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Don’t Let Others Speak for You

Editor, News-Register: Why sign up to speak before the City Council only to give your time to someone else? If one signed up to speak, one must have had something to say. Surely you aren’t in cahoots with another speaker to extend his/her time. If someone wants to speak at the council meetings, they have every right to do so. Sign up to be heard and you will be heard. You will be given three minutes to say what you have to say. Everyone gets the same amount of time. If three minutes is not enough, maybe the one who wishes to speak should rewrite their speech for the time ...

Room for New at the Old School

Editor, News-Register: West Virginia is old school, this is not up for debate. But being old school on the new school transfer rule is not noble; it’s just backwards. Not every coach or program is infallible. Previously, a student transferring after ninth grade was required by the WVSSAC to sit out one year unless he or she could verify a change of address into the district of the new school or petitioned the WVSSAC and won an appeal. I can tell you that the appeal decisions were arbitrary at best. Now a student in West Virginia can transfer high schools at least once and maintain ...

An Ego-Driven, Hypocritical Legacy

Editor, News-Register: How is it that former President Donald J. Trump remains as the unquestioned defacto current leader of the Republican Party, when while in office it had been documented that he was personally responsible for no fewer than 30,573 false statements (lies), and with his egotism and hypocrisy being quite beyond compare, along with his multitude of misdeeds and divisive rhetoric, have seemingly, done little to curb his popularity within his current political party (Republican)? Recall also that for decades Mr. Trump had been a staunch Democrat, before becoming an ...

Heroic Act Saves Mother’s Life

Editor, News-Register: There are angels among us. Two of those angels are Carol Cassidy and Meaghan Hettinger, staff members at Bishop Hodges Continous Care. Their quick thinking and knowledge of the Heimlich maneuver were instrumental in preventing a life–threatening situation from becoming fatal. I was with my mom, Gerda Zervos, while she was having lunch. She was enjoying her spaghetti when I realized that she was choking, and she couldn’t speak. I knew she was in danger, but I also realized that I wouldn’t be able to lift her out of her chair by myself. Carol and ...

Medical Innovation Is Necessary

Editor, News-Register: For my husband and I, raising and caring for our 15-year-old daughter with cerebellar hypoplasia comes with more than its fair share of challenges. Living with this intellectual development disability means our daughter relies on us for a variety of basic needs. I would very much like to see more medical research and development being done to discover and advance new treatments and therapies—both for my daughter’s condition and many others. That is why I cannot support efforts by some lawmakers to increase the government’s role in dictating prescription ...

Wellness Weekend Was a Success

Editor, News-Register: I’ve never written a letter to the editor before but after running the Ogden Half Marathon on Saturday, I wanted to publicly thank everyone who worked so hard to put on a first class event. I’ve run many races over the past 50 years and this was one of the best organized and executed events that I’ve ever seen. Everything from the race shirts featuring the Suspension Bridge, the smooth packet pick up process, the efficiently run race with smiling faces at every water stop and friendly police directing traffic, and the great crowd at the finish line ...