Fast Track 2010 overcame a snowstorm and a recession to accomplish its mission of showcasing area businesses and organizations.

The fact that 3,500 to 3,800 people turned out for Tuesday’s invitation only VIP night in a snowstorm speaks to the importance of the trade show to the community.

Losing a school is difficult for any community. But these are difficult times.

Declining state revenues — now estimated at more than $9.8 million in the next fiscal year — prompted the Henry County School Board to vote Thursday to close Irisburg Elementary School and send its students to Axton Elementary next fall.

Because of the previous 40 years of government inaction on a bona fide trade policy, America has frittered its wealth into the sea.

Now, the country is sliding down the other side of the hill, and the politicians together with a lot of the populace who still think there is a free lunch are still in their dream world.