Columns

As a former school teacher, I really didn’t look forward to having my yearly salary published in the newspaper.

I knew I would receive some not-so-good-natured ribbing from my friends who were not teachers.

Teachers hear it all the time.

“You get two months vacation every summer.”

“You get three weeks off over Christmas.”

“You get a week off in the spring and one in the fall.”

 ACROSS

1. Church’s focal point

6. ____-di-dah

9. Barber shop sound

13. L in AWOL

14. Chicken ____ ____ king

15. Tsar’s pancakes

16. Put someone in a bind

17. Junior’s junior

18. “An ____ of prevention...”

19. *She popularized “Rachel” haircut

21. *Pin-up girl and Charlie’s Angel

Elsewhere in the paper are some calendar reminders as they relate to the Nov. 8 general election.

Those are dates from the Harrison County clerk.

However, I have a couple more dates that will be important to candidates as they relate to the newspaper.

We have always accepted candidate endorsement letters to the editor and that hasn’t changed.

However, endorsement letters for a Cynthiana city commission hopeful from an out-of-county writer will not be printed.

As a retired teacher, I can remember when I was observed by the building principal or assistant principal.

Most of the time, those observations came with advanced notification. After a few years, those became very easy. Plan a good lesson and implement it for the boss.

 Sometimes, however, the principal dropped in on a class in an unexpected fashion. Those were quite a bit more stressful. 

Are you doing your job on a consistent basis, or just when someone’s watching?