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• All food has potassium and/or sodium. I am allowed neither. Consequently I have just lost 40 pounds. Eating is no longer fun. • People do not understand the function of the turn signal. It doesn...
Drug problem plagues our community
I have just read an e-mail from my friend Bob Walton Jr., and I have decided it is time to go ahead and talk about the number one problem in our community. Bobby is a big supporter of the family a...
I have just read an e-mail from my friend Bob Walton Jr., and I have decided it is time to go ahead and talk about the number one problem in our community. Bobby is a big supporter of the family a...
2 days 12 hrs ago | 0 | 19 |
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Needy children desperately need us; won’t you help?
I am among the most blessed people in the world. I have been so fortunate as to have people call me or stop me and tell me they enjoy my columns. For that I am humbled. But it also gives me a pulp...
I am among the most blessed people in the world. I have been so fortunate as to have people call me or stop me and tell me they enjoy my columns. For that I am humbled. But it also gives me a pulp...
7 days ago | 0 | 11 |
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Unlikely to be overturned, smoking ban is here to stay
“Cough, cough, cough,” Jack says while visiting the new Portsmouth Rowing Club boathouse. “Somebody’s smoking! And indoors, too! I’m going to call the law!” Jane, once an elite rower-turned-chain...
“Cough, cough, cough,” Jack says while visiting the new Portsmouth Rowing Club boathouse. “Somebody’s smoking! And indoors, too! I’m going to call the law!” Jane, once an elite rower-turned-chain...
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Give peace prize to someone who deserves it – W
Many media sources around the world have pronounced the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama as something difficult to comprehend. The Times of London implied giving t...
Many media sources around the world have pronounced the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama as something difficult to comprehend. The Times of London implied giving t...
14 days ago | 4 | 22 |
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Transparency guides us toward freedom
I have always believed transparency produces trust; trust produces cooperation, and cooperation brings about positive results. There are many officials I deal with today who believe if you keep th...
I have always believed transparency produces trust; trust produces cooperation, and cooperation brings about positive results. There are many officials I deal with today who believe if you keep th...
21 days ago | 0 | 6 |
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Productive council meeting helps get city’s business done
I want to thank the members of Portsmouth City Council, and the majority of citizens attending, for a peaceful Monday night City Council meeting. A minimum of personal attacks on Council members w...
I want to thank the members of Portsmouth City Council, and the majority of citizens attending, for a peaceful Monday night City Council meeting. A minimum of personal attacks on Council members w...
23 days ago | 1 | 5 |
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EDITORIALS
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The longer I live the more I realize there are people out there who still don’t get the theory of a free society. We have become so politically correct that we can’t handle someone voicing their o...
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Webster’s dictionary defines civility as courtesy, politeness, a polite act or expression. I saw a lot of civility at Monday night’s Meet the Candidates event at the Scioto County Welcome Center, ...
1 month ago | 0 | 11 |
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I am so excited at the prospect of having a new playground for the children of our area at Tracy Park. Kiwanis has done a tremendous job of raising the money, and citizens and businesses made gener...
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Among members of the sports media, there is one thing that is able to make or break a sports facility. It’s that one place where they work, out of the elements, writing, broadcasting, telecasting a...
2 months ago | 0 | 3 |
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Again in 2009 the Portsmouth River Days committee deserves to be congratulated. Each event has been well-attended, and well-planned. Actually the entire weekend is judged on the quality of the para...
2 months ago | 4 | 6 |
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I am perplexed. I am also realizing every day how out of touch I am with the current young generation. It is difficult to admit to being old and set in my ways, but the more I look around, the mo...
LETTERS
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Grant letter has some holes that need addressed In her Nov. 5 Letter To the Editor (“City Development Has Unanswered Questions”) Linda Donaldson is correct in saying that “there is more to thi...
2 days 12 hrs ago | 0 | 5 |
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City development has unanswered questions Former Community Development Director Jennifer Hanlon, with assistance from Main Street Portsmouth Director Zoe Richards and many citizen volunteers, ex...
4 days ago | 0 | 2 |
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Neighborhood helped the ACS My husband and I were asked by the American Cancer Society to volunteer with the Notes to Neighbor campaign. The goal for our neighborhood was $50. We would like to...
7 days ago | 0 | 2 |
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Who is behind Issue 2? I think it is time to examine who is behind the campaign to get everyone to vote for Issue 2. We can start with the American Farm Bureau Federation which is asking everyon...
9 days ago | 0 | 2 |
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I am writing to support Gov. Strickland’s proposal to temporarily delay the scheduled income tax rate reduction, and I encourage all legislators, Democrat and Republican, to support the Governor’s ...
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Perhaps you are one of the over 23,000 active library card holders in Pike County. When was the last time you needed to send a fax, make a copy, use a computer, borrow a DVD, video or book? When wa...
MORE OPINIONS
28 days ago | 5 | 9 |
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As I was walking into the Portsmouth Municipal Building Friday morning, I watched a woman put her money in the paper vendor and take out her copy of that day’s Portsmouth Daily Times. I want to s...
1 month ago | 0 | 4 |
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With hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops stationed everywhere from Iraq and Afghanistan to Germany and South Korea, Americans at home continue to show their support of our men and women overseas. ...
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The Portsmouth Daily Times recently gave Mayoral candidate and current Mayor James Kalb three front-page opportunities to present his ideas and facts on issues confronting the City of Portsmouth. M...
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One of the reasons I give most often when people ask why I chose to go into the newspaper writing business is the ability to affect things. I’m not talking about a political agenda, though I do bel...
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“Everything has to be taken a step at a time,” said Ginny Cook, area coordinator for Operation Christmas Child, as she discussed the gargantuan project of assembling and packing 5,000 boxes for thi...
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I am so excited at the prospect of having a new playground for the children of our area at Tracy Park. Kiwanis has done a tremendous job of raising the money, and citizens and businesses made gener...
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