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Diminished dreams

Dear Editor: In response to the article of the closing of the coal-fired electric power plants, these workers, plus the others from trucking, mining, railroading, and large hauling, probably means well over 1,000 more jobs gone. The bad days of the closings such as Crucible (5,000 jobs) and Weirton Steel (8,000-9,000 jobs) and at least a 1,000 more jobs from truckers, machine shops, etc., are jobs lost forever. Then, the pottery plant that closed, 2,000-3,000 more. The brick yards and clay mine shut down. People left by the thousands from our areas as well as store closings. Our ...

‘Yes’ on State Issue 1

Dear Editor: Starting at 17, I battled addiction for nearly a decade, and during that time I was in and out of county jails and state prisons without getting any real help for my problem. Local police officers, who knew me and my family, wrote me off as a lost cause and said that I would be found dead somewhere. They thought I was going to end up as another statistic. People in prison and jail, like I was, are not getting the proper treatment for their addiction and mental health problems. They are being penalized for having a disease, instead of treated for one. The system is ...

Kudos to KFC

Dear Editor: Saturday, July 7, 2018, was a full day for my wife and I. About 8 p.m., we decided to get a bite at KFC. We pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered. When we came around to the pick up window there was a car in front of us. It was taking a bit of time for them to get their order so I shut off my engine to save gas. When I went to start it again, the battery was dead, completely. I walked up to the window and told them what happened. Dana, the young lady who was the manager on duty, was super nice. She brought out her whole crew and they pushed my car out of the drive-thru ...

Their benefit, not ours

Dear Editor: I would like to comment on Congressman Johnson’s article in the 7-22-18 issue of The Review on how great the tax reform bill that was passed is for the people in his district . Take a closer look at the tax reform bill he is bragging about. Most of the benefits go to the richer people and business interests with the large tax cuts they are getting. No matter how he tries to spin it, it is not going to help the lower to middle class people in his district of which I am one of many. He says 95 percent of the tax filers in his district use the standard deduction and will ...

Successful Olde Guard

Dear Editor: I had planned to write a “thank you letter” to all the people who made the 24th Olde Guard Luncheon such a success, but after reading the “spanks” (in Friday’s opinion page of The Review) that has all been ruined. I want to apologize to the East Liverpool High School band members that took a portion of their lunch break, from an all day practice, to raise the spirits of so many people. The phrase I kept hearing was, “hearing the band play the fight song always brings tears to my eyes.” I would also like to thank the coach and members of the football ...

Building needs some TLC

Dear Editor: East Liverpool has made great strides in improving the look of the city by tearing down and fixing up many buildings, however it is a terrible shame what you see when you come through the main road of East End in East Liverpool — what used to be the old Columbiana County Port Authority building Whoever owns the building now certainly should be held responsible for fixing up or taking care of the building. The grass is growing in the sidewalk, the shrubs on the right hand side are totally disgusting and they block the view, and the building needs painted. I am not ...