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Choices

Dear Editor:Choices. Everyone has to make them. Some will make you happy - others can destroy lives. March 15 will be a day you have a choice. The presidential election choice on Nov. 8 will depend on the one you make in March.Jan. 21, 2017, will be the day we all have to live with. I'm scared. Why? Because the news media is doing exactly what they did eight years ago to get Obama elected without informing the people of any, or lack thereof, his principals. We learned the hard way exactly what he thinks of our country.The media only covers Trump, Rubio, Sanders and Clinton. We are never ...

Approve Thompson Park levy

Dear Editor:As the Primary Election Day approaches, I want to ask residents to think of an important issue close to home. Thompson Park is asking for the passage of a 2-mill capital improvement levy. The park receives money annually from the city of East Liverpool to cover superintendent salary, insurance and utilities. These funds, as well as donations of both time and money from the community, barely allow for the park to be maintained. The money generated through a levy would be used for the many improvements needed throughout the park.While it was helpful for the city to pave one of ...

Change

Dear Editor:I'm like most Americans - in utter despair for change in our country. Whether it be fairness across the board for all Americans in health insurance; decent, good-paying jobs; affordable higher education costs ... and the list goes on.But of course, our politics, to put it mildly, is an embarrassing debacle, fiasco mess. Nothing short of unbelievable.Especially now with presidential nominations in full swing.What bothers me even more is our media - savoring every word, every second of these candidates' personal attacks on each other. Just to get the nomination. In fact, they ...

Protect middle class

Dear Editor:I was surprised to read about West Virginia passing the Right to Work law.The people of West Virginia are having enough trouble making a living. They don't need our politicians throwing restraints in their way.In 1935, our government guaranteed the people's right to organize collective bargaining. In the same breath, workers have the right to not join in collective bargaining. Those that choose this right to join are 30 percent more likely to have health benefits than those who choose not to join.If you join a union, you are 25 percent more likely to have a pension. Men who ...

Team Chris

Dear Editor:On behalf of "Team Chris," I would like to thank the community for playing a part in helping us to raise the money for local resident Chris Aikens, who is in need of a kidney transplant. Our goal is $50,000 and we are at the half-way mark. I personally think this is a great achievement since we just started "Team Chris" at the end of May 2015. I am confident with the continued support of everyone we will reach our goal.We have the following events scheduled or in the planning stage and ask the community to watch for our flyers, Facebook, the newspaper, etc. for details: ...

Chasely update

Dear Editor:The "No Pain For Chasely Campaign" would like to take this time and thank those that have helped us on our journey - whether it was for donations for the benefit dinner, donations for the Chinese Auction, or cash donations. We were overwhelmed with the love and support shown by the community.We delayed sending this thank you so that we could update everyone as well.Chasely has been to John Hopkins and we now have several more tests to go through. Chasely will be seeing a few specialist here at home and having the tests here. We found out that it may be something as simple as ...