READER CHEERS ...
... to Shea Van Hoy and the staff at The Evening News for supporting local veterans with exceptional coverage on Veterans Day and for graciously providing a copy of the Veterans Day issue to all of the Moving Wall volunteers who attended the appreciation dinner.
— Donna Ennis, Charlestown
READER JEERS ...
... to The Evening News for having my mail carrier deliver the Saturday paper. By the time I finally receive it on Saturday around 3 p.m., the yard sales are over.
— Joann Wingfield, Jeffersonville
* Editor’s note: Because of mail delivery of The Evening News on Saturdays, our classified advertising staff encourages people wanting to place yard sale ads to publish on Thursdays and Fridays. However, they day the ads appear is up to the wishes of the advertiser.
Do you have someone or something to cheer or jeer? Submissions should be sent to Editor Shea Van Hoy at shea.vanhoy@newsandtribune.com or by mail at 221 Spring St., Jeffersonville, IN, 47130.
Editorials
EVENING NEWS CHEERS & JEERS: Nov. 21, 2009
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OUR OPINION: NA-FC schools, we need to talk
On Friday, a group of Thomas Jefferson Elementary fifth-graders from the Greater Clark County Schools graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education — or DARE — program. Some of you may have read the story or looked at the two photos in the weekend edition of the News and Tribune.
- OUR OPINION: Open records violations need to carry financial punishment
- CHEERS & JEERS: Dec. 10-11, 2011
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LETTERS: Dec. 8, 2011
— Moore says thanks for years of support for Jerry’s
— Volunteers help make New Albany great
— Reader comments on Kraft’s letter
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VAN HOY: Property tax caps put the squeeze on schools
In November 2010, 72 percent of Hoosiers cast a ballot in favor of adding property tax caps to the Indiana constitution. This came after two separately elected legislatures voted for the same measure.
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OUR VIEW: Board needs to retain Daeschner
We realize these are just numbers, but they are the method instituted by the state and federal government to measure a school’s effectiveness. It’s understandable to take issue with how schools and students are measured. That’s not Daeschner’s fault. He is simply helping improve the school system in the required areas.
- CHEERS & JEERS: Dec. 3-4
- CHEERS AND JEERS — For Nov. 19-20
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THEIR OPINION: Does Indiana’s primary process serve voters?
The existing rules prove there’s a modicum of support throughout the state to justify a presidential candidate’s name appear on a primary ballot, King says.
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VAN HOY: 2011 election was a young man’s game
We had many discussions at the News and Tribune about the political races leading up to Tuesday — what candidates we thought would win and who we thought was running a good campaign. We even have a nice collection of mailers hanging on the newsroom wall in Jeffersonville. They are sort of like a more crabby form of Christmas decorations.
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OUR OPINION: NA-FC schools, we need to talk







