Vol. 112, No. 45

November 9, 2005

Current Issue

Front Page
Local News
Sports
Opinion
Obituaries
People
Social
Community Calendar
Classifieds
Photo Galleries

About Us



Subscribe
Advertise
Archives
Where to Buy
Links
Comments or Suggestions


The Meade County Messenger
P.O. Box 678
138 Broadway Suite A
Brandenburg, KY 40108
(270) 422-2155
FAX: (270) 422-2110
M-F 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

 

OPINION


Letter to the Editor

To the Messenger:

Attention all Halloween pumpkin stealers and smashers:

Tracy Chism
Flaherty

Click Here For Full Story


To the Messenger:

This year, as I have done every year since 1993, I am going to enjoy a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner. Many people think of turkeys as little more than a holiday centerpiece. This year, more that 45 million will have their throats slit while still conscious, after enduring lives in overcrowded, unsanitary factory farms.

Harold Wilson
Corydon, Ind.

Click Here For Full Story


To the Messenger:

What is wrong with the American people of today? Are they so uncaring or set in their ways that they cannot realize that were it not for our veterans they would not be living the good lives that they have today?

Wilbur D. Beasley
Veteran Korea / Vietnam

Click Here For Full Story


To the Messenger:

America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago. Since the Revolution, eight generations of America’s veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.

Steve Buyer, Chairman
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
U.S. House of Representatives

Click Here For Full Story


Meetings Next Week
Follow your tax dollars

Monday, Nov. 14
• James R. Allen SBDM, 3:15 p.m.
• MCHS SBDM, 5:30 p.m.
• Muldraugh City Council, city hall, 6:30 p.m.
• Brandenburg City Council, city hall, 7 p.m.
• West Point City Council, 7 p.m.
• Battletown Fire Protection District, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15
• Battletown SBDM, 3:30 p.m.
• Payneville SBDM, 3:30 p.m.
• Irvington SBDM, 4:30 p.m.
• Library board, annex, 5 p.m.
• M.C. PZ Comprehensive plan committee, 7 p.m.
• M.C. Water District, 7 p.m.
• Brandenburg Planning and Zoning, city hall, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 16
• LTADD meeting, Elizabethtown, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17
• Muldraugh P&Z, city hall, 999 6:30 p.m.
• M.C. Planning & Zoning, courthouse, 7 p.m.
• Ekron Fire Protection District, 7 p.m.
• West Point School Board, 7 p.m.


GUIDELINES FOR LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Mail Letters to the Editor to P.O. Box 678, Brandenburg, Ky 40108; FAX to (270) 422-2110; E-mail to messenger@bbtel.com; hand deliver to 138 Broadway, Suite A, Brandenburg; or use the drop box by the front door after business hours.

Letters should be 300 words or less and concern an issue of public interest. Longer letters MAY be run at the discretion of the editorial staff or may be edited to fit.

They must be typed or printed legibly. The Messenger limits the frequency of Letters to the Editor to one per person within a 30-day period.

Letters may not contain slanderous remarks and all letters are printed at the discretion of the editor.

The writer's name, address and telephone number must be included.
We will, however, withhold the writer's name on request. A file of all letters to the editor will be kept for public inspection at the Messenger.

Submit words of thanks as paid advertisements.


Copyright © The Meade County Messenger.All rights reserved.
Award Winning Member of the Kentucky Press Association