Editorials

Search Results

Close Previous Now showing: of Next

Previous Next Close

Discussion

Welcome to our online comments feature. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including unpopular ones. We ask only that you keep the conversation civil and clean. We reserve the right to remove comments that are obscene, racist or abusive and statements that are false or unverifiable as well as posts that are attacking other users. Repeat offenders will be blocked. You may flag objectionable comments for review by a moderator.

comments powered by Disqus

February 27, 2010

TRIBUNE-STAR EDITORIAL: Rod Henry, Honnalora Hubbard, Cam Cameron allow Terre Haute to believe in brighter days

Anonymous The Tribune Star Sat Feb 27, 2010, 11:49 PM EST

TERRE HAUTE — In tough times, most of us hope there is someone in our corner, who still believes in us, our own ambassador to the world.

Terre Haute has that in Rod Henry, the Rev. Honnalora Hubbard and Cam Cameron. The efforts and lives of each received special attention this month, and gave this city reason to be proud.

Henry, president of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce, was named 2009 Executive of the Year by the Indiana Chamber Executives Association. Hubbard, director of Terre Haute Ministries, was chosen to serve on the Indiana Faith-Based Advisory Council. Cameron, offensive coordinator for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, had his basketball jersey number retired at his high school alma mater, Terre Haute South.

All three allow this community to believe that brighter days are ahead.

Consider Henry, for starters. He’s guided the local Chamber of Commerce for two decades. In that time, its membership has grown from 150 to more than 800 last year. Likewise, its membership budget has grown, from $141,000 to $500,000. In 2009, he helped initiate a health-care conference to discuss the federal health-care reform bill. Henry led the Chamber’s efforts to attract a second prison facility to the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex. He also built the Jobs Growth 2000 program, which combined various employment sectors into private-public investment initiative that has helped rejuvenate the Downtown district during its nine years.

His willingness to wade into difficult situations was recognized as well. “He is not fearful to take a stand on issues, speaking in behalf of the business community,” said Shelli Williams, president of the Indiana Chamber Executives Association.

In a nutshell, his is a positive voice for Terre Haute.

The same is true of Hubbard. She served as a point person for the Wabash Valley Long-Term Disaster Recovery Coalition in the wake of the June 7, 2008, flood in Terre Haute. That catastrophe also spawned a coalition of nearly 40 local churches that responded to the need for volunteers. Hubbard, a young minister who grew up in West Terre Haute, now leads that multi-denominational organization, Terre Haute Ministries.

Together, those distinctly different churches have pooled resources and manpower to assist needy people in the community. Instead of numerous churches having to stock food pantries, for example, a few can specialize in that area and connect those services to the others through the network. Other churches can focus on gas cards or bus tickets, family counseling or home repairs.

That fusion of people caught the attention of Ike Randolph, director of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. “I think they’ve figured out the whole dynamic of the faith-based community working together,” Randolph said, during a visit to Terre Haute last year.

Last week, Randolph asked Hubbard to serve on the state’s Faith-Based Advisory Council, which — among other duties — works to develop and implement a 92-county disaster preparedness and response database. In Randolph’s invitation, he noted Hubbard’s “philosophy on life is refreshing and very inspiring.”

The ability to inspire is one of Cameron’s gifts, too. Many Terre Hauteans remember him best as the lanky, red-haired point guard who led Terre Haute South to three consecutive IHSAA boys basketball Final Four berths from 1977 to ’79. The jersey he wore was officially retired by the school Friday night. Other locals will recall him quarterbacking the Braves football team, when head coach Bobby Clements let Cameron call some of his own plays in the huddle.

From South, Cameron went on to play basketball for Bob Knight at Indiana University, coach football under Bo Schembechler at Michigan, and serve as head football coach of the Indiana Hoosiers and Miami Dolphins. He’s now the play-caller for Baltimore’s Ravens.

In recent years, Cameron gave back to South several plaques he received while at the school. “He wanted kids to know that you too can do these things,” former Braves assistant coach Paul Kelley told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel a few years ago.

Cameron, Henry and Hubbard give Terre Hauteans of all ages hope at a time when it’s deeply needed.

Text Only | Photo Reprints

Editorials

• EDITORIAL: Indiana 641 — slow but sure

  One could state that observing the construction of Indiana 641 through southeastern Vigo County is like watching paint dry. But that would not be accurate. Paint dries more quickly. Much more quickly.

  February 14, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Drug-testing bill lacks fairness and decency

  The current session of the Indiana Legislature has produced plenty of initiatives that play well to the majority party’s base.

  February 12, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Keep religion out of science class

  An uncertain fate remains for an Indiana Senate bill that would, if it were to become law, allow public schools to teach creationism and other origin-of-life theories in their classes. But this fight may have already been grounded.

  February 10, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Delivering on infrastructure

  With national, state and local economies showing distinct signs of recovery from the Great Recession of 2008, it is good to hear Mayor Duke Bennett sounding optimistic about Terre Haute and its immediate future.

  February 9, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Volunteer ‘army’ serving the needs of children

  You know, of course, that casa means house. But do you also know that its all-capitals cousin, CASA, means home?

  February 6, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Big dreams do come true

  Consider this Super Bowl Sunday to be proof that anything is possible.

  February 5, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Big ‘kick’ from a native son

  Every player in Sunday’s Super Bowl is from somewhere. But not every player remembers where he’s from and reaches out to consistently help those back home. Not like Steve Weatherford. Make that not like Terre Haute’s Steve Weatherford.
   

  February 3, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Smoking ban good enough

  When it comes to getting things done in the Indiana General Assembly, progress is often measured in baby steps. Indeed, it can take years to achieve even meager accomplishments.

  February 2, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: United Way’s strong reputation helps sustain community trust

  It would be foolish in any community to take “positives” for granted, but it’s easy to understand how a casual observer would assume that United Way of the Wabash Valley will always come through with flying colors.

  February 1, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Nothing sexy about human trafficking

  When kickoff comes at the 2012 Super Bowl, expectations will be high for a fun, competitive, fanatical contest between the two survivors of the NFL’s regular season.

  January 29, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: The law’s good ‘Shepard’

  Under the radar and against the backdrop of the fractious right-to-work battle going on in Indianapolis, one of state’s leading public servants delivered his valedictory in typical understated, even quiet, style two weeks ago. And before Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard slips away into retirement, his work needs to be acknowledged and praised.

  January 26, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Cops at risk

  Indiana lawmakers are playing with a loaded gun in a bill that passed the Indiana Senate Monday, 45-5.

  January 25, 2012  

• TRIBUNE-STAR EDITORIAL: Helping your community, a few mouse clicks at a time

  When you type WabashValleyGives.org into your web browser, hundreds of opportunities to help your local community will open on the screen before you.
   

  January 24, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Raves around the town

  To begin the week, we are raving about these recent pieces of local news:

  January 23, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Let Hoosiers have a say on right-to-work bill

  Indiana legislators, both Republican and Democrat, may claim to know the will of the people on right-to-work.

  January 22, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Thin ice winter’s deadly scourge

  Six-year-old Trevor Wayne Young of Nashville, Ind., and 50-year-old Allen D. Johnson of Galva, Ill., probably had little in common — except the way they died.
   

  January 20, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Meeting needs at St. Ann's

  The caliber of a community often is revealed by its efforts to help its least fortunate citizens.

  January 18, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: A sweet deal for Amazon.com

  That loud lip-smack on the cheek you heard echoing from Indianapolis last week was the sound of Gov. Mitch Daniels kissing off on what amounts to another sweetheart deal between Indiana and Amazon.com, the online retailing giant.

  January 16, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: A new era for growth

  The promised announcement of a major new industry for the former Pfizer property in southern Vigo County turned out to be well worth the wait.

  January 15, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Transparency a worthy goal

  Do taxpayers have the right to know specific details of contracts between elected school boards and superintendents they hire to run their operations?
   

  January 13, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Shakir Bell’s success gives boost to Sycamore football

  Hope inspires progress. It’s the fuel for a better future.

  January 12, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Inspiration for the future

  Hope inspires progress. It’s the fuel for a better future.

  January 12, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Put teeth in public access laws

  Indiana’s laws governing public access, as good as they are, lack something important — teeth. There are no significant consequences for agencies or employees who intentionally violate them.

  January 11, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Time for teamwork in Sullivan

  The beginning of a new mayoral term in any community is — or should be — a time when the talk of the town is rife with ideas, improvements and changes.

  January 9, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should leave IHSAA, high school basketball alone

  In an idyllic world, Indiana could restore its fabled single-class high school basketball state tournament, and thousands of fans would pour into gymnasiums from Angola to Corydon in hopes of witnessing another “Milan Miracle” year after year after year.

  January 8, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: ‘Anthem’ proposal way off key

  Remember Faith Hill’s impassioned rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl in 2000?
   

  January 6, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Back from the access brink

  It took almost a week, but Gov. Daniels finally stepped up and did the right thing on Wednesday, rescinding new rules aimed at restricting the number of people allowed in the Statehouse during this session of the General Assembly.

  January 5, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Poor decision by local Dems

  By a little after 4 this afternoon, Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett will have been sworn in for a second term and City Councilman-elect Robert All will have taken the oath of office for the first time.

  January 2, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Be it resolved …

  Resolutions for 2012 are top-of-mind today.

  January 1, 2012  

• EDITORIAL: Another slice of Classic history

  Baseball is the so-called American pastime, but to Hoosiers and to our Illinois neighbors, it’s basketball that gets a community’s blood pumping. And no form of roundball does that any more intimately than high school basketball, whether boys or girls. College hoops is great, but nothing quite beats the packed, overheated confines of a high school gym when a tight game turns on every possession, every shot, every rebound, every pass, every defensive position. The sing-song of cheerleaders, the shrillness of a ref’s whistle, the squeak of gym shoes on hardwood, the shouted instructions from the benches, the aroma of popcorn — those form a Midwestern tableau unlike any other.
   

  December 30, 2011  

• More Editorials Headlines

© 2012 Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. · CNHI Classified Advertising Network · CNHI News Service
Associated Press content © 2012. All rights reserved. AP content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Our site is powered by Zope. Some parts of our site may require you to download the Flash Player Plugin.
Privacy Policy | AP News Registry privacy policy
Terms and Conditions
Advertiser Index

Events by eviesays.com

News From Terre Haute, Indiana 222 S 7th St Terre Haute, IN 47807