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Beaver Local Leo Club offers thanks

To the editor: Beaver Local Leo Club would like to thank Advance Auto Parts for hosting their annual car wash. Their staff provided all of the car wash supplies. In addition, they set up a canopy for shade and a large street sign. Their generosity and kindness tremendously helped the Leos. Also, the Leos would like to thank Mr. Mark Hissom of Hissom Roofing for providing the L&B donuts. The Leo Club would also like to thank the Thompson Park Pool staff for the use of the pool for a Night Swim event. Members of the community gave donations as admission which will be used towards the ...

Friends of Edison Golf Scramble a success

To the editor: The 2019 Friends of Edison Golf Scramble proved to be a rousing success. A total of 115 people gathered at the Spring Hills Golf Club in East Springfield on July 21 for the sole purpose of benefitting the Edison Local School District. Four-person teams had a chance to tee off in the golf scramble and earn various prizes. Players took part in the TS Electric Hole-in-One Challenge to sink a putt and win either a $10,000 home entertainment center or $25,000 cash, as well as prize money for the top three teams, 50-50, skins and skill prizes. The scramble was sponsored ...

Vets picnic event should have been rescheduled

Vets picnic event should have been rescheduled To the editor: It is the proper decision to cancel the veteran's picnic event due to unsafe weather conditions for Saturday, July 20, but once again, vets as myself, Vietnam era and vets from any era get pushed to back burner by not rescheduling the event for another weekend. Now we must wait until 2020. It's a good thing those who serve don't put serving off until it's the perfect time and weather. Vets deserve better treatment than to wait another year. Many vets might not be here in 2020. To those who hold this event are to be ...

Tri-State Chaplaincy encourages support of its services

To the editor: Jesus declared in Matthew 7:7 - Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find:; James 4:2 later stated that 'you have not, because you ask not'. As we consider the directives from those who taught like our Lord and we who are teaching and striving to reach all now, Would you be willing to help us? The Tri-State Chaplaincy Committee continues its tireless efforts to ensure that when patients and their families of all ages, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds are serviced at the East Liverpool City Hospital, we spiritually meet them where they are and ...

Commissioners should return money to taxpayers

To the editor: In 2016, the Hancock County Animal Shelter Excess Levy account balance had grown to over $365,000. Many county taxpayers believe the commissioners’ desire to gain access to this money motivated them to not renew the shelter contract with the nonprofit that operated it for the past two decades. The contract required an annual renewal by both parties. In May of 2016, the nonprofit successfully passed a $100,000 annual Excess Levy to help financially support operation of the shelter. Less than a month later, June 2016, the commissioners provided a new contract to the ...

Stop crying ‘wolf’ whenever you plain dislike someone

To the editor: When I was a youngster my mother told me a story of the little boy who cried "wolf." Briefly, it tells of a young lad who knew that all the neighbors would come running to the rescue if a wolf should be threatening the flock of lambs each of them had raised. The boy called out "wolf" and neighbors, armed with pitchforks, shotguns, etc., came to his aid. He thought it so amusing that he did it over and over again. One day a wolf did arrive to threaten the boy and his flock. He cried "wolf" but no one came. His continued cries had left his neighbors indifferent to his ...