Community
has lost
a leader
The community has lost Mike Andrews.
To truly understand how important he has been to our town you have but to look at the faces of our local firefighters this week and the others who have worked with "Mike" the past four decades.
He has faced hurdles in his life, but took them in a calm stride ...
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It's time
for the right
involvement
Some local people may have the right idea about getting the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the state and county health departments hopping into investigating the local cancer cluster.
The answers are not going to be easy or fast to uncover, and it will take positive public involvement t ...
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Local attack
needs action
Our community received a sad and troubling report this week that a local elderly man and his wife were attacked in their home by a man with a bat. After the attack, Frank Rios, age 81, died on Monday at the hospital, according to the Seneca County Sheriff's Office.
What can anyone find in any mid ...
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Attention we
don't need
Ohio, Alabama and other states have been receiving some very unwanted attention this year due the General Election next week.
National media reported that Alabama has several counties where voter registration exceed 100 percent of the adult residents who live there. Thus, there is an investigatio ...
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Issue 6 must
be rejected
The proposed casino law being proposed for the State of Ohio is not all that it's cracked up to be.
At a time when we are seeing businesses closing, we recommend that voters remain cautious and not believe adding a casino will solve serious state problems. The state has survived the Great Depress ...
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Pass
Issue 5
In recent weeks, the public has been lambasted with TV advertisements about Ohio's Issue 5 on the Nov. 4 ballot.
It is one of those issues that has become very confusing.
The latest campaign by its backers present the opinion that the issue is about jobs. Earlier this year, the same backers pus ...
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Do not settle
for average
If you are a senior at Clyde High School today and plan to enter a four-year college or university in Fall 2009, you should have already taken the ACT and have it on its way to your choice university.
To be average among those going into colleges, you must have a minimum 21 comprehensive score.
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It's the law, not
common sense
This has been a week of ups and downs. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the City of Clyde cannot totally ban guns from local parks as the local government does not have that right.
Now as citizens in Ohio local residents must trust that sheriff's all over the state have been and will be respon ...
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It's been
a shocking
experience
Shocking.
That is the word the school board legal counsel used Monday night to describe the alleged scheme used by the former superintendent to defraud our schools of money.
It was a shocking announcement on July 28 when the board voted to put the superintendent on paid leave. It was shocking t ...
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Still waiting
for answers
What is cancer doing to our community?
We have seen friend after friend die from cancer. We have had a cancer cluster of children in our community for several years and yet no one at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or State Health Department has answers.
As a newspaper, we deal with th ...
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November vote concerns many local issues
What an amazing election the nation has before them on Nov. 4.
Yes, there will be weeks on positive and negative campaigning, but no matter which ticket - Republican or Democrat - this will be an election of firsts for the United States.
Our nation will have either an African-American Pres ...
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Despite problems,
our assets remain
The national economy has had local residents on pins and needles for over a year now. Gas prices are high, food prices are escalating, and every utility bill is growing.
It's even become a hassle to buy a gallon of gas as every station now wants pre-pay due to the repeated thefts they have encou ...
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Now it's up to the pup owners
The City of Clyde recent installed a "puppy park" on South Street along the north end of Community Park.
There have been multiple complaints about area residents allowing dogs to run free in the fenced ball diamonds - which was never the purpose of those facilities.
The city already has ...
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We would all
like a vacation
The news today is that the price of petroleum dropped to $113 a barrel. It may be a slight reprieve, but gasoline customers are waiting for the other shoe to drop sometime after Labor Day.
The cost of gasoline is still swinging between $3.59 and $4 a gallon so local residents are spending their d ...
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Be responsible
for comments
Since the announcement of the investigation of the local school superintendent on July 28, gossip and rumors have been abundant in the community.
Such is to be expected, but it still should not be promoted.
While gossip is as old as time, new technology has taken it to a whole new level. A comm ...
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Schools still need support
With the current investigation into "irregularities" in the finances of the Clyde-Green Springs school superintendent's office, we have to emphasize not to throw the baby out with the bath water.
The situation may give the community and school district a black eye for a time, but we've had them b ...
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This village
is a treasure
Politicians and often those touting a cause use the phrase - "It takes a village to raise a child".
In our extended little community of Clyde, Green Springs and the townships, people here go far past that. Look at what this "village" has to offer its children: A wonderful auditorium for grade sch ...
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Reasons
to be proud
Families in our community must be doing things right.
As a town, we have had to deal with our share of sadness this summer and recent past.
But we have also had our share of bright moments that reflect well on this population of around 10,000 people.
Locally, a boy in elementary school used h ...
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Fireworks issue gone to far again
Each year as we approach the Fourth of July, the same thing happens - fire crackers and fireworks start popping.
While fireworks are a part of America's heritage, using them foolishly is not.
In nearby Toledo, how many people lost their apartments and homes over the weekend due to reckless use ...
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Honor those who saved
the world
Two local veterans were given a chance to visit the World War II Memorial last week in Washington D.C. through the Honor Flight program.
The trip was a wonderful way to recognize the veterans who are part of what is now called the "Greatest Generation".
Sixty years ago, Allied soldiers literall ...
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