Although people tend to get focused on national issues on leap years, let us not forget that what happens to us locally also has a profound effect on our day-to-day lives — or maybe more so. Consider this on our weekend open line.
Category: Quick hits
The firehouse in winter
A longtime reader sent us this picture of Fire Station #2 which will celebrate its 100th birthday next week. For those of you who are native to the South, that white stuff on the trees, car, and grassy areas is called “snow”.
Friday’s open line
Who won the VP debate, Biden or Palin? Or perhaps it was a draw? Let us know on today’s open line.
Thursday’s open line
It’s a slow day here on the farm. We guess you’ll have to make your own fun.
Wednesday’s open line
According to yesterday’s Daily Dispatch, attorney John Zollicoffer is not only back after a short retirement from city service, but he’s also bringing recently acquired legal partners Caroline Burnette, Mike Satterwhite, and Jerry Stainback with him. Henderson City Council member Mary Emma Evans was noted in the article as being ready for “criticism”. We can only assume she meant on Home in Henderson. Was Zollicoffer a good choice or a symptom of a reactionary council? Let us know your thoughts …
Tuesday’s open line
The $700 billion bailout: good money after bad, or the only port in this storm? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Big sweep cleanup at Kerr Lake
The clean-up event is planned for Saturday, October 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Kerr Lake near Henderson.
County Planning/Environmental Com. to meet
** Corrected ** The Vance County Board of Commisisoners’ Planning/Environmental Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue. No agenda was provided for the meeting.
HiH seeks questions for Oct. 19 forum
Once again, Home in Henderson is soliciting questions for the 2008 Candidates’ Forum to be held on October 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the County Administration Building on Young Street in Henderson.
Friday/weekend open line
We’re going to start relaxing early this weekend, so we’re posting the weekend open line in advance. Don’t worry, though. If something earth-shattering happens, we’ll get off the couch long enough to let you know about it. Shabbat shalom.
Thursday’s open line
No news is good news? I guess today’s the day we find out if that’s true. Have at.
Wednesday’s open line
In 1929 my great-grandfather was a foreman at a Standard Oil facility in New Jersey. Then the stock market crashed. Then there was a “fire” at the plant. Great-Gramps ended up sweeping floors in the Bronx. Questions: Are the family fortunes about to take another nose dive? Do we need the $700 billion bailout? Should we buy some brooms while we can afford them? Speculate and commiserate on today’s open line.
$25,000 prize won in fishing tournament
Mike Iaconelli of New Jersey holds aloft his $25,000 first place prize in the Northern Stren Fishing Tournament held on Kerr Lake from September 17 – 20, 2008. The event was hosted by the Vance County Tourism Department.
Tuesday’s open line
Short council meetings are great, as long as we are not spared the “details” of city government.
Monday’s open line
If nobody reads Home in Henderson, I wish somebody would explain the 1,800 to 2,200 unique IP addresses that visit each day.
Weekend open line
Cool weather and football. This is a weekend of unlimited promise. Enjoy.
Atkinson meets with First Lady on reading funding
State Superintendent June Atkinson on Wednesday met with First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, state superintendents from Alabama, Iowa and Massachusetts and local superintendents from New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta to discuss continued support for young readers across the country and to endorse the reinstatement of Reading First funding. To read more, please go to the NCDPI Web site and click on the appropriate link under “News.”
Friday’s open line
We’re sure that there will be lots to talk about today without any prompting from us. Keep it above the belt.
Thursday’s open line
I was ineffably sad when I read the last of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. Fortunately, someone is