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Editorials

  • Kentucky begins with kids in mind

    ISSUE: Investing in early childhood education
    OUR VIEW: Critical priority worthy of investment

    Beginnings are the best place to start.

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  • Hydrating for the future

    ISSUE: Water agreement signing ceremony
    OUR VIEW: Deal delivers water for growth

    When we reach for the handle, we expect water to instantly pour out of the tap.

    Little consideration is given to the work behind that water. In fact, most of us take it for granted — except maybe once a month when the bill arrives.

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  • Let's kick this idea around for a while

    ISSUE: Local sisters organizing adult kickball league
    OUR VIEW: Sports offers a glimpse back to childhood

    If nostalgic reflections to elementary playground days mean anything, two local sisters should generate adequate interest to launch an adult kickball league in Elizabethtown this fall.

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  • Adopt a Platoon will be a success

    ISSUE: Supporting the military
    OUR VIEW: Hardin County comes through

    When opportunities become available to support the military and their families, Hardin County comes through time and again.

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  • Drunken driving scars run deep

    TOPIC: Alcohol dangers
    OUR VIEW: Scars don't heal from drinking and driving
     

    The scars on Harold Dennis and Ciaran Madden never will heal.

    The part of the leg Carey Cummins lost never will return.

    The smell that finds a way in and out of Darrin Jaquess, the nightmares that have led to many restless nights and the heartbreak of loved ones lost in a cruel way remain.

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  • Safety is legacy of bus tragedy

    ISSUE: Reactions to the bus crash

    OUR VIEW: Lasting legacy of safety improvements

    Signs standing on the shoulders of Interstate 71 in rural Carroll County mark the site of one of our country’s most deadly bus disasters. Flowers, crosses, messages and other items can be seen around this sign, left as tokens to honor the lives lost on this stretch of highway.

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  • Loss remains so very precious

    ISSUE: 25 years after the crash
    OUR VIEW: A life-alerting moment

     

    You want it all to mean something. So much horror and so much pain. There must be a higher purpose, lessons to be learned.

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  • Find lessons in crisis

    ISSUE: School safety scare
    OUR VIEW: Learning in wake of false report

    The Elizabethtown Independent Schools community was tested last week. Just after 9 a.m. May 1, someone called 911 and reported a person at T.K. Stone Middle School was carrying a gun.

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  • Acknowledging heroic service

    TOPIC: Mission accomplished
    OUR VIEW: Service medals a victory for perseverance
     

    For the family of the late Jesus Arriola Leon Guerrero, a native of Guam who served 20 years in the U.S. Navy from 1937 to 1957, it was a mission and a passion created long, long ago.

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  • Prescriptions for success

    ISSUE: Connecting government agencies with the public

    OUR VIEW: Benefits all

    The national Office of Drug Control Policy is making a local impact. Grants totaling $300,000 are to be distributed over three years to agencies in seven regions of Kentucky to combat substance abuse in those ages 12 to 25.

    Locally, that means Communicare is administering money to be used by local law enforcement agencies to keep unused prescription drugs out of the wrong hands and out of water supplies.

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