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Where we stand

Editor: A little over a year ago a spotlight was shining brightly on our city from around the world. The secret of opioid addiction was no longer. The city administration and police department decided to take a stand against heroin and opioids like no one ever had. Releasing the photo of that boy in the backseat, grandma and her boyfriend overdosed in the front, lit a fire that many said would only do harm to our city. Some questioned such a drastic measure, others embraced it. The city administration went to work, bringing departments together, combining resources, networking with ...

A yes vote

Editor: The Lisbon Cemetery Board has a renewal levy on the November ballot this year. I firmly believe that it is in the best interest of all Lisbon residents to vote yes on this issue. The cemetery board members work very hard, along with the workers they employ, to keep our cemetery attractive and a pleasant place to visit our loved ones resting there. I have, over many years, worked closely with them during the Memorial Day observance and found all those involved with maintaining our cemetery to be very cooperative and interested in making sure all goes well for our program ...

A different path

Editor: Pretty powerful the media has gotten. Kinda makes you really think how stupid we all have sounded when you stop and take it all in. Republican, Democrat, Independent, and others. Yelling, and not talking. Walking away, not standing and listening. We are all made of flesh and blood. We are all Americans first. Color has to be an afterthought at this point. We are being divided by forces we watch, look at, listen to and it’s in our face 24/7, but its impact is really invisible to our fast paced lives. The media drives us. Not the Congress, not the president, not right ...

Everyone can help

Editor: October is the 30th anniversary of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the 20th anniversary of the Christina House Domestic Violence Program. While we’ve made great strides to address this rampant issue (through legislation like the Violence Against Women Act, programs that help support survivors and victims of abuse, and efforts to teach young people about healthy relationships), there’s still so much work to be done. While violence against women can feel like an insurmountable issue, it’s not. There are things that we can all do to help chip away at the ...

Lost gold mines

Editor: The teardown of the oldest commercial buildings, now 220 years old, in the state of Ohio would be sacrilege. Those buildings were deeded March 23, 1805, one day following Thomas Jefferson receiving the final payment from Lewis Kinney for the land to be known as New Lisbon, Ohio. Tearing them down would result in the loss of an entire half block of Lisbon’s downtown. Who doesn’t awe at the archway half-way up that block? In Europe, it is against the law to tear down anything over 200 years old. They must wait to be restored. There are buildings in Lisbon, Portugal, for ...

Remember when?

Editor: This mess we have with North Korea dramatically illustrates what can happen when politicians get involved in fighting wars. After World War II, Joseph Stalin demanded that the entire peninsula of Korea come under Soviet influence. Upon the urging of our State Department, influenced by the Communist Alger Hiss, we compromised and divided the peninsula into North Korea and South Korea. In 1950, North Korea overran South Korea and the situation looked pretty hopeless for the south. Chinese troops crossed North Korea’s northern border, the Yalu River and swarmed over the ...