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A good word for this chaotic time

Local Columns

Words are vitally important. Sometimes one word or the wrong word can be disastrous. In the financial world, one wrong sell order sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen vs. 1 share at 610,000 yen, creating a massive loss. During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese propaganda broadcaster Hanoi Hannah used words Americans might mishear. American soldiers misheard her saying their units had been “eliminated” when she said “evacuated.” The Bible often talks about “words.” Scripture states, “so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty but will ...

Office services available at the Juniata County Library

Local Columns

Note: the Juniata County Library’s Board of Trustees meeting has moved from the first Monday of the month to the second Monday of the month. Their meetings are open to the public, held in the Virginia Swartz Community Room at 7 p.m. Do you need to fax something or make a copy? I don’t know of anywhere else in the area that offers a fax machine. Come to the Juniata County Library. Here is a rundown of the many office services we offer: Faxing: $1.25 per page. We can send or receive a fax on your behalf. Copying: 35¢ per side in black and white or $1 per page in color. ...

More renovations at MCL

Local Columns

By now, you probably know that Mifflin County Library is undergoing additional renovations. To say I’m thrilled is an understatement. I am very grateful to the county commissioners for valuing library service to Mifflin County and for valuing the work that we do. Because winter was so cold and so long, construction didn’t begin until mid-February. But once it started, it started in earnest. If you drive along North Wayne Street, you will see fencing and erosion control logs. Trees and shrugs have been removed as well as the top soil. The goal is to save this top soil for a later ...

Free nations must have capacity to defend freedom

Editorials

We agree with several points our U.S. Senator, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pittsburgh, made in a recent column. After observing the historical importance of the U.S. relationship with our European allies, McCormick wrote that the bond of NATO remains, “but, Secretary Rubio warned, it has grown weaker as our allies have pursued policies of managed decline. They have crippled their productive capacity with so-called ‘green energy’ policies, allowed deindustrialization to neuter their defense capabilities and neglected the very fabric of their own societies through mass, uncontrolled ...

Hunger takes a bite out of college

Editorials

There are things you think about a college student needing to pay for at school. The obvious cost is the tuition. The average cost of two semesters at a Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education school — the most affordable four-year institutions in the state — comes in at just under $8,000 per year. And yet that is not the actual price tag. It’s not even half. Various fees come in at about $4,000. Housing? You’re looking at another $7,000. Books tip the scales at more than $1,200. That’s $20,000 for just one year — and that’s without taking a bite. A meal plan at ...

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Remembering Steve Knudson: Success in multiple uniforms To the Editor: In the recent past couple of weeks, Lewistown lost a prominent, honorable public servant in Mr. Steve Knudson. He served for many years in a police uniform. I just wanted to let the public know that when he was a young man, he was very successful in another uniform. Because of the restructuring of the Mifflin County School District, much of the past athletic history is almost totally forgotten. Steve was the starting catcher on both the 1970 Lewistown High School and the 1971 Penn Highlands High School baseball ...