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Today's Opinions

  • Yes, Virginia

    Editor’s Note: The following column, famously known as “Yes, Virgnia,” is the most reprinted newspaper column in any English-language newspaper. 

    DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.

    Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

    Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’

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  • Letter to the editor | Dec. 16, 2015

    Editor:

    I would like to invite your readers to embark on a big reading adventure, “The Kentucky 120 United Bible Reading Marathon.”

    We are asking for 120 readers to read from Genesis 1:1 on 12:01 a.m., Jan. 1, to Revelation 22 ending at 6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 4.

    All 120 counties will be reading the exact same scriptures at the same time. Our location is the IOOF Lodge on Friday, Saturday and Monday and on Sunday we are asking every church to read Ezekiel and Daniel.

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  • Letters to the editor | Dec. 9, 2015

    Local Republican Party vice-chairman endorsing Carson for President

    Editor:

    Thanks to the 58 percent of Owen County Republicans, Democrats and other voters who voted for Matt Bevin. Owen County also chose all Republican candidates for state Constitutional offices and five won statewide. You’ve helped Kentucky immeasurably.

    But now, non-Republicans must decide whether to participate in the Owen County Republican Caucus, to be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., March 5, 2016, at the Lighthouse Church.

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  • Owen countians no stranger to harsh winters

    Long before modern instruments were available to make weather predictions, animals and farmers observed their surroundings in order to prepare for a hard winter.
    Squirrels rushing about to store an abundance of acorns was an early sign of a hard winter. The small woolly worms also gave clues about what to expect in the upcoming winter season.
    If the orange band encircling the middle of the worm was narrow, most certainly heavy snow was on the way, and if the woolies were bigger and fatter than usual, bitter cold was in the forecast.

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  • Past president questions Chamber decision

    Editor:
    I was surprised to learn that Carrollton Utilities was named as Owen County Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year.  
    As a past president of the Chamber and a small business owner myself, I know first hand that there are many businesses within our community that are deserving of such an honor. These are the businesses that donate their money, time and support to Owen County school activities, non-profit groups and other organizations.  

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  • Slow down and eat the turkey first

    I’ve debated sharing my opinion about the rush of the Christmas season and skipping Thanksgiving.
    The Christmas lights going up in town last week was the icing on the cake for me.
    It’s a shame that Thanksgiving is nearly forgotten, with early Christmas sales and the rush to save a few dollars
    I’m not that old, but I can remember when the earliest you put a Christmas tree up was three weeks before Christmas and Thanksgiving Day was an entire day spent with family eating and having good, quality time together.

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  • Letter to the editor | Operation Christmas Child needs your support

    Editor:
    Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, uses simple gift-filled shoeboxes to let children all over the world know that they are loved and not forgotten.

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  • Tombstones in local cemetery often symbols of deceased’s life

    “Held for a moment. Loved for a lifetime.”
    These words, etched into the tiny white tombstone, had been been pulmetted by the elements and passage of time. Yet, they whispered across the years and told the story of a heart-rendering loss.
    A small cast angel lay upon the ground in front of the small marker, its outspread wings somehow giving the impression of a protective covering for its tiny charge.

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