The river

Tall Stacks is rolling on the river this week, but if you've been looking at the Enquirer's editorial page for the last three days you've seen that the Editorial Board sees the river as far more than stern wheelers and steam whistles.

The Ohio is the reason this community exists, it streams through our past and present, provides every drop that comes out of the taps and eventually carries away every drop that goes down the drains.

Byron McCauley talked of it as the boundary between slavery and freedom.
For Krista Ramsey it is a venue for play and recreation.
Ray Cooklis wrote Friday of its natural power to shape and even stop our lives.
Tony Lang spent some time just taking in its majesty from atop the Purple People Bridge as you will read Saturday.
On Sunday we will talk of how the river connects our community's history and its future.

So what does the Ohio mean to you? Is it just something you cross every day without really looking down? Do you aspire to have a home that looks out over it? Have you ever really looked at this resource? Or gone down to the bank and dipped your toes?

If you live in this town the river touches you whether you have been to its banks or not. Give us your river view.