it Special D. Bright and early next morning, it came right back to me.”
Monday’s open line
If the Henderson City Council decides to move forward with the demolition of the former Beacon Light apartment complex, let us hope that they will also move forward with holding those who created the mess financially accountable. The estimated cost of demolition ($250,000) represents approximately three cents on the tax rate. Here’s your open line.
Elissa Yount: A good time was had by all
If you missed “Show Shine Shag & Dine” you should be kicking yourself right about now.
To the editor: Thank you to Vance County
Thank you to all the Vance County businesses that contributed to the E.M. Rollins Fall Festival and Carnival: