Editorials
To the class of 2009
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ”
–Aristotle
You have reached the end that marks a new beginning. As you take those final steps as a high school student to receive your diploma Friday night – remember this – You will never stop learning.
Whether you are headed to college or into the workforce, you will grow ripe with age and with that comes knowledge.
Trust me, you don’t know everything yet.
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
– Wendy Wasserstein
You possess the abilities to go out and make something of yourself.
Don’t let anyone tell you different. Don’t let your background stop you from being all you can be.
Be remarkable.
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
– Edward Koch
In 1996 with my high school diploma in hand, I didn’t know what fire I was going to start.
All I knew was I was going to college with an undeclared major and the parental advisement that I must get out in four years so that my sister could get started on her higher education.
My public relations degree was obtained from Mississippi State (yes, in four years) and I landed in journalism.
Go out into the world and find your niche and be happy as you discover what you are meant to do!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
–Dr. Seuss
Leslie N. Dees is the news editor of The Star-Herald. Email her at editor@starherald.net or follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lndees.
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There can be only one: In memory of KB
The Star-Herald lost a little part of its legacy on Sunday morning with the passing of William “Cooter Bill” Thompson or as I have always called him – KB. He was 71.
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Do you feel the power?
Power Balance wrist bands are sweeping Kosciusko.
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In the name of research
When it’s the weekend before football practice begins – Why not go to the beach? After all, it was just oil spill research for the newspaper.
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The love of vampires
In the 60s and 70s there was “Dark Shadows” with vampire Barnabus Collins on the tube and the re-incarnation of the show in the early 90s which did not fair so well.
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Home sweet home
Every time I go to buy potting soil, I chuckle just a little bit.
Why you ask? About four years ago, the husband and I decided to make a rose bed at our Pontotoc home. I told him we needed to make a list of everything we needed. -
Home sweet home
Every time I go to buy potting soil, I chuckle just a little bit.
Why you ask? About four years ago, the husband and I decided to make a rose bed at our Pontotoc home. I told him we needed to make a list of everything we needed. -
‘Things happen for a reason’
“Things happen for a reason.”
When Coach Jim Wood said that to the crowd at the Ethel High School Athletic Banquet May 15, I realized that “Yes, it certainly does.” -
COLUMN: No shoes on Thursday?!
Word on the street is Claude Gunter will be shoeless in his business attire on Thursday.
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Let's step up to the plate
As I told someone just the other day – Now that Attala County Circuit Court is over, I can get back in the swing of writing a column.
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Fill it out!
It’s simple. It’s easy. It’s worth it.
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