Today's Opinions

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen. Nobody knows my sorrow.

Today I'm suffering First World Problems. To name a few:

I noticed too late that the gray of my shirt does not match the gray of my pants. Also - I left the house without wearing any bracelets, so not only am I color uncoordinated, but I have naked wrists.

I never really understood what real outreach looked like until I watched my mother become a full-time interpreter/advocate for the Hispanic community in LaRue County. What's interesting is that my mother, Ruth Blair, a retired foreign language teacher, wouldn't strike anyone as an advocate. She passed away a day before Thanksgiving this year, and I can best describe her as a mild-mannered, soft-spoken woman who never had an unkind word for or about anyone.

 Joseph Eugene “Gene” Hoggard, who many consider to be the father of the LaRue County High School Band of Hawks, passed away Monday, Nov. 19.

One of his former students recalled a column about him, published March 27, 1991, and asked for a reprint.

Columnist Sarah Bennett-Booker described the impact Hoggard had on her life in “The look was band teacher’s powerful disciplinary tool.”

Bennett-Booker wrote: