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Ohio’s sales tax holiday

Editorials

Summer is just getting started, and most families would prefer not to have to think about the start of the next school year just yet. But a little planning is important — and the state is certainly thinking ahead. Last week, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Ohio’s sales tax holiday this year will be two full weeks in August — from midnight Aug. 1 to 11:59 p.m. Aug. 14. That expansion could make a significant difference for families looking to start off the school year as inexpensively as possible. “The timing of this year’s sales tax holiday not only supports families preparing ...

Budget Bill Limits Federal Courts Power to Act

Letters to the Editor

A little-noticed portion of the Federal Budget Bill recently passed by the House of Representatives deals with the power of the Federal Courts to respond when court orders are ignored. The summary text from Sec. 70302 follows: (Sec. 70302) This section limits the ability of U.S. courts to enforce a citation for contempt for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order. Specifically, if no security was given when the injection or order was issued, the citation of contempt may not be enforced using appropriated funds. This limitation applies to injunctions or ...

Going to the movies has changed greatly over the years

Local Columns

If you want to go to the movies today, you have just a few options in the Mid-Ohio Valley. You can go to the Grand Central Mall or go to your living room and stream one of the zillions of movies available from a virtually unlimited number of sources. The movie screen scene in the area ...

Marooned on the Mississippi

Local Columns

“Our next misadventure came about 11am on December 27, 1935.” This was the recollection of Captain E. Clare Carpenter from Meigs County. He was then on the crew of the sternwheel towboat ISTHMIAN (try to say it fast) on the Mississippi River. Life on a riverboat could be exhausting, ...

Fantasy, fun at Disney, not for leaders

Local Columns

Lynnda and I are married 50 years this month. We decided to do a second honeymoon this month at our happy place, Walt Disney World. Just us. No children or grandchildren on this trip. We have a special dinner planned for the California Grill atop the Contemporary Resort Hotel. Disney is a place for us to relax, play and use our imaginations. My favorite attraction is the Rise of the Resistance at Galaxy’s Edge in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In the attraction, you are a recruit for the Resistance on a transport to a secret base. For me it’s fun to pretend this is real. Your ...

MOV Climate Corner: One struggle

Local Columns

On the morning of May 2, the humanitarian aid vessel known as the Conscience was struck by drones in international waters off the coast of Malta. The ship, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was en route to Gaza in a valiant attempt to break Israel’s brutal and inhumane blockade of the Strip, which has pushed some 2 million Palestinians to the brink of starvation. Among the passengers who was shortly to board the Conscience in Malta was Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, arguably the most famous climate activist on the planet. It’s been speculated that Israel struck ...