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Concerns Today Are Same as Past

Editor, News-Register: There was a recent letter to the editor chiding Sen. Manchin of West Virginia about not showing enough concern for global warming. I am NOT concerned about global warming or climate change or whatever you choose to call it. I’ll tell you why. Sixty years ago, and more, this warming showed its ugly head. I recently viewed artist renderings on the internet, these are similar to those published in magazines in the 1960s. Nothing happened when we were warned that flooding would change the world as we knew it. It never even came close. Later, when the ...

Biden Has Done Much for America

Editor, News-Register: When I think of President Joe Biden, I think of a man of grace. He has given the American people so much, such as: - An end to war. Joe ended the war in Afgainstan. - The American Rescue Plan. I certainly appreciated my $1,400, and I am sure the schools appreciated their long overdue improvements. - The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Plan by fixing and expanding America’s transportation and communication systems and making a major down payment on fighting global warming. - Transformative efforts to Build Back America, a great plan to lift children and ...

Hunting Is a Way of Life in West Virginia

Editor, News-Register: So it’s deer season again and folks are, predictably, arguing the politics of guns and hunting. That whole argument assumes that hunting is all about killing an innocent animal. But is that true? During the 1960s my brother, Bud, and I graduated from pop guns to BB guns to gunpowder. We began deer hunting as 10-year-olds with our respective singe-shot shotguns and “pumpkin balls.” When we each reached 13, Dad thrilled us with our own anachronistic but venerable Model 94 Winchester 30-30. Yep, John Wayne’s gun; the pinnacle of weaponry in my mind! Of ...

Politics on Display at Board Meeting

Editor, News-Register: The Board of Education is a non-partisan entity for a reason: politics should not play ANY role in determining the educational policies for our children. On Monday, Nov. 8, board chair David Croft established that he is more concerned about injecting his politics into board decisions than he is about the welfare of our children. Time and again, (people) took the floor to tout their own online “research” to the loud and repeated applause of the anti-vax/anti-mask crowd. One even levied personal attacks on the infinitely patient Superintendent Kim Miller by ...

Ohio Valley SleepOut Was a Success

Editor, News-Register: The Ohio Valley raised more than $42,000 for the 11th annual Wheeling SleepOut on Friday, Nov. 5. The event proceeds are directed to helping youth ages 17-21 with housing, life skills and resources through the Transitional Living Program at Youth Services System Inc. The event helps people like Tyren, a former YSS client who spent his adolescence in the state’s custody and learned tools to become an independent adult while living at the YSS Tuel Transitional Training Center group home in New Martinsville. He learned basic skills such as cooking and learning ...

Be Safe This Season in the Woods

Editor, News-Register: During my 15 seasons as the head coach of the West Virginia University rifle team, I have seen the importance of hunting as a part of West Virginian culture. As our folks prepare to head out for another hunting season, we should all be aware of the potential signs of heart attack and stroke and the importance of having a plan in case of an emergency while in the woods. Let’s keep West Virginia hunters safe this season! Face drooping, arm weakness or speech difficulty means it is time to call 911, because these are very common symptoms of a stroke. ...