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Today's Opinions

  • CFD to collect for Crusade for Children May 29-June 1

    Editor:

    Having been a part of the WHAS Crusade for Children now for a decade, I am honored to announce to the community that it is again time for the 60th annual WHAS Crusade for Children weekend. What a wonderful charity that helps so many deserving children and their families in Kentuckiana, including right here in Carroll County.

    Since 1956 when the first fire department in Kentucky joined forces with WHAS to pledge their support to disabled children, fire departments now raise approximately 50 percent of donations pledged each year.

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  • State makes progress on educating children

    As we put another school year behind us – and as parents wait for the inevitable cries of “I’m bored” in the not-too-distant future – now is a good time to take a closer look at all of the good things going on academically.

    Over the long term, perhaps the best news came out of a 2012 Harvard study, which showed Kentucky tying for fifth among the states when measuring the gains our students have made over the last 20 years in math, reading and science.

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  • Champions needs community support to battle substance abuse

     I would like to take this opportunity to announce that Kimberly Fain is the new assistant coordinator, hired through the Carroll County School Board and Champions for a Drug Free Carroll County. The application and interview process was held in April.

    We are proud to have Fain aboard with Champions for a Drug Free Carroll County. She is rather familiar with the community and eager to learn. Hopefully within the near future, those of you reading this will be able to meet both of us and we can make strides to diminish substance abuse in Carroll County.

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  • Bus drivers thank church for lunch

    Editor:

    The Carroll County Bus Drivers would like to thank Pastor Pat Butcher and the Family Worship Center for providing lunch at the transportation building on the last day of school.

    Cindy Robbins

    Nadena Mahoney

    Carroll County
    Transportation Department and

    Carroll County Bus Drivers

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  • ‘Impact’ is a must-see, fair depiction of tragic I-71 bus crash in 1988

    I have to admit, it wasn’t until I moved here just over 11 years ago that I learned anything about the church bus crash on May 14, 1988.

    At the time, I was a very young reporter in Fairfield County, Conn. I didn’t even own a TV, which wasn’t an issue because most nights I had to cover meetings or events. I didn’t watch the national news very often, and of course this was long before the Internet. If something happened someplace other than the towns where I worked, I didn’t know about it.

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  • Summer Reading Program enriches children’s lives

    I enjoyed Carroll County Public Library Director Hillary Arney remembering her Summer Reading Pro-gram experiences at the library when she was a child. The reference in her column last week  to the large banana split brought a smile to my face.

    It was my first year as director of the public library; in fact, I had only been working there since the first of June and jumped right in with our reading program. 

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  • Summer Reading Program enriches children’s lives

    I enjoyed Carroll County Public Library Director Hillary Arney remembering her Summer Reading Pro-gram experiences at the library when she was a child. The reference in her column last week  to the large banana split brought a smile to my face.

    It was my first year as director of the public library; in fact, I had only been working there since the first of June and jumped right in with our reading program. 

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  • Summer reading opens new world to local children

    As the end of school approaches this week, I know everyone is very excited for summer break. There just seems to be a little extra charge in the air on that first day of no school, even for those of us who still have to work every day during the summer. It is ingrained in us after 13 of our early years of counting down to the first day of summer.

    It represents a time of freedom and excitement. There are usually vacations and an opportunity to catch up on your favorite soap opera (at least that is what we did in the stone ages). 

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