Opinion

Traffic signals and stop signs are placed at intersections for a reason, and the reason is so that people can proceed through the intersection without running into another vehicle. The problem that we have here in our community is that a lot of people driving today do not stop. It seems that everyone is in a hurry for whatever reason.

Before we know it, 2009 will come to a close. We’ll ring in a new year and say goodbye to what has been.

Some people may describe 2009 as momentous. For others it was just another 12 months. However you look upon the last four seasons, I hope you looked at some of it through a camera’s lens.

Our new publication will come with the close of the year. It will be our first Yearbook, and quite honestly, if we don’t get some photographs from our readers, it will likely be our last yearbook.

To the editor:

Not being a parent, I wasn’t aware that the students at Harrison County schools weren’t able to listen to the President’s address, though it doesn’t surprise me.

In a country where five percent of the people have 95 percent of the money, this sort of situation confirms that split also applies to common sense and brains.

We can see that there have been some overall improvements in our city and we feel that we are headed in the right direction. However, Cynthiana is facing some serious problems and the solutions to some of these are difficult at best. This might be a good time to point out a few of our major hurdles and what the commission is doing to try to solve them.

“Our district received an e-mail on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 at 11:05 am from the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Terry Holliday, with the subject-heading, ‘Information about President Obama’s back to school message.’ We met with our principals on Friday, Sept. 4 to discuss the President’s speech.

When I sent my child to school last Tuesday it was with the full expectation that he would have the opportunity to view the President’s address to students. As I came to find out, the vast majority of students in Harrison County were not given the chance to view the address at that time. I began making phone calls to uncover the reasoning behind this. 

Like many kids in Harrison County, my niece and nephew went back-to-school shopping this past weekend.

Emma, 10, and Will, 8, were a little reluctant to give up their lazy mornings and homework-free afternoons, but they both couldn’t help  getting excited about back-to-school shopping.

Each first day of school deserves a new outfit, right?

Both in elementary school at Southside, there were many things that didn’t make an appearance on Emma and Will’s shopping lists.

The Harrison County school system beat them to the punch.

To the editor:

Grandparents’ Day was very enjoyable until our trip for recess took us to what was called a “playground.” I was horrified at what I saw. There is no “playground!” What there is are swings that leave rust on the children’s hands and clothes. What there is are swing sets that are not maintained and an area of decaying mulch - something the teachers fight to keep the kids out of for several reasons.

Mary June Brunker was 13 years old when she saw Ted Kennedy.

It was 1965 and Brunker attended the inauguration of President Lyndon Johnson.

Laying on top of a car parked on a Washington D.C. street, Brunker said she turned her head to come face to face with Kennedy.

Brunker, it appeared, made herself at home on top of Kennedy’s ride.

“Get off the car,”ee^Brunker said her mother yelled at her.

“Don’t worry about it,” Kennedy called back in reply.