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Idabelle Firestone Fall Concert Series winding down

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The free fall Idabelle Firestone Fall Concert Series continues to entertain at Firestone Park in Columbiana. Guests and visitors have already attended and enjoyed three opening programs. Past Concerts This Season Mark Frost and his group, the Oak Street Strings band, that favored us with old American songs, and the following group, Tapestries of Ohio, presented Renaissance music providing a nice contrast in style and substance to kick off the season on Aug. 30. Our second performers, the Tamburitzans, delighted the audience with their Eastern European songs and dances complete ...

Labor Day celebrates laborers moving the country forward

Editorials

No longer the precursor to the start of the school year for most students, Labor Day weekend now serves as the first three-day weekend break for most. They and their parents get one more chance to take it a bit easy before the grind of the fall semester and all its activities starts to take its toll. There will be sales and parades, backyard barbecues (maybe not everyone has closed their pools just yet?) and even a few ceremonies in which folks gather to remember the true purpose of the holiday: We owe the success of this country not to the politicians who want all the control and ...

Knowledgeable opinion on childhood vaccines can only come from experience of adverse effects

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, An extensive amount of controversy has been stated about the decision to give or not to give vaccines to children. Until you experience first-hand the absolute frightening experience of your child having a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine can you knowledgeably express a comment. My child was 15 months old when according to the guidelines of vaccine distribution that a MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) protective vaccine was to be administered. Just days later as my child was rambunctiously playing as 15-month-olds do, he suddenly fell to the floor lifeless! The absolute ...

Credit Card Competition Act a common-sense bill backed by Moreno

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: Ohio’s families and small businesses are that much closer to seeing some financial relief thanks to Senator Bernie Moreno’s recent decision to become a cosponsor of the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). We’re glad to have an elected official putting Main Street’s concerns over Wall Street’s bottom line. For businesses already stretched thin by other operational expenses, the swipe fees charged on each credit card transaction accumulate rapidly and are a major burden on local shops. As a result, many owners pass that burden down to their customers through ...