Editorials

Weatherwood is a nursing and rehabilitation center owned by Carbon County, but the county commissioners are considering putting it up for sale. Hopefully, the commissioners will unload the facility very quickly.

It's a facility that the county government and the taxpayers cannot afford to keep operating.

The county opened Weatherwood in 1972. The facility is an off-shoot of what was originally called "Laurytown," which was opened in 1843 as a facility for the indigent. Local residents used to call Laurytown the "poor house."

Whew! It was a rough one.

We're talking about the year 2009, and the entire first decade of the 21st century for that matter.

We've endured (survived?) the worst economic times since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

We're a world in conflict, as American fighting men and women are at war in two countries.

Terrorism is an everyday fear. We can't climb aboard an airplane without thinking about it.

We're a country at odds over a national health care plan that appears will benefit only a small percentage of Americans while hurting millions more.

Life provides no guarantees. Despite all the precautions we take, fate still intervenes.

For decades, the intersection on Route 443 at Normal Square, at Mill Road and Fritz Valley Road, has been a dangerous site. Numerous accidents and fatalities have taken place there over the years.

Residents and motorists lobbied for a traffic light, and this year, finally, after years of red tape and obstacles, a traffic light replaced the former blinking light, a safety measure that hopefully would make the intersection safer for motorists.