Prior to Sept. 11, heroes in America were athletes, movie actors, and rock stars. In the aftermath of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, these former "heroes" now seem shallow and insignificant, hardly worth notice. True heroes were seen in the firefighters and police officers, over 400 of them, who perished trying to save the lives of people they did not know. True heroes were seen in the personages of the young men on the highjacked airplane over Pennsylvania who sacrificed their own lives and prevented another terrible tragedy.

This space is never large enough during the Thanksgiving season
By MONROE ROARK
mroark@thecitizennews.com

The funny thing about this week is, no matter how much or how little is going on in the world, I don't have to wrack my brain for an idea about what to put in this space. I probably won't have enough space anyway, but here goes.

Looking back and looking ahead at so many things to be thankful for
By Rick Ryckeley
Fayette County Fire & Emergency Services

"Mirror, mirror on the wall" is how this story starts.

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