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Be the cure for loneliness, bring increased happiness

Fox News recently reported that 70% of U.S. schools saw an increase in the number of students seeking mental health services as a result of COVID-19. The National Center for Education Statistics reported 76% of public school staffers complained about the intensity of their own battles against depression, anxiety and stress. The World Health Organization says rates of anxiety and depression rose 25% during just the first year of COVID lockdowns and a British study revealed that more children died from suicide than from COVID during the first year of the pandemic. Even airlines say ...

Babies at gunpoint

The same political machine that sees no difference between a handgun and an assault rifle now endorses laws that see no difference among an abortion at 6 weeks, 15 weeks or 20 weeks. At 6 weeks the cluster of cells that will later form the human heart are capable of emitting a pulse but that is not a heart. The heart will be formed later. At 15 weeks the fetus begins to adopt a human-like form and Roe- era laws respected this as the deadline for most abortions in which the mother’s life was not in jeopardy. At 20 weeks the human fetus does have a chance of survival and these cases ...

Thanks to community for support with BBQ event

The Hervida 4-H Camp Board thanks the Mid-Ohio Valley Community for their wonderful support of our annual Camp Hervida chicken BBQ dinner, held on May 7. We sold almost 400 dinners to dine in or take out and with the proceeds from the country store, we had a profit of over $3,000! This is one of our biggest fundraisers and we appreciate all the support from the local 4-H Clubs, advisors and community members who volunteered to help set up, serve, clean up and take down. A huge thank you goes out to all the bakers and people who donated the wide, tasty selection of desserts! The ...

Role of Fathers

Leo Terrell, (an American attorney) emphasized the importance of father in a family unit to young boys as well as girls. Truly, Mr. Torrells’ statements ring overwhelmingly true. All children need parents or caring and responsible person to emulate. The best scenario is having father and mother in a home. When boys resort to unacceptable behavior, it usually stems from lack of guidance from parents. Sometimes the circumstances dictate the absence of father; in that case, a male father figure can make positive influence by providing guidance. Our two cousins Nikolajs Pricinovskis and ...

Thank you

I want to officially thank everyone who contributed to the overwhelming success and good old fashioned fun that was generated at last week’s 29th annual Cincinnati Reds Legends Youth Baseball/Softball Camp held at Vienna Rec Fields. The atmosphere was electric and the fun and memories that were experienced by all in attendance, was an awesome thing to see. Cincinnati Reds legendary all-star pitcher Bronson Arroyo headlined the camp and was absolutely super in giving campers instruction on pitching mechanics, while Cincinnati Reds legendary second baseman Pokey Reese worked with ...

Commissioners did their job

Kudos to the Washington County Commissioners for stepping up on behalf of their constituents on the issue of injection wells. All three commissioners (President Charlie Schilling, Jamie Booth, and Kevin Ritter) were in attendance at the June 2 meeting regarding the proposed additional injection well in Little Hocking, which was scheduled by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management). At that meeting 34 people offered comments and questions about the proposed injection well #2 —not one person spoke in favor of the application, which was ...