Thank You For In The Kitchen Reports

I just want to say Thank You for publishing the In the Kitchen reports. As a past manager for a convenience store with a deli I appreciate the hard work it takes to keep the violations down BUT it is possible. These reports are especially important during the recent flu season. 

Thanks again.

Emma Browning
Teays Valley

Chamber Is Looking Forward To 2010

It is with great respect that I look back on 2009, but also with great anticipation that I look forward to 2010 for Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.

Despite economic adversity, the Chamber welcomed 46 businesses into its membership.

The Chamber celebrated 20 years of offering Leadership Putnam County.

The E-billboard service began in April. This member benefit allows for increased member-to-member marketing of products and services.

The Business of the Month program was established in June. This program provides additional promotional opportunities for Chamber members.

More than half of the participants in November's Chamber Business Expo were new to the event and provided fresh energy and enthusiasm.

Every month available in 2010 to host a Business After Hours event has been booked, and we even have a waiting list!

The Chamber just launched a new Web site, and looks forward to members becoming familiar with it and using its services. The new site will allow for greater interaction by both Chamber members and the general public, offer marketing opportunities and create greater efficiencies for Chamber staff.

Putnam Chamber NOW (Network of Women) is committed to an ambitious "Wellness Series" schedule presenting greater networking opportunities for women employed by Chamber member businesses.

The theme for our annual dinner on January 29 is "Proud Past ... Promising Future." Help us help you shape this future. Along with your support, we need your input -- what type of programs, events and services are important to your business?

Thank you for your past, present and future support; together, we can make a difference.

Marty Chapman
President
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce
 

What Happened To Global Warming, Gore?

So has this winter put Al Gore out of business? I am still waiting on the global warming to hit. Temps are rising according to Al Gore. I am at least happy that he invented the Internet or I couldn't do this comment.

And it was great to see Mr. Dodd to get out of the race for re-election. Now Harry Reid needs to resign. This is 2010. He is stuck in the racial times and slurs. Thats why this country is still having the problems such as these.

And then we have a Senator, Robert C. Byrd, former KKK, still in office.

It's time to ban gay marriage. There is a reason men and women are different. Hello people. And now everything you say has to be politically correct. If we keep acting like this, we as a country will fall apart for good.

Jesse Dick
Oak Hill


Steele Is Comparing Apples To Oranges

GOP Chairman Michael Steele is very wrong in his comparison of the statements of former Sen. Trent Lott and Sen. Harry Reid. Lott made favorable comments about the divisive and racist 1948 presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond. Reid merely rendered an honest and sincere assessment, in my opinion as a black man, of then-Sen. Obama's likelihood of winning the presidency. All Reid was saying is that Obama would be more appealing to white America than other blacks who tried for the presidency before him and and that he had a better chance than they of actually winning. Steele is comparing apples to oranges.

As for Rod Blagojevich saying he's blacker than Obama because he shined shoes or lived in a five-room apartment, how dare he! Those experiences don't mean he is blacker. They just mean he's poorer.

William J. Hightower
Douglas, Illinois

Publisher's note: This letter was first printed in the Chicago Sun-Times.


Thank You, Putnam Republican Women

On behalf of Mountain View Elementary, I would like to thank the Republican Women of Putnam County for their generous gift of books and other reference materials. Their commitment to helping our community is sincerely appreciated.
Thanks again for your generous support of our Media Center at Mountain View Elementary.

Jeffrey Armstrong
Media Center Specialist
Mountain View Elementary


Thank You For Helping Local Churches

Thank you for the wonderful, free service you provide to the Putnam County churches on the PutnamLIVE.com site.

May God richly bless you and your family in this New Year!

Cindy Lawson
Shalom Baptist Church