Category: Notebook

Notebook: It’s time to ring the Salvation Army bell; congratulations, Paul; the importance of primaries

Michael Hannigan, left, and Jeff Weinstein ring the bell at the Brookshire’s in Malakoff.

By Michael V. Hannigan/HCN

An amazing time of the year starts this Thursday — The Holidays, the little more than five-week stretch that sees the three most important celebrations on our calendar: Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year.

It is a time of plenty for some and need for others. And it is a time to ring the bell.

I happen to go to church with the organizers for the Salvation Army Kettle Bell campaigns in both Athens and Malakoff, Karrianne Capps and Todd Weaver, respectively.

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NOTEBOOK: A different view of domestic violence stats; opioid disposal bags; pharmacy tech program

By Michael V. Hannigan/HCN

I wrote a story this week about the Family Peace Project’s “Be A Man” t-shirt drive. In that story, I reported some statistics that showed Henderson County very high for our region in reported child abuse/neglect cases and family violence arrests.

A good friend of mine in CPS told me that didn’t mean that Henderson County was worse than other places in those categories, but rather that the police, CPS and domestic violence advocates work together better here, ensuring more cases get reported and more abusers get identified.

This isn’t the first time I’ve heard that about Henderson County. In fact, I’ve heard that from multiple sources for a few years now.

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