Local Living

Summerall: I think it’s a lot worse

May 17, 2013

I was still a kid between second and third grade, June 17, 1972. This was when President Richard Millhouse Nixon sent a couple to guys to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. I remember the press scrambling to report the cover-up after the infamous “Deep Throat” turned over the information that allowed the prosecution of G.

Pittman’s scheme an insult to the taxpayers

May 15, 2013

On Tuesday night, some members of the West Point Board of Selectmen crossed that fine line between utter incompetence and gross absurdity.
We’ve seen this board pull some in the past, but Tuesday night’s motion by Ward 5 Selectmen Jasper Pittman, which called for the city to retain an attorney who would be tasked with looking for improprieties in the May 7 election is not only absurd but in this editor’s opinion is an insult to the taxpayers of the community.

To subscribe to the E-edition, please click here.

Garbutt, Estes return to Noon Tunes with Mary Marlin

May 13, 2013

The West Point/Clay County Arts Council will present Noon Tunes at the Bryan Public Library.
Patti Clay, Hannah Garbutt, Mary Marlin and Justin Estes will entertain on the grand piano with music from the movies. Everyone is encouraged to bring a lunch and enjoy this free event in the Esther Pippin meeting room. Drinks and desserts will be provided. For more information call 494-5678.

To subscribe to the E-edition, please click here.

Fuller will be missed

May 9, 2013

I would like to take a moment to thank Mrs. Wendy Fuller, our former Clay County Election Commissioner for all of the hard work and years she has put in with the county.
On Thursday morning, the Clay County Board of Supervisors voted to dismiss Fuller as an Election Commissioner. The vote was 3-2.
The board had a tough job to do, and they did it the best way that it could have been handled.
The circumstances surrounding Fuller’s dismissal should not blemish her overall record of service to the citizens of Clay County.