Many helped kick off 2008 Relay
The Barren County Relay For Life committee would like to thank everyone who made this year’s kick-off a great success. We appreciate Tim Stutler and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for the use of their facilities, Tony Robertson with Papa John’s Pizza for providing the dinner and Tim Garrett with Coca-Cola Bottling Company for providing the drinks. We would also like to thank Melanie Watson from T.J. Samson Community Hospital and Anita Witt for their inspiring words of encouragement.
Finally, we would like to thank the many Relay For Life teams that came out and signed up to fight cancer.
This year’s Barren County Relay for Life will be on May 9 and 10 at the Glasgow High School. We would like to encourage everyone interested in participating in this year’s Relay For Life to call David Kinsman at 659-0010.
Come out and join us for a fun and meaningful night as we do what we can to combat cancer.
Jesse R. Brown and David Kinsman
Co-chairpersons, Barren County Relay For Life
Smoking ban issue should be put to a vote
This letter is in regards to the recent city council activity regarding the ban of smoking in public places such as restaurants.
While I agree that smoking is harmful to one’s health, it is the person’s choice whether or not to stop smoking.
I do understand the thing about second hand smoke and people being allergic to smoke or just simply having a severe hatred of being around it. But, that is also why there are smoking and non smoking sections in our restaurants. And if the restaurant owners wish to decide that no one can smoke in their establishment that is their wish and I cannot say yay or nay about it.
Also, I know that there are machines capable of cleaning the air in restaurants that can be installed into the ceilings. Couldn’t the city council propose something that will help pay for the air cleaning machines and installation instead of just outright banning smoking? Possibly as an incentive to have smoking and non smoking sections in our local restaurants. Say possibly the city could waive the yearly business licensure for those restaurants that would be willing to make separate smoking and non smoking sections that are made separate by use of building a wall between those two seating areas, and placing air cleaner machines into the ceilings of both sections. This is just an idea, and I know it may not be possible, but at least I am trying to come up with a way that both sides of the issue could feel more pleased at the outcome.
It’s not really going to bother me all that much if I cannot light up till I get to my car after dining out. But, it is the way our Glasgow City Council is going about this issue is what is really bothering me. This should be brought before a public vote and each resident of Glasgow should be able to voice their opinion on the issue by casting their vote. It should not just be decided upon without the residents' votes being counted. Any other way, without a public vote is not a democratic process and should be viewed by each Glasgow and Barren County resident as a form of dictatorship and not democracy.
I sincerely hope that there will be at least a few of our city council members who will at least keep in mind that they are supposed to be working in a democratic manner. I know of two or three that will keep that in mind, but the rest, I certainly am not sure about.
Missy Staples
Glasgow
