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Local Commentaries

Stay-at-home mom sees social benefits of cyber schooling

People often think that cyber school students lack socialization. As the mother of a student who attends a public cyber school, I can attest: that has not been our experience. I am a stay-at-home mom with three children. My oldest is a second grader who has been enrolled at PA Cyber since ...

School board plans dismiss needs of children

This is an open letter to the Warren County School District Board of Education. Just who are you helping with your program of consolidation? You certainly are not helping the children of the county. I am a retired elementary teacher, a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Youngsville ...

Deconstructing the green scheme

For years we have endured the unending mantra against “greedy” oil companies, while hearing no criticism for greedy Green Energy companies gobbling up trillions of dollars in corporate welfare. It seems rather duplicitous. The Climate Cult claimed that “Green Energy” was so cheap we ...

View from Hickory Heights: Credit card lessons

Do you have credit cards? I venture that most of you do. You cannot do many things if you do not have a card on file. When Don and I went to Alaska we made the arrangements with our credit cards. We decided who was going to pay for what and went ahead. I took the plane reservations. He took ...

Finding conflict at LGBTQIA talk

Issuing a general invitation through a front page story in the Times Observer (Jan. 13), I attended the presentation called “Examining LGBTQIA+ Scripture: A Conversation on Inclusion and Understanding” at a local church given by a pastor. The pastor justifying LGBTQIA sexual ...

Snowed in for winter

No, I am not actually snowed in, but it feels like it. Now do not get me wrong. I do not mind being home. I like the feeling of being in a safe place. Years ago, I told my minister that I would not be in church if I was not sure I could get back home. He was not impressed. Later that year ...