Rodrigo Gracie teaches at Midnight Blue Martial Arts. “Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.” At least Chuck Norris thinks so, according to the signed poster on the Midnight Blue Martial Arts Web site. He’s not alone in this belief; though the picture of your average librarian does not involve breaking boards or bowing to your sensei (martial arts instructor) after a successful knockout, this librarian and martial arts student thinks karate does great things for …
Category: Opinion
Opinion: Nothing helpful from the corps
For those who don’t read The Daily Dispatch, here’s the latest on the city’s “negotiations” with the Army Corps of Engineers on a water contract for Kerr Lake.
Opinion: It’s time to do the water deal
When it comes to Henderson’s water contract with the Army Corps of Engineers, we have to agree with City Council member John Wester: We don’t get it.
Milestones: First day for students
Tuesday, July 1, 2025, 12:01 a.m. (Students are sleeping in a large classroom/dormitory. Each bed is clearly a reclining desk chair placed behind a student desk. There is the sound of the occasional muffled scream from outside the room. A Robotic Teacher simulates snoring behind a larger dormitory desk.)
To our readers: So long but not farewell
A little more than a month ago, I celebrated the success of HomeinHenderson with a note to you readers. What excited me wasn’t a rash of donations (we’ve had few) or an influx of ads (we still haven’t set the site up to run them, let alone tried to sell them), but the fact that the number of comments posted on the Web site had raced past the number of articles.
Interesting precedent for Economic Partnership
As the Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership approaches reality, Georgia’s attorney general has filed a pair of lawsuits worth keeping an eye on. Thurbert Baker wants two private groups involved in economic development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Central Atlanta Progress, to make public documents related to their bids for a Super Bowl and the NASCAR Hall of Fame because those offers involve the commitment of public money. Sound familiar? Granted, actions in Georgia courts have no legal weight in …
Milestones: The Rev. C.J. Dale’s mailbag
Have you ever had the urge to tear open someone else’s mail? Don’t! Not only is it a federal crime, but, even worse than prison, you could end up reading something like this:
Milestones special: On Peter Jennings
When Michael and I were discussing the parameters of this column, he told me that my subject matter should have something to do with Henderson and/or Vance County. It makes sense, after all, since the site is called “Home in Henderson.” So what does Peter Jennings have to do with Henderson and/or Vance County? Well, not a lot, I imagine. I don’t know that he ever came here. I don’t know that anyone in Henderson knew him or met him. …
Milestones: First day for teachers
In a few hours from the time of this posting, the teachers of Vance County Schools will be gathering in the gymnasium of Northern Vance High School for the beginning-of-the-year Convocation.
Milestones: A conversation with God
During a recent unfortunate encounter between my epiglottis and a french fry eaten at a fast-food restaurant I’ve been advised not to name, I had occasion to stop breathing for (what felt like) several minutes. As I gradually lost consciousness to the sound of my wife’s concerned, hysterical laughter and the feeling of my children going through my pockets, I dreamed that I saw God. He was playing golf.
Milestones: Tyranny of the nonreluctant minority
I want to hear from the people who are not running for office. No, I don’t want to hear from the people who can’t run, so if you’re under 18, a convicted felon, a noncitizen or a nonhuman, stop reading now.
Milestones: Dressed for success — a Henderson fashion guide
The following represents a fashion guide for our newest residents (rookie cops, first-year teachers and city department managers, especially) to help you fit in and feel more at home during your brief stay. It also may be used by longtime or lifelong Hendersonians who feel as if they may have lost touch with local fashion trends because of lack of attention or time spent at their second jobs to pay current sewage rates. It is provided to you by your …
Depp’s the sweetest treat in this ‘Chocolate Factory’
The title of Tim Burton’s latest walk on the weird side of filmmaking, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” matches the great Roald Dahl novel in putting the focus on heroic, good-hearted child Charlie instead of candy maker Willie Wonka, who replaced Charlie in the title of the first movie version in 1971. But a better title would have been “Johnny Depp and the Chocolate Factory” because actor Depp and the marvels of the candy factory share the best moments on …
Milestones: Protocols of the elders of the partnership
Columnist’s note: Behold the wages of secrecy! The following transcript is from a transmission intercepted from a $400,000 space station in geosynchronous orbit over Embassy Square. Let us hope the conspiracy theorists can find a weakness in time!
Opinion: As long as we’re entertaining ideas …
The main event of the World Series of Poker ended about 9 a.m. Saturday after 14 hours of play at the final table, and for the fourth consecutive year, an unknown in the poker world took home the top prize.
Opinion: Patience is a virtue with the partnership
We think we got a glimpse Monday night at how the Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership will operate in the future. And it may have been a good thing.
Milestones: Just say no — a lesson for Hendersonians
Today we welcome our first weekly columnist to HomeinHenderson.com, who writes under the name Miles Gloriosus (all we’re saying is that the name comes from a character in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”). Miles will post his Milestones column each Monday at 6 a.m. You can count on him usually to be funny and always to be insightful. Enjoy.
It’s time to study up on the partnership
Before the Vance County Board of Commissioners votes to endorse the Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership on Monday night, everyone has the chance to do some homework on the topic.
Opinion: No reason not to roll against violence
The red line shows the route of today’s motorcade. About 3 this afternoon, a motorcade will set out from the armory on Dabney Drive to tour the city, and we expect the drive to be an eye-opening experience for many.