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Rounding Third: Two old buddies in the leaves and weeds

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It’s just past 10:00 a.m. and Old Tom is standing in my backyard. He has been a shoveling, bending, tugging figure out there for almost 20 years. Like me, Tom moves slower today than when he first agreed to help me. Today he is wearing a floppy hat, jacket, Bermudas and work boots, his usual costume for Spring. When he shows up at my house, he’s dressed for work. I first met Tom at church, 40-plus years ago. He and MaryLou were regulars but I never knew them well. Years passed. Tom retired and turned toward his hobby, gardening. Yet when church members needed help, Tom stepped ...

Our opinion: WAHS student group shows true leadership

Our Opinion

Earlier this year Warren Area High School students formed a Leadership Club to promote inclusion and bring students from special education and general education together through meaningful events. The group’s first event will take place April 30 from 1 to 2 p.m. when the Leadership Club brings Warren Area High School’s inaugural Color Run to life on the track behind the Warren County Career Center for a one-mile run. Along the route, volunteers from the Key Club and Warren Area Elementary Center students will throw colors on the runners at four designated stations around the ...

Our opinion: State parks a vital resource

Our Opinion

As warmer weather approaches, state officials are reporting a surge in reservations for campsites in state parks and forests. According to an article in Tuesday’s Sun-Gazette, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is seeing a nearly 30% increase compared to last year. We can’t say that we find the increase surprising — Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests are some of its under-appreciated gems. Pennsylvania offers residents and visitors 124 state parks, encompassing more than 300,000 acres. The parks offer a wide variety of recreational opportunities ...

Our opinion: State Police security lapses are inexcusable

Our Opinion

There’s a lot to unpack in the days after an arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion. We should all be able to agree that security around Gov. Josh Shapiro was inexcusably lax given that one of the most notorious recent acts of political violence had taken place in Butler, Pa., during last year’s presidential campaign. It’s hard to fathom how Cody Balmer was able to climb a fence, smash a window, enter the governor’s mansion, use a Molotov cocktail to start a fire and then escape. Police didn’t catch Balmer - he turned himself in. It’s worth mentioning the ...

Trump talk is more fable than truth

Letters To Editor

Dear Editor, Listening to the President reminds me of the old parlor game of determining which story is true and which story is false but with Trump it is which story is false and which story is half false? Trump’s illusory, self serving rhetoric is as fanciful as children’s fairy tales except children tales have a moral lesson, remember Jack and the Beanstalk? Once upon a time, good son, Jack, and his impoverished, widowed Mother were out of food. Grocery prices were rising, and gasoline was expensive. Their milk selling income was tenuous, at best. Out of desperation, they ...

Trump deals strongly with Houthi militants

Letters To Editor

Dear Editor, Recently, the Houthi terrorists of Yemen were decisively attacked by our military as a warning to stop attacking and disrupting shipping in the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Somehow, attack plans were leaked to Trump-hating Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic magazine. Of course, the attack was a success and no classified information was leaked. Left-wing distortions are expected. Still,the leak shouldn't have happened. National Security Administrator Mike Waltz has accepted responsibility. As this is written, the cause is not clear. To some, it's conceivable ...