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Thanks to hospital, first responders To the Editor: Almost a month ago, having been injured with a collapsed lung and broken ribs, I experienced services from the following: 1. FAME EMS – impressive in stabilizing my injuries. 2. Geisinger Lewistown Trauma ER doctor – outstanding with his handling of my injuries. 3. All-female ambulance staff that transported to Danville –extremely competent and so very kind to me. Thanks to each of you for such outstanding care during my emergency. Sincerely, Connie Goodwin Lewistown

Thanks to hospital, first responders

To the Editor: Almost a month ago, having been injured with a collapsed lung and broken ribs, I experienced services from the following: 1. FAME EMS – impressive in stabilizing my injuries. 2. Geisinger Lewistown Trauma ER doctor – outstanding with his handling of my injuries. 3. All-female ambulance staff that transported to Danville –extremely competent and so very kind to me. Thanks to each of you for such outstanding care during my emergency. Sincerely, Connie Goodwin Lewistown

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We know that Biden’s to blame To the Editor: Despite how Joe Biden and his out of touch administration officials try to spin it, it’s clear to Pennsylvanians that the American middle class is in a recession. The most recent jobs report — a direct reflection on Joe Biden’s failed agenda — showed the economy slowing after YEARS of the middle class consistently being hammered by inflation thanks to Biden and Democrat’s excessive spending. What’s worse, the cumulative real wealth of the middle class has fallen by over $2 trillion in the last year. That means an average ...

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Reminders of human disaster To the Editor: I’m really mad again — this time because I’ve just read a book, “Saving Aziz,” which tells the story of an Afghan interpreter for the military and his rescue from the Taliban and arrival in the US. What makes me mad is that, in recounting the story of the evacuation of Afghanistan, it reminds me of what a colossal and unnecessary human disaster that event was. It occurred because of several catastrophic errors in judgment – the surrender of Bagram airbase, the decision to put the administration of the event in the hands of the ...

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What Pennsylvania Rural Counties Need! To the Editor: The rural counties DO NOT NEED corporations with ambitious, overpaid CEOs looking for cheap labor in a state with a low corporate income tax rate and a state that does not have a graduated income tax that taxes the wealthy at a higher tax rate than working class taxpayers. They would prefer a state like Pennsylvania with a high sales tax rate that hurts lower income workers and their families. Pennsylvania’s rural counties DO need a good healthcare system that doesn’t charge users an arm and two legs for their services, ...

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Response to Mr. Sellers, published on July 1 I would like to respond to the letter published by Mr. Stephen Sellers published on July 1, 2023. Where do I start? Let’s go in order. 1. Yes, Biden did stop the Keystone Pipeline, a pipeline, I may add, that led from Mexico to Canada and had no stops at American oil refineries, but instead, would have ruined the drinking water of Native American tribes and their tribal lands. But I guess that people like Mr. Sellers don’t care about the lives of the Native Americans that the pipeline would have destroyed, as if enough of theirs was not ...