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Today's Opinions

  • GUEST COLUMN

    (Editor’s Note: Other elected officials have been invited to submit a guest column. Those will be published in upcoming issues.)

    My work is guided by the values our citizens cherish: strong and healthy families; a safe and vibrant community; a community that shows respect for its senior citizens and a small government that is responsible with our resources.

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  • Cherish past, learn from mistakes, move forward

    There’s an old saying, ‘there’s no friends like old friends’ and I believe this to be a true statement.

    Even though, I’m 29 (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) I still “hang” out with friends from my high school days. Actually, they’re friends from elementary school. We often take trips together including one to the Virgin Islands. We also get together regularly to eat and catch up on each other’s lives. We’re making plans to go to Gatlinburg and annually go to Cumberland Lake for a girl’s weekend.

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  • A WORD FROM OUR READERS . . .

    Promotion of Christianity begins with Christians
    Contrary to the opinions of some respondents, who label me according to their political persuasion, I personally prefer “Under God,” in the Pledge of Allegiance, and “In God we trust,” on our money. I selected the “In God We Trust” license plate for my car.

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  • Knight’s latest comments ridiculous

    Bob Knight is an idiot.

    Sorry to be so straight-forward and crass, but there is no other way to put it.

    Bob Knight is an idiot.

    The former Indiana University and Texas Tech basketball coach recently continued his seemingly annual war of words against the University of Kentucky.

    A couple years ago, Knight spoke at an event where he criticized UK Coach John Calipari when arguing that there was no more integrity in college basketball.

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  • County lags in physical activity

    Adults in Grant County get less exercise in their leisure time than adults nationwide or statewide, putting them at a greater risk for obesity and related problems such as diabetes.
    Surveys done by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2006 through 2008 estimate that 34 percent of Grant County adults said they had gotten no exercise in the previous month, other that what they may have gotten while at work.

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  • ‘I once was lost, but now I’m found’

    In the song, ‘Amazing Grace’, the words ‘I once was lost, but now I am found,’ speaks volumes to me now.

    I recently became a member of my fiancé’s church, Asbury United Methodist Church in Highland Heights.

    The road to that moment was a long path in my Christian life.

    I was baptized Lutheran in October 1985 at St. John’s in Aurora, Ind. This church was a part of my family with my Grandma Warren and my immediate family all being members.

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  • A WORD FROM OUR READERS . . .

    Skinner appreciates volunteers

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  • ‘Amazing Race’ is safe alternative to after prom

    Two years ago when her son didn’t have any place to go after his senior prom, Kim Haubner of Dry Ridge approached leaders at Sherman Church of Christ with an idea.

    The church could host an scavenger hunt based on the “Amazing Race” television show where teens are driven around the community by responsible adults and asked to do challenges such as find their team sign in a hayfield or buy a meal for a less fortunate family. The event was so popular, drawing 17 teams last year, Haubner was asked to organize another such event for this weekend.

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