Today's Opinions

If you have a 6-to-14-year-old girl that lives in your house, you are no doubt well aware of the popular Disney Channel show, Hannah Montana.

For those who are not blessed with a young girl at home, allow me to enlighten you. The premise of the show is that the main character, Miley Stewart (played by actress Miley Cyrus), is a very talented singer that could make it big in the music industry.

On Thursday the Shelby County School Board honored seven new board-certified teachers.

We congratulate Elizabeth Bland, Clear Creek Elementary; Angela Chambers, Simpsonville Elementary; April Manning, Simpsonville Elementary; Rebekah Meredith, Painted Stone Elementary; Jenna Richardson, Simpsonville Elementary; Sarah Smith, Southside Elementary; and Anita White, Simpsonville Elementary.

As the new director of tourism, I have implemented a few new ideas to market our community and get the city of Shelbyville out there. When the chance to go to England for 30 days on an all-expenses-paid trip provided by Rotary International and the Shelbyville Rotary Club I jumped at it. 

This was the perfect occasion for me to market Shelbyville/Shelby County to a country that would normally not be in our marketing budget. This was an opportunity of a lifetime and I could not pass it up.