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It’s best to keep things ‘simple’

May 16, 2008

The Hancock County Commission recently announced that brand new high-end cabins are going to be built at Tomlinson Run State Park. These cabins will be different, though, because they will feature items of luxury, including state-of-the-art, flat-screened televisions, cable, and Internet, and will come with dishes and appliances.

Another amenity is that the decks in the back of the cabins will overlook a 30 to 40-foot cliff with a creek at the bottom, which would be very scenic.

The six cabins—two, two-bedroom; two three-bedroom; and two, four-bedroom—will be built by the entrance across from the pool in Tomlinson Run with funds garnered from the county’s hotel/motel tax, which was raised with these cabins in mind, according to Commission President Danny Greathouse. The county commission raised the tax from 3 percent to 6 percent last year.

The cabins are a nice idea, and probably will attract some to the area, but most people who love the great out

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Help must come first in disaster

May 16, 2008

Natural disasters of the past few weeks prove one glaring fact: No country, even an island nation, is an island.

No nation can respond on its own when disasters of massive scope strike.

The response of the bungling military ju

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Fighting crime is dangerous work

May 15, 2008

The world has changed in many ways since May 17, 1792, when Isaac Smith, a New York City sheriff’s deputy, became the first officer known to have been killed in the line of duty in the United States.

What’s not changed, however, is that

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Mock accidents teach lessons

May 15, 2008

The smashed car is surrounded by emergency personnel.

A girl’s body is hanging out the partially open door, her bloodied arm hanging limp from her body.

The driver has been thrown through the windshield and is on the ground i

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It’s time to take down the signs

May 14, 2008

Now that the candidates have been named and the election is over, it’s time to take down the election signs.

The signs do serve a purpose before the election, but now that the voting is done it’s time to take them away so we can enjoy the

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Fighting crime dangerous work

May 14, 2008

The world has changed in many ways since May 17, 1792, when Isaac Smith, a New York City sheriff’s deputy, became the first officer known to have been killed in the line of duty in the United States.

What’s not changed, however, is that f

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