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Feeling gouged? Well, it is not your imagination. I was in Chillicothe Sunday, and gasoline was $2.33 a gallon. When I left Scioto County it was $2.69 a gallon. So Scioto County residents are payi...
A few things I have learned
• All food has potassium and/or sodium. I am allowed neither. Consequently I have just lost 40 pounds. Eating is no longer fun. • People do not understand the function of the turn signal. It doesn...
• All food has potassium and/or sodium. I am allowed neither. Consequently I have just lost 40 pounds. Eating is no longer fun. • People do not understand the function of the turn signal. It doesn...
13 days ago | 0 | 6 |
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Drug problem plagues our community
I have just read an e-mail from my friend Bob Walton Jr., and I have decided it is time to go ahead and talk about the number one problem in our community. Bobby is a big supporter of the family a...
I have just read an e-mail from my friend Bob Walton Jr., and I have decided it is time to go ahead and talk about the number one problem in our community. Bobby is a big supporter of the family a...
15 days ago | 11 | 45 |
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Needy children desperately need us; won’t you help?
I am among the most blessed people in the world. I have been so fortunate as to have people call me or stop me and tell me they enjoy my columns. For that I am humbled. But it also gives me a pulp...
I am among the most blessed people in the world. I have been so fortunate as to have people call me or stop me and tell me they enjoy my columns. For that I am humbled. But it also gives me a pulp...
20 days ago | 1 | 14 |
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Unlikely to be overturned, smoking ban is here to stay
“Cough, cough, cough,” Jack says while visiting the new Portsmouth Rowing Club boathouse. “Somebody’s smoking! And indoors, too! I’m going to call the law!” Jane, once an elite rower-turned-chain...
“Cough, cough, cough,” Jack says while visiting the new Portsmouth Rowing Club boathouse. “Somebody’s smoking! And indoors, too! I’m going to call the law!” Jane, once an elite rower-turned-chain...
24 days ago | 1 | 11 |
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Give peace prize to someone who deserves it – W
Many media sources around the world have pronounced the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama as something difficult to comprehend. The Times of London implied giving t...
Many media sources around the world have pronounced the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama as something difficult to comprehend. The Times of London implied giving t...
27 days ago | 4 | 22 |
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Transparency guides us toward freedom
I have always believed transparency produces trust; trust produces cooperation, and cooperation brings about positive results. There are many officials I deal with today who believe if you keep th...
I have always believed transparency produces trust; trust produces cooperation, and cooperation brings about positive results. There are many officials I deal with today who believe if you keep th...
1 month ago | 0 | 7 |
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EDITORIALS
22 days ago | 0 | 10 |
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The longer I live the more I realize there are people out there who still don’t get the theory of a free society. We have become so politically correct that we can’t handle someone voicing their o...
29 days ago | 1 | 3 |
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Webster’s dictionary defines civility as courtesy, politeness, a polite act or expression. I saw a lot of civility at Monday night’s Meet the Candidates event at the Scioto County Welcome Center, ...
2 months ago | 0 | 12 |
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I am so excited at the prospect of having a new playground for the children of our area at Tracy Park. Kiwanis has done a tremendous job of raising the money, and citizens and businesses made gener...
2 months ago | 0 | 7 |
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Among members of the sports media, there is one thing that is able to make or break a sports facility. It’s that one place where they work, out of the elements, writing, broadcasting, telecasting a...
2 months ago | 0 | 4 |
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Again in 2009 the Portsmouth River Days committee deserves to be congratulated. Each event has been well-attended, and well-planned. Actually the entire weekend is judged on the quality of the para...
2 months ago | 4 | 6 |
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I am perplexed. I am also realizing every day how out of touch I am with the current young generation. It is difficult to admit to being old and set in my ways, but the more I look around, the mo...
LETTERS
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November is the time to give a truly lasting gift November is the month many of us gather with family and friends to give thanks for all that we have. In my family we get together because we are...
10 days ago | 0 | 4 |
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Mr. President, keep your promise In the next few weeks Ohio may lose thousands of jobs in addition to the nearly 111,000 already lost this year. And although job loss in any part of the state is ...
12 days ago | 0 | 4 |
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The children do give their all I am the proud father of three sons. Over the weekend our eldest participated in a U-8 Soccer tournament held at Valley Schools. I must say how excited and impress...
13 days ago | 1 | 2 |
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Grant letter has some holes that need addressed In her Nov. 5 Letter To the Editor (“City Development Has Unanswered Questions”) Linda Donaldson is correct in saying that “there is more to thi...
15 days ago | 1 | 6 |
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City development has unanswered questions Former Community Development Director Jennifer Hanlon, with assistance from Main Street Portsmouth Director Zoe Richards and many citizen volunteers, ex...
17 days ago | 0 | 2 |
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Neighborhood helped the ACS My husband and I were asked by the American Cancer Society to volunteer with the Notes to Neighbor campaign. The goal for our neighborhood was $50. We would like to...
MORE OPINIONS
1 month ago | 1 | 5 |
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I want to thank the members of Portsmouth City Council, and the majority of citizens attending, for a peaceful Monday night City Council meeting. A minimum of personal attacks on Council members wa...
1 month ago | 5 | 10 |
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As I was walking into the Portsmouth Municipal Building Friday morning, I watched a woman put her money in the paper vendor and take out her copy of that day’s Portsmouth Daily Times. I want to s...
1 month ago | 0 | 4 |
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With hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops stationed everywhere from Iraq and Afghanistan to Germany and South Korea, Americans at home continue to show their support of our men and women overseas. ...
1 month ago | 1 | 32 |
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The Portsmouth Daily Times recently gave Mayoral candidate and current Mayor James Kalb three front-page opportunities to present his ideas and facts on issues confronting the City of Portsmouth. M...
1 month ago | 3 | 7 |
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One of the reasons I give most often when people ask why I chose to go into the newspaper writing business is the ability to affect things. I’m not talking about a political agenda, though I do bel...
2 months ago | 0 | 7 |
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“Everything has to be taken a step at a time,” said Ginny Cook, area coordinator for Operation Christmas Child, as she discussed the gargantuan project of assembling and packing 5,000 boxes for thi...
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