Sentinel-Echo.com--Opinion http://www.sentinel-echo.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_136190030.html Publisher’s Notebook: Smoking bans gain momentum, except here http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_136190030.html Seventeen communities ban smoking in public places or workplaces, and the list is growing every day. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_135101737.html Direct Kick: Can of Corn and a Duck Snort http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_135101737.html Tue, 13 May 2008 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_134164254.html Musings: A fish out of water http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_134164254.html The landscaping project started sweetly enough, but after three shopping trips, we were still empty-handed. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_130104217.html Direct Kick: Smith retires as South Laurel AD http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_130104217.html Thu, 08 May 2008 21:36:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_129213724.html The bridges of Laurel County http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_129213724.html The boyfriend is no longer the only man in my life. Yes, dear readers, from the deepest reaches of my soul I now pine for another. Thu, 08 May 2008 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_129202257.html Publisher’s Notebook: Being a Papaw comes with pressures, rewards http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_129202257.html At 12:05 a.m. on Friday, May 2, I officially became a Papaw. It feels strange to type the name and to hear someone refer to me as Papaw. It won’t take me long, however, to wear the name like a comfortable pair of slacks. Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_128110059.html Direct Kick: SCW hopes to recapture glory days http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_128110059.html Tue, 06 May 2008 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_127211758.html Invictus Maneo: Kentucky Democrats should vote for Obama http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_127211758.html What began as a passionate debate has become a divisive argument. Fri, 02 May 2008 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_123102238.html In the Zone: Woodson deserved to go higher http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_123102238.html Thu, 01 May 2008 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_122223826.html A Canuck in Kantuck: Simple acts of kindness http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_122223826.html This issue marks my three-year anniversary at The Sentinel-Echo and over the years I have come to expect to be inspired — by people’s kindness, by people’s dedication, by people’s plain and simple effort. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:22:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_115052323.html Publisher’s Notebook: History Channel has dim view of the future http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_115052323.html Producers of The History Channel evidently have a pessimistic outlook for the future of man. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_114102350.html Direct Kick: Stepping away from sports for a minute http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_114102350.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_108234013.html Publisher’s Notebook: Not the first time our worker taken by force http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_108234013.html The worker apparently was grabbed by force from the curb at a high-traffic area, presumably the North Main Kroger, forced into the trunk of a car and driven to Barbourville. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_107101013.html Direct Kick: A tough setback for North Laurel's Caitie Jackson http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_107101013.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:19:00 +0000 http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_106062031.html Musings: Invasion of the crawdads http://www.sentinel-echo.com/opinion/local_story_106062031.html Lo and behold, right beneath the vent was a very ugly, very purpley-red, very real, very dead crawdad.