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Name Changing With the Times

Editor, News-Register: As a life-long fan of the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball franchise, I do admit that I agree with the recent decision to change the team’s name from “Indians,” which has been the team’s moniker since the 1915 season, and therefore has been such for over a century since, but will be reportedly dropped following the 2021 season. The decision, which was made and announced by team owner Paul Dolan, who has served in that capacity since 2000, is reportedly fully supported by the team’s field manager, Terry Francona, players, coaches as well as ...

Dealing With Lifetime of Bigotry

Editor, News-Register: Bigotry is defined as “obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.” “Bigotry” seems to me, as I have encountered it in my travels, is hatred of people that are different in terms of race (color), religion, language, or sexual orientation. I know bigotry when I see it, but I don’t understand it. I remember seeing bigotry when my grade school chum told me of his visit to relatives down South that “you could just ...

Glad to Know Late Ramsey Clark

Editor, News-Register: I was sued for $2 million by a Teamster Lawyer that was representing the Oneida County, NY Deputy Sheriff’s Union. (I had said “I don’t like the cops reporting to the robbers.”) They sued for two million, instead of one, because the county only carried one million in defamation insurance on the County Executive. Since I was potentially on the hook for a million dollars, I needed to find a lawyer to defend me, so I trotted down to Manhattan and sought to retain Ramsey Clark as my personal attorney. I was enthralled with Ramsey’s civil rights work ...

Their Mothers Are Worried Sick

Editor, News-Register: This letter is in response to the letter from Harry C. Hamm Jr. in the April 11 Sunday News Register. Mr. Hamm asks “Where are the mothers?” referring to the mothers of the unaccompanied children. As a mother and grandmother myself, I suspect many of them are worried sick and crying for their children. Mr. Hamm wrote about his mother. There is no doubt in my mind that the mothers of these children love them as much as Mr. Hamm’s mother loved him and his 11 siblings because these mothers loved their children enough to let them go to save their ...

Presidents Should Just Be Honest

Editor, News-Register: As I look back on Trump’s wasted four years as president, the 20,000 lies that he spoke, none of them affected me as much as the untruths he spoke about Covid-19, that it would be gone by spring. The Chinese virus he called it, the fact that he refused to wear a mask, and held rallies where thousands of people were maskless. Yet followers were mesmerized by his speeches following him over the covid cliff, thousands of lives were cut short following Trump’s advice on Covid-19, one of those that died was my biological father who loved Trump, and supported ...

Island Lions Club Serving Youth

Editor, News-Register: Great things are happening and will continue to happen for the children and their families on Wheeling Island. On March 27th, many different individuals and organizations came together to bless them with an Easter Egg Hunt. Seeing kids smiling, laughing, and enjoying the beautiful day with their families and friends was the goal. It all started with the donation of Easter eggs and baskets from Walmart to the House of the Carpenter last spring. From there, the Wheeling Island Lions Club got involved, and then the Wheeling Island Community Association. Along came ...