The editor:
The leaders of Morehead are considering extending restaurant alcohol beverage hours on Sunday and through the week. They want to allow restaurants to serve beer and mixed drinks until midnight on Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The measure will probably pass. Here’s what doesn’t make sense to me: If I can go to a restaurant and have any beer or mixed drink I want, then why can’t I stop at a gas station and pick up a six-pack to take home with me? It makes a lot more sense and is safer for people to enjoy their adult beverages at home rather than driving into town and possibly endangering themselves or others.
Morehead’s City Council should do the right thing, and allow package beer and liquor sales on Sundays. Tax revenues will increase and fewer people will be on the road intoxicated. Another reason to allow Sunday sales is to put bootleggers out of business. You might be surprised to hear it, but bootlegging is alive and well in eastern Kentucky. And bootleggers don’t check ID or pay their taxes. They thrive because of the restrictive alcohol laws we have in this region. Stopping bootleggers will help keep alcohol out of the hands of minors and increase tax revenues, both good things.
To sum up, if restaurants are allowed to sell beer and mixed drinks on Sundays, then other kinds of establishments should also be able to. The benefits are three-fold: less chance of intoxicated drivers, less bootlegging, and more tax revenues. It’s a no-brainer. Allow Sunday sales.
Sheryl Coloccio
Salt Lick
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Gateway House says thank you
The Gateway House Homeless Shelter would like to extend a sincere thank you to every one who helped make our Community Resource Fair on Jan. 25 a success! Over two dozen nonprofit and state organizations attended this event, and over seventy low income and homeless individuals were served.
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Thanks for shopping and sharing
On behalf of the GFWC/Morehead Woman’s Club we want to thank all of the Kroger shoppers who participated in the 4th Annual Shop & Share Program on Saturday, Feb. 4.
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Thanks from bereaved family
The family of Leroy Jessie would like to thank everyone for everything they did for him and his family. Thank you for everything: the prayers you prayed, the calls you made, the food you cooked and brought, the flowers you sent, the comfort you brought to his family, and the special time you spent with him and his family his last days on this earth.
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Elliott County outreach changes
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Elliott County Christian Community Center became an incorporated service organization. Christian Social Services congratulates the leaders in Elliott County for their enthusiasm, compassion and dedication to the people of Elliott County.
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Bring better movies to Morehead
Don’t you love a good movie? We certainly do BUT for me that does not include “R” rated films. Of the seven movies advertised in the 1/20/12 issue of the News, five were rated “R.”
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Abortion advocate change of mind
As the new year begins, it is quite common to see printed in a newspaper or magazine a list of the names of prominent citizens who passed away in the preceding year. I recently came across such a list, and the name of one individual in particular caught my attention: Dr. Bernard Nathanson.
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Large sign is unsightly
While driving to Morehead today, I was dismayed to see that Cracker Barrel has erected one of their typical ultra-high “signs on a stick.” I somehow thought that Morehead’s sign ordinance would protect our community from this unsightliness and that the sign would be the same height as those of surrounding businesses.
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Political cartoon was off the mark
I don’t know how the political cartoons you publish are chosen, but I take exception to the one in the Dec. 27, 2011 issue of the paper. The cartoonist obviously does not agree with Time magazine’s choice of The Protester as Person of the Year.
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Business owners say thanks
We would like to take this opportunity to thank The Morehead News and Noelle Hunter for the lovely article about the loss of our small business, Clay Makin’s.
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Contest helps learn about energy use
As the New Year approaches, many of us are thinking of ways to save money. One way to do that is to reduce your energy usage. This will save you money and save resources.
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