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The love of a special group of people

On April 15, the 23rd annual Empty Bowls fundraising luncheon raised more than $6,500 for area food pantries to help alleviate food insecurities in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The Empty Bowls Committee would like to thank all those who made this year’s event a success. A great number of people and area businesses contributed to making this event successful. The committee would specifically like to thank all the restaurants in the area that donated soup to the cause as well as Panera Bread that donated all the bread. The restaurants include Boathouse BBQ, The Butchery of Marietta, ...

Bean will work for the people

It’s time to go to the ballot box, May 2nd, 2023; our primary election. Voters, you have the perfect candidate for Municipal Judge and the one who can carry onto the ballot in November; our General Election. Why is Amy Bean the perfect candidate? She works in the Municipal Court and has the experience; no moving for her as she is already there and ready to continue working for us. Amy is an effective attorney with 20 years of legal experience, both Criminal and Civil and extensive courtroom experience. Isn’t that a record to be challenged? Doesn’t that make for the right ...

Bean for municipal court judge

We have two good, conservative candidates running for Municipal Court Judge in our upcoming Primary Election, May 2. You can only select one. I’m writing on behalf of the one who has been active in our court systems and active in both the Republican Party and the Washington County Republican Women’s Club for a number of years: Attorney Amy S. Bean. When leaving our County Prosecutor’s Office a few years ago, Amy was immediately hired by Attorney Paul G. Bertram III, our Prosecutor for the City of Marietta, where she now serves as our Assistant Prosecutor for the City. ...

Supporting Matamoras residents

I am hearing of the plight of the New Matamoras residents with regard to the decision by the Memorial Health System of Marietta to abandon their satellite clinic in that village. Although I am not a resident of that area, I can understand their deep concern for this ill-advised closure. Being in my mid-80s, I sympathized with those senior citizens who will be deprived of a nearby facility for their appointments. I understand that the MHS thinks a one-way drive of 14 miles is of no significance, but I assure them it is. This will be a stressful reality to be abandoned after such a ...

Randy Jedlink is a candidate for Judge of Marietta Municipal Court and I fully support him for this position. Randy, his wife, and young daughter are Washington County residents and have chosen this area to live, work and raise their family. Randy attended Purdue University and graduated from the University of Toledo School of Law. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 2010. Occupations in private practice, criminal, civil, business, and family law have given him the necessary experience for the Marietta Municipal Court Judge position. In 2017 he was selected by the Honorable Judge ...

Applause to Yost for pharmacy benefit managers lawsuit

Our political leaders across the country are seeing the serious problems pharmacy benefit managers are creating for patients. I applaud the efforts of our Attorney General Dave Yost, who has sued several PBMs over their shady business practices, calling them “modern gangsters.” Our lawmakers both here in Ohio and in Congress need to keep up these efforts and pass sweeping legislative reforms. Pharmacy benefit managers are insurance middlemen working with drug companies to negotiate rebate deals on a majority of medications. These deals then help lower the out-of-pocket costs a ...