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Career funding good first start

Editorials

It turns out state officials are, indeed, working toward bringing more supports to public school students who are already thinking about life after high school graduation. Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce in August announced $7.1 million for the Career Pathway Support Networks Request for Applications. The money is part of a two-year effort to prepare students for in-demand careers through “advising, mentoring, exposure to various professions, and expanded career-technical education,” according to DeWine’s office. Funding will be distributed ...

Library cards can open new worlds

Editorials

There are many important activities recognized during September. One, of course, is the Labor Day holiday, which we just celebrated. Another occurs a little more than a week from now, on Patriot Day, when we remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. September also is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and local libraries are encouraging area residents who don’t already have the credential to register for one. According to the American Library Association, 66 percent of Americans have a library card. The simple item can open up a world of possibilities, from ...

Tell them your stories, they’re gonna need them

Local Columns

Once again, I am going to quote Benson Boone. He is the young singer I mentioned in my last two columns. He sings “Beautiful Things,” the song which my grandson just loves. Only this time, I am going to reference a song he entitled, “Momma Song.” It, too, is beautiful. But unlike last time, I won’t ask you to listen to it. Instead, I am going to quote a couple of the lyrics. You may wonder why I am using this space to quote the words of someone else? After all, this is Julie’s article, not Benson Boone’s. And yet, his words are ones I wish I could have ...

Guest column/What is the fate of the Hancock County Museum?

Local Columns

There are so many things of import occurring nationally, on the state stage, around the county and within local governments that, on one hand, the fate of the Hancock County Museum hardly seems worthy of attention, yet, on the other hand, it is of utmost importance. It is a fine example of life in the late 1880s and has served as a teaching tool, as a gathering place, as a repository of valuable artifacts and as a place to hold receptions. Yet, it appears to be falling into ruin as noted by the boarded windows. Is the roof leaking? If so, it is leaking rain and dust onto a truly ...

Labor Day offers chance to reflect

Editorials

Labor Day is traditionally the end of the summer vacation season. Children are back in school for the long haul now. Football has resumed. The daylight hours are noticeably shorter. Thus, most take the day as a good day off for one last picnic, one last swim, one last day out in the backyard with the family while summer’s warmth is still in the air. But it is more. Labor leader Samuel Gompers sums up what will be celebrated Monday: “All other holidays are in a more-or-less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s prowess over man, of strife and discord for ...

Will socialism prevail?

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: A cultural shift in the United States of America is occurring right before our very eyes. What is it? Political dogma saturates us. Are we to be a nation abiding by the ideals stated by our Founding Fathers? That is, each person can live freely, prosper in accordance with his native abilities and thereby flourish. Some will flourish while others may not do as well. Each man should be free to pursue his own lifestyle within the boundaries of reasonable laws, so say our Founding Fathers. But new ideals have emerged, ideals that perhaps are superior to those stated ...