It would be a dull world without diverse people



To the Editor: I heard about Mr. O’Reilly’s derogatory remarks about Appalachia. I never watch programs like his or Rush Limbaugh, or any of the self-righteous know-it-alls who have ruined television. O’Reilly is rude and never lets anyone he interviews get a word in edgewise. The first I ever heard of Rush Limbaugh was when Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful […]

Car Talk

Pileup of problems probably coincidence

Dear Tom and Ray: Love the column, hate that I now have a reason to write to you myself! I have a 2001 BMW 325xi, which I have serviced regularly at a local independent BMW mechanic (and I do mean regularly — that stupid car always has some “little” $400 thing wrong with it). The shop came highly recommended, and […]

The way we were

Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years

March 19, 1959 The Letcher County Board of Education decided Saturday to readvertise for bids on fire prevention work at Whitesburg Grade School and Whitesburg High School. The board had requested bids on a variety of work, but only two bids were received and none of them covered the entire job. The United Mine Workers of America strike against mines […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS

RECAPS - 3/16-3/20

ALL MY CHILDREN — Amanda planned to leave town before the baby was due without telling David, giving the baby up for adoption, then lying to David about the baby not surviving. Ryan and Kendall went to Connecticut to identify Greenlee’s body, but only recognized her ring. They didn’t look at the corpse, but Aidan did. Frankie accepted Randi’s proposal […]

Horoscope



ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although you tend to bore easily and leave others to finish what you start, this is one time when you’d be wise to complete things on your own. Then you can move on to something new. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your indecision about a personal situation might come out of those mixed […]

Now here’s a tip



• Another way to keep pets from sleeping on the sofa while you are out is to use a carpet runner made of plastic. Put the gripping side up, and both dogs and cats will stay away. • “This is for the gardener who doesn’t like to wear gloves: Dig your fingernails into a bar of soap before gardening in […]

Moments and Memories of WHS



Jacket Journal Debuts (Taken from the September 8, 1989 Jacket Journal) With the beginning of the 1989-90 school year, WHS students will notice a change in many things including: new principal, new classes, the first golf team, and two new teachers. With all those changes, you may think there is not room for even one more. However, we, the newspaper […]

Fishing with crawdads for bait



Let’s all go down to the river and leave our troubles behind. Let’s all go down to the river and catch crawdads by the bucket. You have never had the thrill of a lifetime if you haven’t felt under a rock and thought you had a nice soft crawdad in your grasp only to discover upon raising the rock out […]

Spring cleaning? Don’t forget your mailbox



It’s time for spring cleaning — sweeping and vacuuming, moving your warmweather clothes to the front of the closet and chest of drawers, checking the outside of the house to see if it needs repairs, painting, or general sprucing up. While you’re spring cleaning the house, don’t forget to check on your mailbox. Neat, attractive, well-maintained mailboxes contribute to the […]

Sweet 16 set to begin



There seems to be one thing missing from this week’s Boys’ Sweet 16. More accurately one team, the No. 1 team in the state: Scott County. The Cardinals, who began the season as heavy favorites to roll to a state title, will be noticeably absent from Rupp Arena this week for the 92nd Boys’ State Basketball Tournament. Scott County lost […]