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Let’s shine for our seniors

To the Editor, To the Weir High School Class of 2020 and especially our senior athletes: As we left school over a month ago, I put three words on the whiteboard in the team locker room — “Adapt, Adopt, Adjust”. This was advice given to me by a coach/mentor many years ago. It is no longer a slogan but a reality for all of us as we live through this pandemic. We are all living in a yet to be written 20th Century History textbook chapter. As parents you will be telling your children about the “Pandemic of 2020” and telling them about the life changes that occurred because of ...

A different kind of campaign

To the Editor, Recently, I was surprised during an online “house party” with good friends from the Northern Panhandle they had not heard of Stephen Smith. They also told me they have not seen many yard signs for his campaign. As a former Weirton resident, I encourage you to get to know Stephen by visiting wvcantwait.com or attending a Zoom house party with him before you cast your vote on June 9. I am a registered Independent and had never volunteered or donated to a political campaign until this year. My concern for the amount of money needed to run for office and the fact that ...

Survival of the fittest

To the Editor, This is President Donald J. Trump’s day in history. Spanish Flu: By the summer of 1919, the flu pandemic came to an end. How? Those that were infected either died or developed immunity. Answer, survival of the fittest. COVID-19: With no vaccine available, I am not going to try and explain it, but if you get it, you might not get it again. Social distancing: It’s been used throughout history, but for the president and pundits to credit the public on how well the public is cooperating is a little over the top. Sorry, no one volunteered for self isolation. ...

Pollution is on the rebound

To the Editor, It is good to hear a conservative tell a liberal he has some good points (James Johnson from Follansbee to Steve Kopa of Weirton in Easter Sunday’s Editor Letter). Mr. Johnson had some excellent points also, about car battery disposal and one time use throw away plastic bottles. What I was astounded to read was, “The sky from Pittsburgh along the Ohio River used to be black with smoke, but now it is clear as can be, so where is the pollution?” Mr. Johnson, it is in your backyard! It’s called the Coke Plant. On days of atmospheric inversion you can smell the toxic ...

Don’t live in fear

To the Editor, There are two go-to “media doctors” in America: the good Doctors Oz and Drew. When this lockdown started in early March, both of them were frequently on TV, being asked their opinions by the solemn-faced talk show yakkers. Dr. Oz was applauding the lockdown, saying how terrible and dangerous COVID-19 is. Dr. Drew, conversely, was giving reasons as to why it was all totally unnecessary, and saying COVID-19 wasn’t much worse than a bad cold for many, indeed most, people. Also, that it had likely been here for months, already, as many other doctors have said. Dr. ...

Electric cars aren’t the answer

To the Editor, The April 5 letter written by Steve Kopa had some good points, but I think he missed some, too (“An invisible enemy”) He wants cuts in the use of fossil fuel. Coal use, though, is at an all-time low; power plants are closed; and enough new, natural gas-fired power plants are not online to have a big impact. The sky from Pittsburgh along the Ohio River to the Mississippi used to be black with smoke, but now is as clear as it can be. So, where is the pollution? I’m sure the writer has no electric wires to his house and has solar power and a wind ...