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Today's Opinions

  • Courtroom renovation

     Union County has received a state grant that will allow the county to proceed with needed improvements in the Chancery Court building.

    The state has awarded a State Municipal and Limited Population County Grant for $100,000 that will be matched with about $16,900 in county money from the general fund.

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  • Hospitality industry

     The opening of the Hampton Inn in New Albany adds significantly to the city’s hospitality industry and the tax revenue it generates for our area.

    The 84-room hotel, owned by Ascent of Dalton, Ga., is a welcome addition to the cluster of hotels at the busy U.S. 78 interchange with Highway 30 West in New Albany. It joins the Holiday Inn Express, the Comfort Inn and the Economy Inn at that location.

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  • An overdose of HGTV

     Blame it on Home & Garden television. I think Jenny and I have watched too many of those programs about what you need to do to get your house ready to sell.

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  • Toyota and education

     The CREATE Foundation announcement that it will spend $278,000 of Toyota’s money on a curriculum audit of eight school districts in Lee, Pontotoc and Union counties is good news for two reasons.

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  • Thermostat set on toasty

     Maybe the carmakers are onto something with those new individual climate controls.

    You know the ones—the driver’s side can be set at 72 degrees and the passenger side at a nippy 68.

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  • Preserving downtown

     The city of New Albany is looking for a few good people with an interest in preservation efforts in the downtown area.

    The Board of Alderman is trying to resurrect the Certified Local Government program that the city adopted in 2007 but never got off the ground.

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  • A challenge for 2010

     The campaign to raise money to purchase a bus for the New Haven Center for Special Needs Adults did better than organizers expected during 2009.

    Even though the campaign did not get underway until October, just over $34,000 was raised toward a goal of $80,000.

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  • Getting mail a real chore

     Maybe we should have bought an old house. For weeks we’ve been excited about our first new house—new floors, new carpet, new paint, new appliances, new everything. The trouble is a new house needs a mailbox.

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