> SOUTHERN INDIANA —
CHEERS
... to three Jeffersonville athletes who did Indiana proud last week at the 2010 Special Olympics National Games, in Lincoln, Neb.
Jordan Sisco, 20, of Jeffersonville, earned four gold medals in aquatics; Jason Evans, 40, of Jeffersonville, earned a bronze medal in golf with the help of his nondisabled partner, Michael Burk, from Elizabeth; and Bobby Hilbert, 52, of Jeffersonville, finished fourth in the nine-hole stock play golf event.
Nearly 3,000 athletes from 50 states competed from July 18 to 23 at the event in front of about 30,000 people, according to Special Olympics Indiana. Read more about these winning athletes in Sunday’s Evening News.
— Editor Shea Van Hoy
CHEERS
... to the first look at the new $238 million downtown Louisville arena — the KFC Yum! Center.
Media members got a tour Thursday and seemed to walk away impressed. The most important step the Louisville Arena Authority took was to visit numerous similar facilities built in the past 15 years. Developers were able to pick out great aspects of those buildings and ask leaders at other facilities what they would have done differently if given a mulligan.
The arena is going to be an asset to Louisville and Southern Indiana, especially with where it’s built — within view of downtown Jeffersonville.
I also applaud Jeffersonville and Louisville leaders for committing to a water ferry on game nights and possibly event nights. It will be a nice, traffic-free way to eat or stay in Indiana and make it to the arena on time.
I’ll have more thoughts on the arena in a column Sunday.
— Editor Shea Van Hoy
CHEERS
... to the town of Sellersburg for its positive marks — via the absence of serious negative marks — from the Indiana State Board of Accounts on its recently released 2008 audit.
In a time where some other government agencies have received numerous demerits, Sellersburg, you did a fine job.
— Editor Shea Van Hoy
READER CHEERS
... to ET’s Memphis Bar-B-Q in downtown Jeffersonville.
Last weekend, my husband and I and two other couples had the pleasure to dine at ET’s at the corner of Spring and Market streets. Let me tell you people, if you like good food and great service at a reasonable price, ET’s is all that and more.
So get out there and try ET’s and let’s keep this great place in Jeffersonville to eat and socialize open.
They also have fish every Friday.
— Jan and Jim Sprague; Jane and Al Ward; and Pat and Truman Geary
Opinions
EVENING NEWS CHEERS AND JEERS: July 31, 2010
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BEAM: Dealing with disaster
Yet the survivors of Daisy Hill have also witnessed deceit. They say greedy people not affected by the storms have claimed gift cards and even cars meant for those in need with bogus addresses and other lies.
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CUMMINS: Are machines becoming more humane?
I can see it now. Load gobs of financial data into the massive bi-partisan federal computer, powerful enough to digest the national debt. Whatever it spits out, Congress could not filibuster, nor could the president veto it.
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DODD: An unexpected Angel
- CHEERS AND JEERS — For May 26-27
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STAWAR: The souvenir state of America
Recently, my wife Diane and I spent the day aboard the Belle of Cincinnati with our daughter’s family. We all had a good time, even though the diesel-powered Cincinnati attraction isn’t a real steamboat, like our own Belle of Louisville, and despite the fact that it poured down rain the whole time.
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NASH: Making a Memorial vacation
Memorial Day weekend is upon us which brings us to the start of the summer travel season. With the mild winter we had around here most schools didn’t have much in terms of snow make-up days so many kids have already finished up their semesters and are ready to get on with their holiday. Not to worry parents it will only be a couple of weeks before the back-to-school sales kick in and in no time at all it will be time for those youngsters to go back.
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HARBESON: A handy little idea
After having worked hard the past few months, I now have something new to add to my resume — “I was Lead Project Manager for a major construction venture, supervising every aspect in the creation of a privately funded community building.”
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MORRIS: Nancy Hogan was more than just an employee
Pulling into The Tribune parking lot each morning was pretty uneventful in the old days. Nothing good happens between 5:30 and 6 a.m. Nothing at all.
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HAMILTON: Is this really the best we can do?
As you know if you pay attention to national affairs, the United States faces a perfect fiscal storm at the end of this year. A confluence of deadlines and policy triggers unlike anything I can remember in a half-century of public life will produce massive budget cuts and serious tax increases amounting to a 3.5 percent hit on the nation’s Gross Domestic Product.
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LETTERS: May 23, 2012
— Tea Party leader responds to bridges column
— Bridges need a new approach
— Wives of JPD officers say thanks for service
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