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Today's Opinions

  • What are we teaching our children?

    By Candy Clarke

    No, this isn’t an attack on parents or the school system. It is simply a question loaded with a great deal of concern and based on years of personal observation. As adults, whether or not we are biological parents, we need to ask ourselves some serious questions.

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  • The Main Street dilemma

    By Lance Minnis

    For Father’s Day, I had the pleasure of spending some time in Midway.

    Our purpose was to eat dinner at a local eatery, but we took some time to drive through the small downtown and some of the neighborhoods immediately surrounding. While there are some properties for sale and open storefronts for lease, like most small communities, downtown is well maintained, full of restaurants and shops, and the residential streets are shaded and beautiful with well-tended homes and apartments.

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  • The Money Party

    Joe Yates’ June 5 column pleased me particularly because of his mention of the  comments of Rep. Juan Vargas, wherein he reminded us of Jesus’ concern for and allegiance to the poor. It inspires the question: What kind of Christians are these conservatives? They wave the Bible at us as they campaign for office, but cast their votes like anybody but Jesus when it comes to the most vulnerable of our brethren.

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  • A big applause

    I would like to send out a big applause to New Castle for their great Spring Fling, especially the parade. It was great.

    I especially want to extend a great applause and salute to Jeff and Pam Thoke  for all the time, work and effort, they put into  making it so pleasant for the Veterans. The time and expense they extended will never be forgotten.  It was so pleasant and well planned.

    Thanks again and I’m sure all of the veterans and especially myself will never forget all you did.

    Herman Stanley

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  • Don’t go away, vacation in beautiful Henry County

    Summer has arrived, and activities are in full swing.

    If you have ever wondered if the chamber might be an organization you or your business should join, we welcome you to attend our annual meeting and dinner on June 25.

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  • How the joes can compete with the pros

    I wrote a story about the Henry County Commerce Park and economic development a few issues ago.

    Budget restraints continuously challenge small towns and stand as one of the greater hurdles on the development obstacle course. I heard from many sources that a small budget limited the county, the towns and more widely local merchants from drawing business here.

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  • Lose the macho on Father’s Day

    By Joe Yates

    Even at dusk it was still a bit muggy, and when you looked way down Main Street toward the old school, the air above the pavement shimmered. But the heat of the day was dissipating, becoming bearable again, and the youngster — say about 14 — leaned back against one of the cast iron columns buttressing the storefront of the New Castle Pool Hall, and lit a cigarette. Life was good, and although the kid wasn’t old enough to understand a notion of this sort, he did not have a care in the world.

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  • Grief is painful but must be experienced

    Most of us know about “good grief” from Charles Schultz’s Peanuts cartoon. “Good grief, Charlie Brown.” More often than not, the comment was aimed at poor Charlie Brown’s ineptness. Perhaps we’ve all said it to someone... or perhaps said it to ourselves.

    In reality, can grief ever be good? It is a painful experience and a wrenching emotion. We experience it in the death of a loved one, in the death of a pet, in the loss of job or a dream, and in a myriad of other life experiences.

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