Published: October 11, 2008 01:43 am            

EVENING NEWS: Cheers & Jeers: Oct. 11, 2008

Cheers

To the sale agreement on the shuttered Colgate-Palmolive Co. plant this week. With the proposed purchased, the unknown buyer will be getting a historic property in a prime location.

I’m siding with many town of Clarksville leaders in hoping for a mixed-used development full of residential options and retail and dining outposts. I also agree with Greg Sekula, director of the Southern Regional Office of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, in urging the buyer to seek placement on the National Register of Historic Places. It will preserve the spirit of some of the structures on the

60-acre site and comes with a tax break for rehabbing those buildings.

— Editor Shea Van Hoy



Cheers

To the workers at the BridgePointe Goodwill donation center in Clarksville who looked through boxes and boxes of donated items to find my daughter’s purse, which had gotten mixed in with the garage-sale leftovers. Whew! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

— Publisher Jim Grahn



Cheers

This cheer extends outside of Clark County, but our residents driving into downtown New Albany this weekend for Harvest Homecoming might notice it. Cheers for the long-overdue repair of the railroad crossing at 15th and Spring streets there. What once felt like driving over a mine field is now nice and smooth. Of course, there’s a side jeer for it taking years to get this accomplished.

— Editor Shea Van Hoy



Cheers

To the town of Clarksville for beginning work on improving Eastern Boulevard and the long-term benefit that will bring.

— Publisher Jim Grahn



Jeers

To the town of Clarksville for beginning work on improving Eastern Boulevard and the short-term inconvenience it brings.

— Publisher Jim Grahn



Cheers

I live in Jeffersonville. On Sunday, Sept. 14, I watched the wind blow my trees down in my front year. Part of the tree fell onto a utility line pushing it down. This interfered with the safety of the roadway.

I called the Jeffersonville Police Department. A nice neighbor man quickly came over cutting at the tree. Within an hour or so, Mayor Tom Galligan drove up. The mayor, the neighbor man and another fellow pushed the tree off the wire. I commend our friendly hands-on mayor, who got out and physically helped.

The Jeffersonville Street Department drove by several different days picking up branches and yard debris. Hats off to our hardworking city employees. They even worked on Sunday. And thanks to the neighbor man in helping, too. He even returned to cut some of the tree that had blocked our car in. A great appreciation to all during this stressful time.

— reader L. Turner, Jeffersonville



Jeers

To the economy, and my 0-5 fantasy football team.

— Editor Shea Van Hoy



Have someone or something to cheer or jeer? Send submissions to shea.vanhoy@newsandtribune.com or by mail to Shea Van Hoy, Editor, The Evening News, 221 Spring St., Jeffersonville, 47130.

        

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