Editorials

As is tradition, the Soapbox staff has been hard at work trying to provide great service this holiday season. We've scoured the Interwebs to try to find shortcuts for your Christmas shopping needs and offer the following solutions:
•The Ostrich Pillow. I can't believe I didn't see this truly unique item this summer when I took several flights. The Ostrich Pillow fits over a person's head and somewhat resembles an ostrich, if ostriches had heads the size of pumpkins.

On July 28, 2009, The Graphic published a story regarding the number of euthanizations at the Nash County Animal Shelter. From January-June of 2009 the shelter had taken in 1,369 animals: 103 had been adopted; 52 reclaimed; 69 were relinquished to rescue groups; and 1,145 were euthanized.
At the time that story published, the shelter only had 16 kennels for dogs and 13 for cats.
The shelter's adoption hours were Mon.-Fri., 1-4 p.m. which offered little time for people to visit the shelter - especially working people.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on August 20, 1964. This group of Hornes 4-H'ers did their neighbors a good deed by getting a truck and hauling off their trash.