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Remember concert etiquette during holiday To the Editor: Christmas concert season is fast approaching, a time when family and friends are invited to hear what their students and their teachers have been preparing for many weeks. For concerts to be rewarding experiences for everybody, music teachers (this writer included) would like their audiences to remember these respectful behaviors: 1. Please turn off or silence all cell phones during the performance. 2. We know you are excited to see your student on stage and want him/her to know you are there. However, waving or shouting at ...

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American Education Week lasts through Nov. 22 To the Editor: American Education Week is Nov. 18 through 22. It is a celebration of public schools and an opportunity to say thank you to the many folks who come together to help our students learn and grow. Here in Pennsylvania, we honor the amazing people who work in our public schools, from classroom teachers and paraprofessionals to cafeteria workers and bus drivers to school nurses, counselors, and mental health professionals, among many others. Their commitment to educating our students in safe and healthy environments ...

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Share gratitude for Griffith and Rager To the Editor: In closing out my tenure as the President of Mifflin County Veterans’ Association, there are two men I want to publicly recognize and wholeheartedly thank. Mifflin County Plant Manager Lonnie Griffith, who for a number of years also supervised and directed the care and the maintenance of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Monument Square, Downtown Lewistown. It is certainly the “Gem” of the town simply put, “It’s Beautiful!” The second fellow I would like to recognize is Ben Rager, Lewistown Borough director of ...

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Thank God, leadership institute, and LUMINA To the Editor: As we head into the season of Thanksgiving, we hope that many will spend time reflecting on the goodness of God, in spite of our current circumstances politically. If we continually dwell on the negatives of these times, we simply fall further into depression and poverty, of spirit, body and mind, and we really can’t afford to fall any further! To counter this, then, we must focus on the positives, be grateful for our blessings and marvel in God’s goodness, because God is good... ALL THE TIME! My hope is that this ...

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Local church appreciates God and flock To the Editor: Acts 22:15- For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard. God has called believers to go into the world and speak of His message of love and salvation through the blood of Jesus, our Savior. We, at the Schrader U.M. Church, are always grateful for our Father in Heaven for all He has and still is doing for us today. We want to take this time to give special thanks to those who He has called to be shepherds to His flock. Sunday after Sunday, we at Schrader have been blessed with those He has ...

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Voters: Do you want capitalism or socialism? To the Editor: Sometimes Trump says things that make me cringe. But, under his presidency despite most liberal media against him, the false Russian collusion Mueller investigation, and the two impeachment attempts we largely had, in my opinion, peace and security. He was attempting to wind down the Afghan war, gas prices were good, and inflation and unemployment were low. In my opinion, his tax cut lowered corporate tax rates allowing profits to flow back into the country. He also cut nearly everyone’s income taxes. Contrast that with ...