Letters to the Editor

Medical Innovation Is Necessary

Editor, News-Register: For my husband and I, raising and caring for our 15-year-old daughter with cerebellar hypoplasia comes with more than its fair share of challenges. Living with this intellectual development disability means our daughter relies on us for a variety of basic needs. I would very much like to see more medical research and development being done to discover and advance new treatments and therapies—both for my daughter’s condition and many others. That is why I cannot support efforts by some lawmakers to increase the government’s role in dictating prescription ...

Wellness Weekend Was a Success

Editor, News-Register: I’ve never written a letter to the editor before but after running the Ogden Half Marathon on Saturday, I wanted to publicly thank everyone who worked so hard to put on a first class event. I’ve run many races over the past 50 years and this was one of the best organized and executed events that I’ve ever seen. Everything from the race shirts featuring the Suspension Bridge, the smooth packet pick up process, the efficiently run race with smiling faces at every water stop and friendly police directing traffic, and the great crowd at the finish line ...

In Support of Pride on the Plaza

Editor, News-Register: I am writing to express my support for the upcoming Pride on the Plaza and address the concerns raised about the drag show featured in last year’s celebration, which has been unjustly labeled as “child abuse.” As a member of this community, I firmly believe that diversity and inclusion are vital elements for creating a healthy, thriving city. Pride provides an opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community to be seen, heard, and recognized, while allowing allies like me to demonstrate our support and solidarity. It is essential to acknowledge the historical ...

Helping Animals at the Shelter

Editor, News-Register: There’s been a lot lately re: Belmont County Animal Shelter. I am very happy as well as others a new building is in the works. The current kennels that house the dogs are certainly not safe. Plans of a new building have been spoken about for years. Plans for a new building were drawn up several years back. Why can’t they use those plans, find the property and let’s get it done. There have been a lot of cash donations of estates that can get it started. The five dogs that recently went to Canada is wonderful. I do not understand why no photos were shared ...

Colliding With Past on Main Street

Editor, News-Register: The article in the April 30th edition of The Intelligence about the train car being found buried at Main and 16th streets was more than interesting. An old pamphlet titled “Leading Events,” giving wheeling history from 1800 to 1908, lists several B&O train accidents. On May 9, 1881, an engine and cars plunged through the bridge near the city station. Also on June 2, 1893, an engine jumped the tracks at Main Street, plunging into the Higgins building. Another accident happened on July 6, 1896, when the trestle bridge was swept away by the flooding of ...

Preserve Local Hospital’s History

Editor, News-Register: The Friends of OVMC and their efforts to preserve a piece of history from the wrecking ball are to be praised, and the WVU Medicine decision-makers would do well to consider their requests. Too often Wheeling city planners obliterate what has been with no consideration of its historical value. If WVU Medicine is wise, it will help the city reverse some of its myopic destruction. As a child riding with my parents and brothers, I recall passing the orange neon OVGH sign as it was blazing through the night of a Wheeling pea soup fog, serving as a beacon of ...