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So, the Cleveland Clinic is expanding its footprint in this area. Superficially, this seems like welcomed news. However, in reality, there have already been concerns. Getting a prescription renewed or requesting orders for blood work from one of these offices has been impossible because phones ...

H5N1 is dangerous to our pet cats

DEAR EDITOR: Please report on H5N1 and how incredibly deadly it is to cats? There’s also possibly been evidence of it being able to pass from cats to humans. Even if not, though, every infection of a mammal raises the risks of it mutating to more easily infect other mammals. We currently ...

‘You’re fired’ is no joke for most of us

DEAR EDITOR: I have never understood how someone who used the phrase “you’re fired” as a cheap punchline on TV came to be accepted as a champion of working folk. Getting fired is a life-changing experience — and not in a good way for most people. Nonetheless, “Celebrity ...

Left won’t tolerate dismantling of USAID

DEAR EDITOR: PBS’s weekly gabfest, Washington Week, spewed the ills of President Trump’s dismantling of the USAID agency. With a budget of $40 billion per year, USAID allotted $8 million to the liberal news group, Politico. One of the panelists, Eugene Daniels, is a contributor from ...

Rulli should not have hired Peppel

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to express my deep concern regarding U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli’s (R-Salem) decision to hire Mike Peppel as the congressman’s new communications director. Peppel set up a charity, “Ohio Clean Water Fund” to raise funds for East Palestine residents affected by ...

Distance yourselves from the bully

DEAR EDITOR: We all knew one growing up. The playground bully. We saw him pick on smaller kids after school or at recess. We saw him pull on girls’ ponytails. We saw him lift a pack of chewing gum at the drugstore. We saw him drinking beer behind the movie theater. He lied to our teachers. ...