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Opinion

  • Cynthiana Arts Council seeks new...

    To the editor:

    We’re on a mission. With the past year’s successful events such as the Cynthiana Art Walk, our annual Autumn Afternoon, and Classic Movie Nights at the Rohs Opera House, the Cynthiana Arts Council is energized and gearing up for another great year. The council is dedicated to bring cultural experiences to Cynthiana through all mediums of art and we’re looking to strengthen our success by recruiting new, active members. 

  • EKPC plans to raise rates for new...

    To the editor:

    The East Kentucky Power Cooperative plans to raise our electricity rates to build a new coal-burning power plant. They claim that demand for electricity will increase in the coming years, that the new plant will create jobs, and that their new plant will not add to our air pollution.

    What EKPC won’t tell you is that two recent studies clearly demonstrate that these claims are misleading or false.

  • God’s ‘big...

    Lately I’ve been hooked on watching “What Not to Wear” on TLC, hosted by style gurus Stacy London and Clinton Kelly.

    How the show works: Friends and relatives nominate a chronically fashion-challenged friend who’s ambushed by Stacy and Clinton who hand her a Visa card worth $5,000 with her name on it to spend on a new wardrobe in New York City.

  • ‘Mistakes have already...

    To the editor:

  • Cynthiana Art Walk created a...

    To the editor:

    What an evening we had in the much alive and vibrant downtown Cynthiana, Ky. last Friday evening! The area was clean.Shops were open. Music was in the air. Citizens and visitors were strolling the sidewalks, greeting each other with smiles and chatting. Why, it was just like the dream so many of us have for our city and county and had expressed in the Harrison County Tomorrow planning. And it was already happening!

  • Jackson’s music was a...

    I remember once in Mrs. Laura Gregg’s middle school chorus class, she looked at us adolescent students and asked, “What would your life be like without music?”

    It was a profound question that I still don’t think I can come close to answering.

    I thought about Mrs. Gregg and her profound question last Thursday evening as I watched tributes to the “King of Pop.”

    At the age of 50, Michael Jackson had died.

  • State’s stimulus package...

    The General Assembly had two main goals when it convened the recent special legislative session that Governor Beshear had called: Overcome a billion-dollar budget deficit and help jumpstart our economy.

    By the time legislators finished their work last Wednesday, there was considerable agreement that both had been accomplished.

  • Turning up the tunes is against the...

    The city ordinance regarding ‘noise’ reads as follows: There emits from premises or from any motor vehicle noise noxious enough to cause annoyance or disturbance or to destroy the enjoyment of dwelling houses or business or other uses of property in the vicinity by interfering with ordinary comforts of human existence.

  • L-shaped recovery: An oxymoron?

    In April 2008, various economic forecasters, including Mish’s Economic Trend Analysis, started projecting that we’d have an L-shaped recession, where the economy falls rapidly and then flat-lines for a long time. Considering the amount of time it would take to de-leverage and the illiquid nature of the bubble asset (housing), this made a lot of sense. But then, about a year later in April/May 2009, bloggers and eventually mainstream media began talking about and L-shaped recovery in both real estate and the stock market. What the heck is an L-shaped recovery?

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    Community support is a precious...

    “It takes a village to raise a child.”

    Our work at The Cynthiana Democrat has recently been taken over by the activities and achievements of our county’s youth. Whether it’s end-of-the-year academic awards, a run in the state baseball tournament or graduation, it seems to be the season for kids.

    Not that I’m complaining... I would rather sit through five awards ceremonies than one board meeting (no offense city commissioners). Kids are just... fun.

    And it’s true... Harrison County, in general, prides itself on its youth.

  • Don’t throw stones,...

    I don’t often comment on current events in the news in this column, mainly because by the time it’s printed the news is old. Plus, much smarter and more insightful people have already written everything there is to be said.

    However, I’m going to add my two cents to the conversation about Steve McNair, the ex-NFL quarterback who was found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide.

    The married Steve McNair who was shot by his 20-year-old girlfriend.

  • Kelat community should be treated...

    To the editor:

    I was in Kelat the day those men were driving drunk and reckless. If it hadn’t been raining that afternoon, my daughter would have been riding her bike there. Would the deputies have made time to come if she had been hit by these men?

    Nine seconds after I pulled off to head to town - and this is on video - one of the drivers ran a stop sign. If I had left a few seconds later, I would have been hit. The cops were called and nothing was done. Yet in Cynthiana, if a child skateboards on the wrong road, they are immediately in trouble. How fair is that?

  • Sign petition to stop Freedom of...

    To the editor:

    A bill called the “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA) is presently in the works of passing through Congress.

    FOCA is a pro-abortion agenda, proposing the following:

    •Taxpayers will be required to fund abortion for any reason.

    •Hospitals and healthcare professionals will be required to provide abortions, in addition to abortion clinics.

    •Employer health insurance plans will be required to cover abortion.

    •Organizations that perform and promote abortions will be funded.

  • ‘The sleep of death is...

    Only my friend Tara could pull off a boisterous, joyful memorial service.

    Her mother, Kaye Reynolds, died May 30 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Her memorial service was July 3.

    Tara had requested that people dress joyously colorful, so there were a lot of reds and greens and blues. Her mother had a flamboyant spirit, much like Tara.

  • Kelat community has been overlooked...

    To the editor:

    I have lived in the small community of Kelat for 23 years. I raised my children here and three of my grandchildren have lived here most of their lives. Has Cynthiana forgot this is a part of their county too?

  • Pastor visits former Cynthiana...

    To the editor:

      During the recent Fourth of July weekend, as the nation celebrated Independence Day, my wife and I were compelled to visit Rev. Larry Bowald and his family in their new town of residence - Canfield, Ohio. We could not think of a better way to spend such a festive occasion than with a family that is so dear to the Cynthiana community and us.

  • Citizens must educate themselves to...

    To the editor:

    I am just your run-of-the-mill average citizen and lately, I have found a need to be more informed about my country; past, present, and its possible future. I guess my grandchildren have something to do with it. I want them to grow up in a free and prosperous America, with all its advantages and individual freedoms, as I did.

  • Parking on sidewalks is prohibited...

    As I come to work everyday and as I patrol around town, I see several vehicles parked up on the sidewalk in front of their homes.

    The question that I ask myself is, “Why do people do that and do they realize that parking on sidewalks is prohibited?”

  • A life with security often means a...

    A few weeks ago I heard a sermon about wisdom.

    I wisely took notes, then lost them and forgot much of what the pastor said.

    But I do remember one thing. He said God came to King Solomon in a dream and said he could ask for anything and he’d give it to him...

    Solomon acknowledged God’s great kindness to his father, King David, and now to him as king of Israel.

  • Abandoned vehicles on city streets...

    An abandoned motor vehicle is any motor vehicle which remains unattended and unmoved on any public street, highway, right-of-way, or on any other public property for a period of more than three days, or which remains unmoved on any private property without a current license plate for a period of more than seven days, if the vehicle has been damaged or is deteriorated so extensively that it has no value but for salvage or the vehicle or any parts thereof are placed on jacks, blocks or other supports, or one or more parts of the vehicle necessary for lawful operations are missing.