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Elks Americanism

Recently, members of Marietta Elks Lodge offered a challenge to local students to compose and submit brief essays on the subject “What Does Service to Your Country Mean to you?”. This was open to students in grades 5,6,7 and 8. It was an honor and a blessing to have the privilege to get to read the words of these young people, and see what they have on their minds and hearts about their role in our Republic. We were inspired and encouraged by what they shared. We have students in our community who are truly growing into responsible and well-rounded Citizens and future contributors ...

Misinformation on injection wells continues

Misinformation about injection wells continues, and we’re going to keep correcting it. Put it down to confusion or intentional misleading, I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. There are two key issues that are frequently portrayed inaccurately. Brine migration and radioactivity. Brine migration, while extremely rare, is a regulatory and operational issue, not a public safety threat. Brine migration does not mean it has entered a public waterway (or even come close). In 40 years of injection wells in Ohio, there has never been a case of injection wells leaking fluid into ...

Washington County AmeriCorps RSVP Coats for Kids 2025

Washington County AmeriCorps RSVP Coats for Kids would like to thank our community for their continued support of our annual Coats for Kids Winter Clothing Drive. Because of your generous donations, we were able to distribute 981 coats plus winter clothing (boots, socks, hats and scarves) to individuals in need. Thank you to the following contributors and businesses: Contributors - Promanco-John Lehman and Joe Wright, Event Designs-Michelle Miller, , River City Financial (Michael Anthony, Keith Theiman), Marietta Times, Zonta, Noon Rotary, Mommy Mart, Marietta Chamber of ...

What are we doing, locally and nationally?

Fascist Donald Trump’s murdering storm troopers make other killers like Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu proud. And the former United States of America does at 249 years. Mother of three Renee Nicole Good is gunned down in Minneapolis Wednesday by Trump and Stephen Miller’s ICE thugs. Two Portland residents shot Thursday. Other people are being snatched off streets by masked thugs in black and disappeared. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin are smiling from Hell after causing the murder and deaths of 50 million or more, most civilians. What will Trump, Miller and ...

Who’s misinformation?

Let me start this letter with a review of an Oil and Gas Association person who gave a talk at the commissioner’s meeting a few weeks ago. He made the statement that injection wells are just returning prehistoric brine back into the ground where it came from. To his credit he was about 90% correct. What he did not say was that the brine is about 90% of what is pumped back into the ground. However, the remaining 8% plus or minus, is the fracking chemicals that are hazardous, radioactive, and toxic waste. Some of the chemicals combine with the brine salts and cause chemical changes to ...

Billionaire war on democracy

The escalating assault on democratic institutions by technology billionaires is neither accidental nor misguided. It is a calculated defense of extreme wealth. These individuals understand that democracy, when it functions, places limits on their power. Through taxation, regulation, labor protections, and antitrust enforcement, democratic systems give ordinary people leverage over concentrated wealth. For those whose fortunes have grown beyond any social justification, such accountability is intolerable. Rather than accept democratic restraint, some of the richest people on Earth ...