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Democrat and Republican hummingbirds?
Dear Editor, It is twenty to eight and my Democrat and Republican hummingbirds are still trying to get enough to eat before they go to roost for the night. I know one is a Democrat and the other a Republican because they both want exactly the same thing. When one hummingbird lands to drink the sweet water and the other sees him, he chases the other away. If he lands on the opposite side where he can’t be seen by the other, they both drink t...
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Reader livid over handling of crash
Dear Editor, The other night, a drunk driver tore up the yard of two of my neighbors, hit a pole and almost hit a woman getting out of her truck. My boyfriend tried to see if the man needed help and tried to get him out of his truck, but he wouldn’t get out. When the city police showed up, they knew the man was drunk. The driver even told him he was and tried to give his keys to him and the police told him he didn’t want his keys. By then...
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Reader addresses Vice President Biden’s history mix-up
Dear Editor, Vice President Biden in a speech recently got his history mixed up about the Republicans putting the blacks in chains. The Dems were the ones that put them in slavery for about 200 years. Republican Abraham Lincoln stated it was wrong to be one-half free and one-half slavery and fought a war to free the blacks. Approximately 600,000 Union soldiers lost their lives to free them, and 400,000 Rebels lost their lives to keep them i...
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Reader: Legalization of marijuana would turn economy around
Dear Editor, Let me be frank … Until we legalize our largest agricultural cash crop, marijuana, our economy will contiue to be sluggish, at best. We cannot expect our economy to prosper as long as we keep the biggest agricultural commodity America has ever known illegal. It’s not going to happen, folks. On the other hand, if we legalize marijuana, our economy will go right through the roof … off the charts! Marijuana is huge, already de...
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Money Matters
Many people have no understanding of the way that the titling of an asset directs its flow in their estate. They may have received a cover letter from their attorney detailing the steps needed to re-title their assets to complete their estate planning, but often it gets filed away with the documents and never addressed. When you do your review of your estate plan, make sure that the investment assets are titled properly and remember to check ...
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Reader impressed with man’s integrity
Dear Editor, Each day we are bombarded with stories about people treating other people badly, but my story is just the opposite. Mason, W.Va. resident John T. Kearns, Jr. is someone who went out of his way to treat others well. Last weekend, he found some of the contents of a wallet along the road, including cash, gift cards and a check with my name on it. These valuables had been blown out of an open convertible driving along the road. R...
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Summer of 2012 should illustrate climate change reality
Dear Editor, This summer of 2012 should be sufficient evidence to persuade skeptics that climate change is a reality. Literally thousands of heat records were broken in our country alone. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notes that the spring of 2012 “marked the largest temperature departure from average of any season on record for the contiguous United States.” As Leonardo da Vinci observed, Nature doesn’t break her ...
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Sen. Brown helped preserve military family’s heritage
Dear Editor, Dad would not talk about Korea. My wife’s dad did not talk about what he did in the Korean War. Like many solders that had seen the front line action, there are memories they would rather suppress for a lifetime. But unfortunately, he never talked about it. To our loss, he died, and we may not have ever known all he had done for his county. My wife wanted to know more about her dad’s service in Korea, so his kids and grandkid...
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Obama campaign attempts to block early military voting
Dear Editor, The Obama administration has targeted our state for allowing a time-honored tradition regarding the military vote. In a move that could have an impact on the final result of the presidential election, Barack Obama’s campaign has sued Ohio to block a measure which extends early voting for members of the military. The action brought quick responses from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and as many as 15 military groups. DeWine...
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Reader responds to Rep. Bill Johnson’s article
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to an article that appeared in the Gallipolis Daily Tribune on July 24, 2012. The article was written by Rep. Bill Johnson called, “Empower, Don’t Punish, Job Creators.” Mr. Johnson, you are very naive or else too dumb to see the truth when it is laying in front of you. You took President Obama’s message about job creation completely out of context. Listen to the whole message. You might fool some of y...
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Car damage and vandalism — Why?
Dear Editor, This letter is in reference to an incident that happened in Pageville, Ohio. A few weeks ago, some people went to my parked [vehicle] and took clubs and beat all my windows out, including the windshield, headlights and mirrors. I don’t know [who] they were, but they know. I have never did anything to anybody to deserve this. I am 75 years old and on Social Security. My insurance won’t cover it, and it is costing over $1,000...
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Reader says we must return to God’s ways
Dear Editor, Now that the Supreme Court has failed the American people, we must take our case to the court of the Most High — the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Man will fail us but God will not if we confess our unworthiness and pray that He will give us leaders who rely on His Word. The Bible tells us in II Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my Name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked...
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Reader disappointed in Kasich’s handling of WCS
Dear Editor: For keeping quiet about a child molester, the NCAA fined Penn State $60 million, took away future scholarships, imposed a four-year bowl-game ban, and invalidated 112 wins. Those who knew about the child molester were fired and Joe Paterno’s statue was removed out of disgrace. Lawsuits will surely follow, and people will likely be prosecuted for child endangerment, criminal negligence, deception, cover-ups, etcetera. Worthing...
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Reader addresses officials of Ohio, Gallia County and BREC
Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the storm of June 29 and its aftermath. The fact that we had a disastrous storm on June 29 is no one’s fault. It is also no one’s fault that there were so many who lost power during this event. It is the lack of assistance to the community that I question. Our family was one of the fortunate ones, who had the resources to acquire ice, food and the other things we needed to survive the more than five and a...
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4-Her grateful for fair
Dear Editor, My name is Sierra Henry and I’m in the Haer Bears 4-H Club. I want to express my gratitude to our local Mason County Fair Board Committee and all those who help make the Mason County Fair possible for us 4-H’ers. Sierra Henry, 12 Gallipolis Ferry
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