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Kinnett: County needs trained or trainable work force in order to court employers

TELL CITY - Simply creating jobs can actually hurt an area, the president and chief executive officer of the Perry County Development Corp. pointed out in a speech before local business, community and economic-development officials March 18.

During a rescheduled annual meeting of the organization, formed by area leaders in 1991 to attract new business and investments to the county, Chris Kinnett used a sports analogy to make his point.

In 2007 it came to the attention of the Humane Society of Perry County that there is a growing problem in Cannelton, Tell City and Troy, with feral alley cats. These feral cats that are not claimed are living all over the county and breeding beyond control.

We have had numerous discussions with some officials concerning this problem and it is now time for those who are in power to act. No one seems to have the perfect solution.

TELL CITY - All-you-can-eat pancakes, bacon, sausage, coffee, milk and orange juice will be served 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 5 at the Tell City High School Band Booster Pancake Breakfast fundraiser in the Twilight Towers dining area.

Adult tickets can be purchased for $5 from any high-school-band family, at the door or by contacting Patty Hawkins at 547-3731 or Jane Coyle at 547-5485.

Children 10 years and younger will eat for $3 with tickets purchased at the door.

Take-out plates will be available.

Many sportswriters are picking Boston to win the World Series this year, which is kind of unusual for the Red Sox.

When they won the world title in 2004 and last year, virtually no one had predicted they would.

Even I was unsure last year, as Detroit looked to be a solid contender to dethrone them in the American League, though as it turned out injuries to Kenny Rogers and Gary Sheffield kept the Tigers from even making the playoffs.