Today's Opinions

We think when someone goes out of his way to make things better for  others, that action should not go unnoticed.  

Everyone in our community will   save hundreds of dollars on their annual homeowners insurance premiums and  have better fire protection.

Our neighbor, Ron Berry, had a fire hydrant installed on our road, (Emerald Cove Lane) and bore the entire expense of  $2,800 out of his own pocket.  

We want to thank him, acknowledge his efforts and applaud his generosity.

Thanks to a tennis accident, a massive blood clot in my leg,  a bout with cancer, a bum gall bladder and a few other health issues, I’ve spent more time than I care to recall in and around hospitals.
So when my mother went in last week for surgery to relieve compression on her spine, I jokingly told her, “Better you than me.”
Later, as I sat alone for hours in the surgery waiting room, I decided she had the easier role.

On my daily travels up and down the roads across the South, I’ve seen billboards and signs everywhere.
I have noticed the Roane County Tea Party sign on Interstate 40 near the Industrial Park: “America or Obama, you can’t have both.”
I’m sorry to say that it’s time to take down the sign; I have America and President Obama.
I have America to thank that a bunch of hatemongers was not going to influence what America was really about by putting signs that spewed hatred up along the interstate.