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The Miami Condo Collapse

All stories are local, former Editor/Publisher Emmett Smelser would remind me often as I wrote articles for The Times. I spent ages three through six on an army base in Kentucky as my father served a second hitch after the war. We would often spend Saturday mornings on the parade grounds watching and listening to military bands play Sousa music as they marched carrying flags waving in the breeze. I still get a lump in my throat (and occasional tear) at the sounds of Sousa and the sights of American flags no matter where they are flying. The bigger, higher, the better. I have a newly ...

Thank you

I would publicly like to thank all the staff at Marietta Memorial and Shelby Rehab Center. The nurses and therapy department are the most caring people I have ever met in my life. Their endless efforts gave me the strength to walk out almost completely unaffected from my stroke. They did everything they could to make me feel comfortable as if I was at home. Can’t say thank you enough for giving me my life back. They are truly my heroes. Terry and Debbie Bowen Marietta

Sean Casey Reds Camp huge success for community

I want to officially thank everyone who contributed to the overwhelming success, and awesome fun that was generated at last week’s 28th annual Cincinnati Reds Legends Youth Baseball/Softball Camp at Vienna Rec Fields. The good old fashioned fun that was experienced by all in attendance was an awesome thing to see. Cincinnati Reds Legendary First Baseman and 2012 Hall of Fame inductee “The Mayor” Sean Casey Headlined the camp, and was absolutely super in giving campers instruction on hitting while “Mr. Automatic” Leo “Chico” Cardenas worked on infield skills. The girls ...

Zonta seeks nominations

The Zonta Club of the Mid-Ohio Valley is seeking nominations for the 2021 Elizabeth L. Hadler Woman of the Year. This year’s Woman of the Year will be announced at the Chamber of Commerce dinner on Monday, Aug. 9 at the Dyson Baudo Center. The WOY is a resident of Washington County who has distinguished herself by her service to the community. We are recognizing her volunteer efforts and activities in support of organizations that support our lives in the Mid-Ohio Valley. A nomination will include the full information on the woman being nominated, as well as a letter from each of the ...

CRT is a lie

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a lie. A toxic brew of soul-crushing Marxist racism. CRT slanders the many heroes of American History, black and white. It ignores the 8 states that within the Revolutionary generation moved to immediately or gradually abolish slavery. It ignores the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 forbidding slavery in what is now the North Central US. It ignores the 300,000+ Union white men who fought and died to restore a Union purged, cleansed, and redeemed of slavery. It ignores the flourishing and achievement of black Americans in the post-slavery generations. CRT ...

Our present discontent

One of the greatest explanations for political upheaval I’ve heard was given by one of my former college professors. He said that revolution is present when a society “gives up centripetal for centrifugal force.” He explained that all healthy societies have a centripetal force to them, which draws or pushes the disparate parts of that society toward a unified center. In American history, we might think of things such as a shared language, a common desire for liberty, or a mutual belief in God as providing that central focal point. That unifying force can also be applied from the ...