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Today's Opinions

  • ‘Sharing’ concern

     Only 16 days from now volunteers are slated to deliver food and toys to needy families in the 35th annual Sharing at Christmas program.

    What concerns us at this point is the level of giving. As of today the Gazette has received only $4,530 toward the fundraising goal of $20,000. We are hopeful that many of our readers have just not gotten around to making a donation yet.

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  • Proud of Ole Miss

     It wasn’t much of a protest, but it kept the sports talk show hosts busy leading up to the Ole Miss football game in Oxford last Saturday. And that’s the unfortunate part of an otherwise proud day for the university and its efforts to dispel lingering perceptions about racism.

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  • Getting good night’s sleep

     Sometimes I feel a little embarrassed about my book choice as I slide it across the circulation desk at the public library.

    I wonder if those nice folks at the desk notice that I only check out simple, thin mysteries? Or that I get one book and its takes 10 days or so for me to finish it and exchange it for another?

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  • Dalton’s resignation

     The resignation of Bethany Dalton as tourism/community development specialist at the Union County Development Association is a loss to the community.

    Ms. Dalton was a positive influence on the activities and events she handled, a talented grant writer and a hard worker. The RiverFest festival expanded and blossomed under her tutelage.

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  • Sportsplex expansion

     The artist’s rendering of the plan for expansion of the New Albany Sportsplex shows an impressive project that will significantly upgrade the city’s recreational facilities.

    Sam Creekmore of Creekmore Landscaping showed the plans and an accompanying video depiction of the project at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen last week.

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  • Thoughts on anniversary

     My sister, Donna, likes my wife, Jenny, a lot, and she reminds me regularly how fortunate I am to have found her.

    Her conversations with Jenny go a little differently: She can’t understand why a good-looking, fun-to-be-with person like Jenny would have married her brother.

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  • Reducing flood zone

     The decision by the New Albany Board of Aldermen to have an engineering firm try to develop information to reduce the area designated as flood plain is a good one.

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  • The South is rising

     Chancellor Dan Jones of the University of Mississippi didn’t have to get involved in controversy by banning the sports medley “From Dixie With Love” at university football games.

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