AdaEveningNews.com - Ada, Oklahoma--Editorials http://www.adaeveningnews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_185133327.html Adam and Jefferson: America's 'odd couple' http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_185133327.html In a way John Adams and Thomas Jefferson constitute the original odd couple. Adams, short, outspoken and assertive, was distinctly different from Jefferson, who was tall, quiet, and unobtrusive. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:47:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_183124820.html Death sentence for child rape not cruel and unusual http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_183124820.html In Louisiana, 43-year-old Patrick Kennedy was sentenced to death for the rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_182134140.html Supreme Court recognizes individual rights http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_182134140.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_177115147.html Underage drinking requires restrictions http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_177115147.html What? Restrictions? Underage drinking shouldn’t be allowed at all, right? Not necessarily. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:30:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_176123035.html Nuclear power plants worth exploring http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_176123035.html Back in the late 1970s a great hue and cry went up from environmentalists paranoid over a push to build nuclear power plants, so much so the idea eventually went by the wayside. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_175163221.html Secondary water source is needed http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_175163221.html For years, a lake for Ada has been discussed by several different city councils, whispered about among residents and probably dreamed of during the long, hot summer days. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:01:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_172190151.html Experience Works: In the pursuit of hapiness http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_172190151.html Government in America was set up with the express goal of allowing its citizens the right to engage in the “pursuit of happiness.” Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_172181537.html Kudos June 20, 2008 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_172181537.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_170130028.html Victims need help http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_170130028.html Is anyone else saddened when they watch the news? National news that is. One catastrophe after another has ambushed planet Earth, leaving the cataclysmic results that are but remnants of Mother Nature's fury. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_169114056.html A.M.A. should go after violence, not smoking in movies http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_169114056.html It isn’t a good idea, the world knows, to jump up and down on the Hulk’s last nerve. When irritated, the Marvel Comics figure doesn’t get angry, he gets hopping mad, grows many sizes too large for his normal street clothes and turns green. And that’s just for starters. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_168161515.html It’s Father’s Day! http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_168161515.html Today is the day when America celebrates fatherhood. Father's Day. One day a year to recognize not just anyone, but good fathers. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_165162924.html Kudos June 13, 2008 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_165162924.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:27:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_164132824.html Kerr Cabin in good hands http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_164132824.html It was nice to learn Robert S. Kerr’s family has taken on the task of restoring the cabin where the former U.S. senator was born. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_163114117.html It's alive! http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_163114117.html It all started with a man and his vision. That man was Wayne Coyne. His vision was to tell a story. A story about Christmas. On Mars. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:45:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_162114614.html One cent to fund hospital is still good deal http://www.adaeveningnews.com/editorials/local_story_162114614.html Last week Valley View Regional Hospital officials reported a one cent sales tax collected on retail sales in Ada to fund the hospital may end sooner than expected. It is slated to end in 2014, but according to Rory Ward, VVRH chief financial officer, the tax could end as soon as 2012.