Shoebox ministry kicks off Sept. 16



The 2012 kickoff event for Operation Christmas Child will be held at 6 p.m. on Sept. 16 at First Baptist Church in Whitesburg. The southeast Kentucky countdown event for the shoebox ministry will be held during the evening church service. The kickoff event is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome and Operation Christmas Child Staff Member Kate […]

An energy policy that’s soaked in oil



Mitt Romney keeps trying to prop up his bad policy proposals with gimmicky political props that flop. He recently unveiled his energy policy, for example, in Hobbs, N.M., rather than in ExxonMobil’s boardroom, which is the only place his oil-soaked proposal would actually receive genuine, full-throated huzzahs. But a group of hip-hip-hooraying fat-cats in suits is not quite the down-home, […]

Political Cartoon



Neither should stand a chance




Normally, a president presiding over 8 percent unemployment and a country that sees itself on the wrong track wouldn’t stand a chance. But then a candidate with Mitt Romney’s shortcomings, including his failure to ignite much enthusiasm within his own party, wouldn’t stand a chance, either. The combination of the two explains why this election remains close, but President Obama […]

Says paper approved sportswriter’s ‘rubbish’



To the Editor: I write in regards to Ira Combs’s column published in your September 5 edition entitled, “Can the Wildcats Bounce Back from Loss?” As a frequent reader of your newspaper and Mr. Combs’s sport analysis, I couldn’t help being shocked by the blatant sexism and ignorance he displayed when he intimated that female sports reporters who cover football, […]

A case of pre-existing positions



What Mitt Romney truly believes is anybody’s guess. Whether Romney as president would act on those beliefs is also a guess. And we can’t rule out the possibility that he doesn’t have any beliefs outside of religion and investment strategies. Why he’s running for president remains unclear, though commander in chief looks impressive on a nametag. Asked over the weekend […]

Remember mom is usually right

Car Talk

Dear Tom and Ray: On a recent visit to my home, my “ wonderful” mother expanded her range of “helpful” advice-giving to the manner in which I park my car on my steeply sloped driveway. She was deeply concerned about the order in which I engage park and the emergency brake. She advised me that by placing the car in […]

The way we were



Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years Sept. 13, 1962 Letcher County schools Superintendent Sanford Adams said he is making every effort he can to keep politics out of the county school system. . Arlie Boggs, an attendance worker in the Letcher County school system, said he is resigning from his job because a group in […]

Arnold Richardson rites held



Arnold Richardson, 83, of Colson, died August 27 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. A son of the late Tom and Maude Collins Richardson, he was the widower of Vicco Hall Richardson and the father of the late Gary Neil Richardson. Surviving are four sons, Terry Wayne Richardson, Jerry Layne Richardson, Tommy Lynn Richardson and Ricky Dean Richardson; seven grandchildren, and […]

Helping the Canadians in rescue operations



When things heated up during the Berlin Airlift, 30 of our men of the Air Sea Rescue Service at Langley Fields, Va., traveled to Canada to train alongside and to strengthen partnership with the Royal Canadian Air Force Search-and-Rescue technicians and their support personnel. The purpose of the training was to work with the Canadians, see how they do business, […]