http://www.enewscourier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_304170104.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_304170104.html The $6.1 million awarded by the state to Limestone County Schools is sorely needed to fund construction and renovation. In Alabama, this part of the stimulus plan worked. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_304165619.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_304165619.html The Athens Storytelling Festival is one of my favorite times of the year. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:25:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_297232751.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_297232751.html As both an educator and a parent, I hope you are planning to take advantage of a tremendous opportunity that is coming to our community in a just a few short days. As a community we are truly fortunate to have this annual event available to us, but more importantly, available to our children. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_290175426.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_290175426.html It took only seconds after walking in to a premiere party Friday night for Athens’ first film festival to realize this would be a great boost for our city. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_290175015.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_290175015.html Do you remember when you were growing up the times your family would go riding? When I was a kid some families could ride around more than others because many families didn't have a car. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_287094918.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_287094918.html Troy King, Alabama’s Attorney General is wrong. Plain wrong. Once again, he has chosen to play politics and issue press releases instead of working with those of us who are in the trenches of Alabama's courtrooms every day. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_283194834.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_283194834.html Alabamians who were shocked to learn the state’s prepaid college tuition plan wasn’t immune to the whims of the markets can take comfort in one fact: They are not alone. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_276213741.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_276213741.html Amid all the gloomy reports of the crippled state budgets came some rather good news this week. Well, good if one regards “not as bad” news as good news. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:27:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_276213046.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_276213046.html There have been so many bad things said about America in the news lately ... There are things happening locally that give me some hope about our future. Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_269212628.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_269212628.html Was a settlement by DOC officials, who have repeatedly stated Farron died of natural causes, a means of avoiding opening records, as a trial would have required? Learning of this settlement now should not change the focus on the open records case - the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the DOC to turn over documents relating to Farron's death and those of inmates at other state prisons. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_262194216.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_262194216.html The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling last week ordering the state Department of Corrections to open its records in connection with the death of inmate Farron Barksdale was a victory for the public and Barksdale’s family. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_262193920.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_262193920.html The local Historical Commission was established by the Athens City Council several years ago at the request of citizens and property owners who lived in the Beaty/Clinton/East Street areas of the city. I was a member of the City Council at that time and I remember some of the reasons people had for wanting historical districts to be created. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_261094158.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_261094158.html It is easy, now that the Legislature is out of session and PACT is not making daily headlines, for us to forget to fight for what is right. But if we forget, our lawmakers are not likely to fight for us. Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:42:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_248194218.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_248194218.html Just as attorneys hate to see verdicts overturned because of a clerical error, we hate to see students deprived because of errors that could easily have been corrected and should have been forgiven in this case for the best interests of our students. Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:39:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_248194052.html http://www.enewscourier.com/opinion/local_story_248194052.html I am calling for a meeting of interested people at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 at the old City Council Chamber at City Hall. We will have all parking information available at the meeting, and we will take the public’s suggestions during the meeting.