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"With regrets, you can rot in Denmark. That’s what she gets for breaking my heart." Those are my only two replies to the numerous emails I have received about the desperate situations some of you have found yourself in over the past few months.

It seems while traveling some of our citizens lost their money and emailed me from their intelligent phones asking for assistance. I’ll change the names to protect the proposed guilty.

The tornado that swept through Crittenden on March 2 should teach us all that an emergency plan is a must-have for every family.
Grant County Emergency Management Director Rick Willoby made an excellent point in his observations on storm preparedness.
“You can’t wait until a siren blows to get a plan,” Willoby said. See related story in this issue.
He urged residents to prepare a “go-bag,” meaning one that you can grab and go in a moment’s notice.

Did the Williamstown City Council make the right call in turning down a proposed truck stop on Barnes Road?

That’s a question with an answer that only time will tell.

There have not been many developers come to Williamstown or any of the other cities in Grant County in the last few years looking to bring a project with the promise of jobs, tax revenue and increased traffic, so when one does it would be easy to hop on the band wagon, especially when those are the things the public says they want.

Once the Super Bowl, ends my heart starts racing as I know “America’s Pastime” is coming back for a new season.
If you haven’t heard, I am a die-hard Cincinnati Reds fan. Have been since I can remember, running around the house sliding on the carpet, causing red marks up and down my legs.