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Our VIEW: Appreciated—Restoration work draws tip of hat
By the time you read this, the last of the snow and ice that hit the area Jan. 27-28 will have or will be melting away under warmer temperatures. With below-freezing temperatures keeping the precipitation pretty solid on back roads until the thaw, the job of clearing those roads or making them passable, and restoring electricity to people who lost power when the ice felled trees and electric lines, was left to a concentration of individuals wh...
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Reader’s VIEW:Inconsiderate—Motorists need to slow down in school zone
Dear Editor, In the past I have made pleas about drivers respecting the speed limit in my neighborhood, and I have all but given up hope that drivers care at all about the safety of children and animals in my neighborhood. Drivers are too self-absorbed and inconsiderate and mindlessly continue to endanger my children. However, I find it inexcusable that drivers completely disregard the speed limit around Point Pleasant Intermediate School in t...
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Reader’s VIEW: Healing hands — Group works to help those in need
Dear Editor, It has been observed that those in nursing homes need special attention. They need visitors badly. Some of them need to be taken out; for example, they need to be taken shopping or out to dinner. Those who can’t leave the nursing home need items brought to them. Some people need someone to talk to, while others need someone to sit and read to them. The Bible is a good example of reading material. What about just sitting with some...
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Guest View
Dear Editor, There are arguably more slaves in the world today than at any time in the past 300 years — and most of them are being trafficked for sexual purposes. The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 passed both chambers of Congress with no debate right before Christmas. The bill that will crack down on sex traffickers in the United States and abroad and also provide more help to victims was signed...
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Coverage causes undue harm
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a front-page article printed Dec. 19 in the Point Pleasant Register that I find both appalling and unjust. I am thankful for the efforts of our state police and I realize that media are a necessity in a free society, but the coordination of the two often interferes with the idealism of “innocent until proven guilty.” I was stunned to see Steven Jordan’s picture plastered on the front page beneath headl...
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Preserve school property
Dear Editor, On a recent rainy Saturday morning I yearned to write this analytical letter on a subject that has been near and dear to my heart for a long time. The idea is a simple one: preserving the old Point Pleasant High School — and recently Point Pleasant Middle School — property for posterity where legions of Mason County youths attained their higher education. My faithful memories go back to an era when the school buses had long bench...
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