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Councilman Criticized

Editor, News-Register: Jerry Sklavounakis Ward 4 Wheeling City Council member, voted for the medical complex. He states, “... that the property owner, it’s for his son.” Jerry what about the entire community of this area? Since when does a doctor need daddy to foot his practice? The lot was used for storage and residence for professors and coaches. You stood up fighting in opposition for your Woodsdale project, that would have benefited, “economic growth.” How do you perceive medical offices are promoting economic growth, when you had a huge complex denied in ...

What Pro-Lifers Do

Editor, News-Register: The pro- life movement involves serving families and the community in a variety of ways. First and foremost, the pro-life movement is active in protecting all life, no matter the size, the age, or the degree of dependency. This letter will deal specifically with the protection of the unborn and the help available to women dealing with unwanted and unplanned pregnancies. Through various local agencies, these women are offered encouragement and empowerment to continue in their pregnancy — coming aside one of these such mothers and helping her grow through ...

Return on Investment?

Editor, News-Register: The kids are going to be out of school for weeks, if not months. Over half the students at the high school level are disengaged from remote learning and not participating in synchronous instruction. Ohio County Schools has instituted no accountability for synchronous instruction and attendance by students is voluntary. There is a disconnect in communication between parents and schools. And how is central office responding to all this? With a Tik-Tok challenge. Rome is burning, and the administrators are having a dance-off while it happens. The next time you ...

Will It Be ‘Trump Flu?’

Editor, News-Register: With the pending appointment of John Kerry for “climate czar,” a thought came to me. How long will it take the liberals to refer to the China, COVID-19, or whatever name one prefers to start calling the present virus “THE TRUMP FLU?” For those of you who remember, John Kerry loved calling the Vietnam War “Nixon’s War,” as if Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara didn’t exist. I’m guessing the more the virus lingers with us, the more my prediction will come true. I’m almost sure it will be called the TRUMP FLU during the 2022 elections, ...

Bransfield Sinned

Editor, News-Register: I’m not a Catholic but my son-in-law is. My daughter is not, but they chose to raise their three children as Catholics. They were appalled, as I was, when I told them what has been in the paper about Michael Bransfield. Never once have I read that he ever asked God and the people he hurt for forgiveness. If a regular citizen embezzled money or sexually abused someone, they’d go to prison. Is it because he was a bishop and he’s protected by the Vatican? I know in my heart that if anyone — and I do mean anyone — ever sexually abused someone ...

Poisoning Minds

Editor, News-Register: The Sunday News-Register on Oct. 4 printed a commentary by Charles Rogerson, an English professor at West Virginia Northern Community College. Rogerson refers to President Trump as “the champion of white supremacy,” further stating that Trump plays golf, a mostly “white” sport. So, that must mean that black people who prefer basketball over golf are racist, right? Rogerson then insults Ben Carson, calling him a “token black” in Trump’s Cabinet, and states that Tiger Woods is merely “tolerated” in the world of golf. Trump supporters are ...