Dean Dairy supports our community
Lori Weston, Mercer
I just read the article about Brookfield schools awarding their milk contract to Turner instead of Dean’s. To put it mildly I am appalled.
Dean Dairy is not just a local dairy, they are an invaluable asset to our community. They are involved in our community.
Who always donates for a good cause? Just ask any non-profit organization or school group and they will tell you it is Dean Dairy. Who always places ads and buys tickets for a charitable banquet? Again, Dean Dairy.
As for quality of milk, Dean’s has the highest of standards and they certainly meet those standards. What a low blow to accuse them of inferior milk.
Let’s look beyond the moment and focus on the future of our community. I believe that it is imperative that we support our local businesses. After all, do we need to have more layoffs or plant closings?
Retailers should not bear cost of recycling bins
Frank E. Little, Hermitage
The recent letter making a mindless attack on Walmart was appallingly thoughtless. Since when is a private business responsible for hosting public recycling bins on its property and to assign a paid employee to police the behavior of “degenerates” that abuse the recycling bins?
Instead of criticism, Walmart should be thanked for service to the community for hosting those bins all those years for free. Walmart got tired of garbage dumped there, how many “local” businesses stepped up to offer some community service? Exactly none. Where was local government, who would seem to be the proper authority for policing illegal dumping. No arrest authority has been given to Walmart. Heck, they don’t even sell guns anymore at Greenville. But I saw no criticism whatsoever of the failure of Greenville for its own trash problem.
So where were all those who extol the virtues of local businesses and demonize Walmart as a global destroyer? Even the proposed silly solution of loading this community responsibility onto Walmart came late, after the move of the bins had already been made and the costs incurred. So what was the real objective of the letter? It just seems like sour grapes against Walmart.
Not that Walmart is perfect, it isn’t. But, what is the rationale for loading this burden on Walmart, as opposed to Tractor Supply or Peebles or Giant Eagle or Rite-Aid, etc.? Perhaps even one of the mythical “mom and pop” businesses could be assigned trash duty? It seems like Greenville has adopted a welfare mentality under Act 47 that they are “owed” help from everybody else. No free lunches anymore. It’s time to take responsibility, tax adequately and take out your own trash.
Opinion
Letters to the editor - June 30, 2009
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Juicy tips will be far fewer without ‘Scoop’ on the phone
I enjoyed calling him Scoop. I was the newspaper guy, but for more years than I can remember, Gary Douglas was at the other end of phone calls on a regular basis.
“Did you hear about this? Did you hear about that? Did you hear about so-and-so? Better check this out. I’ll bet you haven’t heard about this.”
That usually was the flow of the conversation. Most of the time he was right. Some of the tips turned into stories that were fit to print, and others not so much.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear-mongering
To hear some folks tell it, it’s no longer morning in America, it’s five minutes to midnight. They say the United States, once the greatest nation on Earth, is today on a glide path to the ash heap of history.
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Super Bowl Sunday brings a super boost for the local economy
The game is more than a glitzy international event. It serves as a one-day boon to local economies like ours here at home.
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Punxsutawney Phil, Mitt and a litany of bad GOP hopefuls
Here are some thoughts from a guy who doesn’t put a whole lot of stock in rascally rodents that make weather forecasts.
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In Ed Likovich’s yard, apples don’t fall very far from the tree
Adage tells us that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. It really applies to the Likovich family of Hermitage, specifically Ed the father and teacher and Ed the son and student.
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A smaller state legislature? Don’t hold your breath
Don't tell me that our state General Assembly is finally going to do what should have been done many years ago – cut the size of the Legislature.
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A sad end to life: History will determine JoePa’s legacy
I had the privilege, yes privilege and honor, of meeting Joe Paterno several times in my life, both as a student at Penn State and in my role as editor of The Herald. It was with a heavy heart when I learned that he was near death during the Mercer County Hall of Fame’s annual dinner at the Park Inn by Radisson Saturday, and that he had died Sunday.
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OUR VIEW: Dearth of candidate interest defies worth of legislative races
In case you hadn’t noticed, this is an election year. Actually every year is, but this is one of the big ones. Sure, there’s some sort of presidential race going on, but that’s just a sideshow to where the real action in this year’s election is – or at least should be.
Voters across the country will be electing every member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and here in Mercer County voters will help decide who represents three state House districts. -
Hall of Fame weekend stirs memories of ‘good old days’
Is there anything better than reminiscing about the “good old days”? That’s why I love the Mercer County Hall of Fame’s annual induction weekend.
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We couldn’t fool anyone - the neighborhood always snitched
An old African proverb tells us that it takes a village to raise a child. At least two books drawing lessons from the proverb have been written, including the most famous in 1996 by Hilary Clinton, “It Takes A Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us.”
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