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To the Editor: As a retired District Court Administrator of the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas, I am pleased to write this letter in support of Jonathan Reed for the position of Common Pleas Judge for the Court of Common Pleas. Currently, Jonathan serves the Court of Magisterial District Judge to which he was elected in 2015 and began serving in 2016. He has proven himself to be a sound jurist as he had a deep understanding of the law, is respectful, patient, fair minded and conscientious. Jonathan began his career with the Court as a Juvenile Probation Officer. He subsequently ...

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Did you know? Did you know that potentially more Russian soldiers have died in the battle for Bakmut in the Ukraine than we (U.S.) forces lost in the Korean Conflict? Did you know that potentially more Russian soldiers have died in the first year of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine than we lost during the entire Vietnam war? Many people may be unaware of the gravity of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Its toll on human life. How it has displaced millions of people, women and children and subjected millions more to the outright cruelty of the invader’s. These facts are facts that ...

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To the Editor: We would like to take the time to thank those who helped with the Easter Egg Hunt this year. First and foremost, we would like to thank those on the Easter Egg hunt Committee that dedicated countless hours to make the event possible. We would also like to thank all of our donors – Our Bike donors: Rosewood Kitchens, Tony Dalton, Cory Snook, Alice Gray, Pame Construction, Jeannie and Tom Reese, Sandy and Joe Harbaugh, Blairs Mills Lions Club, Roberta Garber, Lindsay Landis, Steve Casner, Chris Casner, Josh Imes, Bill Baum, Matt Lynch, Carol and Joel Love, Lori ...

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Parents don’t want kids exposed to ‘deviants’ In his latest diatribe, Mr. Becht, refers to anyone objecting to children being exploited by the trans community as haters. Yes, it is getting near to hate when a parent cannot send their child to school without that child being imposed upon by deviants who offer nothing in the form of education but instead indoctrinate children into believing that those who mimic women are somehow a reflection of moral behavior. Mr. Becht, I remember from the days on my first job out of college working for the City of New York that the term ...

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To The Editor: I keep hearing the administration pushing “Man Caused Climate Change” and EV’S (electric vehicles) along with their predictions of worldwide doom. I have some practical facts for everyone to consider: They keep saying that the oceans are going to rise catastrophically in ten years or less if we don’t make ourselves miserable with drastic changes to the way we live. I remind you that the doomsayers were predicting that it would happen in twenty years, that the Statue of Liberty would be nearly underwater, and that was twenty years ago. The statue of Liberty is ...

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First veto I want their names Who are the people controlling President Biden? I want their names! It is obvious Biden is not in control of himself let alone our government’s executive branch. We are being led by greedy unelected bureaucrats. The Labor department changed their rules to allow environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) to be used in retirement plans. Why should you care, you may ask? This Labor Department’s ruling would allow the managers of pension and retirement funds to put your money into risky green energy stock. Currently and in the past retirement ...