Letters to the Editor

Preventing Use of Tobacco

Editor, News-Register: As a grandparent, I am concerned about the skyrocketing youth tobacco use rates. More than one in five high schoolers now use e-cigarettes. And we know that kids who use e-cigarettes are more likely to try conventional cigarettes. But there is good news: We know how we can reverse these disturbing trends in West Virginia. Investing in prevention and cessation programs is proven to help prevent kids from starting to use tobacco and help people who are already addicted to quit. In West Virginia, this program has already been successful by helping to decrease ...

Trump Should Concede

Editor, News-Register: As a result of the November presidential election in which former vice-president Joe Biden garnered 306 electoral votes, defeating convincingly the 232 electoral votes of current President Donald Trump, Mr. Biden has earned the title of president-elect. Coincidentally, this year’s result is identical to the Electoral College victory of then-candidate Trump over Hillary Clinton, which Trump often referred to as his “landslide victory” in 2016, making him the 45th president of our great nation, even though Mr. Trump lost the popular vote to Mrs. Clinton by ...

Councilman Criticized

Editor, News-Register: Jerry Sklavounakis Ward 4 Wheeling City Council member, voted for the medical complex. He states, “... that the property owner, it’s for his son.” Jerry what about the entire community of this area? Since when does a doctor need daddy to foot his practice? The lot was used for storage and residence for professors and coaches. You stood up fighting in opposition for your Woodsdale project, that would have benefited, “economic growth.” How do you perceive medical offices are promoting economic growth, when you had a huge complex denied in ...

What Pro-Lifers Do

Editor, News-Register: The pro- life movement involves serving families and the community in a variety of ways. First and foremost, the pro-life movement is active in protecting all life, no matter the size, the age, or the degree of dependency. This letter will deal specifically with the protection of the unborn and the help available to women dealing with unwanted and unplanned pregnancies. Through various local agencies, these women are offered encouragement and empowerment to continue in their pregnancy — coming aside one of these such mothers and helping her grow through ...

Return on Investment?

Editor, News-Register: The kids are going to be out of school for weeks, if not months. Over half the students at the high school level are disengaged from remote learning and not participating in synchronous instruction. Ohio County Schools has instituted no accountability for synchronous instruction and attendance by students is voluntary. There is a disconnect in communication between parents and schools. And how is central office responding to all this? With a Tik-Tok challenge. Rome is burning, and the administrators are having a dance-off while it happens. The next time you ...

Will It Be ‘Trump Flu?’

Editor, News-Register: With the pending appointment of John Kerry for “climate czar,” a thought came to me. How long will it take the liberals to refer to the China, COVID-19, or whatever name one prefers to start calling the present virus “THE TRUMP FLU?” For those of you who remember, John Kerry loved calling the Vietnam War “Nixon’s War,” as if Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara didn’t exist. I’m guessing the more the virus lingers with us, the more my prediction will come true. I’m almost sure it will be called the TRUMP FLU during the 2022 elections, ...