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Life is so precious

To the Editor, The Neanderthal man He was half ape, half man Buried his dead Under a warm hearth Left some food in a bowl Took care of the lame Archaeologists digs have proven so Howling at the moon Sweating from the sun Life was precious to him Dreaming how to get to them Homosapiens envisioned heaven Because life is so precious A place to go after death Life is so precious Half ape half man the Neanderthal His cousin the Java man Lying around dreaming Could this life last forever? Life is so precious Steve Kopa Weirton

Connect needs with services

To the Editor, During the last couple years as Commissioner, I have become aware of services that are available that I wasn’t aware of before. I thought you might appreciate knowing this information because these are services that are already paid for by your tax dollars that might benefit your family. VA Bus Service is one. If you are a veteran and need to go to a doctor appointment at a VA, you can request this bus to pick you up and take you to and from the VA. Once at the VA, bus rider appointments are prioritized, and riders are normally back home by midday. VA Bus Service ...

The forgotten man and the bridge

To the Editor, The Wellsburg -Brilliant Bridge isn’t, that is, in Wellsburg at all. It has been constructed outside the city limits. That is a big deal for Wellsburg city residents who face ever-increasing water rate increases. Any business that would be constructed or opened after its completion would not have to pay the city business and operating tax. Bridges increase cash flow when they join two places that complement each other economically. It can have a powerful impact when an area that has a large money supply is connected to one that has goods or services to sell or people ...

Random thoughts

To the Editor, Mythology: The magic of light and dark, the sun rising, the moon at night, can make “unidentified flying objects” UFOs appear and disappear in seconds. The Earth: How much fracking and cracking can its core take before it implodes? Who or what is going to push the plunger to end civilization? Standing atop the mountain looking down into the valley the human race has become a disgrace. In the beginning, Cain slew his brother Abel and the killing never stopped. Earth’s survival chance in the universe is dwindling. Climate change deniers, Republicans 52% House ...

Remembering Martin Luther King

To the Editor, Sixty years have passed and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech still rings throughout the world. The champion of human rights, King believed that all men should live in peace and there be no more white-on-Black violence. Only history and remembrance can make them hate. But King had a dream that one day that in the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood and end racism and acknowledge that all men are created equal. Steve Kopa Weirton

Warnings for the future

(Editor’s note: This letter was submmted by Kim Gagich of Wellsburg on behalf of her mother, Nola Campbell, who died on July 5. Gagich said her mother was a big fan of the weekly letters to the editor and dictated this to her shortly before her death.) To the Editor, As a young girl, I lived through World War II. Aorund the radio, we listened nightly as a narcissistic, emented psychopath plowed through Europe, conquering country after country. Milions were killed; millions of Jewish brothers and sisters were burned in the ovenes. Are you aware that after Hitler took over, the civil ...