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Letters To The Editor

Just a reminder from the Laurel Highlands Board Meeting from June when the district was in a financial crisis. The school board decided to furlough 22 teachers, or raise taxes and take a bond (loan) for $1.4 million. All of the cost saving measures were passed: pay to participate, band and ...

Nobody seems to be happy today. The political rancor that has risen in the last few years may have a lot to do with it. Battle lines are drawn. It's us versus them. Rudeness and incivility are acceptable. Negative political ads fill our airways and cost millions. Our leaders are not trusted ...

The G-Five — Loving grandchildren

It was my birthday weekend, and all the grandkids were getting together to celebrate with me.The celebration started with my taking all of them to the theater to see a kidÎÞëÊÓƵ™s movie, and between popcorn, candy, punch, and tickets, we could have started another college fund, but itÎÞëÊÓƵ™s only ...

Choose ethics at the ballot box

I grew up in the 1950s in a Republican home. I liked Ike because my father did, not because I had formed any political opinions or was anywhere near voting age. For the life of me, I canÎÞëÊÓƵ™t recall if my Catholic parents voted for John Kennedy in 1960, or if I was secretly rooting for him.By ...

Spider webs are like present-day politics

Apparently, there are over 35,000 species of spiders and related arachnid types. According to my wife, anything with eight eyes and eight legs should be eradicated from the face of the earth. Nevertheless, spiders are interesting in a variety of ways. For instance, their class name, Arachnida, ...

I wanted to share a little perspective from my own experiences regarding the "Me, Too" and the "Church, Too" movements. I wanted to point out a few things that I think we all would do well to pay attention to. The overarching theme being: abuse is evil -- especially abuse of authority or ...