Take time to honor sacrifice of law enforcement During National Police Week, May 13-19, show your appreciation for the sacrifices that law enforcement officers of all different agencies make to protect us everyday. Give them a honk, a wave or speak to them directly. On average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty every 53 hours, according to the National Lew Enforcement Fund website, lawmemorial.org. Since the first known line-of-duty death in 1791, more than 19,000...
Thanks for Wear Blue to Work support April 11, 2012 Scioto County Children Services and the Scioto County Family and Children First Council sponsored the first Wear Blue to Work Day to raise awareness that Child Abuse is Preventable. April has long been designated as Ohio’s Child Abuse Awareness Month. With funding provided by the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund 500 blue tee shirts were purchased and distributed throughout the county to agencies, organizations, businesses and individ...
When will Ohio law protect exotic animals, people? The five animals who survived last year’s deadly escape in Zanesville have been returned to where it all began. Why is there still no law banning the sale and keeping of wild and dangerous animals as pets? The ugly cycle begins when baby monkeys, tigers, lions, and bears are forcibly removed from their frantic mothers so that the infants can be acclimated to human contact. Traumatized and terrified, these young animals don’t stand a chan...
Praise unwarranted for president’s bin Laden decision I am tired of the praise heaped upon President Barack Obama for his “bold” decision to take out Osama bin Laden. It wasn’t any decision at all — it was the only thing he could do. Let’s look at the consequences. Say the Navy SEALs missed and bin Laden escaped. We probably would never know — the cover-up would go into play. But if we did find out that Obama had OKd a hit on bin Laden, even a failed one, we would be appreciative. “At least ...
Exotic animal incident should have been lesson for Ohio Another dangerous situation involving exotic animals is brewing because Ohio’s lack of policy on the keeping of exotic animals in private homes. Muskingum County is still reeling from the deaths of nearly 50 tigers, lions, bears and other animals after they were released by a suicidal man more than six months ago. Many people both locally and nation-wide thought this tragedy would spur a strong law banning the private possession of danger...
Why is Kasich not supporting steel mill project? Southern Ohio is in dire need of good-paying industrial jobs. A private firm is pursuing financing to construct a highly efficient steel mill to produce slab steel to be used by a forging facility to be built to produce caps for nuclear power plants. There is a 10-year backlog for these caps. The plant would also produce electricity using waste heat from the mill/forge. We fear the absence of support for this venture by the Kasich Administ...
Portsmouth motorists make cycling difficult I am a cyclist that currently lives in West Portsmouth. I ride almost every day here in Portsmouth. I find it very difficult to ride in town due to the lack of knowledge that motorists have about cycling laws. There are quite a few cyclist that live in this area, but are to afraid to ride in town due to this. That is a shame considering that Portsmouth has been part of the TOSRV route for over 51 years now! Most motorist do not know that cy...
Walton passing has left a void in southern Ohio Every so often in life we come across people who stand out a little more than the rest of us. They are the people whose passion for what they do, and the charisma with which they do it, escalate beyond the norm. And when they leave us, you know that filling the void is improbable, if not impossible. I’ve known only a handful of people I would categorize that way, and one of them was a Scioto County man who not-so-quietly improved the qu...
Are we the next to go missing? A personal appeal to those who use chemicals, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides: Stop and dwell on what you are doing. What else will be affected by the use of these deadly poisons, even though they state they are active for a short time? When is the last time you heard the song of a meadowlark? A ring-necked pheasant, or a covy of quail? Where are the flocks of pigeons? Haven’t seen the beautiful white barn owl for some time, or even he...
Parable of the water line contractor Once upon a time there was a water line contractor. This contractor was a Democrat, and he became very rich putting in water lines, all over the region. These projects were financed by grants from HUD which the Democrats in Washington proposed and then passed into law. They provided badly needed clean water for people living in small towns and rural areas all across Appalachia. This water line contractor’s business grew and grew, because ...
Thanks for Mound Park improvements On behalf of several residents of the beautiful Mound Park district, we would like to thank the grants writer and the City of Portsmouth for the recent improvement to Mound Park. The basketball courts used by the children and the new curbs and sidewalks are a great safety improvement for the walkers. What about an Indian museum in the area? Just a thought. Al Cooper Portsmouth
Our leaders have other priorities In reply to Mr. Shaw’s letter where he applauded the editor of the Daily Times for encouraging letters to the editor. Well, I can speak for myself on my past experience: I have written letters to the editor which were not printed, stating it contained old news. I wasn’t aware that letter writers were to be news reporters on current events. My past letter related to the fact that three of our city council members had filed personal bankruptcy ...
Gibbins’ death a great loss for Minford With the passing of Ed Gibbins, the Minford community has suffered another great loss. Mr. Gibbons was a person that solved problems rather than creating them. He was a man of few words and lots of action. Mr. Gibbins was involved with one of the biggest community undertakings — the early football boosters. This group financed the start of the football program at Minford, everything from acquiring the football equipment, acquiring propert...
More letters needed from Scioto County I applaud the editor of the Portsmouth Daily Times for his Letters to the Editor section. I firmly believe this section should encourage the public to participate, if for no other reason than to feel the pulse of this community and their thoughts on a range of subjects. What better way to express ideas and concerns than to join hands with our daily paper and have it published? The benefits could be limitless. To remain silent leads to frust...
Thanks for support of canned food drive I would like to take this time to thank everyone that participated in the canned food drive for Veterans Helping Veterans and also donated to the Jonathan Etterling Scholarship fund in March. In a 48-hour time frame, the community of Scioto County was able to donate 5,000 cans of food to the Veterans Helping Veterans organization and also raised $1,000 for the Etterling Scholarship fund. I want to mention a few people that deserves a specia...
Celebrate life this month You may know that April is Donate Life Month, a nationwide observance to reflect on the importance of organ and tissue donation. But the donation community is not alone in calling April our own. April is also Grilled Cheese Month, home to National Library Week and includes fun holidays like International Pillow Fight Day and Scrabble Day. It would seem that every day is cause to celebrate, and I couldn’t agree more. I’m in the business of c...
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