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Horse sense

Editor: One bit of information I learned years ago was that history repeats itself. Now it may not be in the exact setting, but if one looks carefully at similarities, we can, as they say, learn from it. I would like to present three scenarios from my childhood and compare them to what we have today and see if there is a lesson to be learned. When I was about five years of age, my favorite television show was the Roy Rogers Show. One of the commercials on the show featured Pink Pudding, which Roy pitched as the greatest. Well, naturally I implored my mom to pick me up some, next time ...

Eco-bums

Editor: No event more graphically illustrates the hypocrisy of the left than the recent protest in North Dakota of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project. Initiated by the Sioux Indians, it attracted radicals funded by George Soros, the Southern Poverty Law Center and MoveOn.org. Most of them were on some form of government dole. They came with their pot, crack pipes, crystal meth and hypodermic syringes. They swarmed on a 300-acre site on the banks of the Missouri River and when the protest was finally halted by government authorities, the Army Corps of Engineers was stuck with a ...

No difference

Editor: Since Roe vs. Wade, well over 58 million mothers have aborted. No wait, let’s tell it how it is, over 58 million mothers have murdered their child. An unborn child is not like a caterpillar; it is a beautiful, innocent human being, before and after birth. The only difference between killing your child three months before birth and three months after birth is six months. Larry Adkins East Liverpool

Remembering Pop

Editor: I was extremely pleased that the Lou Holtz Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame has finally decided to recognize Carl “Pop” Werner. However, I feel the need to expand upon the biography that was recently printed in the paper about Pop. He was so important to many people of this community and touched many lives with his words and actions. Pop taught us respect and the feeling of accomplishment. Do you remember the first time you climbed the rope to the top of the gym ceiling? He taught thousands of kids and adults to swim. He taught us pride. Do you remember swimming the length ...

And Charlie, too

Editor: A good man, Charlie Carlisle, went to his eternal reward recently. I was so surprised there was no writeup (even a paragraph) about the former Lisbon police chief. After devoting more than 30 years to our great village, you would have thought this man deserved at least a paragraph. You read all sorts of things in letters to the editor, but nothing about when a good person, who deserves a good writeup, is gone. Why is this? When I told my son about him he said, “Mom, he was a good person. Maybe, if it wasn’t for him, I would not be the person I am. He cared.” As a teen ...

Meter math

Editor: Does anyone in favor of metered parking own or operate a downtown business? How would you feel if you owned a business, and in one month, had seven customers say they would no longer buy from you because of the $10 parking sting if they spend a few extra minutes shopping in your establishment? Multiply that seven customers a month times 12 months, and how many have you lost now? When those businesses fold, no one will be paying taxes to the village, but rather to Center Township. One of the arguments is that everyone who works at those businesses will park there. We ...