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We can’t let FEMA be disbanded

DEAR EDITOR: The Federal Emergency Management Agency organizes and funds support for communities hit by natural disasters. That’s become even more important with climate change. True to Project 2025, Trump is threatening to destroy the agency, and he’s used disaster relief as a political weapon. Trump says states should cover the costs of emergency management within their borders with an unspecified amount of reimbursement from Washington. He’s signed an executive order directing states and localities to do more, and his Secretary of Homeland Security told a cabinet meeting ...

Just who is playing politics with the dam?

DEAR EDITOR: The Trumbull County Commissioners are playing politics with your MetroParks. The MetroPark Board of Commissioners have two separate and distinctive functions. First, The MetroPark Board of Commissioners are unpaid volunteers, appointed by the court to provide a service to Trumbull County by maintaining the MetroParks. Secondly, since the MetroParks own Canoe City, where the Leavittsburg dam is located, they were approached by federal and state government agencies to determine the effectiveness and usefulness of the low-head dam in Leavittsburg. Neither function ...

Mothers are special every single day

DEAR EDITOR: To be a Mother is the most honorable, wonderful cherished position a woman can hold. It is a Gift from God. A Mother gives of herself to her children. She sacrifices, goes without for her child, yet she never complains. She may not wear the best of clothes, yet she always makes sure that her children look presentable. A Mother’s love has no bounds. A Mother instills in her children “right from wrong.” She is her children’s biggest cheerleader. and advocate. A Mother guides her children with a “velvet glove,” yet that same “velvet glove” can quickly become ...

Do something about the US Postal Service

DEAR EDITOR: The U.S. Postal Service is 250 years old and since the first Postmaster Benjamin Franklin, it has delivered uninterrupted service. Recently, USPS has been impacted by a foreign self-proclaimed leader, by layoffs of union-represented employees, many of them Veterans and disabled Veterans. There is an awareness that this is not an accident, but intentional. Louis DeJoy, was appointed by President Trump in his first term, and is the first U.S. Postmaster to receive an annual compensation of $561,000, with bonuses, a salary never paid to any other postmaster. DeJoy has come ...

WGH Class of 1968: We are Panthers

DEAR EDITOR: May 1, 2025, was a Memorial Day for the Warren G Harding Panthers. We unveiled our tribute to the Warren G Harding Panthers Class of 68. The sun had shone upon us in between the rainstorms. This is a tribute to the Class of ‘68, as our class had gone through so many changes during our high school years. I was working after school during my high school years, so I didn’t get to participate in many school functions. Some of my teachers knew that I was working after school and were very helpful with the time I needed to complete some of my projects. I had a term paper ...

Are you angry yet? You should be

DEAR EDITOR: It’s time to be angry that the president wants to shrink government. It sounded good to President Trump’s supporters when he was on the campaign trail. But it’s not so great. We have long been the richest nation on Earth. At the end of Joe Biden’s presidency, our GDP totaled about $27 trillion. China, ranking second, had about $17 trillion. The International Monetary Fund stated that the USA’s economy led the world, according to the Wall Street Journal, and our success helped other countries to become financially sounder. The GDP is the total money that we ...