News Stories for June 2010
Stories for Friday, June 25
<b>‘Educators must work longer’</b>
In response to your article about re-employed retirees, we at STRS Ohio believe that pension reform is needed and educators must work longer.In the past, as the Ohio Legislature has made changes to the rules governing re-employed retirees, STRS Ohio has made adjustments to help ensure that re-employed retirees do ...
<b>‘Wakeup call?’</b>
The King of Kings statue should be replaced. If (it is) not, this would just be another example of taking God and Jesus Christ out of our lives. ...When you pass this giant landmark, you notice that Jesus is a part of our world. I believe that there are some ...
<b>‘Aiding, abetting’</b>
I am appalled that the Catholic Church is helping the illegals to stay in this country. Is the Catholic Church going to take care of these illegals by giving them food and money? No.It is against the law to be in this country illegally but the church is aiding and ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 22
<b>‘Countless hours’</b>
After reading the June 15 article on the Edgewood levy, many things ran through my head. One thought was that (school board member) Karen McIntyre (was) being so irresponsible in her voting practices. The other thought was how shocked and appalled I felt about the comments that were posted at ...
Michael Vick tops Forbes' list of most-hated athletes
Michael Vick may be almost a year out of the big house, but for many sports fans he's still in the dog house. For the second year in a row, Vick was rated the most hated man in sports, according an annual Forbes magazine poll. The survey, conducted through E-poll ...
Stories for Monday, June 21
<b>‘Symbolic of how God really felt’?</b>
In Monroe, Ohio, the famous large statue of Jesus which resided on the front lawns of the Solid Rock Church was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. ...I’ve been away from Ohio for some time and I grew up not too far from that church. I had never ...
<b>‘Grotesque statue’</b>
WWJD? What would Jesus do with $700,000? Certainly not spend it on a grotesque statue of himself. Hypocrisy 1, Jesus 0.Fred GillespieMiddletown
Stories for Friday, June 18
<b>Fire from above</b>
And God cast down fire from the heavens, saying, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” Thus was destroyed “Torch Down ...
Stories for Thursday, June 17
<b>‘A cry for help’</b>
Upon reading the horrific story regarding the beating and killing of the baby alpaca (allegedly) by two teenaged boys, I feel compelled to comment. Behavior such as this is — without a doubt — a cry for help by the young men.Releasing them on bond seems quite risky and I ...
Stories for Monday, June 14
Rescuer dies in bid to save kids at beach in Miami
A tragedy unfolded on a Rickenbacker Causeway beach Sunday when two men jumped into the water to rescue a pair of young children. The children were saved. Only one man survived. Rescuers identified the man who later died as a 47-year-old visitor from Jacksonville who came to South Florida to ...
Stories for Friday, June 4
<b>‘Our problem isn’t the cost of higher education ...’</b>
Once when I was a little kid at swim lessons, one of the other kids in the pool was thrashing around and shouting because she thought she was drowning. The instructor told her to stay calm and stand up.While reading Merrell Wood’s column “We’re drowning today’s college students in debt” ...
Stories for Thursday, June 3
Man pushing stroller struck by lightning
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) Authorities say a flash thunderstorm lead to lightning that struck a man pushing a stroller on Kennesaw Mountain Wednesday. Rangers with the National Park Service did not identify the man, who was said to be conscious when Marietta firefighters responded. For the complete story visit WSB News ...
17-year-old girl charged in stun gun attacks
SEATTLE — A 17-year-old girl has been charged with a series of stun gun attacks in North Seattle, said King County prosecutor Dan Donohoe. Two other suspects, two women ages 21 and 25, have not yet been charged, but were arrested on Wednesday. A fourth suspect, a 22-year-old man was ...
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