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Today's Opinions

  • Rowell: Helping kids grow old(er)

    Having just celebrated Mother’s Day, it reminded us of the role mother’s play in raising kids.
    These days, it’s not any easier to raise kids but that doesn’t mean throwing our hands in the air, giving up and giving in. It means more parental involvement, not less.
    School’s out and that means vacations, road trips, and spending more time outdoors. While we all have fond memories of summers past, there are new warning signs out there.

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  • Wells: There used to be a ballpark


    There used to be a ballpark in Middleburg named Judd Field. It had lights and bleachers and a wooden fence around it with a board on top where you could sit if the bleachers were full. In the summer, they generally were. There were some ball games in the daytime, usually on weekends, but the night games were the best.

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  • Whitlock: Choose your destination carefully

    “Last thing I remember, I was
    Running for the door
    I had to find the passage back
    To the place I was before
    ‘Relax’ said the night man,
    ‘We are programmed to receive.
    You can check-out any time you like,
    But you can never leave!’”
    — The Eagles,
    Hotel California

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  • Editorial: Can we do it again?

    The question arises every year when the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team takes the floor for the first game. “Can they do it again?” With eight national championships and lots of blue-chip talent, it’s likely. But that’s the Big Blue.
    And this is Casey County.
    If there’s one thing that Casey Countians are known for, it’s winning championships in the sense of giving financially to help others.

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  • Rowell: Good for you, grandma!

    I saw the following article last week from our sister newspaper, The Kentucky Standard in Bardstown. While I normally like to comment on current events, I wanted our readers to read this article by Jennifer Corbett, and pay special attention to the quotes from the grandmother and Bardstown’s Chief of Police.
    My only comment? At least one grandmother and the Chief of Police have some sense.
    “An evening at Wendy’s nearly ended with a Bardstown woman behind bars after some say she abused her grandchildren with a paint stirrer.

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  • Wells: Desserts on my mind!

    Did you ever get something on your mind and couldn’t get it off? I’ve been thinking about desserts and sweet things lately. I have almost lost my sweet tooth with age but occasionally it rears its ugly head.
    When I was just a little kid I would spend a week or two with my grandmother in Yosemite. Mammy would indulge my sweet tooth and make something for me that I’d kill for now. Mammy called it Butter Roll.

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  • Editorial: Water rate conflict needs to end

    If the adage is correct that “guests, like fish, begin to stink after three days,” then it’s equally true that after two months the conflict between the Liberty City Council and East Casey County Water District stinks to high heaven.
    Back in March, Mayor Steve Sweeney went before the ECCWD board and asked for a 27-cent rate increase per 1,000 gallons of water purchased by ECCWD from the city.

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  • Rowell: Oh what a (prom) night!

    I attended my first prom ever this past Saturday night to cover the event for the paper.
    The annual soiree at the Casey County High School gym was a high class affair from stem to stern.
    The attendees were all decked out in their finery of formal gowns and different colored tuxedos.  
    And to properly make an entrance in their haute couture, many arrived in different types of vehicles — from muscle cars to high-end European models to bass boats and even on ATVs.

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