Letters

To the Editor: Dinky Gowen “Master of Illusion” returns to Corbin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, in the Corbin High School auditorium. This is a great opportunity for the community to support the Corbin Lions Club in our efforts to purchase eyeglasses for those in need while having a great time. Dinky has over three decades of experience performing at school drug and bullying awareness shows, birthday parties, corporate events, and fundraisers for civic organizations. He works with the Lion’s Clubs of Kentucky performing Magic Shows to benefit sight conservation programs. Dinky has won awards for Comedy Magician and Showdown of Magicians. It should be a great show! Mike...

To the Editor: The Knox/Whitley Animal Shelter had our 8th Annual Run/Walk for Homeless Animals last Saturday. The weather was beautiful and we had a wonderful turnout! We are extremely grateful for all of the support we have received from our community, staff, and our volunteers who have made it possible for us to help thousands of homeless animals have a chance to find a loving home. I would like to say a very special thank you to our wonderful sponsors: Community Trust Bank, Allergy Asthma Sinus Center, Owens, Dr. Culver and the Williamsburg Vet Clinic, Brentwood Pharmacy, Bingham Tire & Oil, Firestone, Mary-Ann Smyth, Brooklyn Brothers Pizza, Pepsi, Dr....

To the Editor: The second annual Moonbow Eggfest was another great success. With over 40 cooks and 400 attendees, we were able to expose the community to Komodo Cooking on the Big Green Egg. While we had several cooks and guests from the Tri-County area, we also had some from IL, IN, TN, WV, FL. This year we already have over 30 cooks committed and other guests coming from MD, OH, FL, GA, VA, WV, TN, IL, IN and possibly more. This process is a pretty big undertaking and we heavily rely on the support and sponsorship of local and other businesses. For those that sponsored last year we greatly appreciate your...

To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to the tremendous success of Old Fashioned Trading Days. We had the largest crowd ever attending on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I especially want to recognize the entertainers, vendors, craftsmen and volunteers for without them there would be no Old Fashioned Trading Days. The city maintenance and Whitley County maintenance did an exceptional job of keeping the area clean and cleaning up each night. People who came through town Sunday morning couldn’t believe there was an event in town of this magnitude the night before. The following people deserve special recognition for their contributions: The corporate sponsors...

To the Editor: My story comes about when my son was in an auto wreck. Our Dodge truck was demolished. I had insurance on me and my son and have had it for a number of years. Well, I decided to drop the insurance because I don’t want to pay insurance on a truck we can’t drive. A couple of weeks later, my son find a vehicle in Newport, so he and his girlfriend drive up there to purchase the truck. It was late in the evening because he had got some work finally. He gets up there, hunts up the truck, buys it, goes to a notary public to have...

To The Editor: A few weeks ago our family got to realize just how much the Emergency Response Team in Whitley County would mean to us. Our dog was trapped for 2 days in the storm drain in our front yard that goes under the street and into our neighbor’s yard. She was stuck 30ft. inside, directly under the center of the road. After much discussion of what to do, and knowing she would die if we didn’t get her out, they would have to dig up the road and that’s exactly what they did, and a short time later she was able to crawl out, unharmed. Truly, our prayers had...

To the Editor: When I pulled my newspaper out of the mailbox I read with sadness the death of Bena Mae. Although I live in Bowling Green, I feel connected to Corbin and this newspaper through a book I wrote a few years ago about “The Boys From Corbin.” My wife and I always looked forward to receiving the News-Journal, and not to disparage Trent Knuckles or Don Estep, Bena Mae’s column was the first thing both of us looked at. Deborah and I are relative newcomers when it comes to goings-on in Corbin, but we will miss her writings and recipes, and we send our heartfelt thoughts to the people of...

To the Editor: I am appalled by news of the unfair treatment and accusations that have been thrust upon Dr. and Mrs. James Taylor by those at their beloved University of the Cumberlands. It is a travesty that these pillars of the community would be threatened financially when a legal contract was unanimously accepted not once (2005), twice (2012), but three times (2014) by the Board of Trustees. Any of us would be forced to take action if our own livelihoods were threatened. My family was invited by the Taylor’s to UC eight years ago following the death of our daughter. They and their friends are almost single-handedly responsible for saving...

To the Editor: This letter is to show my wholehearted support of Jim and Dinah Taylor with respect to the lawsuit they have been forced to file against the University of the Cumberlands. My family has a long history with UC going back to when my father and grandfather attended Cumberland College. Under the 35-year leadership of Dr. Jim Taylor, my husband Luther and I watched UC grow from a small 2-year college into a thriving 4-year university. We have witnessed the transformation of the campus, the expanding curriculum and the growth of student projects like Mountain Outreach that has built 147 houses since 1982. We have seen students from our economically deprived...

Editor's note: The original version of this letter inaccurately referred to Cumberland University  in the first sentenced instead of University of the Cumberlands. Cumberland University is an entirely different institution located in Lebanon, Tenn. To the Editor: All the way from New York, it is heartbreaking to learn that University of the Cumberlands, a thriving private liberal-arts college affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, has reneged on its promise of retirement benefits for its former president James Taylor and his wife Dinah, two dynamic leaders in the educational field and role models for the young people they guided and embraced. Working together as an extraordinary husband-wife team, they put Cumberland College...