Dear Editor, Public libraries are an essential part of our society and must be protected at all costs. Public libraries are not only a place to gain knowledge but are affordable entertainment and a safe place for parents to bring their children available to all citizens regardless of financial status. Public libraries are an American invention and as such is a service that should be celebrated and expanded not cut. Robert McFarland Steubenville
Dear Editor, Route 214 from I-470 serves as a gateway to neighborhoods on Moss Run Rd, Jorden Run Rd, Breezy Point, Patterson Hill, Overlook Ct, Rock Mt Rd, Hillview Ave, Central Ave, and Crescent St. I apologize if I have missed anyone. It is also flanked by two cemeteries holding souls of countless loved ones. Addresses change (i.e. High Ridge Rd., Rose Hill Pike) but all become part and parcel of “The All American Town.” Citizens, the lower portion of 214 is an unsafe, deteriorating embarrassment to the village. Consider my imaginary scenario. A group of young ...
Dear Editor, It is surprising sometimes how in the simplest verses of scripture you find people who act either for society’s good or for its destruction. I believe it is that way with those who espouse leftism versus those who claim the conservative viewpoint. I would dare say it even goes to a deeper aspect of the soul. In John 10:10 we find the following verse, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” If we are honest with one another we find that leftist ideologies tend to demonstrate these qualities as compared to conservative views in current society. But ...
Dear Editor, It is shocking to see just how much taxpayer money has been wasted. I recently used the example of Stacy Abrams receiving close to two billion dollars from the Biden Administration for her “climate” non-profit. I asked folks, “How long do you think it would take for you as a taxpayer to store away two billion dollars if you made $50,000.00/year and never spent a dime. They made some guesses but none were close. The number of years it would take is not four hundred years, nor four thousand years, but it would take 40,000 years to earn that money. By the way, that two ...
Dear Editor, As our elected lawmakers work out Ohio’s next two-year budget, they are considering cutting funding to pantries and food banks helping our hungry neighbors. Real Ohioans are struggling and now is not the time to cut state support for food banks and take meals off people’s tables. The need for food assistance in Mid-Ohio Food Collective’s 20-county service area – including Belmont – rose by 38% from 2022 to 2024. Last year was the busiest ever in our 45-year history. How can that be? Simply put, we are still living with the economy of the past few years. Wages ...
Dear Editor, I would like to share some thoughts with our Ohio Valley neighbors regarding West Virginia Lawmakers introducing a bill to acknowledge the Holy Bible as a foundational document. There are many who believe this is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which guarantees religious freedom. It is not. But while opposition to the bill proclaims secularism, make no mistake, the Bible had a huge influence on our great country. A Google search will reveal that the most cited book in the founding era (1760-1805) was the Book of Deuteronomy which ...