Columns

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

Some of us have jobs that are visible to the public. Mine, for example, as well as police officers, politicians, doctors, etc.

With another Labor Day upon us, perhaps it’s a good time to reflect on the jobs of people whose work isn’t always so easily seen or appreciated. Here’s a short litany of thank yous.

TERRY THRIFT
Guest Columnist

Editor’s Note: This letter was penned by Terry Thrift after a visit to Perry County. The letter was sent to Bev Minto, director of the Perry County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Hello, Bev Minto. I wanted to let you know about my recent visit to Tell City to see my long-time friends Pat and Jerry Cooper this past May. I met them back in 1988 and, of course, always enjoyed their company.

JERMIE FARMER

GUEST COLUMNIST

Like many cities, towns and communities around the country, Perry County is experiencing an explosion in the stray and feral cat population. 

The dramatic increase in such numbers are understandable when you consider a single breeding pair will raise two litters per year and can have as many as 420,000 offspring in their lifetime.

That is why immediate measures are required at this time in an effort to control and curtail this ever-increasing population. 

In 34 years at The News I have worked with many reporters, editors and publishers. Some have stayed a few years and some less than six months. There have been only two that I worked with more than 15 years, and one of them died recently.

Mary Busam was with the News when I came here in 1978 and she stayed until retiring in 1994.

Having worked near her that long – for a while our desks faced each other with no wall and virtually no space between them — I have a lot of memories of her.